McCord names more in Watergate probe as hearings loom
Senate Watergate committee opens with James McCord providing names of others involved in the break in and bugging of the DNC. McCord, ex security chief for Nixon’s reelection campaign, says more will be revealed and asks to testify again. Magruder and Dean named in reports. Ziegler denies Dean’s involvement.
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Laos and Hanoi Deadlock on POW Releases Persists
A North Vietnam spokesman said Laos may free nine American POWs but timing is undecided. The move does not resolve the broader stalemate over 139 remaining American prisoners and U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam. US Embassy in Vientiane reported no contact with Pathet Lao officials on the matter.
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Viet truce violations drop in Saigon but Cambodia fighting rises
Saigon reports 88 Communist cease fire violations today the lowest since the January 28 truce took effect while Phnom Penh officials say fighting in Cambodia increased. In Honolulu authorities say U.S. warplanes were involved.
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Higher rates for power predicted a new rise in Vermont
A spokesman for Central Vermont Public Service Corp told the Vermont Hotel-Motel Association that electric rates will continue to rise to meet inflation and environmental pressures. He cited rising costs for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp and cited broader wartime commentary in the region.
Democrats urge tight controls on big corporations and unions
Congressional Democrats urge Nixon to replace Phase III with Phase IV to impose strict controls on big corporations and unions. They warn the Phase III approach is premature, predict slower inflation and unemployment relief, and favor a federal spending ceiling of 268 billion dollars. Patman plans a week of hearings on a one year wage price extension to April 30 1874 with rent control added in Senate measures.
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Dean Sayre Warns Nixon Threatens Free Press
The Very Rev Francis Sayre Jr, dean of the Washington Cathedral, charges the Nixon administration’s policy toward the news media is the greatest threat to press freedom since McCarthy. FCC member Meholay Johnson accuses the admin of attempting to intimidate the press to echo rather than report.
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Inside Sun debates price controls and local ethics
The Inside Sun previews price controls as Stafford calls for their return on Page 3. The week’s T.R.B. column examines the Nisan Court on Page 4, along with a letter defending SVSU meeting school board directors. A guest column on Page 5 attacks welfare waste by chiselers and bureaucrats. Page 6 notes Sunderland zoning aims at communes. Page 7 reports Norwich cadets plan Civil War era band revival. Page 5 asks if a cure for the common cold exists. NCAA wraps NiT on Page 10.
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Noel Coward Dies at 73 From Heart Attack in Jamaica
Sir Noel Coward died of a heart attack at age 73 in Jamaica, announced by his agent. Funeral arrangements for the renowned British playwright, author, and actor were pending.
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Behind the Wounded Knee siege a three week impasse unfolds
The article begins a three part series on the origins of the Wounded Knee takeover by Indian dissidents. It contrasts the militants led by the American Indian Movement with federal authorities, tracing a history of clash between Sioux culture and white policy. It notes Pine Ridge poverty, broken treaties, and the symbolic choice of a sacred site for protest amid long standing grievances.
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