Why it took so long to learn of Watergate scandal
Former presidential counsel John W. Dean recounts White House aides training press secretary Ronald Ziegler to dodge questions and obfuscate during Watergate briefings. Dean says Ziegler used rehearsed lines, including denying a secret fund and denying bugging reporters' phones, as part of a broader effort to manage public perception.
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John W. Dean
Senate
Watergate Committee
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Wade
Dean
Ziegler
Democratic
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
John Ehrlichman
Nixon
James McCord
Roosevelt Room
Donald Segretti
Ehrlichman
Pat Buchanan
Dick Moore
Dwight Chapin
Segretti
Chapin
Moore
Herbert Kalmbach
Florida
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago Highlights
In the past year 222 women in the county received home nursing certificates after Red Cross sponsored courses. Rev. Jesse Perrin resigns from Congregational Church. Heavy rains increase weeders needed at Hollandale. A. Richardson emerges as favorite for judge of the 10th Judicial District. St Michaels Church Waltham marks 80th anniversary. Austin endures rain wind and electrical storms overnight. Michael Parr named lifeguard for Lake Hendricks bathing area. Mayor Paul Bringgold announces. LCL Transit buys seven acres from Geo Hormel Co to build a truck terminal in Green Bay this fall.
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Red Cross
Jesse Perrin
Congregational Church
Hollandale
A. ©. Richardson
St. Michaels’ Church
Waltham
Austin
Michael Parr
Lake Hendricks
Riceville
Paul Bringgold
LCL Transit Co
Green Bay
Wis
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Powerfully connected Plumbers Local funds under probe
A near tabloid expose outlines a wealthy Plumbers Local tied to a multi-million dollar political fund run with worker contributions on major projects. It notes the family power in St Louis including Tommy Callanan’s 1973 bombing and historic ties to the Steamfitters Local 562 and Lyndon Johnson era politics.
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Washington
Tommy Callanan
St. Louis
Young Callanan
Larry Callanan
The
Steamfitters
Plumbers International
Lyndon
Steska
Unsolved murders link to St Louis Local 562 unions
A sprawling expose notes a string of killings tied to St Louis Local 562 steamfitters and plumbers union factions from 1972 to 1973. It highlights alleged mob ties to the Syria organization and the Mafia, federal investigations, and calls for higher union oversight amid violence.
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Steska
Local 562
Plumbers
Family notes on weddings and hometown happenings
A local column shares marriage plans for two couples, visits by Ken Tanner, praise for a Gordon Electric salesperson, and remarks on reunions and investments. It recounts small town social ties, Rotary luncheon, travel meals, and price reflections on lakefront property, plus brief quotes from other papers.
GOP not as shaky as you may think in 1974 races
Washington reports that despite Nixon era scandals the 1974 elections may not shock GOP momentum. Of 34 Senate seats, about 15 held by Republicans face tough odds, with names like Cotton Young Bennett Aiken seen as vulnerable mainly due to age or tenure. Fresh faces could blunt losses. House and governorship races show tighter prospects with Cahill Sandman and California uncertain.
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Washington
NEA
U.S
Senate
Sens
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Milton Young
North Dakota
Wallace Bennett
Utah
George Aiken
Vermont
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Peter Dominick
Colorado
Edward Guerney
Florida
Robert Dole
Kansas
Jacob Javits
New York
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
Charles Mathias Jr
Maryland
William Saxbe
Ohio
Henry Belmon
Oklahoma
Robert Packwood
Oregon
Richard Schwicker
Pennsylvania
Packwood
Tom McCall
Illinois
Texas
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Michigan
California
William Cahill
Charles Sandman
Francis Sargent
Nelson Rockefeller
William Milliken
Reagan
Singles reshape American life as 43 million enjoy lifelong singledom
A 1960s analysis notes 43 million adults are single, 22 million never married, 21 million previously married. Women outnumber men in singles, ages 18 to over 55 span the groups. The single population grows faster than overall population, fueling social shifts like apartments and singles clubs, with a new magazine named Single targeting this demographic.
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Hy Steirman
This Day in History June 29 1973 Highlights
On June 29 entries include the Dixie Clipper first U S commercial flight to Europe landing in Lisbon 1939 Rubens born 1577 Shakespeare Globe fire 1613 Tahiti ceded to France 1880 Paderewski dies 1941 British detentions 1946 Haiphong Hanoi bombed 1966 during Vietnam War era events.
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United States
Europe
Lisbon
Portugal
Peter Paul Rubens
William Shakespeare
Globe Theater
Lon
Don
Henry the VII
France
Tahiti
Ignace Paderewski
New York
Palestine
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
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Plumbers Union
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Ken Tanner
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Chicago
Gordon Electric
Andrea
Wisconsin
Lake Joi
Blooming Prairie
Chris Thissen
Pacelli
Aloun
St. Augustine
Dwain Tubbs
Millie Wagner Levy
St. Louis (Mo
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Boston Herald American
Hickory
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Daily Record
D.C
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Daily News
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Tucson Daily Citizen
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Milwaukee Journal
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2Nd St. N.E
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Thomas J. Koeck
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