Ehrlichman Testifies Nixon Ordered Plumbers to Stay Out
Former White House aide John Ehrlichman testified Nixon told him on July 2 to return to domestic policy and leave Elisberg and Plumbers matters to Krogh and Young. He described the group’s covert aims to probe alleged leaks and whether Elisberg acted alone.
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Washington
UPI
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Elisberg
Ehrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
Ellsberg
Plumbers
Egil) Krogh
Krogh
David R. Young
Pentagon
Young
Krogh-Young
William H. Merrill
Krogh and Young
Military blamed for federal over spending
Sen. William Proxmire charges Budget Director Roy Ash with a weak effort to cut the 1975 budget and says defense spending is a sacred cow. He faults the military for inflation while Herbert Stein urges spending restraint and possible tax increases if deficits persist. Carl Curtis agrees on restoring fiscal discipline.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Senate
Roy Ash
Wisconsin Democrat
Ash
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Public doubts rise over Watergate coverage
A Gallup Poll of 1,509 adults in 300 localities, conducted June 21 to 24, finds 53 percent say press coverage of Watergate is too extensive, 30 percent think it is just right, and 13 percent believe it is too little. Last year 44 percent felt coverage was excessive.
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Princeton
N.J
UPI
Gallup
Trudeau government seeks new mandate in Canada election
Ottawa voters choose a new government in an election triggered by Trudeau's resignation after a budget defeat. Liberals must win 133 seats to hold the prime minister's job while polls show no party likely to gain an outright majority. Trudeau's minority Liberal government collapsed over inflation policy.
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Ottawa
UPI
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Liberal Party
Liberals
Conservatives
Liberal
House of Commons
Trudeaux
Farmers hold wheat back to lift prices in market
United Press International reports farmers in the Southwest and West delay selling to push prices higher. Past patterns show futures rising after farmers wait. analysts note no immediate bread-price impact and credit the price movements to longer term trends and crop expectations.
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United Press International
Southwest
Chicago Board of Trade
Bill Nelson
Texas Wheat Growers Association
Amarillo
Nelson
American Bakers Association
Washington
Morton Sosland
Milling and Baking News
Sosland
Ford assassination scare to Ford motorcade incident
In 1963 Dallas Patrolman Jim Bryan, then a Bussey Junior High student, heard Kennedy's death news on a radio. In a 1980s event he drove the last car in Gerald Ford’s motorcade during the World Trade Center opening when his left window shattered. Investigators attributed the breakage to rock impact or heat.
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Dallas
UPI
Jim Bryan
Bussey
John F. Kennedy
Bryan
Gerald Ford
World Trade Center
Texas Sun
Air Force weighs cost race for top US aircraft
Air Force figures show the Bl bomber and the airborne national command post contend as America's priciest planes, with the command post priced at 78.2 million dollars each and the Bl at 61.5 million. Only seven command posts planned, elevating R D costs per unit, while critics dub the project a flying fuhrerbunker.
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Washington
UPI
America
Air Force
CSA
Congress
Aabncp
Fuhrerbunker
Adolph Hitler
Third Reich
Berlin
Boeing Co
Seattle
Tanaka Party Leads in Japan Upper House Vote
In Tokyo and other cities the Socialist opposition gains ground while Kakuei Tanaka’s Liberal Democratic party leads nationwide, leveraging rural support as inflation climbs above twenty percent. The race centers on control of the upper house with results awaited.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic Party
Tanaka
Japan
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William S. Frates
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CBS
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ABC
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Canada
Asia
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Northside
Goleta
Happy Steak
Hollister Ave
GMC
General Motors
North ‘H’ St. Lompoc
Tanaka Party
Lompoc
Lompoc Plaza
al & Rose Hilligus Owners & Managers
Liz Carmichael
H and
Ocean Avenue
Walnut Plaza
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