Plumbers Hoped to Blast Muskie's Presidential Hopes
Watergate figures plotted a Las Vegas burglary to derail Senator Edmund Muskie's 1972 bid. They aimed to seize papers from Herman Greenspun and sought Hughes aides to supply a getaway plane to South America. McCord testified Hunt and Liddy discussed racketeer material and a plan to discredit Muskie.
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Las Vegas
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Maryland
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G. Gordon Liddy
Howard Hughes
South America
Senate
James W. McCord Jr
Hunt
Liddy
Herman Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun
McCord
John N. Mitchell
Greenspun
National Crime Syndicate
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Robert Bennett
Mullen Associates
Mullen
Howard
Truck traffic back to normal amid residual violence
National Guardsmen returned to civilian duties as truck traffic resumed nationwide after a government trucker settlement. Some drivers still refused to highway patrol reports of a bomb blast in Detroit and a shotgun attack on a truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Ohio noted a rock thrown at a rig on I 70 near Columbus while Kansas City dissidents urged continued strike action despite local calls to end it.
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Ohio Highway Patrol
Interstate 70
Columbus
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West Virgina Panhandle
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Minnesota
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J.E. ‘River Rat” Edwards
Edwards
Washington
Hearst Kidnapping Demands Food Ransom for Patricia Hearst
In Berkeley the SLA raises a $300 million food ransom as a first condition for releasing Patricia Hearst. Authorities say the FBI will not storm a hideout and Hearst pleads for organized aid, while welfare recipients and seniors react to the threat.
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Calif
UPI
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FBI
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charles Bates
SLA
Edward Peet
California Legislative Council For
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Jobert blames oil crisis on American oil firms
French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert warns at the oil conference that American oil companies are largely to blame for the October price surge. He argues France will not rely on U.S. help in the next crisis and defends independent oil deals with Arab producers while noting U.S. self sufficiency is only 15 percent.
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United States
France
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Middle East
Israel completes withdrawal from West Bank in final Suez stage
Israel pulls rest of forces from the West Bank signaling the final stage of the Suez withdrawal set for completion by February 21. Kissinger shaped a disengagement plan with Syria for the Golan Heights, while Dayan warned of possible fighting on the northern front if no accord is reached.
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Middle East
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Henry S. Kissinger
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Moshe Dayan
Egypt
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Kissinger
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Sinai
U.N
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Algiers
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
United States
Propane Train Derailment Sparks Explosions at Oneonta
Scores of people were injured when a Delaware & Hudson freight train derailed in Oneonta New York and propane tank cars exploded. The first blast struck volunteers near the fire as onlookers gathered, triggering three more explosions in quick succession.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Delaware & Hudson
At the Movies: Harte shows M A S H and more
The Harte on Main Street replays M A S H the old bold film now PG. Stars Donald Sutherland Eliot Gould and Sally Kellerman. Twin Cinemas features The Way We Were with Streisand and Redford, plus Woody Allen’s Sleeper at Cinema. The Long Goodbye at Dubrow’s stars Elliot Gould. Times via ads or services.
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Main Street
Donald Sutherland
Eliot Gould
Sally Kellerman
Twin Cinemas
Barbra Streisand
Robert Redford
Williams College
Union College
Schenectady
Cinema
Woody Allen
Woody
Diane Keaton
Elliot Gould
Dubrow
Phillip Marlowe
Vincent Canby
Robert Altman
Ford on road as fund raiser and dispeller of GOP gloom
Vice President Gerald R Ford launches a three state swing as a GOP fundraiser and morale booster after Watergate. He plans a Kentucky $10 plate dinner to aid Rep Tim Lee Carter, then Chicago area meetings with Derwinski and a cancer program dinner. Ford aims to rally GOP contributors and promote administration achievements amid the 1970s inflation and energy concerns.
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House
Nixon
Vietnam
Agnew
Michigan
James Harvey
Rmich
Harvey’s
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