Nixon to appeal Sirica ruling on Watergate tapes
President Nixon plans to take his fight over secret Watergate tape recordings to the U S Court of Appeals after directing lawyers to appeal Judge John J Sirica's order to turn over the tapes for private inspection. The White House said papers for a review will be filed before the stay expires and outlines an appeal path.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Washington
White House
California
Court tapes loom in Watergate clash over Nixon recordings
The appeals court will hear a Watergate related case while the Supreme Court is in recess. Judge Sirica ordered Nixon to produce eight Nixon aide conversations and one call, to be reviewed privately for possible grand jury disclosure.
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Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Cox
Nixon
John W. Dean III
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Decision Due in 10 Days Pay Dispute Heard
Judge James Paddock heard the case on pay parity between city policemen and firemen in Lawrence. The petition seeks a referendum on whether to extend parity to retroactive dates, with key issues over legislative versus administrative subject matter and the impact of a 16 man DPS limit and retroactivity on the city budget. The judge promised a decision in about ten days.
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James Paddock
Lawrence
Paddock
Douglas County District Court
Firemen’s Union
Department of Public Safety
Milton P. Allen
Burkhead
Allen
Kansas
U.S. Plans Arizona Desalting Plant to Settle Water Row
The United States will build the world’s largest desalting plant in Arizona to settle a 12 year dispute with Mexico over Colorado River water quality. The project aims to remove up to 90 percent of salinity in the Wellton Mohawk drainage, with completion expected by 1978 and initial pure water supplies to Mexico by next summer.
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San Clemente
Calif
United States
Mexico
Colorado
White House
Arizona
Nixon
Luis Echeverria
Wellton-Mohawk
Colorado River
Mexicali
Atty
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Winn criticizes economic controls in Kansas City speech
Rep. Larry Winn Jr. urged ending price controls and restoring a supply and demand economy at a Johnson County Young Republicans event in Overland Park. He argued controls harm most people and accuse the Nixon administration and a Democratic Congress of backing them.
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Kansas City
Larry Winn Jr
R-Kan
Johnson County
Overland Park
Winn
Nixon
Lawrence Post Office Wins 1972 Driving Safety Award
The National Safety Council honored Lawrence post men for a perfect driving safety record in 1972. A perfect record certificate was presented to Postmaster Jack Harris at Jayhawk Station ceremonies by Theodore C. Bland. Arthur H. Stanfield noted the fleet of 28 light postal vehicles operated without an accident.
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National Safety Council
Lawrence
Jack Harris
Jayhawk Station
Theodore C. Bland
Arthur H. Stanfield
Docking Encouraged To Run For Senate
Gov. Robert Docking said he has received encouragement to seek the U.S. Senate next year but he insists he has not decided which office to pursue. He held a news conference to announce plans for full disclosure of political contributions and expenditures in 1974, starting with a May poll report by the Docking for Governor Club.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
U.S. Senate
Docking
Docking For
Governor Club
KU Senior Wins 1973 Kilgore Award for Journalism
Kansas University senior Robert L. Simison, editor of the University Daily Kansan, receives the $2,500 Barney Kilgore award from the Sigma Delta Chi foundation. The Derby native and KU student interned at the Dallas Wall Street Journal and Rochester Times-Union, Wichita Eagle, and worked as a sports writer for the Lawrence Journal-World.
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Robert L. Simison
Kansas University
Derby
Kansan
Barney Kilgore
Sigma Delta Chi Foundation
Simison
Buffalo
N.Y
Simpson
Dallas
The
Wall Street Journal
Rochester
Times- Union
Wichita
Kan
Eagle
SDX
Ottawa approves wage bill to end nine day rail strike
The House backed a government bill 192 to 24 ordering wage increases for Canada’s 11 railways to end the nine day strike by 56 000 nonoperating workers and deter others. Critics say unions will resist unless raises rise, with arbitration to be required and penalties for disobedience possible.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
National
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberals
Actor Michael Dunn Dies at 38 in England
Los Angeles Warner Bros reports actor Michael Dunn 38 died Wednesday in England. Dunn stood 3 foot 6 inches and earned an Oscar nomination for Ship of Fools. He appeared in Bonanza The Wild Wild West and many other films and TV shows.
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Los Angeles
Michael Dunn
England
Warner Bros. Studio
Crowds Expected at Lakes For Summer's Final Fling
Lawrence area residents plan for a three day Labor Day weekend with many recreation centers open. Perry Lake Tonganoxie Leavenworth County Fishing Lake Lone Star Lake and Douglas County State Lake expect crowds. City offices libraries and stores operate on holiday schedules and many will be closed Monday.
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Lawrence Area
Perry Lake
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
Lone Star Lake
Douglas County
Lawrence Municipal
Ben Franklin
Ed Marling’s
J.C. Penney
Raney’s
the Town Crier
Woolworth
Zip Drug Store
Gibson’s Discount Center
Tg&y Family Center
Montgomery Ward & Co
Stolen Typewriters and Calculator At KU Snow Hall
Equipment theft at Kansas University includes two Smith Corona electric typewriters a Zeiss Contaflex camera and a desk calculator taken from Snow Hall rooms 419 and 447 C and Malott Hall laboratories. Security tightened and double locking to be implemented.
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Snow Hall
Kansas University
Cal Sciences
Malott Hall Chemistry Laboratories
Jack Rose
Kansas traffic death toll climbs in yearly log
Kansas highway death log shows 3 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am Friday. For August the total is 71 and for 1973 the count reaches 425 compared with 449 in the comparable 1972 period.
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Topeka
Kan
Babcock Place Opening Delayed by Three Weeks
The Lawrence Housing Authority reports a three week delay for Babcock Place the federally funded elderly housing project. Federal inspectors found issues including broken windows and paint smudges requiring about seven days of contractor work and the authority will not move tenants in until all repairs are finished.
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Babcock Place
Bill Bywater
Lawrence Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Two Men Face Theft Charges In Parking Meter Incident
Lawrence police arrested Earl Ray Phippen and John William Thomas on grand theft charges for stealing money from parking meters. They face misdemeanor counts of illegally opening meters and possessing keys. A caller reported two men opening meters in the 800 block of Massachusetts around 11 p.m. Thursday.
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Lawrence
Earl Ray Phippen
Rt. 1
Wakarusa
John William Thomas
Topeka
Massachusetts
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