Tape gap examined by lawyers in Watergate case
A final technical report on the 18 minute gap in Nixon Haldeman Watergate tape is reviewed by White House and Jaworski prosecutors. Judge Sirica gives 10 days for comments before deciding next steps including grand jury submission or public release.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Leon Jaworski
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Sirica
H.R. Haldeman
Calley sentence to stand upheld by Nixon no further action
President Nixon notified the Army he will not reduce William L. Calley’s 10 year sentence for the My Lai killings. Army officials said Nixon sent a memo washing his hands of the matter and Calley, 30, remains free on bail after being stripped of his First Lieutenant’s commission.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Army
William L. Calley
My Lai
Pentagon
Howard H. Callaway
United States
Calley
Steam autos for California Assembly to debut May 16
Two steam powered automobiles developed for the California Assembly will be delivered to Sacramento on May 16 as part of an 18 month $2.8 million project to create low pollution vehicles. Project manager Michael Wenstrom says the aim is to show Detroit a limited effort can yield a very clean automobile.
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Sacramento
UPS
California Assembly
Michael Wenstrom
Detroit
Ten Die In Weekend Plane Crashes Across U S
A weekend of four small plane crashes left ten dead and three injured. Detroit judge John R. Murphy was among the dead in Freeland Michigan as four men perished when their single engine plane disintegrated in flight. Other crashes occurred in Blue Ridge Texas Shurlington North Carolina and North Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
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United Press International
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Freeland
Mich
Detroit Recorder’s Court
John R. Murphy
John Leo Cain
Ferndale
Ronald Kidd
Birmingham
R. Goldschmeding
North Texas
Blue Ridge
Larry Russell
Lakeview
Minn
Stearman
Shurlington
N.C
Frances Isom
Spartanburg
S.C
James
Isom
al Peoples
Louisburg
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Vernon Dickerson
Lakewood
N.J
Myrtle Beach
Milton Jaybush
Coast commissions urged to gain inland project power
A UPI report from Sacramento states coastal regulatory agencies should be allowed to reject inland dams water diversions and mining projects in addition to managing coastside lands. The North Coast Regional Commission says such authority could form part of a statewide coastal plan as commissions expire in 1976. The report also backs continued timber harvesting with safeguards and tighter controls to protect habitats and streams.
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Sacramento
UPI
North Coast Regional Commission
Margaret Azevedo
Regional Commission
Irish police foil art treasure plot tied to IRA
Police recovered 19 paintings worth about 20 million dollars after a raid on a Wicklow estate and a cottage in Glandore. They suspect the items were to be smuggled abroad, likely to the Middle East, and identify David O Connell as a key IRA figure. Dr Rose Dugdale, English civil rights worker, faces court after arrest.
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UPI
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IRA
Middle East
David O'Connell
Provisional Ira
West Cork
Glandore
London
Connie Hayes
Sir Alfred Bell
County Wicklow
Bridewell
Rose Dugdale
Special Criminal Court
Miss Dugdale
Nationwide Weather Reports Show Varied Conditions Across Regions
Thundershowers moved across the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts while most areas stayed clear. Savannah received one inch of rain. southern California and the southern Rockies had isolated showers. Central Atlantic to Great Lakes saw scattered showers with snow possible in northern Michigan. Pacific Coast remained cloudy. Temperatures fell to freezing in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota with Duluth at 29 degrees and Key West at 77.
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United Press International
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Atlantic Coast
Savannah
California
Rockies
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Atlantic
Great Lakes
Michigan
Pacific Coast
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Key West
Fla
White House Defends Nixon Avoids Dean’s Allegations
The White House released a 32 page analysis rebutting John Dean’s Senate Watergate testimony. It argues Dean lied and that Nixon did not express pleasure over any cover up outcome. The document disputes Dean’s Feb 28 1973 claim of being a conduit for decisions and obstruction of justice.
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White House
Dean
Washington
UPI
John Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Oval Office
Nixon
G. Gordon
John
Nixon opens Expo 74 in Spokane World Environmental Fair
President Nixon opened Expo 74 in Spokane as 75,000 spectators watched a pageantry with pigeons balloons flowers and hot air balloons. He urged that cleaning the environment should not cost jobs and was joined by Gov. Dan Evans Rep. Tom Foley and diplomats from five countries as the fair began on the Spokane River island.
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Spokane, Wash
Nixon
Dan Evans
Tom Foley
Dwash
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