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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1974

Page

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Lawyer Admits Gifting Connally a Ten Thousand Dollar Bribe

Texas lawyer Jake Jacobsen testified he gave former Treasury Secretary John Connally a $10,000 bribe in 1971 to aid raising federal milk price supports. He pleaded guilty to bribery. Connally faces related charges and denies wrongdoing while awaiting arraignment.

John B. Connally Watergate Jacobsen Cornwally Secretary of the Treasury Nixon Texas Savings-And-Loan Connally Texas White House Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. District Court George L. Hart Jr Austin Tex Ruth Savings and Loan San Angelo

Bank holdup suspect quartet arrested after $356000 theft

Sawed-off shotguns and a pistol were used in a 9:35 a.m. bank robbery. Police arrested Dellerama and Miller in Roselle, seizing about $4000, two shotguns, and two handguns. Later arrests at Ben's Bar tied two suspects to the crime. Keller was wounded escaping. FBI confirms total loot $356,000.

Roselle Dellamara Miller Elizabeth Ben's Meadow Street Fischer Keller FBI

AMC Earnings Dip Despite Small Car Sales Gain

AMC reported a 23 percent rise in quarterly sales to 581 million, driven by its focus on small cars. For the first nine months of its fiscal year, profits fell 15 percent to 34.6 million or 1.19 a share, as earnings declined despite a $200 million year‑over‑year increase in sales to 1.6 billion.

Iowa U.S. Department of Agriculture National Corn Growers Association Ilinois Illinois Crop Reporting Service Kansas Pat Boyer AMC

Cover-Up Continues in the Nixon Haldeman Case

The article discusses Haldeman telling Nixon that Mitchell knew of the June 17 1972 break in at Democratic National headquarters. Attorneys consider a possible guilty plea. If Nixon resigns he may testify at the trial, and even if indicted in the Senate his role could delay the case.

Democratic National Haldeman Nixon Mitchell Senate

Turkish Forces Attack Cyprus Warfront Escalates

Turkish troops push along the enia coast of northern Cyprus as Greek Cypriots retreat from Va sila and Lapithos villages amid shelling and UN reports of halted bombardment. Cyprus officials acknowledge confusion as battles widen with engineers wiped out and survivors seeking shelter.

Cyprus Cailes Enia Sestley Geneva Turkleas North Cypr Reco Ader Dimmys Dimitrious Washington Vasilia Mediterranean United Nations New York Lapithos Nicosia National Guard A.U.N Kondemenos Sky- Youra Kyrenia Range Kyrenia Iit

Mideast Tensions Rise With Abductions and Arms Shifts

The article outlines retaliatory air strikes after the Tuesday abduction of four Arab laborers in Israel, with Israel saying only six Lebanese civilians were captured and one laborer escaped. It reports Egypt Libya tensions, Sadat’s accusations, France revising Arab arms sales, and Saudi Arabia pledging $300 million plus plans for joint ventures to aid Egypt’s reconstruction.

Israel Lebanon Lebanese Defense Ministry Egypt Libya Cairo Sadat Muammar Khadafy Revolutionary Command Council Thsan Abdel Kodous Morsa Matruh Alexandria France Paris Saudi Arabia Faisal

Ford weighing vice presidential pick after impeachment talks

Ford met with Rhodes and Quie for 15 minutes as aides noted weekly meetings with Melvin Laird. Ford agreed to an interview with an Italian TV crew with a no questions on impeachment stipulation. A protestor urged against Rockefeller as vice president, citing abortion record.

Quie Ford Rhodes Judy Osman Smithtown N.Y Rockefeller Washington Post Laird

Nine More Watergate Tapes Apparently Not Recorded

Nixon's lawyer told a federal court that nine subpoenaed Watergate conversations were likely never recorded. The missing calls involve Haldeman and Ehrlichman on April 16, 18 and 19, 1973 from the White House residence. St. Clair said those lines were on phones not wired to the taping system and that other related meetings also lack tapes.

Washington Nixon H. R Haldeman John D. Ehrlichman White House James St. Clair St. Clair U.S. District Court John J. Sirica U.S. Supreme Court Sirica Haldeman Ehrlichman John W. Dean III Camp Charles Colson H. R. Haldeman

Urban finances and rioting fears raised in bond discussion

Alioto warned that urban financial problems persist despite claims of price improvements. He argued that genuine distress remains in American cities as riots fade, noting rising emotions that could ignite as destructively as the 1969 riots.

Alioto Nixon

False Teeth That Loosen Need Not Embarrass

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