Nixon lawyer defends Cox ouster as necessary
Nixon constitutional counsel Charles Alan Wright says the President paid hideous costs to remove Archibald Cox but argues the firing was necessary. Wright and other White House lawyers prepare a court response as Judge Sirica orders tapes turned over and urges grand juries to press forward with Watergate investigations. Senator Muskie voices impeachment concerns while suggesting other crisis-resolving options may exist.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Charles Alan Wright
White House
Wright
Elliot L. Richardson
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Congress undecided on next move in Nixon impeachment
Congress remains undecided on whether to begin impeachment proceedings against President Nixon after widespread disapproval of firing Watergate prosecutor Cox. A UPI poll shows more members favor impeachment than oppose, yet about half are undecided. patterns cross party lines with several GOP members signaling possible inquiry instead.
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UPI
Congress
Nixon
Archibald Cox
House
Senate
Cox
Sens
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
GOP House
Paul McCloskey
Calif
Richard Mallary
Charles Whalen
Ohio
Lawrence Williams
Joshua Ejilberg
Alan Steelman
Tex
Barber Conable
R-N.y
William B. Widnall
Rn.j
Cease-fire collapses as Israel and Egypt resume fighting
Israel and Egypt resumed full-scale hostilities after a breakdown in the U S and Soviet backed cease-fire. Cairo urged a United Nations Security Council emergency session while Israel warned the truce would take effect in days. Both sides accused the other of violations as battles raged along the Suez Canal bulge and near Mount Hermon.
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Egypt
United States
Russia
Middle East
United Nations Security Council
Syria
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Damascus
Mount Hermon
Iraq
Libya
Cairo
Golda Meir
Knesset
Security Council
Haim Herzog
Suez Canal
Suez
Bitter Lakes
Arson charges filed against two Hoosick Falls men
After a four month probe two Hoosick Falls residents were arrested for arson in the Falls Hardware fire of June 8. Gerald Greenberg owned the destroyed building in Bennington, with damage over 500000. Charles Landry 22 and Raymond Guber 21 were remanded to Rensselaer County Jail and will appear next Wednesday at 7 for counsel.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Falls
Gerald Greenberg
Bennington
Charles Landry
Church St
Raymond Guber
West Coxsakie
Landry
Guber
Falls Hardware Co
William Fitzpatrick
Rensselaer County
Tax appraisal costs raise questions in Bennington selectmen
Bennington Board of Selectmen secretly approved 15176 for six BCA members for property tax appeal work done over 11 weeks. Pay rates increased at a closed meeting, raising rights to know concerns. Eighteen BCA members received checks mostly over 800 dollars, some over 1000, with payments based on visits and meetings.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington Board of Selectmen
Board of Civil Authority
Selectmen
BCA
Max Perrotta
Perrotta
Watergate echoes in drive for harsher criminal code reform
Frank Wilkinson, executive director of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, argued at Bennington College that the Criminal Code Reform Act of 1973 seeks sweeping powers. He warned it mirrors Nixon era repression, detailing proposed provisions that he claims would restore the death penalty and infringe civil liberties.
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White House
John N. Mitchell
Frank Wilkinson
Bennington College
Wilkinson
National Committee Against
Mitchell
Dewey
Nixon
Akron Law Review
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
GOP
National Commission On Revision of the Criminal Code
California
Edmund G
Pat’’ Brown
Nixon-Agnew
John W. Dean
Impeachment protest urged in Montpelier gathering
About 250 Vermonters gathered at the State House to press Congress to impeach President Nixon over firing Archibald Cox and withholding Watergate tapes. Speakers urged citizen action as veterans and civil liberties advocates warned of a constitutional crisis during a brief, peaceful event.
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Charles Butler Jr
Montpelier
UPI
Tunbridge
America
Vermont
The
American Civil Liberties Union
VCLU
Joan Webster
George D. Aiken
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Peter Franchot
Dennis Morrisseau
Burlington
Inside News and Page 3 Highlights Mt Anthony Junior High
Mt Anthony Junior High offers Inside News on page 3 with brief notes and feature hints. T R B s column signals ongoing unbelievable events in Washington on page 4.
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Mt. Anthony
T.R.B
Washington
Godfrey Sperling
the Monitor
Nixon
Agnew
Hoosick Falls
BBS
Arlington
John Randolph
Casals dies at 96 world’s famed cellist laid in state
Pablo Casals, renowned cellist conductor and composer, dies at 96 in San Juan Puerto Rico after heart and lung complications. He spent 34 years in exile from Spain due to General Francisco Franco and had refused to visit the Soviet Union since 1917 over human rights concerns. His body to be moved to the rotunda for burial in Puerto Rico following the state tribute.
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P.R
UPI
Pablo Casals
Puerto Rico
Spain
Casals
Francisco Franco
Soviet Union
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