Question Of Jurisdiction In Watergate Case
AP analysis notes the Senate Watergate committee must show federal judge jurisdiction to pursue its case against President Nixon before forcing disclosure of taped conversations. judge may refuse to hear the case.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Senate
White House
U.S. District Court
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Yablonski murder case tied to union figures
Witnesses recounts a 1969 plot involving Joseph Yablonski’s killing amid a power struggle in the United Mine Workers. Warrant filings cite an FBI affidavit detailing plans by Boyle, Turnblazer, and Albert Pass to murder Yablonski and misappropriate union funds. Prosecutors hope to move Boyle to Pennsylvania for trial around January.
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Yablonsi
Washington County
Yablonskis
Pennsylvania Star
Turnblazer
Boyle
Yablonski
Philadelphia
Richard Sprague
Pennsylvania
Sprague
UMW
Arnold E. Miller
Washington, D.C
Middlesboro
Pass
Exxon and ARCO Move on Wholesale Gasoline Prices
Exxon becomes the second major oil firm to raise wholesale gasoline prices after a price freeze while ARCO had already announced a one cent per gallon rise in wholesale gasoline and a two cent rise for heating oil. The Cost of Living Council will study the increases to determine if they meet Phase 4 controls. Retail ceilings still block passing higher wholesale costs to consumers. Chief Justice Burger, recovering in Rochester, refused to reinstate a district court order freeing outlets from price controls. Retailers claim about 165,000 outlets are affected as appeals court weighs government challenges.
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Cost of Living Council
Washington
Atlantic Richfield Co
ARCO
Warren E. Burger
Federal District Court
Burger
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Court of Appeals
British student begins steps after brutal attack
Helen Evans, a Leeds University history student, who spent three weeks in a coma after a $20 robbery beating, has taken unsteady walks in hospital. Her father said she can talk but is mixed up and may not have permanent brain damage. The incident occurred during an American Adventure bus tour. Evans and her fiancé John Penniket traveled from England. Donations reached about $3,000 to help with medical bills. Glen Battle, 21, of Detroit, faces robbery and attempted murder charges. a psychiatrist ruled him competent for trial.
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Miami
Fla
Helen Evans
Jack Evans
United States
John Penniket
Eastbourne
England
Evans
Elizabeth
John
Helen
Glen Battle
Detroit
Miss Evans
Battle
Krogh Breaks Silence on 1971 White House Unit
Krogh pled innocent to burglary conspiracy and solicitation in Los Angeles court. He said the 1971 covert unit was a mistake and acknowledged Nixon ordered its creation while noting its “urgent security” aim. Co-defendants include Ehrlichman, Young, and Liddy, with pledges to surrender next week.
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Felipe DeDiego
Krogh
White House
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Calif
John D. Ehrlichman
Superior Court
James G. Kolts
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Plumbers Squad
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Nixon
Pentagon Papers
Washington
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Secret Service
Donald
Gerald L. Warren
Egil Krogh Jr
Shim
Daniel Elisberg
Cox
Appeals Court
Judicial Branch
United States
Sirica
U.S
Grand Jury
Gunmen Seize Saudi Embassy in Paris Amid Negotiations
Terrorists took over the Saudi Embassy in Paris warning of consequences and demanded release of Abou Daoud from a Jordanian prison. They left with hostages aboard an Arab aircraft after a tense siege, while French officials weighed how to resolve the crisis and secure their captives. Names and exact motives remain unclear among conflicting reports from French authorities and observers.
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France
Abou Daoud
Paris
Hussein
Jordan
Daoud
Ugly Duckling Statue Back Home In Park
New York AP Ugly Duckling statue returns to Central Park after misadventures rivaling its tale. Unveiled by Hazlet New Jersey siblings Timothy Regan and Claudia Regan, grandnieces of creator Georg Lober and originator Hans Christian Andersen. The statue, funded by Danish and American schoolchildren, was missing September 1966 and found on a junk pile with its bronze head protruding. Reinstated with extra bronze pins and reinforced cement.
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Central Park
Timothy Regan
Claudia
Hazlet
N.J
Georg Lober
Hans Christian Anderson
Elizabeth Finger
Robert Hewes
Henry Michaud
Ninety Degree Weather Leaves Northeast in Relief
The Associated Press reports the Northeast finally breaks a streak of ninety degree heat. Cool air moves south from New England promising a full relief from the scorcher and a return to more typical conditions across the region.
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Associated Press
New England
Delia Flooding Triggers Evacuations and Fatalities Near Houston
Delia caused record flooding in the region with up to 12 feet of floodwater in 1960 parallels and forced evacuations near Channelview and Pasadena as sound trucks warned residents to flee. A teenager drowned in Vince Bayou when a raft capsized, and a Lamar University student died in Beaumont after her car struck a guard rail. Winds near the storm center reached 35 mph with brief 70 mph gusts as Delia stalled inland and reentered the Gulf for renewed strength.
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Carla
Channelview
Baytown
Pasadena
Houston
Vince Bayou
John Edward Meek
Ida Pauline Davenport
Lamar University
Beaumont
Delia
Gulf of Mexico
Congress Sees Limited Cooperation on Bush Nixon Talks
Congress leaders described a disappointing performance as Melvin Laird prepared for talks with House and Senate leaders. ONeill said Laird was not coming for social reasons, while Mansfield warned against confrontation and urged negotiations. Temperatures cooled from a heat wave easing pressure on major electric pools along the Atlantic Seaboard.
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Congress
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Capitol
Phnom Penh siege tightens as roads into battambang stay cut
Cambodian forces wage a surrounding campaign around Kampong Cham with heavy air raids. Fighters block Indochina routes to Battambang while a second highway to Kompong Som remains closed for the twelfth day. Journalists barred from the barricaded zones. An air force pilot reports intense fire and hundreds of wounded as rebels and North Vietnamese advisers ring Cham, population 70,000.
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Battambang
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
Kampong Cham
Cham
Prison uprising at Stateville tied to overcrowding
Stateville prison housed 397 inmates in a single cellblock after an uprising. Initially 150 participants were counted, later estimated at 270. Demonstrators from the Prisoners Solidarity Committee protested outside as authorities cited a report criticizing conditions as understaffed and crowded.
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Stateville
National Prisoners Solidarity Committee
Corrections Department
Illinois
John J. Twomey
Chicago
Twomey
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