Nixon Officials Defy Subpoena in Watergate Tape Case
President Nixon and his lawyers refuse to meet a 2pm Monday deadline to hand over 64 Watergate tapes to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski, vowing to seek Supreme Court review. Judge Sirica set the schedule amid controversy over transcript disclosures and impeachment discussions, while House Judiciary Committee weighs possible impeachment counts.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
Supreme Court
U.S
John J. Sirica
Jaworski
White House
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Sirica
Phillip A. Lacovara
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodino
D-N.j
Rodino
Edward Hutchinson
Michigan
Hutchinson
John M. Dear
John W. Dean III
Dear
Camp David
Archibald Cox
Cox
U.S. District Court
Bennington officials and state agency reps named in map note
The listing names chairman and William E. Dailey Jr. behind Mrs Tenner, with Gregory Burke assistant director of the Bennington County Regional Commission, Gerald Cornell commissioner, and Eugene E Keenan from the Agency of Environmental Conservation. See story and a map on Page 8.
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William E. Dailey Jr
Tenner
Gregory Burke
Bennington County
Bennington
William
Ford backs transcript verification in Watergate case
Vice President Ford expressed conviction after reviewing Nixon tape transcripts that the President is innocent of Watergate wrongdoing. He said impeachment probes can verify transcripts and suggested broader access to tapes for officials to authenticate them, urging nonpartisan handling of the matter.
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John N. Mitchell
Washington
Mitchell
White House
H. R. Haldeman
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
Ford
House
John M. Doar
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Peter Rodine
Edward Hutchinson
Dear
James St. Clair
Committee
Inside excerpts and editorials across pages
A digest of feature notes from page 2 to page 12 highlights medical and political topics. Topics include middle aged smokers and stroke risk on page 2, a GOP candidate’s critique of a land use plan on page 3, Tom Braden’s column on terrorism double standards on page 4, James Reston’s take on Nixon’s final barricades on page 5, a pardon in a Bennington drug case on page 7, and local features such as AMHS honor roll on page 9 and a share on an unassuming star by John Hubbard on page 12.
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Montague
Tom Braden
James Reston
Nixon
Bennington
AMHS
John Hubbard
Planning board launches inquiry on town's growth
Bennington planning commission opened a five year town plan review and zoning update. It debated growth costs to services and quality of life, and whether to limit development as New York State plans a highway link to the Capital District could pressure Bennington into becoming a bedroom suburb. The panel promised an intensive study but offered no binding conclusions.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington
Commission
New York State
New York 7
Capital District
Hard
Hurd
Burke
See Planning Board
Marie Condon Named to State Education Board
Mrs. Marie P. Condon of North Bennington is named to Vermont's seven member state Board of Education by Gov. Salmon. She replaces John F. Wilson of St. Albans. A Bennington area education advocate, she helped found Bennington Day Care Inc. and chairs 102 River St. She and husband Robert B. Condon own the New Englander Motor Inn. they have two children, Robert and Kate. The board includes Lt. Gov. Thomas L. Hayes and members from Walcott, Brattleboro, Morgan, Burlington, and Shelburne.
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Condon
University of Vermont
Robert B. Condon
New Englander Motor Inn
Northside Drive
Robert
Kate
Mt. Anthony Union
The
State Education Board
Thomas L. Hayes
Robert Corley
Walcott
David Gibson
Brattleboro
Arline P. Hunt
Morgan
Joan Hoff
Burlington
Barbara Snelling
Shelburne
Vermont Obscenity Law Tightens Public Displays
Vermont enacts a broad obscenity statute set to take effect July 1, authoring AG Kimberly Cheney. The law treats material harmful to minors as a state standard, requires civil action before criminal charges for written matter, tightens penalties to up to one year in jail and 1000 dollars, and limits seizure to a single copy.
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Vermont
Kimberly Cheney
Cheney
The
Banner Today
U.S. Supreme Court
Faulty fuel rods cut production at Vernon Yankee plant
The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant at Vernon will run at 80 percent capacity for several weeks while faulty fuel rods are replaced. President James Griffin announced the cutback to keep the 540000 kilowatt facility economical and reliable. Poor fuel results from General Electric Co. forced the reduction. The plant, the state's only atomic power generator, will be shut for refueling in October. Since startup 18 months ago it has been shut down several times for repairs.
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Vernon
UPI
Vermont Yankee
Yankee
James Griffin
Griffin
General Electric Co
Ervin Pushes Federal Privacy Board to Shield Citizens
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr introduces a bill to create a Federal Privacy Board to regulate government and private data gathering. Co sponsored by Senator Charles H. Percy with Mathias backing broader limits on electronic surveillance and private record access without court order.
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Washington
UPI
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Charles McC. Mathias
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Bennington County Regional Commission
Paul W. Bohne III
Marie Condon
By John Leaning
Yankee Plant
Sen. Ervin
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