Second Company Admits Illegal Contributions
Ashland Oil Inc and chairman Orin E Atkins acknowledge an illegal $100,000 cash contribution to President Nixon's re election campaign. Cox announced the matter and Atkins and the re election committee confirmed. The gift was made before the new public disclosure law took effect April 7 1972.
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Washington
Ashland Oil, Inc
Orin E. Atkins
Nixon
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Atkins
Fred M. Vinson, Jr
Ashland Petroleum Gabon Corp
Campaign Finance Organization
Ashland Petroleum Gabon
Vinson
Paul Barrick
Finance Committee
New Jersey
Robert L. Vesco
Stans
Ashland
U.S
American Airlines
Congress Okays War Power Limit
The Senate approved a war powers limit bill 71 to 18, seeking to restrict the president from deploying troops without congressional approval. The House fell short of a two thirds vote, raising the likelihood of a presidential veto by Nixon. The measure includes a 30 day limit and excludes broader peacetime deployment expansion despite several amendments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Congress
Jesse James Adair Train Robbery 1873
In 1873 Jesse James staged the first train robbery at Adair Iowa seizing $3000 from the Rock Island Express. The event is noted in Today’s Daily On This Date.
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Jesse James
Adair
Iowa
Congress Pay Raise to Be Cut Next Week
Senator James B. Allen said a move will be made next week to kill a proposed pay raise for members of Congress the President's Cabinet and the federal judiciary.
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Washington
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Congress
Strachan Disputes Magruder Statement in Watergate Hearings
Senate hearing filings show Gordon Strachan disputing Magruder’s claim of a detailed Watergate plan. He testified he reported a $300000 budget for a political intelligence unit months before the break in and denied knowledge of prostitution and kidnaping details. Mardian testified Nixon feared security leaks and discussed wiretap logs, with tapes later found in Ehrlichman’s office.
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Washington
Gordon Strachan
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Mitchell
Liddy
Magruder
Strachan
Robert C. Mardhan
Mardian
San Clemente
Calif
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Marcian
Democratic’ Party
Justice Department
William Sullivan
Hoover
National Security Council
Nixon denounces resignation as poppycock
President Nixon dismisses talks of resignation as poppycock and pledges to work to the hilt despite health concerns after returning from Bethesda Naval Medical Center. He heads to Camp David and plans a full schedule, urging Americans to keep perspective on Watergate and focus on future world peace decisions.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Rose Garden
Camp David
Maryland Mountains
Poppycock
We Almost Buried The Wrong Girl
Niagara Falls mother recalls nearly burying Debra Henderson instead of her daughter Sandy Southeran in Daytona Beach Florida. Police identified the deceased as 14 year old Debra after Sandy’s papers were found on the body and Debra’s identity revealed later. The body was shipped home for a Niagara Falls wake.
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Daytona. Beach
Frances Southeran
Sandy
Florida
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Daytona Beach
Patricia Bodkins
Debra
Four men steal $4000 from Arab sale barn buyer
Cullman County deputies say 65 year old William D. Solly was robbed of more than $4,000 at Arab Sale Barn on U S 231 S after selling cattle. Four men, two white and two Black, jumped him and fled in a blue car. no other details available.
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Baileyton
Cullman County
William D. Solly
U.S. 231 S
Solly
Sheriff's Department
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John McBride
Lynn Smith
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Horace Sutterer
McBride
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First Alabama Bancshares, Inc
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Columbia
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Jack Bray
Senate Watergate Committee
Capitol
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John D. Ehrlichman
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