Magruder testifies on Watergate plan and Mitchell links
Jeb Stuart Magruder told Senate Watergate investigators that Nixon appeared unaware of the wiretap plot while he described Mitchell approving final bugging money and Liddy’s initial proposals. He cited Strachan and Dean present at meetings and asserted the White House chief of staff did not know of errors.
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Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nixon
White House
House
H. R. Haldeman
Senate
Strachan
John N. Mitchell
Magruder
Mitchell
Key Biscayne
Fla
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
John W. Dean III
Nixon imposes 60 day price freeze as phase 4 eyed
President Nixon freezes all consumer prices for 60 days to curb inflation while promising a tougher Phase 4 controls with tighter standards and mandatory compliance. Wages, rents, interest, and dividends are not frozen. The action begins immediately and could extend to August 12.
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Nixon
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Oval Office
America
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Alaska
Cease Fire Order Issued To Cong Units In South Vietnam
Saigon radio reports the Viet Cong orders a cease fire for all units in South Vietnam to take effect at noon Friday Saigon time. A Paris signed communique by the United States North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong outlines the steps and expected Saigon Viet Cong commands. U.S. bombing in Cambodia nears day 100 as estimates place up to 100000 North Vietnamese troops in Laos and Cambodia aiding South Vietnam. The agreement permits Hanoi to move war material into South Vietnam via a designated entry point only as replacements.
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Demilitarized Zone
Kissinger Returns From Paris Short of Cease Fire Goals
In Saigon Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam says Kissinger left Paris with no strengthened cease fire and that an unwritten understanding with Hanoi might doom the accord. Lam notes issues unaddressed include North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam and infiltrations plus bases in Cambodia and Laos. The joint communique lacks a withdrawal timetable for 145,000 North Vietnamese troops.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Vietnam
Tran van Lam
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United States
North
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Cambodia
Laos
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Washington
Weather notes from Hocking Valley with cool night and sunny day
The mercury dropped to 55 with foggy conditions in the Hocking Valley overnight and rose to 75 by 11 am. Wednesday reached a high of 83, with a forecast of partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers bringing highs in the low 80s for Friday.
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Hocking Valley
Carbon Hill Man Killed In Crash
A Carbon Hill man, David Lee Hickman 26, was killed when his northbound pickup left Rt. 278 near Nelsonville, struck a tree after traveling 137 feet down an embankment. He was last seen at 2:30 a.m. at a Nelsonville tavern. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. He is survived by his parents wife Gelinda Triplett two daughters a twin brother Michael and brothers Billy and Susan Pierce of Chauncey. Hickman served in Vietnam and received a Purple Heart. He worked for Rex Maiden Construction Co and was a Nelsonville VFW member. The crash was Hocking County's second traffic fatality in five days. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
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Hocking
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Hartman
David Lee Hickman
Hickman
Hocking County
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James
Edna Hickman
Rex Maiden Construction Co
Vietnam
Nelsonville Vfw
Gelinda Triplett
Kimberly
Melissa
Michael
Unemployment Compensation Boost OK'd
State senators approve a bill to raise unemployment benefits by five percent starting Jan 1. The 19 to 14 vote along party lines prompted Democratic defections, with two Democrats voting for the bill. The plan would lift maximum weekly benefits to 60 dollars for workers with no dependents and 93 dollars for those with four or more, tied to the National Consumer Index.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gene Slagle
D-26
Galion
Robert Secrest
D-20
Cambridge
Two Men Sentenced. Prison Transports Reported
Two men were taken to state prisons to serve terms imposed by Judge Harley Meyer in Hocking County Common Pleas Court. John H. Warren, 36, Amherst, received 15 years for breaking and entering tied to a 1970 burglary, after appeals failed. Larry Williams, 28, Nelsonville, pled guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny, with a sentence up to 1 to 15 years and 1 to 7 years respectively, for stealing a riding mower from Ward Two trustees' shed.
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Larry Williams
Nelsonville
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Ward Two
Celebration To Honor Zane's Trace
Zanesville Ohio marks 176 year old Zane's Trace with a three day event drawing up to 100000 visitors. The Ohio Historical Society will dedicate the National Road Zane Grey Museum at I 70 and 22 east of Zanesville. Zane Grey, born in Zanesville, was Ebenezer Zane's descendant and famed western novelist.
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St. Clairsville
Cambridge
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Sarchett
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Wheeling
W. Va
Maysville
Cumberland
Vandalia
Ill
Ohio Penitentiary Warden to Lead Arizona Prison
Ohio Penitentiary Warden Harold Cardwell was named Wednesday as warden of the Arizona State Prison in Phoenix. He will assume the post after the penitentiary closes. In Belfast, guerrillas set off a bomb at a Roman Catholic residence hall tied to Queen's University early today. Nuns and many women escaped injury. several were treated for shock.
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Ohio
Harold Cardwell
Arizona
Cardwell
Phoenix
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Northern Ireland
Queen’s University
Big Pine Road Bridge Reopens After Replacement
Big Pine Road Bridge over Big Pine Creek nears reopening at about 3 30 p m Friday. The 55 foot long 24 foot wide pre stressed concrete span replaces an 85 year old 14 foot wide steel truss bridge built for traffic by Reliance Bridge Co at 9900 dollars. Roy Rieder says the structure is maintenance free. The county also begins using its first paver on Moore Road near Union Furnace then moves to Goat Run for black topping.
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George Mara
Hocking
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Roy Rieder
Moore Rd
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Goat Run
Ohio Senate Orders New Election Over Disputed Seat
The Ohio Senate votes 17 15 to declare vacant the Galion seat held by Sen. Gene Slagle and orders a 1974 election for the remaining term. Slagle, who was seated provisionally, may seek court action over alleged improper rotation in Marion County. A separate lottery bill advances without emergency clause, creating a five member commission to study and implement a state lottery. Sunday horse racing passes 63 3 with 50 racing days limit per meet.
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Ohio
Ohio Senate
Senate
House
Gene Slagle
Galion
Slagle
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Marion
Turner
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
David L. Headley
Barberton
Headley
Paul E. Villmor
Port Clinton
Ronald M. Motts
Parma
Thomas Fries
Dayton
Motti
Arthur D. Wilkowski
Toledo
Dollar gains in London on Nixon anti inflation plan
The U S dollar rose sharply in London on President Nixon's new anti inflation package while trading slipped slightly in other European centers as money markets absorbed the policy.
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London
Nixon
Nixon San Clemente estate security upgrades total 423000
Federal officials disclose 423000 spent by the government at Nixon San Clemente estate for security improvements at the Secret Service request. Projects include a 175000 electrical system and a 1700 workshop retrofit as part of Operation Sunrise in 1969 with Kalmbach, a former attorney, connected to some costs.
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Secret Service
Nixon
San Clemente
Oceanside
California
General Services Administration
White House
GSA
Key Biscayne
Fla
Herbert Kalmbach
Cial
Kalmbach
Newport Beach
Calif
San Clemente Estate
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