Watergate Hearings face postponement clash and witness defies
Senate Watergate panel resists postponing televised hearings while G Gordon Liddy refuses to answer questions. Key witnesses include Sally Harmony and a Washington printer tied to the Gemstone operation. The White House blocks sharing Nixon Dean logs as controversy widens over payments and potential coverup links.
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Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Archibald Cox
G. Gordon Liddy
Cox
Liddy
Sally Harmony
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Reisner
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
White House
Nixon
Dean
The
Washington Post
Ervin Opposes Delay in Watergate Hearings
Sen Sam J Ervin chairing the Watergate committee rejects postponing hearings to await indictments. He says delaying would halt the committee under Senate order to complete a report by Feb 28 1974 and would hinder truth seeking and government functioning. He urges continuing full fair investigation without delay.
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Archibald Cox
Senate
Cox
Washington
Sam J. Ervin
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Select Committee On
Watergate
Select Committee
Grand
Ellsberg tied to Watergate probe faces grand jury
Daniel Ellsberg testifies today before a Los Angeles County grand jury probing a Watergate linked break in at his psychiatrist Dr. Lewis Fielding's office. Witnesses may include Hunt Barker Martinez DeDiego with immunity. other White House figures may testify.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Lewis Fielding
Fielding
E. Howard Hunt
Federal Correctional Institution At
Danbury
Conn
Los Angeles County
Grand Jury
Hunt
Washington
Elisberg
Anthony J. Russo
Bernard Barker
Eugenio Martinez
Dist. Atty
Joseph Busch
Barker
Martinez
Felipe DeDiego
Busch
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Egil Krogh
David Young
Krogh
Turner Faces $10.6 Million Fraud Suit
A group of 27 South Carolinians filed a civil action in Columbia alleging a confidence game by Florida businessman Glenn Turner and Empress House Inc. They invested $163000 for a wholesale furnishings outlet, but claim shoddy goods and no ownership or value. The suit accuses Turner of using emotional sales tactics to recruit investors.
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Columbia
Florida
Glenn Turner
Empress House, Inc
Turner
Tax penalties may be returned in South Carolina
State Rep. W T Sanders D Richland asks Attorney General Daniel R McLeod to tell county auditors they lack authority to charge penalties for failing to file annual personal property tax returns. He says auditors should refund penalties collected after McLeod’s opinion found no statutory authority for a same year penalty. Sanders cites Richland County Auditor W A Jeter who said they have always charged the penalty and will stop only if ordered.
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New York Times
Archibald Cox
Asst. Atty
Henry E. Peterson
the Times
Peterson
Jack Anderson
Mitchell
Senate
Nixon
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
NBC
Columbia
W. T. Sanders
D-Richland
Daniel R. McLeod
Sanders
McLeod's
Richland County
W. A. Jeter
Conservative Presbyterians in Georgia claim harassment by liberal leadership
In Atlanta, Reverend Ben Wilkinson says conservative ministers and congregations face harassment under threat of defrocking as the national denomination asserts ownership of church property in the ongoing rift. Rev. Charles Dunahoo confirms threats of defrocking and warns congregations about property disposition as the denomination vows to contest property in court if needed.
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Atlanta, Ga
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Atlanta
Ben Wilkinson
New
Presbytery
Southeast
Charles Dunahoo
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
Dunahoo
Old Liquor Law Review Sought
Lexing ton County man Vincenzo DeAngelis asks a three judge federal court to strike down South Carolina pre minibottle bootleg liquor laws as unconstitutional. He cites his recent arrest for possessing over 100 un stamped minibottles found in a Lexington County warehouse and his car. The case follows a prior sentence reduction ordered by Judge John Mason in Richland County.
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Columbia
Lexington County
South Carolina
Vincenzo DeAngelis
DeAngelis
Richland County
John Mason
Pioneer Spirit Rekindled By Rep Spence At Girls State
Rep Floyd Spence R SC urged Girls State attendees to rekindle the pioneer spirit that moved Americans to conquer a continent and land men on the Moon. He spoke to a 2nd District youth audience emphasizing perseverance and national achievement.
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Columbia
Floyd Spence
R-S.c
Capital Punishment Bill Before House
South Carolina moves to reinstate capital punishment with a bill restricting death sentences to premeditated murders. The House schedules Thursday to debate a gasoline tax hike while a $911 million general appropriations compromise hangs in balance. Speaker Solomon Blatt contemplates retirement plans.
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Columbia
House
South Carolina General Assembly
Partment
Senate
Conference Committee
Solomon Blatt
Tullis Urges Vital Church For South Carolina Methodists
Spartanburg AP Bishop Edward L. Tullis opened the 188th annual South Carolina United Methodist conference with a sermon urging a “Resurrection Community” church that is a vital, life affirming organization. He notes the fight for amnesty options and district expansions as key issues for the gathering. Bishop Noah Moore Jr. of Nebraska preaches later in the conference.
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Spartanburg
Edward L. Tullis
South Carolina
United Methodist Church
Palmetto State
Ences
Noah Moore Jr
Nebraska
GI Missing Feared Drowned Near Charleston
18 year old Pvt. Steven Norris of Kittering Ohio went missing and is feared drowned off the Isle of Palms near Charleston. Isle of Palms Police reported Norris’ motorcycle and effects found on the beach after a weekend search by police and Coast Guard. Norris was on a weekend pass from Ft. Gordon.
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FT. Gordon
Renaissance Church Reopens After Near Century Closure
In TODI Italy St Mary of the Consolation, famed as a model Italian Renaissance church, has reopened after decades of closure due to a hillside slide that threatened collapse. The hill behind the central Italy landmark shifted, prompting the century long shutdown and subsequent restoration efforts.
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Todi
Italy
St. Mary of the Consolation
Federal aid to South Carolina schools reaches 4.5 million
Senate aide Strom Thurmond announced nearly 4.5 million dollars in federal work study aid for the 1973-74 year to 47 colleges and technical education centers in South Carolina. The program limits students to 15 work hours weekly with pay near campus minimums to help students fund their college education.
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South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
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