Nixon reshapes White House staff during Watergate shakeup
President Nixon reviews a cabinet led staff overhaul after Watergate. Melvin Laird becomes counselor for domestic affairs, John Connally eyed for top post, and Gen Haig will stay as permanent chief of staff. Ronald Ziegler gains policymaking role amid ongoing crisis.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Laird
National Security Council
John B. Connally
Treasury
Connally
Potomac River
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Skylab power repair spacewalk succeeds in jammed wing
Spacewalkers Charles Conrad and Joseph Kerwin opened a jammed solar wing on Skylab to restore electricity. They secured a 25 foot handrail, fixed the wing with a bolt cutter, and confirmed power restoration as the first spacewalk to repair a damaged spacecraft.
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Houston
UPI
Charles
Pete
Conrad
Skylab Space Station
Joseph P. Kerwin
Kerwin
Space Station
Skylab
Kesin
Russell Schweickart
Mission Control
Paul J. Weitz
Weitz
Maryland GOP chief admits forgery of Agnew fund list
Maryland's Republican chairman acknowledged a 1972 Agnew fundraiser contributor list was falsified to conceal a $50,000 loan from the Finance Committee to Re-elect the President. Ex-treasurer Hug Sloan Jr. testified that cash helped the gala, and 32 names were deleted to distort donor totals.
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Annapolis
UPI
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Finance Committee
Sloan cites fear of retribution in Watergate talk
Former Nixon campaign treasurer Hugh W. Sloan Jr. testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that he sought a meeting with White House aide H.R. Halderman in late January to secure employment and protect himself from potential retaliation after leaving the campaign. Sloan said he quit in July and later returned as a consultant to wrap up affairs. He described uneasy discussions with Haldeman and other aides about his concerns and noted a lack of positive response from the officials.
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Watergate
Nixon
Ziegler
Herbert G. Klein
White House
Sloan
Cozy Saacery
Sen
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Haldeman
Dwight Chapin
Maurice Stans
John Mitchell
Graduation Day Looms at Lompoc and Cabrillo High Schools
Sixteen Maple High School graduates were celebrated as about 800 seniors prepare to graduate tomorrow at Lompoc and Cabrillo high schools. Ceremonies begin at 2 p.m. with Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance and feature addresses by district and school leaders.
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Maple High School
Lompoc
Cabrillo
DeWayne Holmdahl
Irwin Wapner
Lompoc Unified School District
Bernard Moulton
Edward G. Avila
Robert Eugene Blankenship
Monte Lee Burke
David L. Dempsey
David C. Gonzales
Willie Gonzales
Stephen Brete Howren
Cheryl Ann Jaeger
Peter Lance Jones
Kris Lamont Latimer
Betty Hs Martin
Gary Mayhugh
Ichael Eugene Murray
David Rios
Demetrio Sanchez Solorio
Thomas McCormick Waller
Elgar
Kenneth Boyd
Joel Latimer
Candy Mintz
Michael L. Weinstein
Supt. of
Glendon F. Wegner
Alice Milligan
Michael Sekela
Terry Williams
Robert H. Paisola
Marjorie Thomas
John Beattie
Timothy Mussard
Jerry Weakley
Robert Morris Russ Jr
Marcia Lynn Gehringer
Robert Bickford
Karl Braun
Lompoc Centennial gets $5000 grant from County Board
The Lompoc Centennial Committee receives 5000 from the County Board of Supervisors toward the city 100th year celebration. Emil Scolari and Earle Sweetland secured the funds after seeking 20000, with money to cover headquarters rental, public service events, and advance investments in projects like calendars and history booklets for 1974 celebrations.
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Lompoc
County Board of Supervisors
Centennial Committee
Emil Scolari
Chamber of Commerce
Earle Sweetland
Scolari
Lam
North county wins fresh road funds plan in county budget
New Santa Barbara County supervisors James Slater and Frank Frost propose diverting up to 400000 of district road funds to north county districts for the 1973 74 budget year to meet maintenance needs while South Coast residents push for fewer road projects. Veteran Curtis Tunnell supports diverting funds to his district. officials spar over the plan as the 4.8 million overall roads budget faces scrutiny.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Board of Supervisors
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
Slater
Goleta
Santa Ynez
Frost
Carpinteria Valley
Montecito
Tunnell
Transportation and Roads
Leland Steward
Francis H. Beattie
Lompoc
Charles F. Catterlin
Beattie
Catterlin
Goleta Valley
Nixon Nominates Kelley for FBI Director Post
President Nixon announced in the oval office that Clarence M. Kelley of Kansas City Missouri would be nominated as the new FBI director calling him the best man for the top law enforcement job. The message described Kelley as the strongest fit for the post.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Clarence M. Kelley
Kansas City, Mo
FBI
Oval Office
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