Nixon breaks silence admits mistakes of heart in Frost interview
Former President Richard Nixon for an hour defended his actions in the Watergate era then says he let the American people down and that his political life is over. He admits telling untruths and says his errors were heart driven.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
David Frost
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Frost
H R Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
White House
John W Dean III
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dwight Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
William Gladstone
Critics React to Nixon TV Testimony in Watergate Saga
United Press International reports Nixon's televised Watergate testimony drew sharp remarks from lawmakers. Sen Sam Ervin and Rep Peter Rodino condemned his remarks as cover up and obstructing the investigation while others called the broadcast a harmful, tasteless show of pay-for-talk and a breach of justice.
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Richard Nixon
Congressional
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North Carolina
Senate
Ervin
Memphis, Tenn
Peter Rodino
D-N.j
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
HR. Haldeman
Donald Segretti
John Ehrlichman
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Judiciary Committee
Weather forecast brief for tonight and Friday
Variable clouds late night and morning hours with mostly fair skies. Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler with lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s and highs in the mid to upper 60s. Tides show high of 6.0 feet at 12:06 a.m., 3.8 feet at 1:54 p.m., and low tides of minus 1.2 feet at 7:23 a.m. and 1.9 feet at 6:51 p.m.
Two Die In Central Coast Traffic Crashes
Two drivers died in separate Central Coast crashes. Jerry Wayne Dunbar 35 of San Luis Obispo was killed in a pursuit crash in San Luis Obispo. Jose Munoz Garcia 28 of Guadalupe died when his car left Highway 166 near Santa Maria and hit a tree. Four others injured, including Antonio Delgado 64 of Santa Maria who was hurt by a van in Vandenberg Village and hospitalized in stable condition. Three others suffered minor injuries at Vandenberg Air Force Base in a two car collision. Thomas Lilley 20 was admitted for observation and two passengers treated and released.
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Jerry Wayne Dunbar
San Luis Obispo
Jose Munoz Garcia
Guadalupe
Dunbar
California
Garcia
Highway 166
Bonita School Road
Santa Maria
Vandenberg Village
Antonio Delgado
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Robert Emery
Delgado
Lompoc
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
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Washington Avenues
Thomas Lilley
Richard Miller
Michael Markos
Carter sails to London for first summit diplomacy
President Carter departed Andrews Air Force Base at 9 58 am EDT for a seven hour flight to Heathrow for an economic summit with six major western democracies. He aims to put the world to work and expects a major step forward in handling global problems with allied leaders.
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UPI
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White House
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Heathrow
Worker Burned In Skim Pond At Mission Hills Facility
A 25 year old Santa Maria worker, Jerry Paschall Jr, suffered severe burns after falling into a 130 degree skim pond at the Union Oil Co facility in Mission Hills. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Lompoc Hospital with first and second degree burns covering about 60 percent of his body. Paschall, employed by Jerrico Construction Co under contract to remove walkways over the skim pond, had been wearing a lifeline but removed it moments before the fall. He was helped to safety after scrambling to the pond’s edge. The pond contains a water oil mixture.
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Santa Maria
Union Oil Co
Mission Hills
Jerry Paschall Jr
Lompoc
Paschall
Jerrico Construction Co
Oil Company
Rucker Road
Calle Lindero
Taxable sales rise in Valley fourth quarter 1976 report
Valley progress noted with Lompoc and Santa Maria joining a county and state upturn. California fourth quarter taxable sales hit 23.3 billion, up 14.8 percent from 1975, while 1976 annual sales reached 83.8 billion, 14.1 percent higher. Santa Maria climbed to 65.9 million in Q4 1976 from 52.6 million a year earlier. Countywide Q4 1976 taxable sales totaled 272.8 million versus 241.7 million in the prior year.
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Lompoc
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara County
California
Nixon interview debate stirs town discussions
Citizens across the town debate the merits of former President Nixon's televised interview as parishioners and friends of First United Methodist Church react to Pastor Murray Gibbons's impending transfer to Yorba Linda in Orange County.
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Nixon
First United Methodist Church
Murray Gibbons
Yorba Linda
Orange County
Wholesale prices surge for second straight month in April
UPI reports wholesale prices rose 1.1 percent in April, marking consecutive monthly gains and an annual inflation rate around 13.2 percent. Food, fuel, and processed foods led the rise while industrial prices moderated. Bert Lance cited weather-driven food costs and warned several bad months may lie ahead as advisers reassess 1977 inflation projections.
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UPI
Labor Department
Bert Lance
Lance
California
U.S. Steel
Edgar Speer
Whiteman AFB Wing Captures Olympic Arena Trophy
After six days and nine wings competing, the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman AFB Missouri won Olympic Arena 77 with 5420 points. Davis-Monthan AFB Arc. and Minot AFB also earned multiple Titan II and Minuteman awards. A formal ceremony is planned for Friday morning.
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351St
Olympic Arena
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Arizona
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Missouri
Air Force Association
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Ellsworth Afb
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