Ervin cites Gestapo mentality in Nixon era White House
Senate Watergate Committee chair Sam Ervin says secret White House documents reveal a Gestapo mentality at top Nixon administration levels. The papers allegedly outline plans for interagency domestic spying on Americans who opposed the administration. President Nixon contests that the plan was ever implemented.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Ervin
Winston-Salem
N.C
John W. Dean III
North Carolina
Nixon
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Watergate Committee
Senate
Washington Post
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Post
Cox
Samuel Dash
Dash
Bombing Cutoff Accord Sought in Indochina Fight
A conference committee will craft a compromise between a Senate plan to cut all funding for U S military action in Indochina and a milder House version. The Senate voted to halt U S combat activity in Cambodia and Laos, while the House opposed funding further hostilities in Cambodia. Senate support for Eagleton anti bombing amendments pressures broader funding cutoff, with Paris cease fire talks resuming June 6.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
House
Cambodia
Laos
United States
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Congress
Aad
Vietnam
John Tower
R-Tex
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Paris
Nelson Returns to Interior Committee Role in Senate
Washington AP reports Sen Gaylord Nelson reappointed to the Senate Interior Committee after giving up a seat in 1971 to join the Finance Committee. His office cited a waiver of a rule limiting major committee memberships as enabling the move. Also noted are reactions to Kissinger assessing Ceasefire prospects in Indochina amid renewed North Vietnamese tank activity in South Vietnam.
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Washington
Gaylord Nelson
Senate Interior Committee
Wisconsin Democrat
Nelson
Interior Panel
Senate Fi
Nance Committee
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Senate
Indochina
South Vietnam
Phony Cream in Your Coffee Court Ruling Riles Wisconsin Law
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Norm Maloney ruled unconstitutional a Wisconsin law banning non dairy whiteners in public eating places. The decision upholds consumer choice over enforced ingredient standards. The case highlights tensions between state regulations and business practices in America's Dairyland.
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Madison, Wis
America
Dane County
Norms Maloney
Wisconsin
Monarchy Ended as Greece Moves to Presidential Republic
Athens AP report says Premier George Papadopoulos announced abolition of the monarchy and creation of a presidential republic. He named himself first president after a plebiscite within two months and a general election by year’s end 1974. He accused King Constantine of colluding with anti-government forces.
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Athens
George Papadopoulos
Greece
Papadopoulos
Constantine
Rome
May Ended With Showers Across Wisconsin
The article notes a soggy late May into early June with showers statewide. Manitowoc Two Rivers recorded .06 inch, while Marshfield and Hilbert saw .30 and .25 inches respectively. Highs ranged from 82 at Lone Rock to 66 at Superior. lows from 47 to 56 across the state.
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Manitowoc
Two Rivers
National Weather Service
North Central
Marshfield
Hilbert
Wausau
Green Bay
Park Falls
Eau Claire
Brazilian Caravelle Crashes in Sao Luis
A Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle with 23 aboard crashed on landing in Sao Luis, Brazil, killing all 23. The two engine jetliner, flying Belem to Rio de Janeiro with stops, struck the runway on touchdown. seven Brazilian crew members plus 16 passengers were aboard, including three with foreign sounding names.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sao Luis
Cruzeiro
Giovani Pedone
N. Zahn
M Zahn
Maranhao
Cruzeiro Do Sul Caravelle
Belem
Nixon Pompidou summit ends with flexible plans for a larger Atlantic alliance
Nixon and Pompidou left Iceland with a shared aim to revitalize the Atlantic alliance for the 1970s and possibly convene a 16 nation summit including NATO members and Ireland. Kissinger outlined a procedural path for ongoing talks on monetary trade and defense with a potential autumn supersummit.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Newsmen
United States
France
Atlantic Alliance
Kissinger
Michel Jobert
Jobert
English Born Protestant Named President of Ireland
The Irish Republic elected English born Protestant Erskine Childers as president a move seen as easing sectarian tension in Northern Ireland though his ceremonial office limits impact. Terrorists killed two in Belfast as local elections proceeded amid security concerns. The Protestant Unionist Party maintained control with high turnout. IRA boycott failed to derail polls.
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Irish Republic
Erskine Childers
Northern Ireland
Childers
Belfast
Unionist Party
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Hijackers and Captives Take Off for Peru Flight
A Colombian SAM Airlines flight carrying 89 aboard was hijacked Wednesday. Two hijackers and 11 men were freed by today leaving 22 passengers, 7 crew, and the promise of $50,000 in return for freeing all aboard and abandoning the plane at the next stop in Aruba.
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Aruba
Lima
Peru
SAM Airlines
Manitowoc High School Art Exchange With Soviet Union Approved
A Soviet official agrees to an art exchange between Manitowoc Public Schools and the USSR. About 100 student artworks are being selected for shipment to Moscow, with certificates of contribution for students. Russian exhibits will be displayed in Manitowoc after a Moscow show, and the Rahr Civic Center will house the works for use in area schools and museums.
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Manitowoc
Soviet Union
Rahr Ciwic Center
N. Lapshina
Association of Literature and Art of the
V. L. Oleandrov
Ussr
United Nations
Joseph Hutchison
Ronald Stokes
Totus
Moscow
Association For Literature and Art of the Ussr
Rahr Civic Center
Oleandrov
University of Wisconsin Center
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