Spitz Wedding Highlights 1972 Olympics Champ
Mark Spitz, seven event Olympic swimming champion, wed in Beverly Hills California. Other items note political shifts in Sikkim, a held hostage release in Mexico, zero skyjackings reported by IATA, Italian climbers reaching Everest summit, Madrid protests for Franco, Britain warning Iceland, Truman stamp anniversary, Barbara Barrett named first woman pilot at Eastern Air Lines, and USDA reports 1972 as a banner year for farmers with $19.2 billion net income.
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Mark Spitz
Beverly Hills
Calif
Buzz
Washington
Texas counties produce vast oil with Gregg leads
In 83 years Texas has produced about 37 billion barrels of oil, roughly 36 percent of U S total. Last year 32 counties yielded over 10 million barrels each as Gregg County remains the all time leader with more than 2.3 billion barrels.
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Texas
U.S
Gregg County
Skylab shield delay tests boost 28 day mission plan
Sky lab delays push first launch attempt to Thursday after two postponements totaling ten days. Engineers at Johnson Space Center test repair methods for the missing thermal shield as Conrad Kerwin and Weitz rehearse procedures. Don Puddy says once shield deploys temperatures drop to the 70s in 24 to 36 hours, enabling a full 28 day flight if approved.
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Skylab
Conrad Kerwin
Weitz
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Don Puddy
Huntsville
Cape Kennedy
Lawmakers challenge Nixon privacy move on farmers tax data
A House subcommittee cites questions about the Agriculture Department's access to farmers IRS records without consent. Officials defend the plan as statistical with strict confidentiality, while critics warn it may set a dangerous privacy precedent.
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William S. Moorhead
D.pa
Butz
Moorhead
Bill Alexander
D—Ark
Jerry Litton
D—Mo
House Agriculture Committee
Nixon Administration
Agriculture Department
Department
Internal Revenue Service
Litton
Nixon
Don Paarlberg
Agricultural Economics
Order and Treasury
IRS
Martha Mitchell says John Mitchell protecting Nixon calls for resignation
Martha Mitchell accuses her husband John Mitchell of protecting President Nixon and urges Nixon's resignation amid Watergate hearings. She spoke outside the Mitchells' Fifth Avenue residence during an NBC Nightly News interview and questioned the White House blame.
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New York
Martha Mitchell
John Mitchell
Nixon
Fifth Avenue
Mitchells
Mrs. Mitchell
White House
Nbc-Tv
Flood Crested At 69th Straight Day In St Louis
The Mississippi River remained above flood stage for the 69th straight day at St Louis reaching 30 feet while tributaries drain slowly. Army Engineers report the river fell to 33.7 feet as flood levels eased from a 43.3-foot crest on April 28.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
Mississippi
Corps of Army Engineers
Secretary Rogers travels to Brazil for policy address
Secretary of State William P. Rogers departs for Brazil for a two day visit and delivers a speech urging Washington to respect rising Latin American nationalism. In other AP items Shell Deer Park workers vote to end a 114 day strike. Jeanette Rankin dies at 92 in Carmel California. Walpole prison turmoil continues with inmate control and reforms debated.
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Bogota
Columbia
William P. Rogers
Brazil
Washington
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Deer Park
Watergate updates from senators and foreign views
Senator Thurmond defended Cox's solicitor general record amid Nixon ties while Humphrey and Scott found no solid impeachment trigger. Rogers termed Watergate a diplomatic risk but not lasting harm, believing U.S. institutions can restore credibility. Martha Mitchell claimed John Mitchell protected him in New York.
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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Strom Thurmond
R. S.C
Cox
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Humphrey
Scott
New York
Bogota
Colombia
William P. Rogers
U.S
Rogers
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Pink Floyd Ballet Presented by Palais des Sports
Ballets de Marseille staged four performances of The Pink Floyd Ballet in Paris at the Palais des Sports on February 3 and 4. The production featured live Floyd performances on stage with lighting smoke and fireworks. Songs included Echoes Careful with that Axe Eugene One of These Days and Obscured by Clouds.
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Pink Floyd
Ballet Paris
Roland Petit
Ballets de Marseille
Palais Des Sports
Petit
the Floyd
Eugene
Senate panel asks four White House aides to testify on Watergate
Sen John L McClellan said Haldeman Ehrlichman Dean and Young are asked to testify about the CIA role in Watergate and Elisberg psychiatrist break in. The panel seeks immunity for Jeb Magruder and orders public testimony. Gordon Strachan seeks delay in DNC suit deposition.
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John L. McClellan
D— Ark
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Daniel Elisberg
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John Dean III
David Young
Special
Senate Watergate
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nixon Reelection Committee
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
Pupil Missing After chase linked to Donalsonville killings
Richard Wayne Miller, last seen May 10 pursuing men who stole a pickup owned by a friend, may face charges only after his body is found. His car was located near the Donalsonville murder site where the Alday family incident occurred and a woman was raped. Miller's jacket later appeared in the Alday woman’s car in Livingston, Alabama, with another car stolen and recovered near a West Virginia chase.
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Richard Wayne Miller
Miller
Pennsylvania
McConnellsburg
Donalsonville
Alday
Livingston
Ala
West Virginia Chase
Jeep Origins and World Almanac Facts Then Theft Report
The World Almanac notes the Jeep as a versatile four wheel drive used in World War II and traces the name from G P to jeep. In Germany a museum displays Karl May artifacts since 1928. A Vancouver theft sees coins worth 1000 dollars stolen from a city truck.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Europe
West Germany
Radebul
Karl May
United States
Vancouver
British Columbia
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