Weicker Says Watergate Witnesses Are Stepped On
Republican Sen. Lowell Weicker Jr accuses the Nixon administration of stifling truth seekers as John Dean prepares to testify before the Senate Watergate committee. Dean leads the resumption of hearings amid concerns over executive branch pressure and ongoing leaks. Networks plan live coverage of Dean’s appearance.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Watergate Panel
Executive Branch
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ABC
NBC
John Dean
Nixon Brezhnev agree on broad declaration for nuclear limits
Washington reports Nixon and Brezhnev reach a broad declaration to reduce nuclear risk and plan a 1974 Moscow summit. A signing in the East Room is planned with secrecy about exact contents. The leaders commit to a third summit and potential treaty on limits to offensive nuclear arms while pursuing peaceful fusion power via nuclear reactions.
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Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
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Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Charges Filed Against 2 More Air Force POWs
Two fighter pilots facing formal misconduct charges for alleged actions during North Vietnamese captivity. Navy Captain Walter E. Wilber of Pennsylvania and Marine Lieutenant Colonel Edison Wainright Miller of California are named in the accusations filed by Rear Admiral James V. Stockdale. Earlier, eight enlisted POWs were charged, while Pentagon policy limits formal charges for the 566 returned POWs. Fighting in South Vietnam dropped to a five month low with 57 truce infractions reported.
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Pentagon
James V. Stockdale
Coronado
Calif
Stockdale
Navy
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Edison Wainright Miller
Tustin
Wilber
North Vietnam
Miller
John Warner
Air Force
Theodore Guy
South Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Guy
Saigon
Market Advances Then Sags On Dividend Hopes
In New York trading the Dow gained 8.35 to 882.00 at noon after an earlier jump of 19 as investors priced in higher dividends for common shareholders. Advancers led decliners 883 to 377 on the NYSE before pulling back.
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New York Stock Exchange
Skylab Space Crew Returns Home Safely
Local 1017 of the American Flint Glass Workers Union ratified a 37 month contract with General Electric Logan Glass Plant. The pact raises wages and provides staged cost of living adjustments and vacation improvements while avoiding a strike.
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American Flint & Glass Workers Union
General Electric Co
Logan Glass
Paris clashes erupt in bloodiest street fighting in years
A mass protest by radical leftists against a small right wing meeting in Paris escalated into intense street battles. At least 76 police were injured, nine seriously burned, and barricades and firebombs were used from rooftops during fights Thursday.
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Weekend Warmth Framed by Friday Night Cool Down
Forecast calls for sunny skies and highs in the low to mid 80s on Saturday. Tonight seen a drop to the upper 50s with mild daytime 65 overnight low. Thursday reached a high of 84 as a warm trend continues.
Obscenity ruling draws mixed civic response nationwide
Prosecutors and police cheered the Supreme Court ruling widening obscenity standards to local communities. Officials in Georgia Arkansas and Ohio welcomed the move saying states can ban explicit material despite national barriers while civil libertarians publishers and theater owners criticized it as a setback for free speech.
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American Cvil Liberties Union
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National Book Committee
Binghamton
N.Y
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Calif
Frantz
Tom Ferrell
Esquire Magazine
Columbus
Daniel Johnson
Skylab crew completes record 28 day spaceflight
Apollo crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz return to the Pacific aboard the USS Ticonderoga after 28 days in orbit. They landed 830 miles southwest of San Diego and were recovered safely as Mission Control relayed the good news that no adverse physical effects were noted.
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Pacific Ocean
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Ticonderoga
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Kerwin
Weitz
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Plan to convert Union Station into National Visitor Center
Senate passes bill to authorize an $8,680,000 appropriation for converting Union Station in Washington into a National Visitor Center and sends it to the White House.
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Senate
White House
Union Station
Ohio budget panel weighs cash flow in possible compromise
Ohio House Senate conferees scrutinize cash on hand estimates for the 9.9 billion budget. Gov Gilligan's team cites 188 million, Republicans expect closer to 250 million, aiming to restore some agency cuts.
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Ohio
House-Senate
John J. Gilligan
Senate
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Riffe
Myrl Shoemaker
Bourneville
Social Security Boost Scheduled For January
Senate Finance Committee votes 11 to 2 to add a 5.5 percent cost of living increase for 28 million Social Security beneficiaries to a debt limit extension bill. The measure, supported by Sen. Russell Long, aims to take effect next January amid inflation concerns, with House leaders ready to accept in conference. The boost would apply starting January 1975 unless vetoed, as Treasury Secretary Shultz warns of potential presidential veto on costly riders.
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Bellaire
House
Tom Fries
Dayton
Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
Sonny and Cher to headline Ohio State Fair lineup
The Ohio Expositions Commission released the grandstand schedule for the Ohio State Fair running August 23 to September 3. The lineup features Helen Reddy Mae Davis August 23 24 Rare Earth August 25 Dionne Warwick Mae Ervi nson August 26 the Osmonds August 27 28 Sonny and Cher August 29 The 5th Dimension August 30 The Jackson 5 August 31 Charley Pride September 1 Al Green September 2 and the Grand Ole Opry on Labor Day September 3.
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Sonny and Cher
Ohio Expositons Commission
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Mae Davis
Rare Earth
Dionne Warwicke
Doc’’ Severinsen
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5Th Dimension
Jackson 5
Charley Pride
al Green
Grand Ole Opry
Labor Day
Nixon Eases Dividend Guideline Curbs
Washington AP Nixon administration eases voluntary guidelines on dividend increases to 4 percent annually or use a complex formula tied to the 1968 1972 average. Committee on Interest and Dividends chair Arthur Burns says the change will allow many corporations to raise payments this year and more next year.
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