McCord Testifies on Watergate Break In to Senate Panel
James W. McCord Jr. testifies before the Senate Watergate committee and national TV about the burglary and bugging of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex. He links former aides to the scandal while detailing pressures to plead guilty and cover details.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
White House
McCord
Jim McCord
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtonn
CIA
Mitchell
Odle
Magruder
Bruce Kehrli
Paul W. Leeper
Freak Timing Seen As Aid To Watergate Affair
Washington prosecutors describe a gas run for a police scout car as a pivotal coincidence that delayed intervention at the Watergate break in. Capt. Ernest Garner notes officers Stephenson and a three man unmarked unit could have altered events, potentially altering the Watergate timeline.
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Garner
Watergate
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
Alfred C. Baldwin III
Baldwin
Paul Leper
John Barret
Carl Sheffer
White House
Ohio lawmakers weigh state lottery amid tax relief battle
A Senate House conference committee will meet Tuesday to seek a resolution to allow a state lottery this year. Rep. Tom Fries and fellow conferees cite Republican demands that lottery proceeds fund property tax relief, while Democrats insist a general revenue allocation is intended. Estimates of lottery revenue vary from 30 to 100 million annually, and timing hinges on an emergency clause dispute delaying implementation.
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Ohio
Senate
House
Tom Fries
Dayton
General Revenue Fund
Fries
Barney Quilter
Toledo
Joseph P. Tulley
Mentor
Ronald M. Mottl
Parma
Robert J. Corts
Elyria
William H. Massey
Batavia
Rep. J. Leonard Camera
Lorain
Former aide critiques Nixon April 30 speech on Watergate
John W. Dean III says Nixon could have said more in his televised Watergate address and would have looked better, but Dean would not specify disclosures. He notes the Senate Watergate hearings began with Odle testimony while Haig reported on the President. A separate Armed Services panel met in a closed session about CIA involvement in halting the FBI probe.
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Watergate
McCord
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Atty
John N. Mitchell
John W. Dean III
White House
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nixon
Senate Committee
Robert C. Odle
Committee
Washington
Dean
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Cronkite
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Ronald L. Ziegler
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ervin
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
CIA
FBI
Watergate hearings draw mixed TV response in Washington
The televised Watergate inquiry in the Senate Caucus Room exceeded five hours and drew irate calls from viewers who preferred entertainment to history. networks CBS ABC NBC PBS aired coverage with plans to continue. PBS reran the session for 28 stations, while anchors helped explain testimony that was dense but foundational for upcoming witnesses.
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New York
Senate
Washington
Senate Select Committee
CBS
ABC
NBC
PBS
Frank Costello
Watergate probes spark executive concerns and leaks
Reports indicate Dean and aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman sought CIA help to quash the FBI probe into channeling Republican funds from Mexico. Attorney General designee Richardson promised the Senate Judiciary Committee a powerful Watergate prosecutor with full authority. Democrats voiced reservations and urged guideline revisions amid new leaks from Kissinger as wiretaps traced 1969 70 disclosures.
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White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
CIA
Vernon Walters
FBI
Mexico
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Quentin N. Burdick
North Dakota
John V. Tunney
California
Capitol Hill
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Suspects Captured in WV in Georgia Family Slayings
Three men linked to the murder of six members of a Reynoldsville Georgia family were captured near Welch West Virginia. A fourth suspect was nabbed earlier at a roadblock. Names include Dungee Isaacs Jr Wayne Coleman and William Isaacs. The four, Baltimore residents, fled across the border after a Slate Creek Virginia grocery robbery.
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W.va
Georgia
West Virginia
Here
George Wangee
Virginia
Dungee
McDowell County
Slate Creek
FBI
Aubrey
Jerry
Chester
Jimmy
Mary
Carl Isaacs Jr
Wayne Coleman
Maryland
Isaacs
William
Baltimore
Senate panel backs 30 day limit on U S troop deployments
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill to bar U S troops abroad for more than 30 days without congressional approval, with Javits noting it does not apply to present hostilities and would curb reintroduction of military activity in Vietnam or Laos. In a separate note, Rogers and Colombian officials discuss halting cocaine flow through Colombia as arrests exceed 200 and $20 million in drugs were seized last year.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Senate
Cambodia
Jacob K. Javits
Bogota
Colombia
William P. Rogers
United States
UMW Convention to Meet in Pittsburgh in December
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller announced the national convention will be held in Pittsburgh in December. The 206000 member union has never before hosted a formal gathering in the city, chosen to honor coalfields roots.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers International
UMW
Arnold Miller
Miller
Gold price edges up slightly on European markets
Gold opened in London at 103.50 to 106.00 an ounce, up 2.50 from Thursday as the dollar fell and trading remained quiet. Dealers widened margins ahead of weekend uncertainties with the bid-ask spread typically 50 cents to 1 dollar.
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London
U.S
Skylab Repair Mission Delayed Again
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Astronauts and engineers work to perfect gear and procedures for a delayed Skylab repair mission to erect sun shades after a five day postponement. The crew Conrad Kerwin Weitz will attempt to salvage the 294 million laboratory with two shade types tested during a fly around.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
John Disher
Skylab
U.S
Earth
Conrad
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