Nixon shifts stance on Watergate disclosures
President Nixon, under Republican pressure, abandons his earlier claim that no White House members would testify and says staff will appear voluntarily and answer questions under oath. He cites major developments in Watergate and hints possible involvement of Haldeman and Dean, with DOJ hearings ongoing.
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Nixon
Republican Party
White House
Senate Select Committee
Watergate
John Dean Iiii
Department of Justice
Washington
Justice Department
Dean
H. R. Haldeman
Haldeman
James J. McCord
Senate
John Erlichman
Leonard Garment
Barry Goldwater
Law tightens breathalyzer rule to suspend license
North Carolina lawmakers led by Sen. McNeill Smith pass a law that revokes a driver's license for six months if a drunken driving suspect refuses the breathalyzer test. Even a later acquittal cannot erase the suspension, seen as a strong step against drunken driving and a tool to prove impairment.
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Guilford
Sen. McNeill Smith
North Carolina
General Assembly
Assembly
Sen. Smith
Floating currencies reshape world money outlook this spring
Economic scholars debate whether free floats ease or amplify volatility. Hendrik Houthakker argues four years of U S policy nudged the dollar lower while Bonn bought dollars to defend the Deutsche Mark. Helmut Schmidt shifted views under pressure. Some economists favor floats in crises while bankers warn of broader deflation risks and the need to rebuild an efficient international payments system ahead of IMF talks in Washington March 26-27.
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Harvard
Hendrik S. Houthakker
President's Council of Economic Advisers
U.S
Houthakker
Nixon
Paul A. Samuelson
House Banking Subcommittee
Donald C. Platten
Chemical Bank of New York
International Monetary Fund
Committee of 20
Washington, D.C
Spy Team Planned Deep Democratic Espionage in Miami
Washington reports detail Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy plotting a broad spy mission against the Democrats from December 1971. They sought information on the Democratic National Convention, Kennedy's role, and planned to use a locksmith for lockpicking while hunting political actions and candidate movements.
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Washington
Howard Hunt
Gordon Liddy
Miami
Hunt
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Thomas Amato
GOP
ITT
Memo
Dita Beard
Cuba
Liddy
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Ed Warren
George Leonard
Miami Beach
Playboy Plaza
Jack Bauman
Bauman
Hay Adams Hotel
Lafayette Park
White House
Grand Jury
Secret Service
Douglas Caddy
Watergate
Caddy
Watergate Gang
Yugoslavia Holds 102 Years of Favor With U.S.
Attendees at a dinner honoring Yugoslav Ambassador Toma Granfi and his staff learned that Yugoslavia has enjoyed most favored nation status with the United States since 1871. Granfi noted the arrangement dates to President Arthur, while discussing trade with U.S. furniture firms and timber-rich Yugoslavia.
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Toma Granfi
Yugoslavia
United States
Washington
Nixon
Granfil
Chester A. Arthur
James A. Garfield
Serbia
Balkans
Croatia
Slovenia
Montenegro
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Macedonia
Kosovo
Vojvodina
Federation of
U.S
Adriatic
Stanley Taylor
Bob Friedman
Rumania
Soviet Union
Arnold J. Koonce
John Hart
AMBUS
Barlow Furniture
Henry Shavitz
Indian Head
Henredon
Heritage
Wesley Theological Seminary
Nathaniel Harrison
John Holbrook
Westchester Academy
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Helmut Schmidt
Bonn
Senator Soaper
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Pees
Afternow Enterprise
Emerywood Country Club
Roy B. Culler Jr
J. Roscoe Adams
Jan Howard Samet
Robert Samet
Jan
Eastern District Federal Court
Clinton
Randleman
Andrews High School
Arthur S.marburg
Sheraton Hotel
Marburg
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