Scott Claims Wiretaps Cut
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott said preliminary statistics show the Nixon administration reduced national security wiretapping to just over 100 cases a year since 1969. He noted an upturn during the Clark years and said Nixon would release a fuller report soon.
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Pennsylvania
Robert F. Kennedy
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Clark
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Mekong Delta Battles Raise Smoke Over Ceasefire
In the Mekong Delta and nearby Cambodia fighting surged as Viet Cong forces attacked traffic on Highway 4 and marshlands near Cai Lay. Government and Viet Cong casualties reached around 200 with 26 killed on the government side and 59 Viet Cong deaths in separate clashes.
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AIGON
Mekong
Mekong Delta
Highway 4
Saigon
Rige Road
Delta
Ing
Hien
Reeds
Cai Lay
Texas man killed in Tillman County two-truck crash
Johnnie Willis a 50 year old Paducah Texas man died when ejected from his van after it rear ended a semi on U S Highways 183 and 70 near Davidson in Tillman County Texas.
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Tillman County
Johnnie Willis
Paducah
Tex
Davidson
Vote Looms On Oil and Gas Distribution Plan
Washington AP report on a bill to require Nixon to draft a nationwide oil and gas distribution plan. A nonbinding resolution urges states to cut speed limits to 55 mph or reduce by 10 mph to conserve fuel. Lawmakers debate mandatory versus voluntary actions amid shortages.
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Dewey F. Bartlett
R-Okla
Bartlett
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Henry Jackson
Dash
Jennings Randolph
Dva
Randolph
Council approves Gore traffic widening plan with right of way
City council votes 82 to continue with Gore Boulevard improvements from 17th to 28th Street and to have the highway department contact owners of 86 parcels for a land-cost estimate. Some members push for pursuing right of way amid talks of 14 extra feet and potential narrower lanes.
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Don Whitaker
Sheridan
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Norma Roberts
Dan Glascock
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Wayne Smith
Cleo Craig
Max Seibold
Whit Ozier
Charles Beller
Larry Ferguson
Willie Hopkins
Ferguson
Glascock
Hall Rogers Eyed By IRS Special Team
Federal sources say the IRS is investigating possible criminal violations by Gov. David Hall and Secretary of State John Rogers. Hall and Rogers confirm special agents are on their cases, with Hall’s 1968 69 70 returns audited and Rogers’ 1968 return under review.
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Rogers
IRS
Oklahoma City
Internal Revenue Service
David Hall
Secretary of State
John Ro
Gers
IRS’ Intelligence Division
Fair and Mild Weather Forecast for Lawton Area
A fair to partly cloudy sky and mild temperatures are forecast for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma through Wednesday. Expect high in the mid 80s this afternoon and Wednesday with overnight lows in the upper 50s. Monday's high reached 93 and low 60.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton Bombardment Rumor Centers On Jeane Dixon
Rumors that Jeane Dixon predicted Lawton would be wiped out on June 18 circulated after a long distance call to the Lawton Constitution. Dixon’s assistant, Mark Hanna, denies any public prediction and says she does not forecast disasters. Hanna notes Dixon’s next TV appearance is taped for June and may air later.
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Lawton
Johnny Carson
John Davidson
Jeane Dixon
Role In Watergate Outlined By Secretary
The Senate Watergate Committee resumed televised hearings as Sally J. Harmony testified about typing wiretap logs and memos. She denied lying to the grand jury or receiving a Florida trip, said she knew nothing implicating John N. Mitchell, and described her later destruction of intelligence-related documents.
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Senate Watergate Committee
G. Gordon Liddy
McGovern
Sally J. Harmony
Watergate
Florida
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Liddy
Nixon
White House
John Dean III
Egil Krogh
Plumbers Investigation Unit
Gordon Strachan
H. R. Haldeman
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Roger V. Barth
Barth
Dollar Decline Pressures Gold Prices in Europe
In London and Zurich the dollar fell to 2.5850 West German marks as gold rose to 127.50 dollars an ounce. Dealers link dollar weakness to the Watergate scandal, marking a fifth straight day of declines and new gold highs.
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London
U.S
Europe
Zurich
Rain Makers Continue Rainmaking Efforts Under City Contract
Rainmaking operations by Dr. Irving P. Krick continued over the weekend to boost water levels in Lakes Lawtonka and Ellsworth. Krick, president of the California group, says he has not been asked to suspend work and plans to seek city instructions. His first-year contract expired in April. a second-year contract covers only through June 30, pending council action. Ground generators operated from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. at Chattanooga and Davidson sites, lifting Ellsworth levels and releasing water.
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Ellsworth
Irving P. Krick
California
Krick
Chattanooga
Davidson
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