Nixon Feared Kennedy Probe, Transcripts Say
Transcripts of Watergate talks show President Nixon and aides worried Sen. Edward Kennedy would use the affair politically. Kennedy did pursue an investigation but declined hearings to avoid apparent partisanship. Ervin was chosen to lead the Senate inquiry, not Kennedy, per aides and corroborating statements.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Sen
Sam) Ervin
Senate
White House
John W. Dean III
Oval Office
Special Committee
Ervin
Dean
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bobby
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard H
Baker
Kennedys
Sam Dash
Committee
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Dash
Subcommittee
Philadelphia
Insurgents Press Longvek Camp in Heavy Shelling
Phnom Penh AP report says insurgents shell Longvek camp as government troops concede ground. About 25 000 refugees and 4 000 soldiers are trapped and short of food and water while U S and Cambodian planes parachute supplies. Oudong fell March 18 and insurgents overran Sala Lek Pram.
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Matt Franjola
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Longvek
U.S
Oudong
Tonle Sap
Sala-Lek Pram
South Vietnam
Tuyen Binh
Saigon
Jury Subpoenas Airline Chiefs
A Brooklyn federal grand jury subpoenas 23 airline executives from 23 carriers with trans Atlantic routes as part of a probe into secret rebates to travel agents. The Times cites testimony showing millions in kickbacks by foreign and major U S airlines including Pan Am and TWA. Aeroflot reps are reportedly among those subpoenaed. Acting U S Attorney Edward J Boyd says evidence indicates ticket rebating is extensive and widespread.
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New York
The
New York Times
Brooklyn
the Times
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Federal Grand Jury
Times
Aeroflot
U.S
Atty
Edward J. Boyd
Bondurant Resigns Post to Lead Winston-Salem Foundation
RALEIGH NC Gov Jim Holshouser announced Friday that William L Bondurant resigns as secretary of administration to become executive director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem effective June 1 He will replace Dr William Archie who plans retirement Bonds resignation follows a leave of absence agreed with the foundation and will return after two General Assembly sessions and Archie retirement
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Raleigh
William L. Bondurant
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Winston-Salem
Jim Holshouser
Bondurant
Foundation
William Archie
Archie
General Assembly
Weekend Outlook for High Point Skies Partly Cloudy
National Weather Service forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday in High Point. Lows near 50 tonight with Sunday highs in the mid 70s. Rain chances are noted but not detailed in the readable text.
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High Point
National Weather Service
North Carolina and South Carolina Three Day Weather Outlook
North Carolina forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers and thundershowers in the southwest mountains and scattered showers across eastern areas. Highs mostly in the 70s, lows near 50. South Carolina expects variable clouds and warm temps with 80s, scattered showers tonight and Sunday, lows in the 50s, highs in the 70s. The three day outlook projects cooler nights in the upper 40s to mid 50s for the north, with highs in the 70s, and milder nights with highs around the 70s to 80s elsewhere.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Alternative Senate hopefuls press campaign reform in N C
In Wilmington five of seven candidates favor campaign financing reform at an open forum before fewer than 50 attendees. They criticize professional politicians and urge public financing, spending limits of 50 000 in primary and 40 000 in general, and equal access for minor candidates amid major candidates’ expenditures.
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Wilmington
N.C
Senate
Charles B. Little
Goldsboro
James T. Johnson
Wil
Mington
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
Johnson
Fred Chandley
Wake Forest
Bill Hare
High Point
James McVay Ferrell II
Durham
Mildred Keene
Charlotte
Robert L. Hannon
Greensboro
Henry Hall Wilson
Robert Morgan
Nick Galifianakis
Hare
Ferrell
Chandley
Elect Tom Gilmore for State House
A Guilford County candidate, Tom Gilmore, advocates for insurance, taxes, environment, government efficiency and public schools. He stresses local concern and promises leadership from the General Assembly toward a better tomorrow. Paid for by Committee for Tom Gilmore for State House.
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State House
Tom Gilmore
Guilford
General Assembly
Tmans
Howe
Spokane Expo 74 Opens With Nixon Attendence Renewal Theme
President Nixon will attend Expo 74 in Spokane as the six month world’s fair opens on a 100 acre site on two Spokane River islands. The event, born from urban renewal aims, features 10 national pavilions and 40 exhibitors tied to Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment.
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Steve Weiner
Associated Press
Spokane, Wash
Nixon
Spokane
Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
United States
Russia
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S. Commerce Department
Peter Spurney
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Supreme Court High Point Committee
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G'ville
D.C
Savannah
House of Representatives
Tom Sawyer
Grace Flower
North Wrenn
Westwood Phone
Lucile Schwartz
Sierra Club
Zero
Spurney
Australia
Randolph Gounty
Leo Heer
State House of Representatives
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Guilford County
Greansboro
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