Ehrlichman trial set after papers produced
A federal judge set June 26 for the trial of John D. Ehrlichman and three others in the Ellsberg break in. The proceeding follows White House evidence delivery the defense had sought. The seven original Watergate defendants press for convictions to be overturned citing withheld or destroyed evidence and lied under oath by witnesses.
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Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Gerhard Gesell
White House
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Beverly Hills
Calif
Lewis Fielding
U.S. Court of Appeals
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Fensterwald
Gerald L. Alch
Boston
Nixon impeachment support rises to over half in Harris poll
The Harris poll found 52 percent of 1,413 questioned say Nixon should be convicted and removed, 35 percent oppose, 13 percent undecided. A separate view shows 73 percent think Nixon knew about Watergate cover up as it unfolded.
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Nixon
New York
UPI
Harris
Louis Harris
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Lompoc Hospital Bonds Face Bid Delays And Revisions
Voters previously approved a 2.25 million bond for a convalescent facility and acute care expansion. Contractors did not submit bids by the latest deadline, prompting the board to split the project and push ahead with the convalescent hospital while reevaluating the coronary care unit and outpatient clinic due to delays and updated earthquake standards.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Walnut Avenue
Third Street
Hickory Avenue
Kenneth D. Wicks
Wicks
Channel Counties
Comprehensive Health Planning Council
State Health Planning Council
W. Don MacGillivray
Robert Lagomarsino
Goleta bank holdup ends with deputy shot and three in custody
Three Los Angeles men were arrested after a $15,000 bank robbery at Commercial and Farmers National Bank in Goleta where a deputy sheriff, Roy Graves, was shot in the back and later operated on. Suspects Jackson, Graves, and Jones faced charges as hostages and money were recovered.
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Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Alf Moony
Miss Harrison
California Highway Patrol
Jones
Isla Vista
Nixon Sadat pact Cairo to supply nuclear tech and fuel
President Nixon and Anwar Sadat signed a joint communique committing the United States to sell Egypt nuclear reactor technology and atomic fuel along with space science know-how. The accord, said to include safeguards, drew questions in Washington over weapons potential and U.S. inspection rights.
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Cairo
UPI
Nixon
Egypt
U.S
White House
Anwar Sadat
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Sadat
Desert
Pyramids
United States
Alexander M. Haig
Senate panel to receive Kissinger wiretap documents
The Justice Department agreed to provide the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with secret materials on Henry Kissinger’s role in the 1969 to 1971 White House wiretap program. The release includes FBI and departmental memos tied to initiation and termination of the taps as part of the New Leaks inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Kissinger
White House
William Fulbright
Laurence H. Silberman
House Judiciary Committee
Kissinger
FBI
Senate
Fulbright
Portuguese Fiesta Parade and Queen Crowned in Lompoc
The Lompoc Portuguese Pentecostal Association hosts an annual fiesta in Miguelito Park Sunday at noon with a Saturday night dance at the Veterans Memorial building. Queen Barbara Ann Sousa and aides are among the royal court, with a parade to La Purisima Church for a 10 am crowning mass. A top sirloin barbecue runs noon to 3 pm, followed by an auction of Portuguese foods and merchant donations. Officers include Leonard Luis president and Victor Sousa vice president.
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Lompoc
Portuguese Pentecostal Association
Miguelito Park
Brian Donelson
Veterans Memorial Building
la Purisima Catholic Church
Andrew McGrath
Leonard Luis
Victor Sousa
John G. Silva
Joe Machado
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Art Scott
Ed Ewen
Elk’s
City Hall
City of
Bank of America
Goleta
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Enlrich
Royal Guest House
Red Sea
Faisal
Taif
Veterans Memorial
Association
Barbara Ann Sousa
Lompoc High School
Anna Domingos
Tony Domingos
Erin Feeley
Bob Feeley
Kim Fletcher
Ardine Fletcher
Dorothy Huyck
Bill Huyck
Erica Donelson
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