Columbo Visits White House Watergate Satire Scene
In a satirical take from 1973, Columbo enters the East Room to question President Nixon and aides about the Watergate break in. The room fills with mixed humor as Columbo uncovers supposed alibis while banter erupts among Martha Mitchell John Mitchell Haldeman and others.
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Washington
Peter Falk
Columbo
White House
Nixon
George Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Los Angeles
H. R. Haldeman
John Dean ID
Charles Colson
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
John Mitchell
Martha
Martha Mitchell
John
H.R. Haldeman
Patton
Mexico City
FBI
John Dean III
United Press
Alfonsé
Alfonse
Watergate
Watergate Bar and Grill
John Dean II
Plane Crash At Airport Kills Six Aboard
A small private twin engine Cessna crashed after takeoff from Greensboro regional airport killing all six aboard. Victims identified include Albert Dale Perry Bruce Harrison and Taylor George Steel of Greensboro with one possible High Point resident. Fire and rescue teams battled flames as investigators noted lights disappeared after takeoff and weather was not a factor.
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Friendship
Federal Aviation Administration
Greensboro-High Point
Winston-Salem
FAA
High Point
Albert Dale Perry
Rt. 7
Greensboro
Bruce Harrison
Taylor George Steel
High Point plans water sewer line extension hearing
Guilford County Commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday on extending water and sewer lines 2500 feet along NC 68 from High Point city limits to Lake Forest Drive and 800 feet along Lake Forest Drive to the lake's dead end. The 130 acre lake area project would be funded by the developer with a front foot charge. no public funds. The plan aims to serve a new residential development and possibly a future school complex. The Guilford County Board of Education shows interest in extending lines to additional area.
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Greensboro
High Point
Oak Hollow Lake
Board of County Commissioners
N.C
Lake Forest
James Rickards
County Environmental Services
Rickards
N.C. 68
Lake Forest Drive
Guilford
Fire Damaged Residence on Spencer Street
A residential fire at 212 Spencer Street Friday morning was caused by a defective heating plant. Firemen reported a mild explosion and flames issuing from the furnace. Damages were confined to the heating area, flooring and joists, with smoke damage inside. The occupant was named Bobby Robert.
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Spencer ‘Street
Spencer
Bobby Robert
Taking Out The Laughter An On Candidate Spending Readied
Raleigh reports a House subcommittee drafts a tough reform bill to require full disclosure of campaign funding and expenditures. It would bar ballots for noncompliance, ban corporate and union contributions, and allow cross audits of ad reports while delaying spending limits to 1974.
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Bryan Haislip
Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Rep
A. Hartwell Campbell
Wilson
Subcommittee
General Assembly
Jim Holfhouser
Jim Hunt
Senate
Campbell
Alcohol Most Misused Drug, SBI Official States
Keith Bulla of the State Bureau of Investigation told High Point Kiwanis that alcohol is the most abused drug, with barbiturates second, and that home drug use is more prevalent than street use. He urged parents to speak honestly, not use scare tactics, and noted about 28 dangerous drugs are found in the average home annually. He traced opium history and cited morphine’s Civil War era impacts as context.
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Keith Carter
State Bureau of Investigation
SBD
United States
Keith Bulla
Piedmont
SBI
High Point Kiwanis Club
Bulla
America
Yugoslav Ambassador Visits High Point Furniture Market
Yugoslav ambassador Toma Granfil toured United States Furniture Industries plants and showroom in High Point. USFI accounts for about one tenth of Yugoslavia’s US wood product exports and signals optimism for expansion while trade between the nations remains near balanced. Granfil met with Stanley Taylor and Robert Friedman and attended a dinner at the String and Splinter Club.
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United States Furniture Industries
High Point
Yugoslavia
United States
Toma Granfil
America
Ambassador Gramfil
North Carolina
Merchandise Mart
Stanley R. Taylor
Robert Friedman
Chatham County
Friedman
High Point Company
Granfil
Yugoslav Foreign Trade Bank
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Los Angeles Times
Sonny Hedgecock
High Point Cooperation
House Election Laws Committee
Lane Brown
Stanley
Brown
PACE
Burlington
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
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