Ellsberg Burglary Admission Ties Krogh to White House Plumbers
Former White House aide Egil Bud Krogh signed an affidavit admitting supervision of the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. Sources say Krogh sent copies to Judge Matt Byrne as part of proceedings in the Pentagon Papers case. Ellsberg and Russo face espionage and theft charges over copying government records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
White House
Egil “Bud” Krogh
Auc
Daniel Ellsberg
Krogh
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Pentagon
Los Angeles
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Soviet Union
Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Byrne
Transportation Department
Ehrlichman
G. Gordon Lid
Edward M. Kennedy
Washington Post
Senate
Special Watergate Committee
Justice Department
Dean
Brezhnev gains in popularity with new applause count
AP reports Brezhnev’s May Day address showed notable rise in “applauses” as observers tally interruptions. The 15 minute Moscow speech drew interruptions at about one every 200 words, including stormy and continuous forms not previously common in Pravda style reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonid
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Pravda
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leninist
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Inside The Journal Chuckle Line
A light exchange where one man jokes about the rat race and enjoying a bit more cheese. The quip highlights everyday work life with a playful twist.
U S Consul Kidnapped In Mexico By Terrorists
U S Consul General Terrence G. Leonhardy was kidnapped by leftist militants in Guadalajara. The group demanded 30 prisoners be freed and sent to Cuba with threats of execution if demands are not met. Leonhardy, 58, has a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Mexico
U.S
Terrence G. Leonhardy
Cuba
Alberto Orozco Romero
Jalisco
Leonhardy
Armed
Mexico City
Fernando Lopez Munro
Havana
Uumil
San Salvador
Foreign Service
Barranquilla
Colombia
Copenhagen
Madrid
State Department
Washington, D.C
Segretti Indicted in Anti-Muskie Political Sabotage Plot
Donald H. Segretti and George A. Hearing face federal charges for conspiring to disrupt the 1972 Florida Democratic presidential primary campaigns of Senators Muskie and Jackson. The two men allegedly mailed a phony "Citizens for Muskie" letter accusing Jackson of sexual misconduct and other crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Donald H. Segretti
Florida
U.S
Edmund SS. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Segretti
Marina del Ray
Calif
George A
Tampa
Citizens For Muskie
Jackson
Weicker and Dean Meet Over Watergate Without Nixon Implication
Senate leaks describe a secret two hour forty five minute meeting between John W Dean III and Lowell P Weicker Jr in which Dean offered no grounds to implicate President Nixon. Dean handed over safe deposit box contents and discussed possible immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Weicker
Nixon
Washington
John W. Dean
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut Republican
U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
White House
Donald H. Segretti
California
Los Angeles
Orlando
Fla
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
E. Howard Hunt
Pen
Oan
New York Daily News
Two States Restore Capital Punishment
The Associated Press reports Connecticut and Nevada have reinstated the death penalty for specific crimes including killings of police and prison inmates on duty. Connecticut adds penalties for serial murder and certain drug-induced deaths. Nevada includes bombing deaths and scheme murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Connecticut
Nevada
Gov
Honest Pols and Turtles Elimination Headlines
In San Diego an official reports a handwritten sign found on an empty cage praising an extinct species. In Corvallis Oregon the Turtle Derby was nearly canceled after salmonella infected 30 turtles, but substitutes and baby rabbits will run the 11th annual event as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
San Diego Zoo
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon State University
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Spaceship
Bud’ Krogh
Frank DuFault
West Edgewater
Mass
By William Ryan
Inside the Journal
Abby
Lee
San Antonio
Tex
Montana
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Secretai
Robert Benz
Odessa
Tampa Young Republicans
Benz
Hearing
Ralph Russo
Federal Prosecutors
Grand Jury
Senate Committee
Watergate
Thomas J. Meskill
Mike O'Callaghan
U.S. Supreme Court
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Curtis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!