Laird defends secret 1970 Cambodia raids defense stance
Former defense secretary Melvin Laird reiterated that covert bombing of neutral Cambodia in 1970 was necessary to save American lives and speed withdrawal. He blamed a Pentagon reporting error for Congress but stressed authorization by President Nixon and secrecy due to diplomatic sensitivities.
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Marshall
Elizabeth Acltzman
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Boston Woman Killed as Delta Jet Crashes in Fog
A Delta Air Lines twin engine jet with 88 persons aboard crashed while landing in dense fog at Logan Airport. At least 19 bodies were taken to a temporary morgue, with one survivor reported. The plane, originating from Burlington, Wisconsin, split and lay in Boston Harbor after hitting the runway end and a wall. About 200 rescue vehicles responded. air traffic was halted for hours. The crash scene showed scattered wreckage and charred bodies amid a fog shrouding the runway.
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Vermont
Executive changes at Catamount National Bank named
Elizabeth Dwyer and John H Williams report Catamount National Bank in Bennington announces new executives. Bennington native Ben Williams named voting president effective Sept 1, Jonathan Taylor of West Redding Conn elected senior vice president. Wayne Corbeil of Brattleboro elected director. Williams to serve as acting director after S Whitney Dickey's resignation. Taylor from Chemical Bank NY joins to oversee commercial lending. Bank prepares for a downtown Bennington branch with OCC approval pending.
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Willams
Catamount
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First National Bank of
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Pine Cobble School
Williamstown
Putnam Memorial Hospital Building Fund
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Princeton
Columbia Law School
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Monument Ave
Janeway
Comptroller of the Currency
Um Na
Haldeman testifies on 1970 spy plan and Nixon approval
Former presidential adviser H. R. Haldeman testified about a 1970 intelligence gathering plan that urged illegal break-ins and heavier wiretapping. He described confusion over President Nixon's approval and the plan's later rescission after Hoover objected, amid Watergate hearings.
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Nixon
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J. Edgar Houger
FBI
Young Americans For Freedom
Huston
Hoover
Lewis Fielding
Pentagon
Daniel Elisberg
Haldeman reveals he heard tapes in Watergate probe
Senate Watergate hearings reveal Haldeman listened to two secret tapes of Nixon debates with John W. Dean III. He says the tapes contradict Dean on Nixon's awareness of hush party actions, challenging Nixon's denials and signaling further testimony to come. Ehrlichman and Haldeman defend White House stance as committee delays suit for tape release.
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R-Fla
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Ehrlichman
John W. Dean
Dean
Inside features on old-time autos and phone office move
Page by page overview lists columns on old-time autos outing Sunday and a phone company moving its business office. Tom Braden covers an interview with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Other pages include a California column on the meaning of security, a note on Biven waters, a Williamstown world premiere, and Nebraska’s Rich Glover in Giants camp.
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Phone Co
Tom Braden
Nelson Rockefeller
California
House panel urges Liddy contempt charge
The House Armed Services Committee voted 33 to 0 to recommend charging G. Gordon Liddy with contempt of Congress after he refused to be sworn before a subcommittee investigating CIA involvement in Watergate. Other witnesses cited Fifth Amendment rights. the full House and Justice Department decision follow.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
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E. Howard Hunt
Justice Department
Mitchells methods foreshadow 1984 like society report
A government advisory panel to HEW warns that John N Mitchell expanded federal surveillance and police powers, linking his 1969 72 actions to a potential Orwellian state. It cites wiretaps no knock entries and harsh sentences, urging strict limits on data banks and universal Social Security number use.
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UPS
John N. Mitchell
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
George Orwell
Mitchell
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