Impeachment Article Two Drawn Against Nixon Power Abuse
The House Judiciary Committee pressed a second impeachment article accusing President Nixon of abusing constitutional powers through misuse of federal agencies. The panel signaled broad support despite GOP objections, while debate stressed whether abuse of power qualifies as high crimes and misdemeanors. The article charges include wiretapping, misuse of the IRS FBI and CIA, and the secret plumbers unit.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Wiggins
George E. Danielson
Dcalif
Petant
House
Senato
Senate
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Robert C. Byrd
Newsweek
Olt
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
CIA
Escape by hostage ends in partial prison breakout
Henry Escamilla, 40, leaped through a glass door in the Texas State Prison and escaped captors during a dawn negotiation lull. He suffered severe head and shoulder cuts and was hospitalized semi conscious and bleeding. Escamilla was among 15 hostages held since the dawn hold up by Fred Gomez Carrasco and two accomplices in the third floor library, with talks resuming after a stalled day.
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Huntsville
Tex
Henry Escamilla
Texas
Cision
B.a.m
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Carrasco
Tommorrow
Penelec seeks 38 percent rate hike amid Erie protests
Penelec plans a 38 percent three step rate increase to retail customers over 12 months. First step seeks immediate relief with effect by September 28, pending PUC approval after investigation. Residential bills rise about four cents daily initially, then six cents daily in each subsequent step.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
Erie
Penelec
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PLC
J. Franklin Smith
Three Killed In County Car Crashes
Three people died in Erie County traffic crashes yesterday. Kenneth Michalski and Diana Bieber died in a head on collision on Route 8 near the 11 mile post in Waterford and Frank Wiler perished after a motorcycle crash in Erie. William Hammond was hospitalized in undetermined condition with possible internal injuries. The fatalities bring Erie County’s total to 32 for the year and Erie city to eight.
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Erie County
Pennsylvania
Waterford
Kenneth Michalski
R.D. 4
Diana M. Bieber
R.D
Merle Wood
Michalski
Te Biebel
Richard Wagner
Erie
William Hammond
Frank Wiler
Wiler
Wood
Hammond
Hamet Medical Center
Hamet
Connally Indicted in Bribery and Obstruction Case
Former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally faces a federal grand jury indictment on bribery perjury and obstruction. The charges allege he took $10,000 from milk fund official Jake Jacobsen in return for urging higher milk price supports. Jacobsen also faces charges for illegal payments to a public official.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Milk Fund
Jake Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Secretary of Agriculture
Grand Jury
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Atty
Richard G. Kreindienst
ITT
Massive 12 Vehicle Pileup Injures 16 In Dense Fog
A 12 vehicle chain reaction on I-79 near the Geneva exit left 16 injured, half with burns. Three burn victims Frank Ullom 47 of McKeesport Caroline Langer 33 Beaver Falls and Joseph Langer 14 were moved to Pittsburgh West Penn Burn Center by helicopter and remain critical. Ten others were treated at City Hospital with five burn victims admitted and Andrew Burik 67 Coraopolis also injured. Fire and ambulance crews transported victims as a disaster plan split among City and Spencer Hospitals. Fog described as pea soup halted traffic on the Conneaut Lake Marsh bridge near Geneva.
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Meadville
I-79
Geneva
Crawford County
Frank Ullom
McKeesport
Caroline Langer
Beaver Falls
Joseph Langer
Pittsburgh
West Penn Hospital
Ullom
Langer
City
Andrew Burik
Coraopolis
Burik
Conneaut Lake Marsh
Geneva Marsh
Associated Press
Brian Rose
UC Youth Drowns At Canadohta Lake
A 14 year old Union City boy, Michael Soboleski, drowned at Canadohta Lake while swimming at an unguarded Elmwood Beach dock. Declared dead at the scene by Crawford County Deputy Coroner Robert Challener. body recovered by Meadville Rescue Squad SCUBA divers. Police say last seen around 7 p.m. as a chain formed by about 50 people searched the water, with Bloomfield and Centerville fire departments assisting. A separate search noted Eugene Melnichak, 26, of Bradford, presumed drowned Friday after falling from a boat in the Hook's Brook area of the Allegheny Reservoir.
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Union City
Canadohta Lake
Michael Soboleski
John Trojak
R.D. 3
Crawford County
Robert Challener
Meadville
Corry
Elmwood Beach
Bloomfield
Centerville
Eugene Melnichak
Bradford
Ofl
Melnichak
Hook's Brook
Allegheny Reservoir
City Water Crews Repair Lemon Street Reservoir
Water department crews repair the city reservoir at Lemon Street Hill patching cement walls after draining and cleaning surfaces. Manager Robert Grice says staff labor keeps costs low and water service will not be curtailed during the two week project with a future plan to replace the cement surface.
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City Water Department
City
Lemon Street Hill
Water Department
Robert Grice
Grice
City Walter Department
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D-N
Robert McClory
R-Al
Escamilla
Ron Taylor
Texas Department of Corrections
Clymer
New York
Raymond Keith
Falconer
The
Journal Today
Keith
Mary
Stedman
N.Y
John Connally
Canadohta
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