Panel votes 37 1 to subpoena 11 more Nixon tapes
The House Judiciary Committee approved 37 to 1 to subpoena 11 more Watergate tapes and consider a second request for nine months of Nixon diaries from 1972 and 1973. The move sets a one week compliance deadline and signals further subpoenas totaling 79 tapes on Nixon's Watergate role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
John M. Doar
Committee
International Telephone and Telegraph
Edward Hutchinson
Michigan
Committee of Congress
Senate
Watergate Committee
Hutchinson
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Hunts
Archibald Cox
Tom Railsback
R.ill
Weather outlook shifts to warm and windy with sun
Warm windy day with mostly sunny skies becomes partly cloudy this evening. Chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight. High in the 80s, low 60s. Thursday cooler near 70 with clearing. Yesterday top 76 bottom 42. Today 7 am reading 63. Sunset 8 06, sunrise 5 40.
Israel frees jailed guerrillas to save hostage students lives
In Maalot a band of Arab guerrillas seized 85 to 100 Israeli schoolchildren and threatened to kill them unless 20 jailed Arab terrorists were released. Israel agreed, citing the hostage crisis as the priority. The incident followed prior attacks linked to broader tensions amid Kissinger’s peace mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Ma’alot
UPI
Galilee
Damascus
Beirut
Jean Herly
Gaza Strip
Qiryat Shemona
Haifa
Jerusalem
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Golan Heights
Lebanon
Syria
Moshe Dayan
Golda Meir
Readsboro Cycle Crash Claims Sixth County Fatality
A Bennington man died and a passenger was treated after their motorcycle overturned on Route 100 in Readsboro Tuesday night at 7 32. The operator Henrich Fleming Ricky Bartholdi 24 of 250 North St died at the scene while Cedric Sweet 20 also of 250 North St sustained cuts and bruises and was treated and released at Putnam Memorial Hospital. This marked the first motorcycle fatality in Bennington County this year and the sixth highway death to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readsboro
Bennington
Henrich Fleming
Ricky” . Bartholdi
North St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Cedric Sweet
Bartholdi
Bennington County
Lee Bartholdi
Old Bennington debates water and growth at village meeting
Old Bennington residents voiced worries over water flow in aging mains, funding a potential $60 000 to $500 000 new lines, and ownership disputes between village and town. Engineers logged flow tests from 380 gal per min on Margaret Lane to 60 near Walloomsac Road, triggering talk of legal action and possible grants. The meeting also approved a $28,600 budget and raised questions on revenue sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Church Barn
Mediavilla
Monument Circle
Bennington
Joseph Parks
West End
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Parks
Margaret Lane
Jefferson Heights
Walloomsac Road
Bernard Cohen
Ruth Eddy
Walter Berry
George D. Aiken
Cohen
Selectmen
James Toolan
Harry Cumpston
Santarcangelo
Constitutional scholar disputes St Clair impeachment views
Raoul Berger, a Yale Law scholar, rebukes James St Clair Nixon defense for using inslant history and half truths. Berger argues impeachment covers offenses beyond indictable crimes and that high crimes and misdemeanors are historical offenses against the state. He warns of a presidential effort to curb congressional accountability and notes the article is based on a February analysis, not Watergate transcript releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair
Washington
Raoul Berger
James St. Clair
Nixon
Berger
Yale Law Journal
Mr. St. Clair
White House
Congress
Hewitt Announces Candidacy for Vermont Senate Seat
Bennington County resident Merritt S. Hewitt Jr., 54, Shaftsbury, launches a bid for the Republican nomination for one of Bennington County two Senate seats. A former senator and longtime legislator, Hewitt emphasizes environmental laws, land use plans, container deposits reform, no fault insurance, Medicaid expansion, campaign funding laws, and Lake Shaftsbury state park gains. He touts past service on the Appropriations Committee and Green Mountain Passports for seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt S. Hewitt Jr
I-42
Shaftsbury
Senate
Bennington County
Hewitt
North Bennington
T. Garry Buckley
Dorset
Madeline Harwood
Manchester
Vermont
U.S
House of Representatives
House
Appropriations Committee
Lake Shaftsbury
Green Mountain
Herbert G. Ogden
Windsor County
Ben- Lee Hewitt
Bolton runs for prosecutor in Bennington County race
Bolton 26, deputy state's attorney for 18 months, announced his candidacy for the county's top prosecutor post. He aims to strengthen environmental and consumer protection enforcement, vows support for the DWI law, and favors civil penalties for marijuana convictions. He cites experience from Vermont and Boston College Law School and says Patricia Barr-Webster will lead consumer protection efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Raymond G. Bolton
Neil S. Moss
District Court
Thomas P. Salmon
John P. Morrissey
Bolton
Safford Street
Patricia Barr-Webster
Inside Rhode Island utility plans nuclear site at NAS
A Rhode Island utility seeks to install a nuclear facility at the Naval Air Station, drawing mixed reactions from officials and residents. The report notes security considerations and potential regional impact as the plan moves through preliminary reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Naval Air Station
Cora Cheney
Vermont
Guilford
Dolphins
Also Mentioned on This Page
James D. St. Clair
St.Clair
John F. Seiberling
Ohio
Mt. Anthony
Jim Thurber
Hale Mountain
Rick” Bartholdi
Elizabeth Dwyer
Merritt S. Hewitt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!