Sam Ervin to retire from Senate after five decades
Washington AP reports Sam J. Ervin Jr. the Senate’s famed constitutional lawyer and Watergate chair announces he will not seek re election and will retire to his North Carolina home next year at age 77. He cites age as the insurmountable barrier and reflects on his career and warnings. He plans further Watergate hearings before stepping down.
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Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate Watergate Committee
Ervin
Senate
Washington
Sam
Harvard Law School
North Carolina
Sam Ervin
Congressional Record
Uncle Sam
Congress
Morganton
Burke County
Margaret
Inquest Planned Into Franklin Boy Shooting Death
Coroner’s inquest anticipated to examine the December 14 shooting death of 17 year old Thomas Leroy Rodgers in Franklin. Autopsy completed. ruling pending police investigation. no action before January 1. Incident at home of Mrs. Patricia Shirey. rifle discharged, causing fatal chest wound.
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Franklin
Thomas Leroy
Bud" Rodgers
Venango County
Jonathan Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Rodgers
Patricia Shirey
Electric Shock Kills Erie Youth at Service Station
Charles Stafford, 19, of Erie, died after an electrical shock at a service station. He was treated at Hamot Medical Center where he briefly regained consciousness before dying of an apparent cardiac arrest at 9:20 p.m. Coroner Merle Wood and deputy Edward Respecki led the investigation with an autopsy planned to determine the cause.
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Erie
Charles Stafford
Hamot Medical Center
Erie County
Merle Wood
Edward Respecki
Stafford
Wood
Hamet
Washingtoning Within: Notables Pinch Energy Use
Washington figures from the White House to Capitol Hill trim energy use during the crisis. Ethel Kennedy cuts heat in five rooms. Lowell Weicker swaps the family station wagon for a compact. Officials trade limousines for smaller cars and buses to conserve fuel.
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Washington
Ethel Kennedy
Lowell Weicker Jr
Capitol Mill
White House
Nixon
Florida
Treasury Department
Huchard O. Simpson
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Maryland
General Services Administration
Kennedy
McLean
Washington, Jefferson
Lincoln
Frank Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
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Charles H. Percy
R-ll
Weicker
Bill - Rose
KitchenAid
Barney
Ae Seminces
Firestone
West Bend
B. Handy Electric Steamer
Penguin
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