Watergate Jury Seems To Probe Wider Spying Allegations
Washington AP reports the Watergate grand jury questions former White House aides Dwight Chapin and Gordon Strachan and California attorney Donald Segretti on alleged political spying and sabotage beyond the break in. McCord testified that transcripts of wiretapped conversations were hand carried to former Attorney General Mitchell, with Liddy allegedly involved. Anne Armstrong and Barry Goldwater warn the affair harms the GOP while urging a legal path to truth.
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Gordon Strachan
California
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Strachan
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Washington Post
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Grand Jury
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John N. Mitchell
McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
Mitchell
Unexpected Storm Cancels Area Classes
A spring snowstorm forces school closures as Ohio roads turn slick and drivers report vehicles stuck or off roads. Patrol reports no major accidents, while crews rush to mount winter gear and resume clearing. Snow paints trees and buds white before a cold, clear weekend.
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Ohio Department of Transportation
David Medert
State Highway Patrol
Medert
Ohio
Weather Service
Shield Legislation Backed By Whalen
U S Representative Charles Whalen Ohio says press shield laws are needed to protect confidential sources. He spoke at the Conference on American Freedom before about 50 attendees noting subpoenas threaten journalistic confidentiality.
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Whalen
Washington
U.S
Charles Whalen
Ohio
Conference On American Freedom
EPA backs off nitrogen oxide limits in autos
An EPA official says the desertion of 1976 nitrogen-oxide limits in auto exhausts is far more significant than delays on other pollutants. If Congress agrees, car makers face little to no further NOx controls beyond current levels, easing compliance with postponed carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons limits.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Congress
Environmental Protection
William D. Ruckelshaus
Eric Stork
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Ruckelshaus
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Lottery Plan
Columbus
Ohio
Afl-Cio
The
Labor Organization
Focus
Agnew Attacks Advocacy Journalism in Speech
Vice President Spiro Agnew denounces advocacy reporting as journalists taking sides and attempting to control public reaction. He defends neutral reporting and warns that advocacy journalism widens rifts between government officials and media, naming networks and major outlets as exemplars.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Today
Agnew
CBS
Action Adt Offers Sound of Phone Ring for Sales
The ad motif imitates a phone ring to signal items for sale and draw attention. The playful ding a ling alert aims to prompt quick responses from potential buyers.
House seeks compromise on control law extension
Washington AP reports House Democratic leaders meet to seek a compromise or 60 day extension of the existing economic control law as debate over a rollback bill stalls. Chairman Wright Patman advocates full amendment rights while the Nixon administration pushes for extending current powers.
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Wright Patman
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Patman
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National Consumers Congress
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