President's Wish Said to Involve CIA in FBI Watergate Effort
The AP reports Senate testimony that former White House aide Haldeman told CIA officials it was the President's wish to have the CIA urge the FBI to halt its Watergate investigation. Richard Helms confirmed the memo by Vernon Walters and recounts the 1972 White House meeting with Gray. He said White House direction implied authority but stressed keeping the CIA out of Watergate.
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Washington
Senate
White House
H. R. Haldeman
CIA
FBI
Richard Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vernon Walters
Walters
L. Patrick Gray
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Helms, Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Symington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Haldeman
Gray
Helms
Mexico
Nixon
Mitchell Stans Plead Innocent in Vesco Case
Former Atty Gen John Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans pleaded innocent to charges of perjury conspiracy and obstructing a federal Vesco investigation. Vesco disappeared abroad after a secret 200000 contribution to Nixon reelection. Barry Sears also pleaded innocent.
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NEW York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robert L. Vesco
Mitchell
Stans
Vesco
New Jersey
Barry D. Sears
Nixon
Sears
U.S. District Court
John M. Cannella
Cox Satisfied With Powers For Watergate Role
Harvard University professor Archibald Cox testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he is satisfied he has full power as independent special prosecutor for the Watergate case and related matters. He noted Elliot L. Richardson, pending attorney general nominee, accompanies him as Cox said Richardson named him for the post last Friday.
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Washington
Harvard University
Archibald Cox
Cox
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Cox to Lead Independent Probe with Updated Guidelines
Richardson, now secretary of Defense, backs Cox 61 to run a full fair and impartial inquiry. He testified revised guidelines for Cox as special prosecutor, finalized this morning with Cox’s input, including a clause on his consultation with the attorney general.
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Richardson
Secretary of Defense
Cox
Justice Department
Docking Proposes Nine Point Plan To Ease Kansas Fuel Shortage
Gov. Robert Docking unveils a nine point program to conserve motor fuels in Kansas. He urges state agencies counties and private citizens to cut travel while noting no federal mechanism ensures fuel distribution. He announces 17 members on the Governor's Advisory Council on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
State Highway Department
Docking
Governor's Advisory Council On Energy and Natural Resources
John D.montgomery
Highway Department
Medical Student Begins Chanute Preceptorship Year
Senior KU Medical Center student John Spencer, 25, arrives in Chanute for a month long preceptorship with Dr. Albert Kihm. He will live with the Kiam family, work from Ashley Clinic, and join hospital rounds and night calls as he weighs family practice versus internal medicine. Spencer is from Emporia, married to Diana a nurse in Kansas City, and plans to graduate in December.
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John Spencer
Chanute
University of
Kansas
Spencer
Kihm
Albert Kihm
Kiam
Ashley Clinic
Kilem
Emporia
Diana
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Weather Area Forecast Partly cloudy warm with scattered storms
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Lows in the low to mid 60s. South to southwesterly winds 10 to 25 mph tonight. Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Rain chances 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Tuesday.
Court splits on desegregation limits in Richmond case
The Supreme Court, equally divided, affirms a lower court ruling that federal courts cannot cross school borders for desegregation. The decision comes from Richmond Virginia with no opinion or vote count released. Also noted a Kansas tornado watch area extended into Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma until 9 p.m.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
Kansas City
National Weather Service
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Gage
Okla
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha A harsh note sparks debate
An intercepted letter targets Cha with a blunt critique about youth and violence. The writer warns that placing motorcycles with a child can create a thug, expressing anger and concern in strong language.
Astronauts Prepare For Friday Skylab Launch Plan
Skylab 1 astronauts rehearse the mission’s first two days at Johnson Space Center seeking to free a solar panel and deploy a sunshade to cool the orbiting lab. If the shade is erected, Conrad, Kerwin, and Weitz may fly a full 28 day mission with limited experiments.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Orbiting Laboratory
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Cyclists Terrorize Hutchinson Rally Scene
In Hutchinson Kansas about 17 000 cyclists attended a two day rally. A dissident group from Wichita and Dallas overran an encampment from Oklahoma City holding them captive for hours. Police moved in with about 50 officers and escorted 10 dissidents out without arrests.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Reno
Jim Fountain
Kansas City
Kansas
Vern Miller
Winfield
Kan
Miller
Larry Knipe
Knipe
Hutchinson
Wichita
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Sheriff Fountain
Fountain
Fairgrounds
Shay
Watergate themed housing and public opinion spread across nations
Across the United States and abroad the Watergate scandal frames housing labels and polls. Watergate Apartments opens near John Mitchell’s boyhood home in Patchogue while Gallup polls in Princeton show rising concern over the high cost of living and corruption alike. Brezhnev plans a Nixon visit amid the scandal as Time magazine polls suggest many blame Nixon for the cover up and consider removal if he knew beforehand.
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Patchogue, N.Y
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Watergate Apartments
Princeton
N.J
Southeast Asia
Gallup
New York
Time
Nixon
Crossley Surveys, Inc
Safe Hijacking Ends as Plane Returns to Caracas
A Venezuelan airliner hijacked Friday returned to Caracas with 25 passengers and five crew members. The three men and a woman threatened to blow up the Convair unless 79 political prisoners were freed. Government refusal to negotiate led the hijackers to settle for a flight to Havana.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Havana
Dollar Slips as Nixon Resignation Speculation Rises
Gold soars to record European prices while the dollar tumbles to new lows across Europe. In Frankfurt and Paris the currency sank beyond crisis lows as speculation mounted that Watergate would force President Nixon to resign.
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London
Europe
U.S
Nixon
Frankfurt
Paris
European
Kissinger Tho Meet After 12-Hour Deputy Talks
Kissinger and Tho planned another Paris session after deputies logged a record twelve hours of talks without clear gains on Vietnam ceasefire violations. Hanoi accused the U S of increased reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam, saying the moves hinder the Paris talks.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Kissinger
Nixon
Tho
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Raiders Acquitted in Draft Board Raid Case
A Camden jury acquitted 17 defendants on charges from a raid on a draft board. Defendants admitted participation while FBI agents caught many at the office. Defense testimony from an FBI informer and the judge's remarks about government overreach were cited as major factors.
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Camden
N.J
FBI
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Cha
BOM
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Leonid Brezhnev
America
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