Dean admits hiding Ellsberg break in evidence
John W. Dean III testified under oath that he helped hush up the Ellsberg break in by withholding and destroying potential evidence. He said he learned of the Ellsberg raid in spring 1972, ten months before Nixon learned of it, as prosecutors pressed his credibility in the Watergate cover-up trial.
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John N. Mitchell
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Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
John J. Wilson
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Exiled Greek ex-dictator Papadopoulos amid coup arrests
Former dictator George Papadopoulos and four top junta associates were arrested and deported to the island of Kea after being rounded up in Athens. Brig. Dimitrios Ioannides escaped arrest and was being sought. Mrs Despina Papadopoulos faced separate accusations of defrauding the state and later repaying $24,650.
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Pireau
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Governors forum yields no clear winner in Vermont race
Gov. Thomas P. Salmon and Republican Walter Kennedy sparred over taxes and economy at the Bendi auditorium forum. Martha Abbott of the Liberty Union offered sharper jabs. The meeting, taped for Channel 8, drew a sizable crowd and focused on alleged political dirty tricks and policy disputes amid claims of credit for tax cuts and surpluses.
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Walter L
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Martha Abbott
League of Women Voters
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Kissinger Arrives in Copenhagen First Moscow Route Stop
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger landed in Copenhagen on the first leg of a rapid tour toward Moscow and nine other nations. He met Danish Foreign Minister Ove Guldberg and American ambassadors to Denmark Sweden Norway and Finland. Talks covered trade atomic weapons oil and hunger relief with further topics expected.
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Russia
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New Delhi
Indira Ghandi
Bangladesh
Mujibur Abdul Rahman
Seven children killed as train backs into bus at crossing
In Aragon Georgia a work train backing up struck a loaded school bus taking students to Aragon Elementary School. Seven children aged 6 to 12 died and about 30 were injured. The crossing had no flashing lights. Bus driver Bill Kellett was hurt. Rescue efforts freed trapped children after 30 to 45 minutes. Local officials mourned the tragedy as families gathered at Rockmart Aragon Hospital.
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UPI
West Georgia
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Rockmart- Aragon Hospital
Bill Kellett
Joan Miller
Darrell Smith
Bennington Selectmen Reject Gun Law Restriction
Bennington selectmen voted 4 to 2 to defeat a proposed ordinance banning firearm discharge within 500 feet of houses or barns. Supporters argued for protection from reckless shooting, while about a dozen hunters opposed limits and motel owner Lee Mollica led a petition for safety. Existing village limits still enforce a ban adopted by the former Bennington village.
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Peter R. Donavan
Richard B. Leake III
J. Duncan Campbell
Timothy Corcoran
Gerald P. Morrissey
Paul Sheridan
Lee Mollica
Ms. Mollica
Police search for weapons in troubled Boston school
In Boston, hundreds of students at Hyde Park High and South Boston High passed through metal detectors. Police found eight knives on lawns but none on students. attendance rose to 76.7 percent. Detectors will remain in use amid racial tension and desegregation court orders.
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Longfellow
Hyde Park High School
Boston Business School
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Hyde Park
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John Best
South Boston High
William J. Reid
Inside Education Board Takes Spanking Across Its Knee
On the Inside Education Board takes spanking across its knee and tables it. Cora Cheney writes of the immigration of Irish and French into Vermont. The House race in Benn 2, otherwise known as Arlington, Sandgate and Sunderland. That fire protection problem in Hoosick's No Man's Land. The John Page column notes that it is possible to be regulated out of existence. Giants get Craig Morton.
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John Page
Craig Morton
Ford warns Democratic Congress could threaten world peace
President Ford told campaign crowds in Oklahoma City and Cleveland that a Democratic controlled Congress could bring economic extremism and endanger world peace. He accused the opposition of Nixon-Agnew tactics and warned of a possible veto-proof Congress. Ford stressed the two party system and urged voters to consider the stakes in the Nov. 5 election.
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Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
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Henry Bellman
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