Nixon Appeals to End Public Cynicism in Pekin
President Nixon urged Americans to not let Watergate cynicism erode trust in politics during a Pekin visit for Everett Dirksen memorial events. He spoke before thousands about hopeful progress from upcoming Soviet talks with Brezhnev and noted the American system is working as the Nixons then traveled to Florida for summit prep.
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Nixon
Congressional
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Leonid Brezhnev
White House
Nixon urges Americans to overlook few faults and guard virtue
National report from Pekin Illinois states President Nixon asks the public not to let Watergate mistakes obscure virtue of most in politics. A separate Saigon dispatch notes both sides fired during cease fire opening hours, with Paris pact impact still unclear.
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Pekin
Ill
Nixon
Virginia Judicial Nomenclature Changes Take Effect July First
Richmond reports that Virginians accustomed to trial court police court and town court designations will see these labels vanish from the state's judiciary after July 1. The change modernizes and standardizes court terminology across counties.
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Richmond
Lawmaker Says West Germany Timber Plan Misleading
Del. Charles T. Lohr asserts that a West Germany timber harvesting method would fail in West Virginia. He warns the West Virginia trip was a ploy to push that view. Also, WV Water Company officials say sewage entering Bluefield water via Horton Dam is not at drinkable danger levels.
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Black Forest
West Virginia
Del
Charles T. “Tate” Lohr
D-Mercer
Charles E. Lohr
Lohr
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Forest Management Review Commission
Princeton Ete
Nixon economic plan triggers sharp market drop
The stock market plunged again Friday amid broad negative reaction at home and abroad to President Nixon's new economic program.
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Nixon
Prosecution closes case in Pass Yablonski slayings trial
Erie Pa AP The prosecution rests in the Albert E Pass trial over the 1969 murders of Joseph Yablonski and his family. Judge Carney recesses court as defense plans to begin its phase Monday. Sprague led 39 witnesses over four days to link Pass to the planning.
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Erie, Pa
Albert E. Pass
Joseph Yablonski
Edward Carney
Carney
Richard Sprague
Pass
Yablonski
United Mine Workers Reform
Silous Huddleston
William J. Prater
UMW District 19
Kentucky-Tennessee
Prater
Sprague
Harold Gondelman
Washington County
Charles G. Sweet
Sweet
Huddleston
Gondelman
Ceasefire Edges Through as Shooting Persists in Saigon
In Saigon the new ceasefire hours opened amid continued fighting on both sides. Saigon reports more than 20 violations by the Communists as rockets artillery mortars and guns fire from both sides. The Paris accord restates January provisions and calls for joint meetings that were unlikely to occur Saturday until the Joint Military Commission fixes time and place.
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Vietnam
Viet Cong
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
United States
North Vietnam
le Trung Hien
Joint Military Commission
British to Study Assembly Line Blues
London reports a government inquiry into making factory work more satisfying for mass production workers. A joint team of government, union and management officials will run industry wide experiments amid recent motor industry labor disputes and criticisms of assembly line boredom.
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London
Maurice MacMillan
Chrysler
United States
Sweden
Volvo Auto Company
Birmingham
Watergate probes widen as Cox aide hints new lines
James Vorenberg said Cox’s staff is pursuing major new Watergate inquiry themes and asked informants to contact his office. House Judiciary Chair Rodino signaled a broader probe of the Justice Department potentially tied to political influence, while the Senate Watergate Committee subpoenaed five 1972 Democratic campaign-finance records including McGovern Muskie Humphrey Jackson.
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Archibald Cox
White House
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Vorenberg
Peter W. Rodine
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Justice Department
Rodino
Senate Watergate Committee
George McGovern
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Florida
Edward J. Gurney
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Maurice H. Stans
Ervin
Stans
Brezhnev To Begin Summit Talks
Moscow reports Brezhnev will fly to Washington for a summit with Nixon emphasizing a historic agenda. He and aide Georgy Arbatov will spend time at Camp David before negotiations on strategic arms limits and cultural exchanges.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
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Maryland
Nixon
White House
Brezheny
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brezhnev
San Clemente
Calif
Camp Eevid
Wong Om
U.S. Space Center
Houston
Henry A. Kissinger
Georgy Arbatov
U.S
Associated Press
Lohr Defends West Virginia Black Forest Trip Claim
West Virginia politics sparked by a $5,000 Forest Management Review Commission trip to study a Black Forest clearcutting method. Sen. Lohr denies intention to mislead and says the trip was partly a fundraising charade for other commission activities. Critics call it a junket and a hoax amid Senate condemnation.
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Senate
William T. Brotherton Jr
O-Kanawha
Joint Committee
Lohr
Brotherton
Carl E. Gainer
D Nicholas
Forest Commission
Sewage Seepage Not Believed Harmful to Water Supply
Bluefield officials and a Pittsburgh engineering firm warned Lions Club members that raw sewage is entering Horton Dam from Cumberland Heights septic systems, worsened by heavy rains. City officials stress water is treated and reaches the public safe, while plans for a $12.2 million two‑phase sewage improvements project aim to meet pollution laws and eliminate septic systems in the area.
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Jesse Curry
Water Company
Bluefield
Cumberland Heights
Sanitary Board
Bluefield Lions Club
Horton Dam
George Tice
Holley, Kenney and Schott Inc
Pittsburgh
Beckley
Lions Club
Tice
Curry
Comnu
Orton Dam
U. S. 460
Edwin Elliott
Skylab Captures Giant Solar Flare On Film
Skylab astronauts recording a massive solar flare near the sun reported the event as highly significant with pictures far clearer than any prior images. The crew planned a spacewalk to recover film while officials noted no need for a second sun shade on the station.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Space Station
Vaiana
Skylab
Earth
EPA Pushes Mass Transit Rollout to Cut Auto Traffic
The EPA proposed controls in 12 cities including Los Angeles and northern New Jersey to slash auto use by 60 percent in the 1970s. Measures cover auto inspections gasoline sales limits and motorcycle registrations as part of Clean Air Act goals. Acting Administrator Frnr urged Congress to grant relief for areas facing severe economic impact.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Los Angeles
New Jersey
EPA
Robert W. Frn
Fri
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