Nixon cancels Watergate speech amid Middle East turmoil
President Nixon scrapped a televised Watergate address citing a crowded schedule as he focuses on the Middle East. The House Judiciary Committee pushes ahead with impeachment inquiry while calls for a new independent prosecutor grow. Judge Sirica prepares to review the Nixon tapes. Sirica’s ruling shields the Senate committee from using courts to compel access.
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American Bar Association
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Gerald L. Warren
Warren
House Judiciary Committee
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D-W.j
Cox
Charles Alan Wright
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
House of Representatives
Barry Goldwater
R-Atiz
Robert Strauss
Wall Street
John Jr
Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Bottle romance leads to Milwaukee wedding tale
Nancy Dennik and Philip Kalmerton met via a lake bottle note found on Lake Michigan. Five years after the find they plan to wed Saturday. He proposed with a bottle tied to an engagement ring and plans a cake decorated with miniature bottles.
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UPI
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Philip Katmerton
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Lake Michigan
Port Washington
Terry Andrae State Park
Kalmerton
Oshkosh
Oklahoma
Fort Campbell
Philip
Nancy
Vietnam
New contraceptives teased at international conference
Prof Rodrey Shearman of Sydney University described a dissolvable long lasting female capsule implantable in the arm or buttock that would last over three years. He noted men may receive injections every three to six months with trials already under way in the United States and planned for Australia by the 71st annual Planned Parenthood gathering in Brighton.
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Brighton
England
Rodrey Shearman
Department of Obstetria and Gynecology
Sydney University
Australia
International Planned Parenthood Federation
United States
Shearman
BART delays eyed as system fails train detection
Legislative Analyst A Alary Test said yesterday that BART’s failure to provide reliable train detection likely prevents transbay service from starting next spring. He told the State Senate committee that management and consultants rushed to patch deficiencies, delaying the Oakland to San Francisco link from September to at best June 1979 and possibly longer.
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San Francisco
State Public Utilities Commission
Giant step for womankind in space readiness test
A NASA led study at Ames Research Center tested eight Air Force nurses for weightless travel. After five weeks bedridden to simulate zero gravity they showed comparable fitness to men, though generally weaker post-test. Participants included Lt. Lorraine Schoen and Capt. Evelyn Marks among twelve volunteers.
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Calif
Playboy
Playgirl
Air Force
David Winter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Life Sciences
NASA
U.S. Space Corps
Lorraine ©. Schoen
Larkspur
Ames Research Center
Evelyn Jean Marks
Seattle
Wash
Firetruck undercarriage blaze traps Fremont crew
Fremont Alameda County firemen were en route to Fairmont Hospital when a replacement rig showed smoke beneath the cab. Lacking firefighting gear, they called for help, persuaded a resident they were real firefighters, and arranged for firefighting units to extinguish a brake related fire in the undercarriage.
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Fremont
Alameda County
Sunny Bay Area day with mild coastal highs
Early fog and cloudiness will be the only shadows on an otherwise sunny day tomorrow. Highs range from 65 to 75 along the coast with evening lows of 45 to 55. More weather on page 42.
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Arly
Bay Area
Ward plan debated by Hayward advisory panel
The Citizens Advisory Committee of the Hayward Area Recreation recommended ward representation for its board of directors and a public referendum. The HARD board deferred action, with three in favor, one against, and five abstentions, but agreed residents should vote on the issue.
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Citizens Advisory Committee
Hayward Area Recreation Issnet
Black couple wins ruling in Alameda housing case
The Alameda County appellate court broadened the Unruh Act interpretation by ruling that ownership of several single family homes could be a business establishment. The Spinks family sued Lane and Betty Freitas over a rental in San Lorenzo, seeking damages for discrimination. the case returns to San Leandro for retrial. Samuel Spinks, a disabled veteran, and Larceanie Spinks are the plaintiffs.
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Hee
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San Teandro Fair Housing Committee
Roderic Duncan
Oakland
Altorney
Harold J. Magre
Freitas
Dudge Carson
Superior Court
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