Watergate Case Near Jury Hands
In closing arguments defense lawyer Peter Maroulis conceded G Gordon Liddy headed a political intelligence effort but denied burglary or wiretapping involvement. He argued Liddy gathered information and warned of violence prompting the GOP convention move. Prosecutors’ witnesses were attacked as unreliable as the trial nears a verdict with jurors to decide on Liddy and McCord.
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Washington (Ap
Nixon
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic National
Watergate
Washington
Liddy
Peter Maroulis
Case Nears Jury
Maroulis
Finance Committee
Republican Party
San Diego
Miami Beach
Miami
Thomas Gregory
Brigham Young University
George McGovern
Gregory
Marocls
FBI
Alfred C. Baldwin III
Baldwin
Democratic Party
John J. Sirica
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Gerald Alch
Alch
Jim McCord
City Council presses ward redistricting plan critique
Councilmen again challenge the eight ward map saying population balance is uneven and wards are arbitrarily numbered. They ask the Redistricting Commission to consider court criteria for deviations from mean population and threaten dissolution only after tonight’s 9 p.m. meeting.
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Redistricting Commission
Cri
Teria
New City
Manville Redman
Commission
Marine buried as POW found alive in Vietnamese prison
The Pentagon announced that Pfc. Ronald L. Ridgeway, long listed as missing and later believed dead, was alive in a Communist prison camp. Ridgeway was captured near Khe Sanh on February 25, 1968, and the nine-man patrol’s remains were later moved. His mother Mildred Ridgeway of Houston spoke of her faith and relief after learning the news.
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Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon
Pfc
Ronald L. Ridgeway
U.S
North Vietnam
Ridgeway
Khe Sanh
The
United States
Daniel
Chappie) James
Mildred A. Ridgeway
Street
Houston
Tex
James
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
St. Louis
See Marine
Cease-Fire Observers Delayed In Vietnam
The South Vietnamese report more than 250 truce violations by the North and Viet Cong between Monday noon and dawn Tuesday, a 30 percent drop from the prior period. In Honolulu US forces continued Laos and Cambodia air operations at the request of local governments. Vice President Agnew arrived in Saigon for talks with Thieu and will visit Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The ICCS failed to deploy its seven regional teams due to internal disputes. Agnew noted the difficulties but stressed nonrecognition of North Vietnamese troop presence and planned consultations with Thieu.
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AIGON
Honolulu
U. S. Pacific Command
Laos
Cambodia
Spiro T. Agnew
Saigon
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U. S
Thailand
Singapore
Indonesia
Malaysia
International Commission of Control and Supervision
United States
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Israeli Jets Drive Back by Syrian Air Intercept
Damascus said Syrian fighters intercepted Israeli war planes flying from the sea toward Syrian airspace near the Lebanese border at 0830 GMT and forced them back. The report noted no known firing and followed a January 8 Israeli strike on Syrian positions.
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Beirut
Damascus
Syria
Israel
Cost Of Groceries Rises $64 In Year End Figures
Government figures show a typical family paid $64 more to eat at home in the past year. Farm prices added $59 to the cost, while the middleman’s share rose modestly. The December market basket cost $1,338 at annual rate, up from $1,274 a year earlier, with meat milk lettuce and eggs driving the rise.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Economic Research Service
Oklahoma House Panel Approves Rights Amendment
The House Judiciary Committee approved the Equal Rights Amendment by a 9-6 vote sending it to the full House calendar. Rep. Hannah Atkins said optimism rose due to public hearings and the draft’s end. Wyoming ratified, bringing 23 states in support. 38 states needed in seven years.
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Oklahoma City
House
Judiciary Committee
Hannah Atkins
Rep. Atkins
Wyoming
Atkins
House Group Backs State Death Penalty
Oklahoma lawmakers advance a bill to reinstate the death penalty with a do pass from the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. The measure defines first and second degree murder and would impose death for first degree murder, while slayings by state inmates under life terms remain subject to capital punishment.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Gary Payne
Atoka
Larry Derryberry
David Hail
Pacific Front May Bring Rain in Southwest Oklahoma
A weak Pacific cold front is expected to move into Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma tonight, bringing a 20 percent chance of showers Wednesday. Otherwise fair to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures are forecast through Wednesday with highs in the mid 50s today and the low 60s on Wednesday. Monday’s high was 39 and the low 29.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
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Joint Arab Defense Coun
Charles Elder
D-Purcell
U.S. Supreme Court
Public Service Company
Fort Sill
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