Mitchell admits aiding Nixon cover up in 1972 drive
Former attorney general John N Mitchell testifies that protecting Nixon from himself justified almost any means and that he would have told Nixon everything he knew about Watergate if asked after the election. He notes resignations and firings as evidence of action but says Nixon did not inquire. Archival probe seeks 2.8 million dollars for Cox's investigations as CREP returned a 55000 airline donation from American Airlines.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Vince Lombardi
Lombardi
Mitchell
Senate
Watergate Committee
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
White House
John W. Dean III
Haldeman, Ehrlichman
Egil Krogh
Jeb Stuart Mrgruder
Dean
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Saruel
Dash
Richard A. Moore
Archibald Cox
Cocaine Bust In Lawrence Involves KU Player
State agents arrested six young people after a $6,000 cocaine purchase. Dennis G. Lantz Jr., a KU football junior from Atlantic Iowa, faces two counts of sale of cocaine and remains jailed on $10,000 bond. Others charged include Ralph Neugebauer, 18, with aiding and abetting in the sale of cocaine.
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Junior
Atlantic
Iowa
Lantz
Ralph Neugebauer
Jeffrey Detrick
Joseph A. Waxse
Topeka
Ralph Mims
Tracy A. Ward
Detrick
Neugebauer
Lawrence
Mims
Miss Ward
Cambodian Capital Faces Intensified Siege Near Bridges
U.S. air strikes support Cambodian forces encircled near two bridges south of Phnom Penh. Battalions hold a bridge while relief efforts push to break the encirclement. Fighting also reported at Trapeang Thaot Prek Kham and other spots along the capital region.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Takhmau
Kompong Kantuot
Trapeang Thaot
Tonle Sap River
Prek Kham
Prek Tameark
Mekong River
Penley
Battambang
South Vietnam
Mondale calls delay on Alaska pipeline for Canada route study
Sen. Mondale urged delaying the Alaska pipeline action to study a Mackenzie Valley route through Canada as a rational means to move North Slope oil. He linked energy woes to oil companies and questioned relying on a few firms for major decisions. Senators Long Gravel offered counterpoints amid related oil franchise and heating oil supply debates.
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Washington
Sen
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Senate
Canada
Mackenzie Valley
Mondale
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mentioned in Local News
A fragmentary note reads Intercepted Letter Dear Cha and dismisses local news as likely bad. The content gives no clear names, places, or dates beyond the generic reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cha
Senators Press Nixon On Papers Amid subpoena threat
AP reports senators urge White House to surrender documents from 1972 campaign and related Watergate materials. Nixon resists citing confidentiality. committee plans subpoena if talks fail. Separate court fight involves executive privilege over dairy price support papers linked to Nader suit and Nixon campaign funding.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
White House
U.S. District Court
Grandmother Kills Mountain Lion to Save Infant
A Minnesota grandmother killed a mountain lion that mauled her infant grandson in Bear Country near Rapid City. The 18 month old Jason Cowden was in serious condition in a Rapid City hospital as the 120 pound lion leaped through a motor home window. She described praying for strength and stabbing the animal in the heart with a butcher knife after the lion attacked through an open window.
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Rapid City
S.D
Peter Underdahl
Anoka
Minn
Jason Cowden
James Cowden
Underdahl
Illegal Entry Suit in Wichita
A Wichita couple sue for 178000 alleging federal drug agents illegally entered their mobile home on June 19 at 2 35 pm. They claim officers pushed past their daughter and later took two tape cassettes and 30 one hundred dollar bills without receipts. The suit names DEA officials from Kansas City and Dallas offices.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
U.S. District Court
Leroy
Betty Johnson
Vernon D. Meyer
Kansas City
Sawyer
Dallas
Robert Roth
U.S
Kansas
Veto Threatens Farm Bill as House Keeps Escalator
In Washington AP reports the House votes 240 to 174 to keep the escalator in the farm bill amid GOP talk of a presidential veto. Republican Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan asserts the escalator may prevent the bill from becoming law, following rejection of a Nixon administration subsidy phaseout plan.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Weather Area Forecast for Friday Highlights Heat
Mostly sunny and hot with humid conditions expected Friday. Highs in the low to mid 90s, a fair night with lows in the low to mid 70s. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph this afternoon diminishing to 5 to 15 mph tonight.
Witching rod eyed in oil search by Bridgess in Kansas
Henry K. Bridgess of Kingman claims a forked willow branch can locate oil veins and water. He charges $1,000 for success and touts a possible role in solving the energy crisis though major oil companies dispute the method. He avoids naming the specific limb used and notes a $100,000 curiosity fee.
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Mount Vernon
Kan
Henry K. Bridgess
Kingman
Bridgess
Beatles Tape Worth Up To Twenty Million, Says AP
London AP reports King-Size Taylor, an old Beatles friend, owns an 11 year old tape of the lads from Liverpool from Hamburg days. Music insiders estimate potential value up to 20 million dollars. William Marshall of the Daily Mirror calls it an exciting find with enough material for two albums.
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London
Taylor
Liverpool
Hamburg
William Marshall
The
Daily Mirror
Roy cites eight oil firms for consumer harm
Rep. Bill Roy of Kansas says House hearings show eight major oil companies use daily profits to grow richer at the consumer and independent producer expense. He backs a mandatory fuel allocation program and urges immediate administration action, with Congress possibly needed.
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Topeka
Kan
Bill Roy
Dkan
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Phase 4 wage price controls face mixed views in Nixon admin
As Phase 4 wage price controls near completion, several Nixon officials doubt their effectiveness. An official involved in planning warned of growing public unhappiness and disillusionment. The administration intends to proceed with the controls, with an announcement expected soon, possibly early next week.
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Washington
Nixon
Edwardsville man sues over raid by federal agents
Edwardsville salesman John Meiners, 27, filed a 1.4 million suit alleging federal drug agents raided his home without warrants, damaged the living room wall, door and window, drank his beer, and took a stereo before he was jailed 77 hours. His attorney says the suit follows slow Justice Department action.
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Edwardsville, Ill
Edwardsville
John Meiners
Claims
Meiners
Justice Department
Trial of Concordia Seminary Faculty Begins
A church jury of 1 100 in New Orleans was to judge Concordia Seminary faculty on charges of teaching false doctrine as church leaders prepare to condemn the theology of many teachers at the St. Louis school. Rev. Dr. J. A. O. Preus accused the faculty of heretical teaching.
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New Orleans
Lutheran Theological School
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
J. A. O. Preus
Dollar slides on European markets after brief recovery
The U S dollar fell again on European exchanges following a two day rebound from record lows. Bankers in Switzerland and the Federal Reserve hinted at government support but those hints proved to be psychological ploys, sending the dollar lower once more.
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London
U.S
Europe
Switzerland
Federal Reserve
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