White House Lawyer Denies Asked Secretary About 18-Minute Gap
J. Fred Buzhardt testified he never asked Rose Mary Woods to explain the 18 minute gap in a June 20 1972 Watergate tape while seeking to determine what happened He said neither President Nixon nor Gen Haig directed him not to talk to Woods and that he sought to learn more before reporting to Judge Sirica.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
White House
J. Fred Buzhardt
Nixon
Rose Mary Woods
H. R. Haldeman
Miss Woods
Watergate
Richard Ben- Veniste
Buzhardt
Gen. Haig
Ben-Veniste
Alexander M. Haig Jr
White
Reader Q and A Clears Up Local Inquiries and Contacts
The column answers readers about finding the Better Business Bureau Greensboro address and phone, preserving old clippings with laminating or photocopies, locating humane society contacts via Guilford County, addressing Wendover Drive street repairs, clarifying Tupperware ownership with Dart Industries and no religious ties, and guidance on joining ping pong clubs through Greensboro or Winston-Salem recreation departments.
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High Point
Parks and Recreation Department
James Morgan
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
House Panel Approves Ford Nomination to Vice President
The House Judiciary Committee voted 29 to 8 to approve Gerald R. Ford's nomination for vice president. The Senate had approved earlier, with all opposing ballots from eight Democrats criticizing Ford's civil rights record. Rep. Don Edwards called Ford's civil rights voting record dismal after the hearings.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
House Committee
Ford
Don Edwards
Calif
Cease-Fire Talks End Amid Mid East Firefight
Israeli Maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv and Egyptian Maj. Gen. Mohamed el Gamasy met at a U N tent near Kilometer 101 as machine gun and mortar fire erupted two miles away. A U N spokesman said no further meetings were planned and Brezhnev urged a rapid peace settlement to avert broader war.
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Associated Press
U.N
Aharon Yariv
Mohamed el- Gamasy
Kilometer
Cairo- Suez Road
New Delhi
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Israel
Middle East
Brezhnev
Indira Gandhi
Anwar Sadat
Suez
Senate expands Medicare to cover home prescription drugs
The Senate approved an amendment by Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff 77 to 11 adding home prescription drugs for elderly patients to the Medicare program. The plan taxes Social Security to fund about 700 million dollars yearly, shifting 5.85 to 5.90 percent, costing individuals earning ten thousand dollars about five dollars more annually.
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Washington
Medicare
Senate
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Chapin Indicted on Four Perjury Counts
A federal grand jury charged former White House aide Dwight L. Chapin with four counts of lying to a Watergate grand jury. The indictment says he false declared about Donald H. Segretti activities on April 11, 1973 and carries up to five years and a $10,000 fine per count. Chapin served as Nixon's appointments secretary and later became a United Airlines executive.
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Washington
White House
Dwight L. Chapin
Watergate
Chapin
Donald H. Segretti
Nixon
United Airlines
Inferno at Kumamoto department store kills many shoppers
Fire swept a Kumamoto department store crowded with year end shoppers as many as 100 killed and about 100 injured. Officials cited confusion on exact toll with estimates 90 to 100 plus. Firefighters reached upper floors blocked by smoke while helicopters evacuated survivors from the roof. Officials said emergency equipment repairs may have sparked the blaze as the store opened two decades ago.
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Kumamoto
Japan
Tokyo
Masatoshi Tsuruta
Taiyo Department Store Fire and Related Indictments
The Taiyo Department Store opened today amid heavy holiday shopper traffic as smoke rose from the third floor. About 100 people were reportedly on the roof and rescued by helicopters, with others led down ladders by firemen. A waitress on the seventh floor described heavy smoke pouring into the restaurant. In Brussels a major fire in 1967 killed 322. Separately, Segretti pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts in the Florida primary campaign case and is serving six months in Lompoc. Chapin of United Air Lines faced federal indictment questions about campaign literature distribution.
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Segretti
Florida
Lompoc
Calif
United Air Lines
Elk Grove
Ill
Chapin
United
Grand Jury
Los Angeles
Isabel Peron Emerges as Possible Argentine Leader
illness of 78 year old President Juan D Peron raises the prospect of a woman President Isabel Peron the vice president and wife to succeed him. observers say Perons health may force a reduced schedule and broader reliance on advisers amid a tense Peronist split and rising opposition scrutiny.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
Isabel
Radical Civic Union
Peronist Movement
Slowing Economy Predicted by Nixon Aide
Herbert Stein, chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, warned in Washington that continued Arab oil cuts could slow the economy next year to near recession, with GNP two percent lower and unemployment rising to about six percent, potentially one million job losses. Prices would rise on shortages, and early-year weakness was expected before a rebound.
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Jeffrey Mills
Associated Press
Nixon
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisors
Washington
Stein
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