Reagan doubts blanket indictment of Republicans over Watergate
Sacramento UPI Gov Ronald Reagan says Americans will not blanket indict millions of Republicans over Watergate. He calls the controversy blown out of proportion by media and some lawmakers and urges coming clean about who was involved and the extent of involvement. He proposes a bipartisan study to expose so called common election practices and return balloting to its original intent.
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Ronald Reagan
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Reagan
GOP
Eight Soldiers Dead in Helicopter Collision at Fort Hood
Two Army helicopters collided in a blinding rainstorm during exhibition maneuvers for Pentagon officials at Fort Hood Texas. Eight soldiers killed and five injured including two critically. Defense Secretary Richardson observed the exercise with no comment. A warrant officer described zero visibility and instrument flight requirements. The weather was reported as very challenging by Maj. Bill Duerre.
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Defense
Elliot Richardson
Central Texas
Maj
Bill Duerre
Army Public Information
Sacramento Daily Politics Highlights Tax Debates And Legislation
Governor criticizes media coverage of Watergate while lawmakers clash over the $852 million state tax surplus. Senate committees advance bills on death penalty, high rise safety, coastal land purchases, and weather based pollution studies. Debates touch income tax disclosure and teacher contract negotiations.
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Dills
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Tornado Hits Sumner Rural School Injuring Dozens
A Mississippi teacher described a tornado that struck West District Junior High and Elementary School in Sumner injuring 40 students, with 10 hospitalized and no fatalities. The South Central outbreak produced about 30 twisters across Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Missouri causing scattered damage and rising floodwaters in the Mississippi Valley.
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Sabin Links Cold Sore Virus to Nine Cancers
Dr Albert Sabin and Dr Giulio Tarro report new evidence linking a common cold sore herpes virus to cancers in lip mouth oropharynx nasopharynx kidney bladder prostate uterine cervix and vulva. They caution environmental factors likely contribute. cancer vaccine remains a distant possibility.
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UPI
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Sabin
National Academy of Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Giulio Tarro
University of Naples
Italy
Jonas E. Salk
Golden BB gun downed F-11 fighter mystery ends
Air Force officials report evidence that one F111 swing wing fighter was shot down by an ordinary handheld rifle or machine gun over Laos or North Vietnam during the bombing era. Crewmen Capt. Robert D. Sponeybarger and Lt. William W. Wilson provided the information at a news conference, though they remain unsure of the circumstances.
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UPI
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U. S
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Robert D. Sponeybarger
Allentown
William W. Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Sooneybarger
Wilson
Former killer confesses to Santa Cruz slayings
Edmund Kemper a 24 year old 6 foot 9 laborer confessed from Pueblo Colorado to eight Santa Cruz area killings including the hammer beating death of his mother. Deputies found his mother and her visiting friend dead in Aptos. Kemper said he beat both women to death with a hammer and decapitated his mother. Police and district attorney planned to question him about the eight slayings.
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UPI
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Peter Chang
Colorado
Adviser to presidents George E Allen dies
George E Allen longtime adviser to three U S presidents died in Palm Desert California at 77 from a pulmonary embolism at Eisenhower Medical Center He was Dwight Eisenhower's close friend Roose velt played bridge with him and Truman poker He was author of the 1950 bestseller Presidents Who Have Known Me and served as a calming presence amid White House tensions.
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UPI
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Truman
Eisenhower
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Protests Over Still Photo Ban at Watergate Hearings
UPI and The New York Times protested the Senate Watergate Committee rule barring still photography during hearings while allowing live TV. The ban would restrict photographers from capturing witnesses while testifying, though TV coverage remains permitted. Hearings set to begin May 15.
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United Press International
Senate Watergate Committee
Roderick W. Beaton
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
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