Agnew Faces Federal Inquiry Over Contracts
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says he is under investigation for possible criminal violations but asserts his innocence. Reports link probes to state contracts during 1967-68 Maryland governorship and federal contracts in 1969 onward, with kickback allegations tied to Maryland figures. The probe is led by U.S. Attorney George Beall and involves the General Services Administration.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
J. Marsh Thomson
United States
The
Wall Street Journal
Maryland
General Services Administration
Washington Post
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore County
Journal
U.S. Atty
George Beall
Baltimore
Justice Department
White House
Nixon
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Beall
U.S
New York
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Senate Panel Delays Suit for White House Tapes
Senate Watergate panel postponed filing its suit to obtain White House tape recordings while lawyers study the White House response to legal motions from Archibald Cox. The delay comes as Nixon defies subpoenas and the case proceeds in U S District Court before Judge Sirica.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Archibald Cox
Nixon
Cox
Committee
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate
Justice Department
Kleindienst
John N. Mitchell
Democratic
Nixon Lawyers Challenge Court Authority in Tape Subpoena
Lawyers for President Nixon argued in federal court there is no jurisdiction to enforce the Cox subpoena for White House tape recordings. Special White House counsel J Fred Buzhardt filed a brief defending Nixon's refusal to turn over the tapes while the House committee postponed action pending Nixon's reply. Cox sought tapes of nine conversations and related White House memoranda on a transfer of E Howard Hunt Jr to the re election committee.
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Washington
Nixon
Watergate
Archibald Cox
J. Fred Buzhardt
White House
Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Gordon Strachan
H. R. Haldeman
Sirica
Financial Structure To Be Subject Of Committee Study
The House Banking Committee under Rep. Wright Patman will study the financial structure and its role in the current credit crunch. The committee plans hearings in September and to draft stabilizing legislation to curb rising rates after the prime lending rate hit 9 percent.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Banking Committee
Congress
Patman
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Farmer Sells Off Herd as Costs Undercut Profits
Richard Jeffers of Athens County, once owner of 12 000 laying hens and 600 acres, sells 250 white face cattle and considers liquidating most of his farm after years of rising costs, price controls, and uncertain markets. He recalls hopes lingering despite freezes and low egg prices. He faces selling 520 acres and shifting to another business, with polled Herefords already on the road.
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Fred Whissel
Richard Jeffers
Fisher Road
Jeffers
Athens County
Second U S bombing kills civilians near Phnom Penh
In Cambodia a U S F111 bombing on a government island southeast of Phnom Penh killed four civilians and injured 13, while the Neak Luong base town bombings raised the toll to 137 dead and 268 wounded. The overall U S airstrike near Phnom Penh continued despite the tragedy.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U. S
Mekong
Neak Luong
Donald Doerger
Skylab 2 completes record space walk and sunshade raise
Skylab 2 astronauts Dr. Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma spent 6 hours 31 minutes outside the orbiting lab loading telescope cameras with film and raised a new sunshade. NASA reports the record EVA while in orbit above Earth.
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Pace Center
Houston
Owen K Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Weather forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s and highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. A chance of rain is expected Thursday and Friday.
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John W Dean Ill
Connecticut
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Howard Hunt
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