Ohio urged to shift power from state to local governments
Ohio's 60 member Commission on Local Government Services urges county commissioners to gain broader powers including appointment of county executives and creation of departments for law, personnel, finance, and corrections. The panel backs a bond bank, regional wastewater control, resource recovery, and improved jailer pay.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Commission On Local Government Services
John J. Gilligan
Inquiry Turns To ITT Case
The House Judiciary Committee pursues the ITT antitrust settlement amid a special prosecutor’s finding exonerating corporate officials. Leaders stress the inquiry remains independent and focused on possible presidential knowledge of false statements at the Kleindienst confirmation hearings as Waldie predicts impeachment.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
ITT
Tration
Senate
Richard Kleindienst
Leon Jaworski
Rep. J. J. Pickle
Texas
House Commerce Committee
Albert Jenner
Jenner
Nixon
Kleindienst
Colson Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Ellsberg Case
Former presidential aide Charles W. Colson pleaded guilty to a single count of obstructing justice tied to an effort to influence the Ellsberg trial. Other charges linked to the Ellsberg psychiatrist break-in were dropped, and there were signals that Watergate charges could follow suit. Gesell set sentencing for June 21 with a maximum five years and a $5,000 fine.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Daniel Ellsberg
Colson
Ellsberg
Pentagon
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
Dr. Ellsberg
Gesell
Classified Coupon Formula Boosts Daily Sales
The ad urges readers to use a simple plan 16 words four days three dollars for successful selling. It promotes a handy order coupon found in today’s classified section and notes thousands respond daily.
Governors Seek Broad Reform at Nation's Conference
At Seattle a gathering of governors urged wide reforms in government ethics and campaign finance while avoiding capital scandals. Evans chaired sessions on sunshine laws, lobbying disclosure, and open government as Kennedy and Weinberger spoke on health care. Some governors pressed Nixon to release evidence for the impeachment probe.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Daniel J. Evans
Evans
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
American Medical Association
Russell B. Roth
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
John Burns
Hawaii
Bob Ray
Iowa
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
George Wallace
Alabama
William G. Milliken
Rmich
Patrick J. Lucey
Dwis
McCall
Nixon
Carter
House
Daniel Walker
D-Ill
Wendell R. Anderson
D-Minn
Wendell H. Ford
D-Ky
Several Governorships At Stake In Tuesday Primaries
Eight states vote on nominees to succeed retiring governors in California New Mexico and a U S senator race in Iowa with 76 House seats at stake. Prominent candidates include Democrat Edmund G Brown Jr and Republican Houston Flournoy in California.
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California
New Mexico
U.S
Iowa
Nia
U.S. House
House
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
Houston I. Flournoy
Brown
Bruce King
Mideast Plan Approved as Rabin Seeks Peace
Syrian and Israeli generals settled key points for disengagement on the Golan Heights and prisoner exchange terms. In Israel, Rabin presented a unity government pledging peace but not at any price as Kissinger ceasefire pacts pave way for broader talks amid looming elections and U.S. political shifts.
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Associated Press
Golan Heights
U.N
Geneva
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Rabin
Knesset
Senate debates $21.8B military bill amid nuclear program concerns
The Senate opened debate on a $21.8 billion defense bill aimed at improving nuclear weapons accuracy and yield. Critics warn the plan could inflame the U.S. Soviet arms race while Defense Department officials tout strategic flexibility. Wisconsin Democrats projected cost overruns of $26.3 billion for 55 new weapons. Indochina spending disparities cited as U.S. outlays exceed those of the Soviet Union and China. In Laos, the United States withdraws its last 216 military personnel after 16 months of involvement, with attaches departing by air to Bangkok.
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Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
General Accounting Office
Les Aspin
Defense Intelligence Agency
Indochina
Soviet Union
China
Vientiane
Laos
United States
Bangkok
Thailand
British Debate on Northern Ireland Ends Summer Crisis
London debates to address future of Northern Ireland amid rising withdrawal sentiment after nearly five years of sectarian bloodshed. In New York garment workers protest with a nationwide strike involving 110000 members and 700 manufacturers across over 100 towns in 30 states. In Washington Jesuit priest Rev. John D. McLaughlin to stay as White House aide after being recalled for reflection over Watergate stance.
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London
Northern Ireland
New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
John D. McLaughlin
Nixon
White House
Boston
Weather Forecast Powers Through Partly Cloudy Skies
Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight around 60. High Tuesday around 85. Details, Page 2
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Xenia
Athens
Monticello Village
Alan Pailet
Hastings Road
Peter W. Rodine Jr
Dn.j
John Doar
Jerome Waldie
D-Calif
Waldie
Lawrence Hogan
Rod
Hogan
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
San Diego
NBC
Meet the Press
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Tom McCall
Oregon
South Dakota
Califor
Ronald Reagan
Nypro Chemical
Flixborough
England
Mideast
Harold E. Hughes
John C. Culver
Hughes
George Milligan
David Stanely
Robert D. Ray
Richard F. Kneip
William Dougherty
George McGovern
Air Force
Leo K. Thorsness
New Jersey
Montana
Mississippi
Alan Cranston
H. L. Richardson
Earl Brian
Ed Reinecke
Watergate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ireland
Men’s Clothing Workers
Orme
Omar Nee
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