Official Denies Campaign Deal In Watergate Hearings
Florida builder John Priestes testified before the Senate Watergate committee that a $100,000 contribution could solve his FHA troubles. Benjamin Fernandez, head of the Hispanic Finance Committee, denied any deal and said Priestes volunteered $25,000 with a single check. Stans denied arranging favors.
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Washington
Florida
Benjamin Fernandez
Hispanic Finance Committee
John J. Priestes
Coral Gables
Senate Watergate Committee
Fernandez
Priestes
Nixon
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
George Romney
The
Miami Herald
Jim Groot
Gurney
Williams
Nixon Campaign
Federal Housing Administration
KU Energy Expert Warns Crisis Will Worsen Next Spring
Kansas University energy expert Ronald Hardy predicts the energy shortage will worsen before improving after President Nixon’s speech. He says gasoline rationing may return and the public should prepare for tougher measures, including possible daylight time changes and stricter fuel rules.
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Nixon
Kansas University
Ronald Hardy
Kansas Geological Survey
Hardy
State Finance Council
Congress
Who Pays What On Bridge Job
Lawrence and Douglas County officials must decide funding for a Kansas River bridge project. A bond issue of 5 to 6 million dollars is planned to cover the city bridge and 47 county bridges while engineering studies and cost estimates are finalized. The city would pay bridge approaches and a portion of engineering costs as talks with the city proceed.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas River
John Frazier
Finney and Turnipseed
Commission
Kaw Bridge
Nixon Friend Files Libel Suit Against Washington Post
C G Bebe Rebozo, a close Nixon ally, sues the Washington Post for 10 million dollars in federal court claiming a Oct. 25 article falsely alleged he cashed 91500 in stolen stocks in 1968 after learning they were stolen. The suit cites sworn statements from Miami insured investigator George H Riley Jr. and a Miami court file.
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Miami
Fla
C.G
Bebe” Rebozo
Nixon
Washington Post
Rebozo
Post
Biscayne
George H. Riley Jr
IBM
Officials Absent from Douglas County Courthouse for Convention
Lawrence report notes a near absence of county chiefs at the Douglas County courthouse Monday and Tuesday as most officials attend the Kansas Officials Council convention in Wichita starting Sunday. County Commission Chairman Walter Cragan says the body will focus on home rule legislation and upcoming 1974 state session items. the regular Monday meeting is canceled though county offices stay open.
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Douglas County
Wichita
Kansas Officials Council
Walter Cragan
County Commission
Youngster Hit by Car In Lawrence Parking Lot
A two year old boy was struck by a car at 12 25 a m in a parking lot at 1236 Dread and is in intensive care at Kansas University Medical Center. The driver Kenneth Packman 22 of 1727 Tenn is accused of causing the injuries and the boy identified as Robert McLees son of Patricia McLees 603 Lincoln suffered possible internal injuries multiple fractures of his right leg and cuts. He was initially taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital before transfer to the medical center.
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Dread
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Robert McLees
Patricia McLees
Lincoln
Lawrence
Kenneth Packman
Tenn
Packman
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Medical
Nixon secretary testifies tapes poor quality and hard to hear
Rose Mary Woods described the Watergate tapes as of very poor quality making it nearly impossible to hear every word. She outlined nearly a month of transcription work at Camp David and Key Biscayne with tapes guarded around the clock and no editing done.
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Washington
Nixon
Rose Mary Woods
Watergate
Miss Woods
Camp David
Key Biscayne, Fla
Secret Service
Samuel J. Powers
Leaks Delay Final Payment On Babcock Place Housing
The 2.1 million Babcock Place elderly housing project at 17th and Massachusetts delays final payment as silicone waterproofing is re-applied. Sources blame failure to mix waterproofing compound in mortar. tests on materials are incomplete. Executive director Bill Bywater with the Lawrence Housing Authority withholds funds until test results prove resolution.
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Babcock Place
17Th
Massachusetts
Bill Bywater
The
Lawrence Housing Authority
Bywater
Andersen
Brett Standard
Journal-World Photo
Leavenworth County joins move to county road unit system
Kansas counties shift road control as 66 of 105 abandon township systems. Leavenworth votes to absorb township roads under a new county unit authorized by the 1970 legislature. Officials say the change aims to reduce duplication and cut costs, though ongoing debates over funding and lake-driven disruption in Clinton Township loom large.
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Kansas
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth
Douglas County
Clinton Lake
Clinton Township
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Alvin Harrell
Harrell
Wakarusa
Grant Township
Palmyra
Sanderson
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Monte Pearson
25Th
Alabama
Journal-World
Watergate Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ress
Mills
Larry E. Williams
Edward J. Gurney
KU Energy
By Bob Womack
U. S
Frazier
Cragan
Frazierom
Floyd Preston
Preston
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Sirica
White House
B. B. Andersen Construction Co. Inc
Topeka
Marion
Willow Springs
Kanwaka
County Public Works
Dean Sanderson
Lecompton
Charles Henderson
Lloyd Wulfkuhle
Ralph Wotan
Eudora
By Tim
Pryor
Larry McElwain
P Warren
United States
U.S
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Bay Real Estate Inc
Ramada Inn
BAY Real
W.ith
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