Nixon Declares He Is No Crook In Q&A Session
President says he will stay in office as Watergate questions loom and asserts few details, cites national security matters as not to be probed. He defends aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman, notes Secret Service surveillance of brother Donald, and discusses energy policy and milk price supports during a teleconference with AP members at Disney World.
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Nixon defends energy plan and tapes in AP editors meet
President Nixon spoke at the AP Managing Editors Association gathering at Walt Disney World. He defended his energy policy, argued for Project Independence by 1980, and addressed questions about missing White House tapes and his prior investments and taxes. He asserted he had no knowledge of the Watergate break in and said aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman will likely fare well despite public perception.
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Alaska Pipeline
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Orlando
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Kennedy Family and Greek Crisis Dominate News
The report details Greece extending martial law and a curfew as fighting around the Polytechnic continues, with police and tanks patrolling deserted streets. In the United States, Senator John F Kennedy attends his son’s wedding at Holy Trinity Catholic Church where Caroline Kennedy serves as a bridesmaid and John Kennedy Jr. is an altar boy. Doctors discuss a child patient with chondrosarcoma, noting limited 10 year survival, while Philadelphia churches pray for the boy’s recovery.
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Patrick Joseph
Teen-Age Transient Booked In Fatal Apartment Fire
An 18 year old transient was booked for murder after a West Los Angeles Stratford apartments fire killed 24 people. Michael Altenburg, from Tucson, was identified near the scene and questioned before booking. Twelve injured remained critical or serious. four babies were saved.
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Stratford Apartments
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Tucson
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Fire Battalion
Eugene Schmitz
Elias Gonzalez
Poner Hotel
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