Probers Weigh Link McCord Clemency Offer Watergate Probe
Senate investigators pursue a link between John Ehrlichman and repeated clemency offers to James McCord amid Watergate probes. McCord, convicted of wiretapping and burglary, testified that Caulfield claimed clemency after a year in jail, a claim Caulfield partly disputed. Evidence centers on Ehrlichman orders and high level involvement, though Nixon himself is not implicated.
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Washington
Senate
John D. Ehrlichman
James McCord
McCord
White House
John Caulfield
Caulfield
Nixon
Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Treasury Department
Watergate
Liddy
Railroad bids to keep Biddeford agency open amid closing plan
Maine Public Utilities Commission hear opposing views on Boston and Maine Railroad plan to close its Biddeford agency May 23 along with Saco Old Orchard Beach Kennebunkport Wells and Scarborough. Local officials business leaders and customers argued for keeping the office citing personal service and potential losses in revenue and trucking costs.
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Maine Public Utilities Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
Tay
Biddeford
Commission
Boston and Maine
Biddeford Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunkport
Wells
Scarborough
Dover
N.H
Utilities Commission
Robert W. True
Hugh McDonough
James McCabe
Massachusetts
Boston
Maine
North Berwick
Robert Hill
Hill
Portland
Bill Alcorn
Wood Structures
Harry Zaitin
Saco Steel
Roger Tremblay
Brezhnev and Brandt Agree on 10 Year Economic Pact
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt sign a 10 year trade and technical cooperation accord in Bonn. Demonstrations surge in Bonn and the Ruhr as protesters back or oppose Brezhnev’s historic visit.
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Bonn
Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Willy Brandt
Ruhr
Brezhnev
Communist Party
West Germany
Dortmund
Oldest Man Claims 168th Birthday in Soviet Union
Shirali Mislimov, a wiry mountaineer from the southern Soviet Union, says he was born in 1805 and marks his 168th birthday around May 16 or 20. He is married to his 107 year old wife and has 23 children, with only two living, while Western scientists remain skeptical yet acknowledge his age as very old. He rises early, gardens daily, sleeps little, and walks about a kilometer each day.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Toov
Shirali Mislimov
Venezuelan plane hijacked by leftists bound for Mexico City
A Venezuelan Avensa turboprop hijacked by four young leftists after dark on Friday spent hours at Merida International Airport negotiating for the release of 35 political prisoners. The plane carried 32 passengers and five crew. They diverted via Curacao and Panama. Authorities and diplomats rejected demands and offered humanitarian options as the aircraft prepared to resume toward Mexico City.
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Merida
Mexico
Mexico City
Merida International Airport
Avensa Airine
Venezuela
Havana
Cuba
Skylab Repairs Rehearsed For Sunshield Deployment
Skylab 1 astronauts in bulky suits rehearse a day long plan to deploy a sunshade to cool the overheated lab. They test two methods, one from the Apollo ferry hatch and one from the station hatch, with a decision hoped by Thursday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Huntsville
Frog Power Jump Jubilee Draws Thousands to Calaveras
In Angels Camp California the 1973 International Jumping Frog Jubilee attracts thousands as competitors aim for the hop record. The 1966 mark of 19 feet 34 inches over three jumps stands. prizes include 1200 to the record holder and 300 if the record stands at day’s end. Trainers use hypnosis or high protein diets to prep frogs under Calaveras County Fair sponsorship.
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Smiley
Ripple
Calaveras County
How do I love thee Let me compute the ways
A playful line about a data processing operator coupling romance with numbers appears in the cartoons and mini page humor section. The item shows light entertainment through a clever tech themed quip linking affection and computation.
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Probers
Clemency
New York City
John W. Dean II
Dean
Atty
John N. Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
Mitchell
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
By Christopher Couch
Bernard Cohen
York Bottling
Cohen
Roger Johnson
Johnson
Lou Jantzen
Cummings Brothers
Saco River
Factory Island
Biddeford Manufacturing
Pepperell Manufacturing
Dick Danforth
Authansa Airlines
Japan
West Berlin
Kremlin
Cede
Mislimov
California
Humberto Rumbos
Carlos Loret de Mola
Yucatan
Avensa
Caracas
Curacao
Panama
Dolores Monsalve de Quintero
Punto Cero
Carmen Villanueva de Anes
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Wertz
The
Space Agency
Union
Conrad Kerwin
Weitz
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Don Puddy
Frog Power
Ronald Eagan
Glen Campbell
Bill Steed
Croaker College
San Francisco
Steed
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