Agnew Decries Leaks as Kangaroo Trial
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused news leaks from a federal corruption probe of violating civil rights and shattering justice. He warned the media democracy faces a kangaroo trial, pressed secrecy of grand juries, and suggested his career may be damaged regardless of eventual exoneration.
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Los Angeles
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
National Federation of Republican Women
Smathers
Kovens
Florida
Nixon
Intake problem cuts water supply in Lawrence
Lawrence residents were urged to conserve water as an intake pipe limits city supply. Assistant city manager Dennis Kallsen said emergency measures should restore capacity by Monday, with strict limits on washing, bathing, and car cleaning. Civil Defense trucks will pump water from the river to augment the fouled intake.
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Lawrence
Dennis Kallsen
Kallsen
Kansas
Kansas City
Karlsen
Black and Veatch
Solomon River
Soviet Spacecraft Returns to Earth
Moscow based Tass reports the Soyuz 12 mission landed in Karaganda with two cosmonauts in good condition. The two day flight tested the redesigned Soyuz and new flight control systems after the Soyuz 11 disaster.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Karaganda
Tass
Agnew Probe To Continue Despite Halt Move
Federal prosecutors will keep the Agnew inquiry active as a Virginia judge permits the grand jury to hear more evidence next week. Spiro Agnew seeks to stop further grand jury action, arguing against indictments in the disputed case.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
US District Court
Walter E. Hoffman
Norfolk
Agnew
Hoffman
Justice Department
Maryland
Moore Hall Dedicated at KU Campus Ceremony
The Kansas Geological Survey received its first permanent home at the University of Kansas as Raymond C. Moore Hall was dedicated before about 200 attendees. Speakers praised the survey’s growth and future, recalling past overcrowding and funding efforts that led to the new building.
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Raymond C. Moore
Vincent E. McKelvey
U.S. Geological Survey, Center
W. Clarke Wescoe
Kansas University
Moore Hall
Journal-World Photo
Kansas Geological Survey
Prof. Moore
William W. Hambleton
Archie Dykes
Wescoe
Lindley Hall
Moore
Raymond Moore
Hambleton
Secret Donations To Nixon Listed
Washington AP report details Nixon re election finance committee disclosures of 18.2 million in secret gifts from ambassadors bankers and prominent Republicans including W Clement Stone who gave 2 million and Richard Scaife 1 million. Also notes Rockefellers Mulcahy Hope Hughes Kavens and others. Common Cause seeks audits and contest details.
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Washington
Nixon
Chicago
W. Clement Stone
Finance Committee
Stone
Mellon
Richard Scaife
Rockefeller
John Mulcahy
New York
Quigley Co
Kavens
Senate Watergate Committee
John W. Dean III
George Smathers
Florida
White House
Charles W. Colson
Committee
Nixon Committee
Finance
Maurice Stans
Treasuries
Two Arab terrorists freed hostages and fled by air
Two Arab terrorists who freed four hostages in Vienna fled from Sardinia to Malta after being refused landing by Algeria Libya and Tunisia. Austrian police identified them as Moustafa Souei dan and Mahmoud Khaldi both Lebanese passport holders. They forced two Austrian pilots to land and aimed to reach Dubrovnik and Palermo for refueling before departing.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Vienna
Malta
Algeria
Libya
Tunisia
Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Palermo
Sicily
Israel
Eagles of Palestine
Austria
Moustafa Soueidan
Mahmoud Khaldi
Marchegg
Lawrence Area Flood Recedes as Rivers Steady to Fall
Weather and river readings show Lawrence area rivers retreating below flood stage after recent heavy rains. Flooding remains in low spots with barricades on North Second, Louisiana Street, and Deemer Road awaiting removal as crews plan repairs and road inspections Monday.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
North Second
Arnold Wiley
City
Louisiana
Deemer Road
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Citizens Lobby
Common Cause
Henry Buchanan
Czechoslovakia
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Tonganoxie
Kansas River
Bowersock
Wakarusa
Stranger Creek
Easton
Delaware River
Perry Reservoir
Muscotah
Arnold LeBombard
State Highway Commission
Haskell Avenue
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Douglas County
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