Portugal's New Junta Pressured to Include Communists
Lisbon reports a public push for Communist representation in the civilian government named by the new Portuguese military junta. May Day crowds cheered as Socialist Mario Soares and Communist Alvaro Cunhal exchanged handshakes and pledged cooperation with groups opposeing Salazar Caetano dictatorship in the Democratic Movement.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Mario Soares
Alvaro Cunhal
Salazar- Caetano
Democratic Movement
May Day violence rocks Buenos Aires as Peron addresses crowd
In Buenos Aires about 70,000 Peronists gathered as President Juan D. Peron spoke to his divided ranks. Minor May Day violence left roughly 100 injured and 25 arrested amid jeering from leftists.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Soviets Postpone 250th National Academy of Sciences Celebration
The Soviet government withdrew invitations to hundreds of Western scientists for the 250th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences and postponed the event indefinitely. Diplomats cited the June 16 Supreme Soviet elections and possible debates on intellectual freedom and Jewish emigration as factors.
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Moscow
National Academy of Sciences
Noti
Supreme Soviet
Nixon suspected of obstructing justice over McCord case
James W. McCord Jr. testifies that President Nixon sat on information and concealed evidence related to his March 21, 1973 talk with John W. Dean II. McCord cites an edited transcript released Tuesday to support the claim during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Nixon
McCord
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
John W. Dean II
Albert denies transcript assertion in GAO audit claim
House Speaker Carl Albert calls the transcript claim complete fiction and fabrication. He says he never talked to the GAO or the comptroller general about an audit of White House campaigns and dismisses the White House pressure as a mere suggestion.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
General Accounting Office
GAO
Comptroller General
White House
Albert
White House Watergate transcripts released to papers
AP reports newspapers publish excerpts or complete transcripts of White House Watergate conversations. The Chicago Tribune printed the full 44 page transcript in a special section, with others planning daily installments. By Wednesday afternoon AP had transmitted about 65,000 words of excerpts plus a 10,000 word summary.
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Associated Press
White House
Chicago Tribune
Washington Post
New York
House approves five year broadcast licenses in bill
The House passed a comprehensive broadcasting bill by a large margin to extend radio and television station licenses from three to five years. An amendment by Rep. James T. Broyhill added the five year license provision after initial committee support for a four year term.
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Washington
House
James T. Broyhill
R-N.c
House Commerce Committee
Weather forecast mentions clouds and possible rain
The forecast shows rain probability at 60 percent today rising to 70 tonight and 20 percent Friday. Expect variable cloudiness with possible thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures range from a low around 60 tonight to highs of 80 or more tomorrow.
Head Start Registration Date Shift in Aiken County
The Head Start application window now runs until May 10 replacing the earlier May 22 deadline. House Minority Leader Marshall Cain and Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod planned a Washington trip to supply info to the U S Justice Department regarding the new house reapportionment plan.
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Aiken County
House
Marshall Cain
Aiken
Daniel R. McLeod
Washington
U. S. Justice Department
HCA seeks nod for 190 bed Aiken County hospital
The South Carolina Department of Health hopes within a month to issue a certificate of need granting Hospital Corporation of America authority to build a new 190 bed hospital in Aiken County. Richard Coney cites needed staffing, emergency service coordination, and a potential psychiatric unit as clarifications. A meeting with HCA's Thomas Frist Jr. is set in Columbia to discuss points of the letter of intent. The department has 120 days to decide, starting April 1.
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Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Aiken County
Richard Coney
Bureau of Health Fa
Cilities
State Health Department
Coney
Thomas F. Frist Jr
Columbia
Department of Health
Frist
Nixon lawyers get six more days to respond in Watergate case
U S District Judge John J Sirica granted a six day extension for Nixon aides and seven defendants in the Watergate cover up trial to file answers to a subpoena seeking 64 presidential conversations. A May 8 hearing was set on all motions as the White House argues privilege and confidentiality.
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Washington
Nixon
Watergate
Sirica
White House
Nixon Faces Possible Impeachment Over Watergate Subpoena
The House Judiciary Committee, by a 27 to 1 vote, finds President Nixon failed to comply with its April 11 1974 subpoena for Watergate tapes. Chairman Rodino will send a brief letter stating noncompliance could be an impeachable offense.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
John Doar
Counse
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Edward Hutchinson
R-Mich
William Cohen
Maine
Rodino
Conyers
Jerome R. Waldie
Calif
Cohen
Rodine
Committee On the Judiciary
Waldie
Dear
Pre Trial Conference Set On Sterilization
US District Judge Sol Blatt Jr. schedules a May 10 pre trial conference in a 1.5 million Aiken County sterilization suit. Plaintiffs Jane Doe and Mary Roe allege welfare recipients are coerced into sterilization for medical aid after two pregnancies. Defendants include Dr. C H Pierce Dr George A Poda hospital officials Archie Ellis and Richard T Poore. An attorney for Poda and Nesbit has filed a motion for...
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Columbia
Sol Blatt Jr
Aiken County
Daniel McLeod
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Jane Doe
Mary Roe
C.H. Pierce
George A. Poda
Aiken County Hospital
J. Sam Nesbit
Archie Ellis
Richard T. Poore
Department of Social Services
Poda
Nesbit
Four Murder Cases On Court Docket May Term
Seven murder cases are set for the May term of General Sessions court in Aiken County. Deputy Sheriff H R Busbee faces murder charges in the death of George Allen and claims self defense. Other defendants include James Ronald Lower, linked to David Gordon’s March 5 killing, and Bernice Williams in the Jeff Harrison death at Petticoat Junction on November 16, 1973.
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General Sessions Court
Aiken County
LaVaun Fox
She
Riff H.R. Bushee
George Allen
Allen
Fox
Busbee
James Ronald Lower
Gloverville
David
Bimbo) Gordon
Bernice Williams
Jeff Harrison
Petticoat Junction
LaCouture Retains Attorneys To Seek Owed Pay
Former Aiken County Administrator Ronald A. LaCouture has hired two lawyers to pursue recovery of a full 90 days of pay claimed as owed by the county. He argues the county must provide the compensation in full.
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Aiken County
Ronald A. LaCouture
Editorial Page Mentions Retained By LaCouture
Matthew Perry of Columbia and George A. Anderson of Aiken were retained by LaCouture after he was referenced with further details on other pages.
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Matthew Perry
Columbia
George A. Anderson
Aiken
LaCouture
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Dr. Frist
U.S
John J Sirica
James St. Clair
Leon Jaworski
Hutchinson
Aiken Day School
David Hayes
Bob Patterson
Henry Hall
Wendell Hall
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