Ehrlichman denies Dean gave Nixon Watergate details
Former aide John Ehrlichman testifies that Dean did not relay payoffs or perjury details to Nixon on March 21. He cites a chain of hearsay reports and notes Haldeman aide Strachan made no such directive. Ehrlichman says Magruder admitted perjury and spy letters targeted Muskie.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Deanell
Nixon
White House
Dean
Richard A. Moore
Moore
Strachan
Haldeman
Magruder
Watergate
Muskie
Dole Urges Nixon To Release Tapes
Senator Robert Dole publicly urges President Nixon to release Watergate tapes and documents. He says most Republicans worry the ongoing refusal fuels questions of knowledge and guilt, complicating political prospects for 1972 campaigns.
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Dole
Nixon
Washington
Congress
Robert J. Dole
GOP
Stark Thrives on Community Spirit and a Growing Cafe
Barbara Kihm profiles Stark, a small town bucking rural decline through dedicated residents, new bank leadership, and local groups like the Raritan Club. The Town and Country Cafe, started by ten locals four years ago, has expanded with remodeling funded by borrowed funds, despite lacking air conditioning due to cost constraints.
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Stark
Bank
Raritan Club
Phony Checks Alert After Wakefield Payroll Theft
Wakefield merchants warned of stolen payroll checks from Farmers' Co op around July 16. Wayne Sparks says at least one check cashed in Chanute for 200 dollars. four cashed in Iola. Lige Matlock notes 60 blank payroll checks were taken, 16 returned, 44 still outstanding. The piece also describes Stark town life, local business growth, and Stark Day festivities.
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Farmers’ Coop
Wakefield
Wayne Sparks
Chamber of Commerce
Chanute
Iola
Lige Matlock
Wakefield Bank
Ervin Faces Spectators As Watergate Hearings Run Circus
Sen Sam J Ervin Jr disciplines the crowd in the Senate Watergate hearings as spectators from the Old Senate building caucus room stream in and out daily. He urges silence during sessions while fans chant his name and boo opponents.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate
Sam
North Carolina
Ervin
Meat Processors See Panic in Beef Demand
Kansas City AP report notes widespread rush for beef as locker and processing plants run at capacity. Alvin Roepke in Waterville says he’s sold more meat in 13 years, with August 14 as the soonest freezers can be filled. Missouri and Kansas operations report backlogs, with callers stacking up for sides of beef and waiting lists growing daily.
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Alvin Roepke
Waterville
Kan
Roepke
Kansas Meat Processors Association
Norvin Kampschroeder
Missouri Locker and Meat Processing Association
Washington, Mo
Kampschroeder
John Eichelmeyer
Scheerer
Richard W. Scheerer
Yates Center
Woodson County
Walter Bowers
Kansas
Oklahoma
Farmland Industries Inc
Play School Tax Exempt Receives IRS Ruling
The Chanute Play School Association Inc at 402 S Central has been recognized tax exempt by the IRS after announcing a nondiscriminatory admission policy. The IRS has granted tax exempt status since July 10 1970 to private schools that remove racial discrimination.
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Chanute Play School Association, Inc
S. Central
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Area Forecast Warns of Scattered Thunderstorms This Weekend
Partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Warm Saturday and mild tonight. High Saturday in the low to mid 90s. Low tonight in the 60s. Southwest wind at 10 to 15 mph tonight. Rain chances 20 percent tonight and Saturday.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
Intercepted correspondence titled Dear Cha opens with a taunt about guessing someone is studying bug brains and ends with a sharp personal jab. The fragment hints at a coded or playful exchange but provides no clear context or outcome.
Prime Rate Hits New High Across Major Banks
New York's First National City Bank raises its prime rate to 8 1 2 percent, the highest on record. Marine Midland and Girard National follow, boosting the rate to 8 3 4 percent as Monday implementation approaches. Analysts cite rising short-term credit costs, strong corporate demand, and Federal Reserve tightening.
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Marine Midland of
Girard National
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
Grant Boosts Insect Brain Research At North Dakota State
The Agriculture Department approved a 10000 dollar grant to North Dakota State University scientists in Fargo for a two year study of cultured insect brains. They will examine neurohormones that regulate diapause development and water balance and explore disrupting these functions to biologically control insects.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Dakota State University
Fargo
Department
Skylab 2 crew fine tunes plan for 59 day space mission
Anxious to begin the record 59 day flight Skylab 2 astronauts Alan L. Bean Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma held a flight plan review and prepared to relax ahead of a 6 11 a m CDT Saturday launch. Countdown remained on schedule with no issues reported.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Allende Aide Assassinated In Santiago Home
In Santiago Chile Navy Captain Arturo Araya age 45 was killed at his home by gunmen linked to the Fatherland and Liberty movement. Police made several arrests after the shooting on the second floor balcony. The government blamed the extremist group for the attack. In Washington Senate House conferees agreed on a 2.20 minimum wage bill extending coverage to about eight million workers amid uncertain compromise for President Nixon.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Navy
Arturo Araya
Fatherland and Liberty Movement
Washington
Senate House
Nixon
Four Blue Angels die as jets collide near Lakehurst
Three Navy airmen were killed and a fourth hospitalized when two F4J Phantom jets of the Blue Angels collided near Lakehurst Naval Air Station. Witnesses reported a diamond formation then a slow roll before the crash ignited brush fires in a wooded area nearby.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Navy
Blue Angels Precision Flying Team
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Blue Angels
Cambodian Government Bombardment Makes Insurgent Advance Stalled
In Phnom Penh American B52s and fighter bombers pressed air strikes in support of Cambodian government troops trying to outflank insurgents approaching from the south. A government communique said over 400 insurgents were killed in theroar of aerial bombardment and heavy combat south of Prateah Lang.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Prateah Lang
Senate rejects mandatory public funding for elections
The Senate rejected a proposal for mandatory public financing of presidential and congressional campaigns. The amendment to the campaign reform bill, by Republican Hugh Scott and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was tabled 53 to 38. Still, supporters said the core idea may soon gain traction.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
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