Sirica steps down as DC chief judge amid Watergate saga
UPI reports John J. Sirica, famed Watergate judge, retires as chief U.S. District Judge of the District of Columbia at age 70 while promising to remain involved in court actions from the scandal. George L. Hart Jr. will succeed him. Morse contemplates another Senate bid in Oregon.
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UPI
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American Bar Association
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U.S
District of Columbia
Sirica
George L. Hart Jr
America
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Jack Dempsey
Court of Appeals
Salem, Ore
Wayne Morse
Senate
Bob Packwood
Mark Hatfield
Morse
Washingtonian
American Bvar Association
Chesterfield Smith
John L. Sirica
Senate reconsiders criminal code in Vermont
The Vermont Senate voted 15 to 14 on Monday to recommit the criminal code bill a week after killing it 14 to 13. Judiciary Chair T Garry Buckley pushed the move, aiming to revise the measure which stirs debate over reinstating the death penalty and adultery ban, with Buckley hinting at committee action to push the code through this year.
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Judiciary
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Bennington County
Senate
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Windsor County
Vermont
Buckley
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Washington County
Doyle
Judiciary Committee
John Alden
Windsor
Robert Bloomer
Rutland
John Boylan
Orleans
Essex
Robert Daniels
Chittenden
Robert Gannett
Windham
Arthur Gibb
Addition
Edward Janeway
Arthur Jones
John O’brien
Andrew Orzel
Sanborn Partridge
Dorothy Shea
Frank Smallwood
Donald Smith
Nader rails at Big Oil and energy monopoly at Williams
Ralph Nader charged a U S energy crisis is orchestrated by a conspiracy of seven major oil companies with federal support. He urged solar energy and warned about nuclear risks while criticizing education and corporate power during a Williams College talk sponsored by Mass PIRG and others.
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Mass
Ralph Nader
U.S
Chapin Hall
Williams College
Nader
Federal Energy Office
White House
Exxon
Nixon
Alaskan
Athabasca
Canada
Atomic Energy Commission
Pennsylvania
AEC
Indian Point
N.Y
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group
Mass Pirg
Massachusetts
Williams
Raiders
Ravel
General Motors
Bennington Weekend Sees Youth Music Invasion
On the Inside Bennington will be invaded this weekend by young musicians with events likely to draw crowds. Page 3 notes the upcoming performances and local artistic energy shaping the town.
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Tom Braden
William Simon
Bob Williams
Shaftsbury Selectmen
North Bennington
Arlington Bicentennial Group
Patriot
Panel uses grand jury report to push Nixon tapes
UPI Washington reports House Judiciary Committee members will press Nixon to release 42 tapes after Chief Judge Sirica ordered access to a secret grand jury report on Nixon and Watergate. The two page document, focused on Nixon, was deemed material to the impeachment inquiry despite no accusatory conclusions.
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UPI
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House Judiciary Committee
U.S
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Sirica
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D-Mass
Edward Hutchinson
Michigan
GOP
Peter W. Rodino Jr
D-N.j
Watergate
Nixon to air questions from Texas audience
President Nixon flies to Houston for a nationally televised Q and A at the National Association of Broadcasters convention. He will visit the Lyndon Johnson Space Center and astronauts, while seeking public support to blunt a Watergate impeachment inquiry and shift attention from tax problems. The trip includes an overnight stay in Houston and a space project inspection.
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UPI
Nixon
Texas
Andrews Air Force Base
Houston
National Association of Broadcasters
Lyndon Johnson Space Center
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Buckley calls for Nixon to resign over Watergate crisis
Senator James L. Buckley urges President Nixon to quit, calling for a voluntary resignation as the only way to end the Watergate crisis. He frames the act as a noble, statesmanlike step and notes his own shift from support to opposition amid impeachment inquiries.
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UPI
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