Haldeman testifies on Watergate tapes and Nixon links
H.R. Haldeman testified that after resigning in 1973 he took several Watergate tape recordings home and listened to one at Nixon's direction. He described his White House role as always available to the President and said he listened to discussions between Nixon and John Dean. He cited a March 21 1973 tape and a September 15 1972 tape in interviews before the trial.
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John J. Sirica
Nixon
Haldeman
White House
John Dean
Washington
California
Georgetown
Dean
Israelis fight and kill guerrillas near Dan frontier
Israeli troops patrolling Lebanon clashed with Palestinian guerrillas near Kibbutz Dan killing five attackers and forcing one to flee. The firefight occurred on the eve of Israel's 27th anniversary of the U.N. vote creating the Jewish state.
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United Press International
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Kibbutz Dan
U.N
Armed Forces Radio
Israel
Dan
Palestine News Agency
Beirut
An Nahar
Egypt
Kurt Waldheim
Sinai
Golan Heights
Nixon deemed unable to testify in Watergate trial
A panel of three physicians ruled former President Nixon cannot testify in the Watergate cover-up trial and likely won’t be able to until February 16, 1975 after recent surgery for phlebitis. Sirica sought to know if Nixon could testify in Washington or instead provide testimony on back page.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Dean
Sirica
White House
Lee
Top aide to leave Vermont PSB
MONTPELIER UPI The top aide to PSB Chairman Martin K. Miller will leave his post early next year after differences over regulatory policy. PSB Deputy Richard DeGrasse said he resigned to pursue a more active reform role, while Miller cited no need for a deputy. DeGrasse helped push rate reforms at Central Vermont Public Service Corp and criticized regulators in a Durham speech, saying they should take a tougher stand toward the electric power industry.
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DeGrasse
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Miller
Durham
N.H
New
Bangladesh mobilizes after killer cyclone
Prime Minister Mujibur Rahman ordered a large civilian and military relief force to aid victims of a deadly cyclone that swept the southeast coast. Reports said thousands may be dead or missing as 90 mph winds and 10 foot tides struck Cox's Bazar, Noakhali, and offshore islands, with rice crops devastated and communications cut.
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Dacca
UPI
Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Janapad
Cox’s Bazar
Bay of Bengal
Maheshkhali
Kutubdia
Noakhali
Chittagong
Ford to visit China in 1975 confirms trip announcement
UPI reports President Ford will travel to the People's Republic of China in 1975, a second U.S. president to visit since Nixon in 1972. The joint White House and Chinese announcement follows Kissinger's sixth China trip, noting continued efforts to normalize relations and reaffirms commitment to the Chang Hai communique. Taiwan remains a sensitive, unsettled issue as Beijing and Washington pursue broader arms talks.
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Washington
Ford
China
Peking
Kissinger
U.S
Chang Hai
Gerald R. Ford
People’s Republic of China
Nixon
U.s.-China
United States
Taiwan
People’s Republic of
Early open ski areas show promising season start
Local ski areas Brodie Stratton Bromley and Mt Snow opened for the season with excess of man made snow. Magic Mountain Londonderry was closed for insufficient snow. Attendance on opening day ranged from 300 to 450 across Mt Snow Stratton Bromley with good early reservations for January and February.
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Brodie
Stratton
Bromley
Mt. Snow
Magic Mountain
Londonderry
Dover
Jeff Dickson
Raith
Peru
Lord’s Prayer
Plaza
Bennington BSD eyes joint talks with MAU and others
The Bennington School District board urged closer coordination with MAU and four nearby elementary boards amid rising costs and economic pressures. They voted to hold joint meetings and consider a future joint negotiating team to align teacher salaries and educational quality.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington
BSD
Mt. Anthony Union
MAUHS
American Civil Liberties Union
MAU
Thomas Steffen
Bernard G. Winslow
Louis Perrotta
Perrotta
Winslow
George A. Sleeman
UMW Campaigns to Pass Coal Wage Pact in West Virginia
United Mine Workers officials launched a campaign to win ratification of a three year wage contract for about 120000 coal miners amid a two week old strike in Charleston West Virginia. The pact offers a 64 percent wage and benefits increase and could enable mines to reopen late next week if approved by vote expected to conclude Monday.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
U.S
Joe Duffie
Carl Bunch
Beckley
Bunch
Teme Sey
Inside Buzz regrets slur in remarks about the Pope
Secretary Buzz expresses regret over an alleged slur about the Pope in remarks. The item is part of a roundup of Inside accounts and touches on reactions to the controversy.
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Buzz
Wadsworths
Kit Foster
Randolph
Jaycees
Vermont
Hoosick Falls
Buxton
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Ted Rauh
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