Nixon Conservatives Seek Support After Watergate Hearings
Ten conservative Republican senators led by Carl Curtis met President Nixon at the White House for cocktails to reaffirm support after John Mitchell’s testimony on Watergate. Some critics, including Barry Goldwater, questioned Nixon’s response. The visit came as Portugal pledges an inquiry into massacre allegations in Mozambique reported by the Times.
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Nixon
White House
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
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John N. Mitchell
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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Lisbon
Times
London
Mozambique
Ministry of Information
Times of London
Senate panel rejects Godley for east Asia post
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected G. McMurtrie Godley nominee for assistant secretary of state for east Asian affairs due to his ties to Indochina policy. By 9 to 7 the panel advanced indefinite postponement and urged Secretary Rogers to reassign Godley away from Southeast Asia.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Indochina
G. McMurtrie Godley
Laos
J. W. Fulbright
Godley
William P. Rogers
Southeast Asia
Princeton heats Tokamak plasma by neutral atom injection
Princeton researchers demonstrate a new method to heat Tokamak fusion fuel by injecting a stream of neutral atoms. If scalable to high power, the technique could raise plasma temperature and pressure needed to fuse deuterium and tritium, a key step toward fusion energy and hydrogen bomb research.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Dixie Lee Ray
Princeton University
Six weeks adrift in Gulf ends for Hoadley and Blocker
William Hoadley of Deland Florida and Debby Blocker of Cary Nova Scotia recall their six weeks adrift in the Gulf of Mexico as they are towed to Grand Isle Louisiana by the Coast Guard after being picked up 175 miles offshore.
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Tight Controls Urged in Baltimore Auto Rules
The EPA proposed stringent automobile controls for the Baltimore area including what officials call impractical gas rationing. The move aims to pressure Congress to delay Clean Air Act effects by imposing social and economic hardships. Previous proposals targeted New York New Jersey and Los Angeles areas.
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New Jersey
Los Angeles
Nixon refusals block release of dairy price suit records
White House lawyers under executive privilege refused on Nixon orders to disclose almost 100 official documents sought by Ralph Nader in a 1972 suit. The suit alleges the administration raised federal raw milk prices to aid dairy farmers and secure campaign contributions exceeding $422,000 in 1972. The case remains in pre trial stages.
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Nixon
White House
Ralph Nader
Nader
White House Memo Affidavit on Milk Campaign Gifts
Leonard Garment acting counsel to the President filed an affidavit in federal court detailing White House memoranda correspondence and internal communications about the milk price and related campaign gifts. The document outlines the administration's handling of dairy policy and gifts linked to the milk campaign.
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White House
United States District Court
Leonard Garment
White House probes personal life of McGovern in 1972 memos
Newly disclosed White House memos from 1972 show aides sought to examine Senator George S. McGovern’s personal finances war record and travel habits as part of an informal opposition research effort. The documents were released with other Dean materials to the Senate panel investigating the scandal.
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White House
Nixon
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Senate
John W. Dean III
Dissident Group Blasts Oslo Congress On Psychiatry Abuse
The Committee of Human Rights led by Andrei Sakharov accuses the international congress of psychiatrists in Oslo of avoiding debate over alleged Soviet use of mental institutions for political purposes amid East-West détente.
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Moscow
NYT
International Congress of
Soviet Union
Committee of Human Rights
Andrei D. Sakharov
Oslo
Norway
Peacekeepers view Hue imperial tombs during mission break
Two members of the Canadian contingent of the International Commission of Control and Supervision pause from peacekeeping duties to inspect the imperial tombs near Hue. AP Wirephoto captures the moment as they tour the historic site.
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
Hue
Mills Signals Fast Move on Trade Legislation
Representative Wilbur D. Mills said he has worked out details of foreign trade legislation and will push it through the House Ways and Means Committee promptly. Despite a painful back ailment requiring hospitalization, Mills assured health issues will not slow progress as committee discussions advance.
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Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
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Mills
Panel to complete basic decisions before hospital admission
The panel will finalize its core decisions this week before he enters Bethesda Naval Hospital and will then hand the bill to staff for drafting.
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Bethesda Naval Hospital
Strauss Denounces Discordant Voices Over Party Charter
Democratic National Chairman Robert Strauss blasts a few voices inside the party blaming them for stirring trouble over a proposed party charter and the 1974 mid term conference. A report noted liberal Democrats may use these efforts to challenge leadership. the item also mentions divorce actions involving a Navy captain’s wife.
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WSN
Robert Strauss
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