Plumbers Acts Justified, Nixon Told Ehrlichman
Nixon privately approved the White House plumbers burglary after the fact, Ehrlichman testified. Petersen told the Watergate grand jury that Nixon ordered the Justice Department to stay out of the case in a April 18, 1973 call. Ehrlichman said Nixon later affirmed the justification in early May 1973, citing national security reasons. The disclosures form part of new impeachment evidence totaling 2,090 pages released by the House Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
House
Henry Petersen
Watergate Grand Jury
Justice Department
John DD. Ehrlichman
Petersen
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
House Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean
Charles W. Colson
J, Edgar Hoover
FBI
Committee On the
Hoover
Clark Clifford
Clifford
Life Magazine
H. R. Haldeman
Alexander Butterfield
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Jim Keogh
Haldeman
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
William D. Ruckelshaus
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Makarios to plead Cyprus crisis at United Nations
Archbishop Makarios flew to New York to urge the United Nations to condemn the Greek military junta and press for Cyprus democracy. He claimed British support not to recognize the junta and expected to address the Security Council amid a proposed resolution seeking Greek officers from the Cypriot National Guard’s leadership and opposing island annexation.
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London
Makarios
New York
United Nations
Britain
Cyprus
Greece
U.N. Security Council
United States
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Joseph Sisco
Nixon
Mediterranean
Cyprus National Guard
Ecevit
Athens
Nicosia
Anti-Erosion Fight at Camp Ellis Hinges on Public Beach Ownership
Saco officials and residents press Army Corps of Engineers for beach protection as erosion claims about 200 feet of frontage since the 1920s. The city weighs claiming land as public, funding hurdles loom, and the Corps eyes a potential harbor dredging and ice-breaker projects to restore winter port access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ellis
Saco
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
John Dexter
James Ward
Dexter
Ward
Irving Fistel
Fistel
Berton Braley
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Corps Planning Division
Carnival Rides Safety Sought At Old Orchard Beach
Saco's Locke School may become a speech and hearing center while carnival safety measures are discussed. The item notes local focus on facilities, potential program changes, and community concerns in Old Orchard Beach.
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Old Orchard Beach
Saco’s
Locke School
Sure-Footed Steeplejacks Must Sure Like Their Work
Kennebunk article profiles Joe Gorman and Dan Huard, veteran steeplejacks painting a 105 foot water tower built in 1895. They discuss courage, training, dangers, and the appeal of outdoor work with emphasis on skill, money, and travel. Huard recalls a 28 foot fall six years earlier and rescuing a trainee. The piece notes little formal training and outlines initiation steps for new workers.
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Gorman
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport and Wells Water District
High Street
Dan Huard
Huard
Lofty Heights
Rockville
Connecticut
Gorman and Huard
Stormy Session At DOB Planners Debate Trailer Deal
The Old Orchard Beach planning board approved David Mc Callum s 87 unit trailer park expansion by a 4-1 vote, with Henry Lemire the sole dissenter over non conforming lot sizes. The board also agreed to refer back to the town council a zoning dispute involving Charlotte Clough, former Titcomb Farm owner, tied to a 52 acre land purchase on Saco Avenue and a mobile home placement that sparked permit and variance questions.
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Old Orchard Beach
Planning Board
David McCallum
Charlotte Clough
Titcomb Farm
McCallum
Henry Lemire
Norman Winch
Lemire
Charlotis
Building Inspector and Planning Board
Ousa
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James Callaghan
Bulent Ecevit
Ankara
By Susan Morrison
Plum Island
Mass
Inside the Journal
Abby
Joe Gorman
Wells
Steeplejacks
Peter Kingsley
Clough’s Mobil Town
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