Senate Suit For Tapes Is Quashed
U S District Judge John J Sirica dismissed the Senate Watergate committee s bid for access to presidential tape recordings finding no jurisdiction to decide the issue The ruling does not affect his prior order that President Nixon must turn over tapes to Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox
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U. S
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Firms Charged On Donations
Washington prosecutor Archibald Cox filed criminal charges against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co and American Airlines for illegal corporate contributions to Nixon's 1972 campaign. Corporate officials of 3M and Goodyear were charged with misdemeanor offenses, marking the first time officers faced federal limits on corporate political contributions.
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UPI
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
American Airlines
Nixon
Cox
Goodyear
Road Bosses Stay Off Delta Queen Visit
Iowa highway commissioners will not board the Delta Queen as planned. Bridge load limits prevent fuel oil transport from Prairie du Chien to McGregor and block the tour bus crossing Marquette bridge. Delta Queen will dock at Prairie du Chien instead. A new Mississippi bridge at Marquette is slated for 1975.
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Iowa
Prairie du Chien
Wis
McGregor
Marquette
Mississippi River
Highway Commission
Jensen Vows Campaign of Ordinary Folk
Martin Jensen a former Cedar Rapids news caster aged 38 announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination in the Second district. He spoke at news conferences in Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Clinton and will leave the U.S. Senate staff on November 1 to return home to campaign.
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William R. Daily
Rock Island
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Fourth Street East
Lawrence Schultz
Fifth Avenue SE
Ben Thomas
Moline
Ill
Martin Jensen
Jensen
Dubuque
Clinton
Washington
U.S
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Decorah
Loras College
Hiawatha
WMT
Too Busy To Hate Jackson Elected Atlanta Mayor
Atlanta voters chose Maynard Jackson, 35, the city’s first Black mayor, after a runoff victory over Sam Massell. Unofficial returns show Jackson with 74,404 votes to 51,237 for Massell, as whites backed Wyche Fowler for council president and Blacks won nine of 18 council seats. The win follows a new city charter replacing the vice mayor post.
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Maynard
Jackson
Sam Massell
Massell
Vicemayor
Wyche Fowler
Hosea Williams
Pacts Set For 1 380 Highway Work Awarded to Western
Ames Western Construction Corp of Sioux City won the contract for paving two miles of Interstate 380 from Third Avenue SW to the Chicago North Western overpass. Western's low bid was 2.4 million dollars. Keith Davis, contract engineer.
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Ames — Western Construction Corp
Sioux City
Third Avenue
Western
Keith Davis
Engi
Ford Denies Undergoing Psychiatric Care Report
Vice president designate Ford rejects a lobbyist book claim that he received psychiatric treatment for a year. He confirms only a single 15 minute meeting with Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker in New York, arranged by Winter Berger, while Hutschnecker and Ford deny any treatment.
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Washington
Watergate
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Treasury
Arnold Hutschnecker
New York City
House
Hutschnecker
Winter- Berger
Winter-Berger
Israel Egypt Armor Battles in Sinai and Golan Heights
Israel and Egypt clash in large scale armor battles in the Sinai east of the Suez Canal while Amman radio says Jordanian forces with Syrian bombers attacked Israeli positions on the Golan Heights. Nine Centurion tanks were destroyed and Israeli aircraft claimed several air victories including downing multiple Migs.
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Damascus
Latakia
Sasa
U. S
UPI
Joseph Grigg
Beirut
Nique
Lebanon
Red Sea
Sharm el Sheikh
Arabs Talk of Using Oil as War Weapon
Egypt and Syria joined the six Persian Gulf oil producers to discuss using oil as a weapon in the Middle East war. The meeting followed a 17 percent price hike by Gulf producers and set market-based pricing for oil, with Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Abu Dhabi and Qatar agreeing to the increase and future pricing.
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Syria
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Bahrein
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U S and Soviet discuss possible UN Middle East resolution
Washington reports that the United States and the Soviet Union are exchanging ideas on a possible UN resolution to halt the Middle East war. Ambassador McCloskey said talks are general, not language specific, with no consensus for an immediate Security Council meeting.
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United States
Soviet Union
U.N
State Department
Robert McCloskey
McCloskey
U.S
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Maey
Moscow
U. S
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
Middle East
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Anker Joergensen
Brezhnev
Joergensen
UFOs Prompt Wide Interest From Clerks to Chiefs
Reports of unidentified flying objects spread across several states with sightings described as flashing crafts and reddish creatures. Sheriff Fred Diamond of Pascagoula sought action as experts weighed whether the incidents indicated visitors from another world while official studies found no evidence of extraterrestrials.
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Fred Diamond
Pascagoula
Miss
Diamond
Charles Hickson
Calvin
Tional Academy of Sciences
Earth
Boy Reports Mother For Leaf Burning Without Permit
In Boise Idaho an 8 year old Neal Milliron turned in his mother for burning leaves without a permit after a classroom fire prevention talk. Firefighters issued a warning to Mrs Milliron but did not issue a citation.
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Boise, Idaho
UPI
Neal Milliron
Chuckle Says City Man Prefers Farm Evenings Over Mornings
A humorous line contrasts a city man’s dream of returning home to the farm at 5 p.m. with waking at 5 a.m. The quip highlights rustic life’s appeal for a tired urbanite.
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