Key dates in Watergate bugging case timeline
A chronology of pivotal events from the Watergate scandal. Oct 22 AFL-CIO backs Nixon resignation or impeachment. Oct 23 impeachment resolutions filed by lawmakers. Nixon agrees to surrender tapes to Sirica amid controversy. Oct 30 impeachment inquiry begins. Oct 31 two key tapes deemed nonexistent by White House. Nov 1 Jaworski named special prosecutor, Saxbe attorney general. Sirica hearings on missing tapes continue. Nov 3 press call for Nixon resignation. Nov 5 Gallup shows 27 percent approval. Nov 7 Nixon vows not to resign. Nov 9 Nixon may release tapes to court. Nov 20 18 minute tape gap acknowledged. Nov 21 expert panel appointed. Nov 29 Chapin indicted. Dec 6 Haig cites possible sinister force behind gap. Jan 15 18 minute gap report. Jan 18 hearings end. Jan 28 Porter pleads guilty.
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Sirica
Justice Department
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Jerome R. Waldie
D-Calif
White House
Alexander M. Haig
Mitchell
Dean
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Tex
American Bar and Trial Lawyers Associations
Dwight L. Chapin
Watergate Grand Jury No. 3
Herbert L. Porter
FBI
Maine governor orders probe into oil company tactics
Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis announced an investigation by the Maine Bureau of Civil Emergency Preparedness into possible illegal conspiring by major oil companies to boost gasoline sales. He plans talks with federal energy chief John Sawhill, cites pressure on Maine gas stations, and may refer findings to the state attorney general if a violation is shown. Curtis praised Rep. William Cohen's impeachment vote but supports Democrat Mark Gartley for Congress. He also commented on the Silsby back pay ruling and discussed replacing the Superior Court seat, narrowing nominees to Lewiston attorneys Scolnick, Clifford, or Friedman, with final approval by the Maine Bar Association and Executive Council.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Maine Bureau of Civil Emergency Preparedness
National Administration
Alton Lessard
Rumford
Lewiston
Louis Scolnick
John Clifford
Irving Friedman
Maine Bar Association
Executive Council
Kissinger withdraws resignation threat after clearance
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger withdraws his threat to resign after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee clears him of accusations he initiated wiretaps of aides and newsmen in 1969. The committee says the taps did not bar his confirmation and notes it did not judge their legality. Humphrey hopes Kissinger stays on.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Salzburg
Austria
Nixon
State Department
Robert Anderson
Senate
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Ohio
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New England
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Mark Gartley
Cohen
State Superior Court
Samuel Silsby
Archives
Silsby
Boston
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Hattie Bickmore
Main St
Kissinger
John F. Barton
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Patrick Gray
Stonington, Conn
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
New London
H.R. Haldeman
Central Intelligence Agency
House
Humphrey
Fish Sr
Scolds Jr
New York
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Hamilton Fish Jr
R-N.y
Vermont
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