British report Nixon affair sparks wariness over letters
London papers report 22 letters allegedly by Richard Nixon during Watergate show him having an affair with a diplomat's wife. Scott Meredith backs the letters as genuine, while handwriting experts reportedly confirm Nixon's handwriting. The woman, married to a European diplomat, reportedly admits friendship. her husband was later escorted out of the country. The affair is said to have lasted one to two years and involved drinking, with California-based correspondence in some accounts.
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London
UPI
Richard Nixon
Times of London
London Daily Telegraph
London Evening Standard
Scott Meredith
The
Times
Meredith
California
Nixon
Burgess Seeks Vermont House Seat Challenge to Jeffords
Montpelier attorney John A. Burgess declared his Democratic bid to challenge Rep. James Jeffords, citing a record of unkept promises in energy, finance, and CIA budget disclosures. He plans to launch in Bennington, promising a platform aiding the poor, seniors, and housing while criticizing Jeffords for a deaf ear to labor and consumers.
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Montpelier
UPI
John A. Burgess
James Jeffords
People of
Vermont
Burgess
Jeffords
Consumer Federation of America
Farmer’s Union
Bennington
MAU panels issue findings on budget and curriculum shifts
Mt Anthony Union School Board readies a third budget revision after two defeats. The Cummings and DeConinck committees issued finance transportation curriculum and community relations reports with recommendations to cut costs, clarify budgeting, audit conflicts of interest, and create a budget controller role. Reports will be printed Friday and boards may respond next week.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Cummings
DeConinck
Robert E. Cummings
Paul J. DeConinck
DeConinck Group
Attorney Cummings
Mt. Anthony
Cummings Group
Robert Dimke
CPA
Prospect School to Continue on a Curtailed Basis
Trustees of Prospect School in North Bennington voted 5 to 2 to keep the private institution operating in a reorganized curtailed form. Two trustees resigned, and a waiting group of parents and staff suggested continuation with a reduced staff and interim committee. Enrollment remains 74 in K to 8, and pledges near $20,000 will be called in to cover current deficits and payroll.
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Prospect School
North Bennington
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Kathy Halbreich
Corinne Hyman
Rockefeller Brothers
Inside Out and Across the Nation Highlights
A roundup of items including estrogen use linked to uterine cancer, Magna Carta’s U S visit for a bicentennial, Columbus artifacts by Spanish royalty, local school senior party prep, garden club propagation talk, political commentary on leadership, diplomacy in campaigns, art show reviews, film grants, Merck Forest summer plans, county horse show results, dog and dump debates, forest service off-road vehicle plans, and sports notes from elementary track meets to pro baseball series.
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Britain
Columbus
MAU
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Tom Braden
Gerald Ford
Reston
Big House
Gray Atelier
Everyman
Merck Forest
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Forest Service
Suns
Celtics
Yankees
Red Sox
Carter Clings To Second Ballot Hope In Tight Primary Race
Democratic front runner Jimmy Carter predicts a higher chance of winning on a second ballot as California, Ohio, and New Jersey vote on Super Tuesday. He believes delegates pledged to George Wallace could shift if a second ballot occurs, while rivals Udall and Church clash over Ohio. Reagan pledges possible U.S. aid to Rhodesia to avert bloodshed.
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Jimmy Carter
California
Carter
Alabama
George Wallace
Ohio
New Jersey
Frank Church
Morris Udall
Church
Montana
Udall
Edmund Brown Jr
Rhode Island
Brown
Charles Reilly
South Dakota
San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
Rhodesia
Reagan
Sacramento Press Club
U.S
Hays defies ethics moves while resigning fund post
Washington Rep Wayne Hays D Ohio says he will resign as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee but will keep his House Administration Committee post amid ethics inquiries into Elizabeth Rays claim she was hired as his mistress Hays defends himself and calls for a June 9 meeting of the campaign panel while the House Ethics Committee plans to meet behind closed doors to organize its probe Rep John Flynt says the panel may call witnesses beyond the two principals as it weighs the case
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UPI
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Ethics
Miss Ray
Ray
Administration Committee
Committee On
House Administration
John Flynt
Dga
Flynt
James Quillen
R-Tenn
Reporter Bolles Hurt by Mafia Car Bomb in Phoenix
Don Bolles an investigative reporter for the Arizona Republic was lured to a hotel tip and exploded upon returning to his car. He suffered the loss of a leg and mangled other injuries, in critical condition. Police seek the tipster who disappeared.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Don Bolles
Bolles
The
Arizona Republic
Arizona
Republic
Associated Press
New York
Lexington
Trenton
Newark
N.J
Drug mixup delays swine flu inoculation program
A production mixup at Parke-Davis produced 2.6 million doses of the wrong vaccine seed, delaying the ill and elderly swine flu inoculation plan by four to six weeks. The Public Health Service said other parts of the nationwide program remain unaffected and some trial subjects received the incorrect vaccine.
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Washington
UPI
Public Health Service
Parke-Davis Co
Ft. Dix
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Babcock
Lloyd Rathbun
Babcock House
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