Mitchell cites White House horrors as worse than Watergate
John N. Mitchell testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he shielded Nixon from the scandal fearing deeper White House horrors would surface. He said the danger to Nixon's reelection outweighed the Watergate focus and cited alleged plots including Ellsberg case links and Diem assassination cables.
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Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
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President Nixon briefs Cabinet on Phase IV wage price plan
President Nixon called his Cabinet to the White House for a briefing on the Phase IV wage price control program. Officials said the plan will replace the June 13 price freeze and the President has yet to approve any part of the new measures.
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Earl L. Butz
National Association of Farm Broadcasters
Jetliner Crash Kills 117 in Paris Varig Flight 820
A Varig Airlines Boeing 707 from Sao Paulo to Paris crashed near Champlan’ s valley five to six kilometers from Orly runway killing all 117 aboard. Orly closed. no ground casualties reported. Witnesses saw a large black smoke plume as the plane failed its approach.
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Braun elected president of Lompoc school board
Karl Braun was elected president of the Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees in a voice vote with freshmen trustees Richard K. Jacoby and Gail Steiger affirming. Archie Nagle and John Beattie votes were unclear. The board also elected Nogle as vice chairman and Steiger as clerk. The new leadership approved the 1973-74 fiscal budget after discussing objections to earlier attrition cuts in education specialists and a $111,000 consultants item, with plans to revisit the attrition issue.
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Karl Braun
Lompoc Unified School District
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Gail Steiger
Archie Nagle
John Beattie
Glen We
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Lompoc Education Association
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Talmadge questions Mitchell perjury during Watergate hearings
Sen. Herman Talmadge raises the possibility that former Attorney General John N. Mitchell lied under oath when he testified he was not involved in political activity while in office. In a tense exchange at the Senate Watergate hearings, Talmadge urged the American people to decide if Mitchell lied, citing a 1972 transcript with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy during Kleindienst confirmation hearings.
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UPI
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D-Ga
John N. Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Talmadge
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Judiciary Committee
Richard Kleindienst
House votes to cut farm subsidy amid milk price protests
Washington action follows demonstrations by Women United For Action in the gallery. The House approved an amendment limiting crop subsidies to 20 thousand dollars per farmer and moved toward a four year omnibus farm bill. Eleven protesters from Wilmington were arrested for impeding a session as banners urged price rollbacks.
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Wilmington
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R-Ill
Findley
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Lompoc Hosts County Planning Hearing On Zoning Revisions
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission meets at 7 30 p m in Lompoc City Hall to review more than 50 general plan and zoning considerations. Key items include minimum agricultural parcel sizes and Wye area zoning, with recommendations from Hugh Youngs Fourth Supervisorial District Advisory Committee awaiting final judgment on annexation near Central Avenue and A Street.
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Onstott Estates
Mission Hills
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Martha Mitchell backs husband in Watergate testimony
Martha Mitchell told UPI she completely supports her husband John N. Mitchell and believes his testimony was truthful. She noted his logs, joked about family calls, and recalled his June 28 1972 trip and July 1 1972 resignation as campaign manager in the Nixon era.
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Nixon
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New York
Search for five aboard crashed plane halted as debris found
Coast Guard suspended rescue after debris and possible body parts were located from a Piper twin engine plane crash in the Santa Barbara Channel. Pilot identified as H R Jones of Port Washington New York. four passengers unnamed. Weather cautious with fog coastal and inland, mild temperatures and breezy afternoons. Tides listed with high 3.6 and 5.9 feet and low tides negative 0.2 and 2.6 feet.
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