White House says key Watergate tapes went unrecorded
A Secret Service technician testified that presidential aide Stephen Bull checked out a controversial April 15 1973 tape July 11 12 1973 and that a June 20 1972 call made to Nixon is also unrecorded. The White House offered to have Judge Sirica listen to the April 15 tape to verify it ran out before the Dean meeting.
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A _ Secret Service
Stephen W. Bull
Nixon
Raymond C. Zumwalt
Bull
White House
White
Sirica
Watergate Prosecution Force
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Zumwalt
Dean
Secret Service
Lou B. Sims
Nixon taps Saxbe as attorney general and Jaworski as special prosecutor
President Nixon named Sen. William B. Saxbe as attorney general and announced Leon Jaworski as the new Watergate special prosecutor with broad independence. He pledged not to fire Jaworski without consulting congressional leaders and judiciary committee members. The move follows Cox’s firing and impeachment drives, as Jaworski is promised full cooperation and no access restrictions to White House tapes and documents. In Atlanta, GOP Chair George Bush urged Republicans to remain centrist and dismisses charges against Nixon.
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Nixon
William B. Saxbe
Leon Jaworski
Watergate
Jaworski
Archibald Cox
House
Senate
Democratic
Judiciary
Congress
White House
Anne
Saxbe
Ohio
Elliot Richardson
Cox
Robert Bork
Bork
Executive Branch
Lyndon B. Johnson
Yale
Atlanta, Ga
Republican Party
George Bush
GOP
Bush
United States
Supplemental security income options urged for eligible residents
Pittsburg social security official Jim Martens urged residents with monthly income under 150 dollars and savings under 1500 dollars to check eligibility for January supplemental security income. Those drawing welfare cash will auto convert. inquiries can be by telephone or mail. Chanute vandalism was minimal on Halloween with three incidents. The Chanute office opens Thursdays 9:30 to 2:30 with Martens available to discuss benefits.
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Jim Martens
Pittsburg
Martens
Welfare Department
Social Security Office
S. Broadway
Chanute
Chanute Social Security
Memorial Building
Nixon hosts Egyptian and Israeli leaders in Washington talks
President Nixon welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy in Washington to press their positions on a Middle East settlement. Meir seeks clarifications after recent U S pressure claims while Fahmy reports a friendly reception boosting anticipated progress toward peace talks and a possible U N sponsored conference.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Golda Meir
Ismail Fahmy
Henry A. Kissinger
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Israel
U.N
Egypt
U.S
Fahmy
Mrs. Meir
Three-cent gas hike seen for November
A Chanute gas station owner predicts a three cent per gallon rise in November with written notices for retailers. He says prices may appear at the pump by mid next week and that likely 50 cent gas within a year is possible. He notes retailers earn less per gallon now than a year ago due to allocations and urges customers to consider rising milk costs over 15 years.
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Chanute
County rejects mental health levy in Southeast Kansas
Neosho County Commission rejected a 25 cent per capita contribution to the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center at Humboldt. The panel notes Neosho paid 50 cents per capita last year while peers paid less. The panel also weighs a highway cutback and a new river bridge project near Erie with shared funding totals.
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Neosho County
Southeast Kansas
State Highway Commission
Commission
Erie
Health agency told to bolster service
The Multi-County Board of Health must provide more than a nurse per county to retain home health agency certification. Serving Bourbon, Allen, Anderson, Linn and Woodson counties with three board members from each, the board was told a second service such as speech or physical therapy is needed. Health nurses will help locate personnel.
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IOLA
Nude film crew busted in Miami yard
Police arrested eight people after disrupting a nude movie filming in a Miami front yard. Six participants performed sex acts seen by motorists. two cameramen were charged with producing obscene material. Owner Sepy Dobronyi claimed permission but was not charged.
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Miami
Sepy Dobronyi
Weather Area Forecast Broad Cloudiness and Wind
Considerable cloudiness and windy conditions with a chance of rain tonight and Friday. Lows tonight in the upper 30s to low 40s. Friday will be colder with highs in the low to mid 50s. Winds shift to northerly 15 to 30 mph by morning. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and Friday.
Chamber Plans Parking District To Speed Downtown Work
COFFEYVILLE The Chamber of Commerce approves a petition plan to create a downtown benefit district. It would fund half the parking lot improvements and aims to finish the project next year instead of a five year timeline.
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Coffeyville
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Woman Missing in St. Paul Area Police Seek Mrs. Renate Kiister
Area law enforcement agencies are trying to locate Mrs. Renate Kiister of St. Paul who was reported missing from home by her husband Tuesday afternoon. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall, 130 pounds with dark blond hair and was last seen in a purple dress and brown coat with white fur collar. Call Neosho County Sheriff in Erie if located.
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Renate Kiister
St. Paul
Kiister
Murder investigators may use polygraphs
Officials plan to review reports and photographs and may administer polygraph tests in the shooting death of J. W. Schoonover. The 80 year old was shot on October 24 between 7 and 8 p.m. His wife, the only other person on the farm, provided the initial report. The revolver found in the mailbox the next day awaits test results.
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Ottawa
HNS
J. W. Schoonover
Schoonover
Myron S. Steere
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Kustom credited for Kansas highway radar arrests
Kansas Highway Patrol credits Kustom Electronics MR-7 radar units with 33 535 of 49 147 speeding arrests in eight months of 1973. Col William Albott says moving units reduce average speeds and cites plans to add 20 more units and place MR-7s in all patrol cars by 1977.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas
Col
William Albott
Topeka
Albott
Kansas Highway
Highway Patrol
Kustom
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