Costa Rican leader pleads for Watergate restraint
Costa Rica President Jose Figueres said Watergate weakens Nixon as Western world leader. He urged the U.S. press to quit excessive Watergate coverage and asked the Senate committee to end televised hearings. He warned Nixon may be affected in upcoming talks with Leonid Brezhnev and defended Vesco extradition as a matter for Costa Rican courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
San Jose
Costa Rica
UPI
Jose Figueres
Senate Special Watergate Committee
Figueres
Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Vladimir Kazimirev
Pigueres
West
U.S
Robert L. Vesco
New Jersey
New York
Indians block road in fishing dispute
BAY MILLS Michigan. About 100 armed Chippewas blocked both ends of a major roadway across their 78th acre reservation for four hours over a treaty dispute on hunting and fishing rights. A meeting with officials was to seek a solution after charges against two youths were dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Mills
Mich
Tyro Young Chippewas
Federal Interior and Justice Departments
LeBlanc
Donald Parrish
Chippewa County
David Hanna
William Lamphear
POWs and families greeted at White House gala
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger drew loud cheers at a White House POW reunion. About 680 POWs and 600 wives and mothers attended a two hour State Department reception and a dinner under red and yellow tents. Nixon, kissed and thanked, led a V for victory moment. Kissinger received similar adulation amid Watergate tensions.
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Washington
UPI
Nizon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Nixon
Richard Bates
Plaza
N.D
Air Force
State Department
Mixons
Spiro T. Agnew
Navy
Charles R. Gillespie Jr
Miramar
Calif
America
Kissinger
National Security Council
Lucy Winchester
Miki Garcia
Sacramento
Catif
Peron protege Campora assumes Argentina presidency
Hector J. Campora, a protege of exiled Juan Peron, takes office as Argentina’s first civilian president in seven years amid massive Peronist celebration in Buenos Aires. Delegations from 62 countries, including US Secretary Rogers, attend the inauguration as Campora faces inflation violence and military unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peron
Argentina
Humnos Aires
Hector J. Campara
Juan D. Peron
Madrid
Buenos Aires
Viva Peron
Campora
Feron
Plaza de Mayo
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Salvador Allende
Chile
Osvaldo Corticos
Cuba
Bomb loaded freight cars explode in Arizona desert
Southern Pacific freight train carrying bombs exploded near Benson Arizona with two workers injured as crews battled fires. Witnesses described mushroom-like blasts and flying debris. the train, en route from St. Louis to Port Chicago California, was halted and no inspection planned until morning.
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Arizona
Benson, Ariz
UPI
Southern Pacific
Ranch Land
Tucson
al Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Lloyd Adams
Pelton Parrish
Kenneth Ball
Parrish
Ball
St. Louis
McAlester
Okla
Ard
Port Chicago
Calif
San Francisco
Medlester Naval Ammunition Depot
Hecht
George Scalt
Velma Sherican
Dragoon
Black legislator McNair elected in Alabama marks progress
Randall HR reports Chris McNair becomes the third Black member of the Alabama Legislature after a history of civil rights battles. He vows to represent all citizens while acknowledging ongoing racial tensions and promising focus on education and industrial growth to aid minorities.
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Randall HR
Hansrick Montgomery
Ala
UPL
Chris McNair
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Birmingham
McNair
Alabama
Wallace
Jefferson County
Tim
Soylent Green and Disney Twin Bill At Local Theaters
The review highlights Soylent Green with Charlton Heston as a cop solving a murder amid a crowded Manhattan population of 41 million. It notes Edward G. Robinson’s final film, mentions Disney family fare Charley and the Angel and Cinderella, and flags Man of La Mancha, Snowball Express, The Living Desert, Fists of Fury, and Red Sun at Bennington and nearby drive-ins with dusk showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Island
Charlton Heston
Ligh Taylor- Young
Edward
Robinson
Bennington
Disney
Hathaway
North Flopsick
Red Sun
Charles Bronson
Ursula Andress
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Jiles
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Yesco
Bradford
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
Iucia
Pullman
Eat
MAIN ST_ BENNINGTON, YT
Walt Disney
SUN
LA Mancha
Peter O'Toole
Sophia Lereu, Dames Cor
Marte
The
Cinemats
Sophia Loren
Metrocolor
Panamisions
Sharlton Weston-Leigh Taylor-Young
Edward C. Robinson
F.C.E. Dance
Manchester
Barbara Tyrell
Larry Clayton
Ed Bisson
Boy — Cal
South ST
Wal
Bennington Banner
Main SL
Theanner Pubblishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Wational Advertising
Stalthows
Schwonon & Cullen Inc
Howe
Walt Disney AK Productions
Eisai Eli
Bruce
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