Stronger government push to curb congressional misconduct
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to curb legislative shield and enable prosecutions of congressional corruption. It seeks to overturn a Richmond circuit ruling that narrowed eight counts against former Rep. John Dowdy by deeming several actions protected by speech and debate. The filing argues for trial in courts for bribery and other crimes and criticizes the court’s broad protection of legislative activity.
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Gold jumps as dollar weakens amid fears of monetary crisis
On European bullion markets gold rose over five dollars an ounce while the dollar fell. Dealers cited fears of a renewed international monetary crisis fueled by Watergate fallout and inflation, with Middle East buyers and Soviet influence noted as drivers.
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London
U.S
Nixon
Middle East
Lebanon
The Pioneer Subscription Rates Notice
The Pioneer announces subscription rates for Bemidji Minnesota and surrounding area. Mail in trade zone is 21 dollars per year, mail outside trade zone 23 dollars per year, and carrier delivery 2 dollars 50 cents per month.
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Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Minnesota quality of life drops from second to thirteenth
Minnesota officials react with alarm as the state's quality of life ranking falls from No. 2 to No. 13 in a Midwest Research Institute survey. California remains first, Wyoming climbs to sixth, while Minnesota is cited as 42nd in agriculture and the shift is blamed on changed scoring rules prioritizing corporate farming over living conditions and public assistance.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
John QO. Wilson
Wilson
White House aides sought CIA help in Watergate probes
CIA Deputy Director Vernon A. Walters testified in secret before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Walters said Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean were heavily involved in attempts to misuse the CIA in Watergate. The report ties to FBI chief Gray and notes Walters pressed Nixon on the issue.
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Walters
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H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Vernon A. Walters
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
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Ehrlichman
Dean
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate
Gray
Nixon
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Bernard L. Barker
Manuel Ogarrio Daguerre
Minneapolis
Kenneth H. Dahlberg
William Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Henry A. Kissinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Daniel Ellsberg
U.S. District Court
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Virginia
Watergate Grand Jury
Capitol Hill
E. Howard Hunt
Senate Watergate Committee
Richardson May Pick, Prosecutor Today
Atty Gen designate Eliott Richardson may announce his choice for a Watergate special prosecutor today. He names four final candidates including Judge Harold Tyler Jr and three others with federal and state experience. Tyler would resign from the bench to accept. He says more than 100 names were suggested and criticizes White House input.
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Atty
Eliott L. Richardson
Senate
Richardson
U.S. District Court
Harold R. Tyler Jr
New York
Tyler
Warren M. Christopher
Los Angeles
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Ramsey Clark
Johnson
William H. Erickson
Denver
Colorado Supreme Court
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Wall Street
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Justice Department
Nixon
Leonard Garment
White House
Edmund G
Pat” Brown
California
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Portland hostage ends in FBI confrontation
William H. Abernathy 25 took two guns and two men to a 840 000 gallon fuel tank at Portland International Airport threatening to blow it up unless his ex wife and two children were brought to him Eight hours later FBI sharpshooters killed him as he and his boss Gene Lloyd descended a spiral ladder following his order to climb the tank Moss a former roommate tried to talk him into surrendering and described Abernathy as proud of his children while lamenting casualties from Vietnam and the risk to others in the standoff
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Portland
Ore
FBI
William H. Abernathy
Portland International Airport
Phillip Moss
Abernathy
Vietnam
Moss
Nancy Lynn
Jennifer
Scott
Gene Lloyd
Fergus Falls receives provisional license for 338 residents
The State Hospital in Fergus Falls Minnesota has been granted a one year provisional license to care for 338 mentally retarded persons. The license comes from the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare under a 1971 law authorizing uniform standards for residential facilities serving four or more mentally retarded residents. The center operates five major residential units.
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Fergus Falls
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