Ehrlichman disputes Dean testimony on Watergate role
Ehrlichman challenges Dean account of telling Nixon about White House involvement. Dean testified March 21 he warned Nixon at length, and Richard Moore supported the claim that Dean spoke of the full story. Ehrlichman argues Nixon later made no mention of Dean’s account and suspects Nixon feigned ignorance.
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Watergate
Nixon
Dean
Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Richard A. Moore
Senate
Moore
White House
Cox confident Nixon will obey court order on tapes
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox voiced confidence that President Nixon would surrender Watergate tape recordings if the Supreme Court orders him to do so. He predicted a clear ruling would come, and pledged to pursue the case in court. The report also notes Cox’s remarks on hospital board rate hikes and local weather outlook.
County Planning Commission Debates Agriculture Zoning
Nine planning commissioners weigh whether land suitable for farming should be zoned agriculture amid general plan consistency hearings. Commissioner Robert C. Lilley warns against zoning as the basis for agricultural suitability while Harwood White challenges the view as George Goodell testifies as County Farm Agent.
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County Planning Commission
Robert C. Lilley
Lilley
Harwood White
George Goodell
Ellwood Ranch
Goleta Valley
Jack Swartz
Swartz
Britt Johnson
Commission
Laird says he ordered Cambodia bombs but not falsified records
Melvin R. Laird told a White House news conference that he ordered the secret bombing of Cambodia in 1969-70 yet did not authorize record falsification. He claimed Nixon approved the raids, kept secret for diplomatic reasons, as public attention focuses on the long covert campaign and its 3 600 sorties before U.S. ground forces entered Cambodia.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Cambodia
Laird
Nixon
White House
U.S
Indochina
South Vietnam
Sharp exchanges mark second day of Lompoc freeway trial
The Lompoc Highway bypass case continued in Superior Court with attorneys for Bosio and Lompoc opposing the state on environmental impact and necessity. Tensions rose as cross examination exposed disputes over planning and major design changes amid requests for documents and clarifications.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Marion A. Smith
Pierre and
John Gherini
Joseph J. Bosio
Bruce Sharpe
State Division of Highways
Cocounsel
Norval Fairman
Frank McEnany
William Blackmer
Blackmer
Division of Highways
Smith
Pierre Gherini
Gherini
Fairman
Santa Ynez River
Gherinis
Special detox legislation urged by county committee
A county committee led by Supervisor Charles F. Catterlin urged emergency legislation to speed up opening alcoholic detox centers in three county areas. The plan aims to comply with county ordinances and state fire code while allowing contracting without a new department, with sites to be chosen in the north county.
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Charles F. Catterlin
Board of Supervisors
Department of Government
Catterlin
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria County
Lompoc
Skylab crew ready for 59 day space mission launch
Navy Captain Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Major Jack Lousma rest in Kennedy Space Center quarters ahead of a 7 11 am EDT Saturday launch for a 59 day mission aboard the Skylab space station. They will continue experiments on living and working in space after the first crew’s 28 day stay. Lompocans head to Santa Barbara County Fair today.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Navy
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Kennedy Space Center
Space Agency
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Mitchell
Cox
Lompoc Hospital
Senate Watergate Committee
Federal District
Darin Farrell
David Beach
Lompoc Valley
Tony Parker
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Houston
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