White House Lawyer Sees Weak Nixon Impeachment Case
White House lawyer James D. St Clair says the impeachment case against President Nixon lacks substance so far though some lawmakers disagree. Rep Charles Rangel calls the evidence strong, while others urge patience until full Watergate material is presented. The committee plans next week to hear new areas and decide on public access to hearings and responses to Nixon’s rejection of further Watergate evidence.
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Washington
White House
James D. St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
St. Clair
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
John M. Doar
Rangel
Henry Smith III
R-N.y
Kissinger Arrives in Cairo as Mideast Cease Fire Looms
Kissinger lands in Cairo en route to Washington after a 33 day peace mission. A senior U.S. official says the Israel Syria cease fire will take effect once signed on Friday and prisoner exchanges begin within 24 hours of Geneva signing. The pact calls for disengagement in the Golan Heights with Israel ceding Quneitra and several villages while keeping key hills and settlements. Disengagement to start next Thursday and finish by June 25, with about 1,250 U.N. peacekeepers to monitor the zone.
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Cairo
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Marathon
Israel
Syria
Jerusalem
Middle East
Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Geneva
Golan Heights
Golan
Quneitra
U.S
U.N
Sadat
Poverty Programs Kept As OEO Is Voted Out
The House voted 331 to 53 to disband the Office of Economic Opportunity but create a HEW based Community Action Administration to run local programs at 380 million dollars. Nixon had moved programs aside, court action blocked more cuts, Senate action needed by June 30 to avoid total shutdown. The move preserves community action as a local aid institution with 185000 workers, many of them poor.
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OEO
Washington
House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Richard Lugar
Indianapolis
Aflcio
Antipoverty
Congressional Black Caucus
HEW
Ohio Senate OKs sweeping election changes bill returned to House
The Ohio Senate approved a broad election reform package 30-0 sending it back to the House. It moves the primary from May to June, keeps polls open until 7 30 pm, allows 17 year olds who will be 18 by election day to vote in primaries, and shortens filing to 75 days. The body also passed a separate kidnapping bill 27-4 and a measure stripping sovereign immunity 23-8. Opponents say amendments were blocked and courts will push further changes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Senate Elections Committee
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Pact Assures Oil Flow To U S Official Asserts
Washington AP report cites a Kissinger brokered Mideast détente as removing a major block to Arab oil exports. John Wilhelm says Arab production could rise, with Saudi Arabia leading gains, contingent on U S backed progress in the Arab Israeli dispute. Sawhill notes utilities may avoid fuel shortages this summer with 41.9 million barrels allocated for June and conservation. AAA reports no gasoline shortage deterioration over Memorial Day weekend.
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Washington
America
U.S
United States
John Wilhelm
Federal Energy Office
Wilhelm
Mideast
Henry A. Kissinger
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Libya
Federal Energy
John C. Sawhill
Sawhill
Sells German Shepherd Pup After First Night Ad
Rick Kreiter of 15 Connett Road The Plains sold his AKC registered German Shepherd puppy the first night his ad appeared. The second caller took the dog and Kreiter praised Action Ads for being cheap and effective.
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Rick Kreiter
Connett Road
the Plains
Ohio House OKs 37 new judges and landlord tenant bill
The House approved two major bills creating 37 new judgeships and a landlord tenant law, sending them to the Senate. The omnibus judges bill faces time constraints and possible carryover. The tenant rights measure allows rent withholding to court, requires landlords to pay 5 percent on large security deposits after six months, and ties eviction to tenant conduct.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Paul E. Gillmor
R. Port Clinton
Senate Judiciary Committee
Michael P. Strnziano
Stinziano
Crisis talks after Londonderry violence in Northern Ireland
British administrator meets Ulster leaders following a night of clashes in Londonderry as about 300 rioters armed with pick handles and garden shears attacked troops. In Ohio, three Cleveland officers are wounded in an eight decade gun battle with robbery suspects, with two residents also hurt. A Wright Patterson B 52 crash leaves two crewmen hospitalized and five others uninjured.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Londonderry
Cleveland
Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Andrew Pringle Jr
17Th
Ohio Court Upholds Pollution Statutes
An 11th District Ohio appeals court ruled that air pollution control statutes in the Ohio Revised Code are constitutional. The court said no federal or state law blocks EPA regulations enacted in the interest of health safety or welfare of the people.
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Columbus
Ohio
11Th
Weather outlook showers and thundershowers tonight into Friday
The forecast calls for showers or thundershowers tonight and Friday. Lows will be in the low to mid 60s tonight with highs near 80 on Friday. Details on Page 2.
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Columbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Co
South May Avenue
Golda Meir
Shimon Peres
Likud
U.N. Security Council
Henry Kissinger
Yitzhak Rafael
Bill
Ronald M. Mottl
Parma
Mott
Mottl
California
Patricia Hearst
American Automobile Association
Senate Local Government & Urban Affairs Committee
Robert J. Corts
Elyria
Corts
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