Mitchell denies Vesco intervention bid in Vesco case
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell testifies in the Mitchell Stans trial denying he asked John Dean to intervene in the 1972 SEC Vesco inquiry. He says a Vesco aide remark about help was not a request and he did not report to Bill Casey. He cites Sears and Richardson accounts for context.
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UPI
John N. Mitchell
John W. Dean
Nixon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert L. Vesco
Wesco
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Mitchell
Stans
SEC
John R. Wing
Dean
Bill Casey
Vesco
John Dean
Harry Sears
New Jersey
Laurence B. Richardson
Sears
Richardson
Wing
Saigon halts Paris talks as heavy attacks mount
Saigon stops negotiations after government troops repulse major North Vietnamese assault in Pleiku area. 182 attackers killed, 21 killed and 58 wounded for government forces. Viet Cong denounce suspension while Cambodia reports another rebel attack near Oudong. Tito denies stroke rumors amid border tensions with Italy.
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UPI
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Bac
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Cambodia
Oudong
Phnom Penh
Border closure as IRA leader Ivor Bell escapes Maze Prison
British troops sealed Northern Ireland borders and set checkpoints after Ivor Bell, 37, former Belfast Provisional wing commander, escaped from Maze Prison Tuesday disguised as a prisoner and granted 24 hour parole to marry. Bell’s escape boosts hardline stance against cease-fire amid ongoing terrorism fight.
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Irish Republic
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Younger raps Hearst case timidness in abduction saga
California Attorney General Evelle Younger denounced police timidity in the Patricia Hearst kidnapping case. He pledged support for FBI actions if a shootout is needed and promised tougher responses to future kidnapings, citing safety concerns and a reevaluation of ransom strategies. Randolph Hearst urged caution to protect Pat Hearst.
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UPI
Evelle Younger
Patricia Hearst
Randolph A. Hearst
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FBI
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Hearst
Younger
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California
Pentagon reopens study of post bomb evacuation plan
The Pentagon resumes civil defense studies to evacuate U S cities in a nuclear crisis. Rep Les Aspin warns the move could trigger a first strike, citing maps of 400 prime Soviet targets and pilot tests for eight areas this summer in Utica Dover Macon Duluth Oklahoma City Colorado Springs Tucson and Great Falls.
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UPI
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D-Wis
Aspin
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Defense
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Utica
N.Y
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Del
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Great Falls
Mont
Schlesinger
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Berlin
United States
Herman Kahn
Niger coup leader vows supreme army body to run country
Lt. Col. Seyni Kountie, chief of staff, announced a forthcoming supreme organism of Niger's 2,500 man army to select a government, suspend the constitution, dissolve Parliament, and ban parties after overthrowing President Hamani Diori. Drought and hunger stories accompany the coup as Diori and family reportedly injured.
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UPI
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Niger
Kountie
Hamani Diori
France
Paris
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Moussa
Hearst Mother Denies Daughter In Bank Robbery Case
Mrs Randolph Hearst expressed disbelief that Patricia Hearst participated in a $10,000 Hibernia Bank robbery in San Francisco. FBI named Hearst as a material witness after two bystanders were shot. her parents defended her while noting uncertainty about brainwashing techniques. The Hearst family was in Las Cruces at the time with relatives.
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UPI
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San Francisco
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FBI
Hibernia Bank
Miss Hearst
Catherine
Hearst
Las Cruces
San Francisco Examiner
Brown indicted in SB arms plot with Santa Barbara suspect
Theodore D. Brown 31 facing federal charges for conspiring with a Santa Barbara girl to smuggle guns and ammunition to Arab terrorists in London. Public defender claims illness and coercive questioning. co-defendants include Allison Rae Thompson 18, Abelkhir El- Hakaoui 25, and Athar Nassem 21.
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UPI
Theodore D. Brown
Santa Barbara
London
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Cied
Allison Rae Thompson
Abelkhir el- Hakaoui
Athar Nassem
Great Britain
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El-Hakaoui
Naseem
Navy
FBI
Travis Air Force Base
England
Zebra shootings in San Francisco linked to citywide wave
Police tie Sunday bus stop shooting of Ward Anderson and Terry White to the Zebra case. Ballistics indicate the same weapon used in prior incidents that have left 11 dead in six months.
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UPI
Charles A. Barca
Barca
Ward Anderson
Mesa
Ariz
Terry White
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