Cost Overruns and Delays Plague Defense Spending
The AP reports nearly 35 billion dollars is sought by the Defense Department for next year with expected cost overruns and production underruns. Waste is blamed on weapons that fail, planes that won’t fly, and ships that never sail.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Defense
Gordon Rule
Navy
Associated Press
Gordon
Kennedy
David Packard
Mitchell Stans Plead Innocent To Conspiracy
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans pleaded innocent to charges of perjury conspiracy and obstructing a federal investigation related to Vesco. Barry Sears also pleaded innocent as Vesco fled the country and warrants were issued for IOS executives. The indictments stem from a secret $200000 Vesco contribution to Nixon’s re election effort and alleged interference with the SEC probe of Investors Overseas Services.
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NEW York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robert L. Vesco
Mitchell
Stans
Vesco
New Jersey
Barry D. Sears
Nixon
Sears
U.S. District Court
John M. Cannella
Investors Overseas Services
Securities and Exchange Commission
Costa Rica
Switzerland
IOS
Ammonia leak forces evacuations along Yellow River valley
Five or six farm families near Waukon and Monona were evacuated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday when a hose broke on an ammonia fertilizer tank on the Cletus Rose farm. The fumes spread four to five miles. Monona Postville and Waukon fire departments aided. Two Monona firefighters and a tractor operator were briefly hospitalized. Neighbor Roy Smith was also hospitalized. Some livestock were moved to higher ground. Cattle losses not immediately known.
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Waukon
Iowa
Yellow River
Monona
Cletus Rose
Postville
Weather Outlook With Showers and Mild Temperatures
Occasional showers and thunderstorms likely Monday night and Tuesday with continued mild conditions. Lows near 50 Monday night, highs near 70 Tuesday, light winds turning southeast and 15 to 20 mph by Tuesday afternoon. Rain chances at 70 percent Monday night and Tuesday. Outlook Wednesday calls for decreasing clouds and milder conditions with a low near 50.
Mayor Gilbertson and Alderman Swanson Duel With Ambiguous Ghost
A quirky Page 5 note sketches Mayor W. Peter Gilbertson and Alderman Harold Swanson clashing over a ghost of Gen Henry M Robert. A Saginaw couple backs a suburban beef venture amid high meat prices with a wary wife remark. Page 6 notes Emmy outcomes: The Waltons triumphs and The Julie Andrews Hour flops.
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W. Peter Gilbertson
Harold (Deak) Swanson
Henry M. Robert
Saginaw, Mich
Page 6
Cox Satisfied With Probe Powers In Watergate Case
Harvard professor Archibald Cox testified he has full authority as special Watergate prosecutor. Senator Ervin urged public truth over jail for individuals. Witnesses include Richard Helms and James McCord as hearings continue.
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Washington
Harvard University
Archibald Cox
Cox
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Secretary of Defense
Justice Department
Ervin
Senate
North Carolina Democrat
ABC
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Helms
Iran
James McCord
Internal Security Division
McCord
White House
John Caulfield
Caulfield
Court Refuses To Force Suburban Desegregation
The equally divided Supreme Court denied Richmond district judge Merhige power to desegregate inner city schools by reaching into suburban Henrico and Chesterfield Counties. The action affirms an appeals court ruling, leaving metropolitan desegregation unsettled with similar suits pending in Detroit and Atlanta.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond School Board
U.S. Dis
Trict
Robert Merhige Jr
Richmond City
Henrico
Chesterfield Counties
U.S. Circuit Court
Merhige
Detroit
Atlanta
Capitol Hill
Nixon
High Court
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Circuit Court
Grandma Receives Degree at Viterbo College
Rose Mary Atchison 39 of La Crescent Minnesota earned a bachelors in secondary education at Viterbo College on Sunday. She and Margaret Colleran 54 La Crosse were the college's first grandmother graduates. Also noted was John Weymiller 48 Mitzen Minnesota as a grandfather first at Viterbo.
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William
Viterbo College
Rose Mary Atchison
Grandview Terrace
la Crescent
Minn
Margaret Colleran
la Crosse
Viterbo
John Weymiller
Mitzen
Tribune
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By Jean Heller
Air Force Museum
Dayton
Ohio
SEC
IOS Mutual
G. Bradford Cook
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Mes
Army
General Motors
Eeunae TV
Ee Peenee
Ann Landers
Sseeeevsees
Maaue
Sam J. Ervin
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Watergate
Grandma
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