McCord Testifies White House Plotted to Blame CIA
James W. McCord Jr testified during the Senate Watergate hearings that he believed the White House planned to blame the CIA for Watergate. He said Richard Helms was fired and James Schlesinger installed to go along with the plan, and he recalled Liddy discussing a 1972 break in at Hank Greenspun’s Las Vegas Sun safe.
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Alabama
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Richardson faces delayed Senate bid amid Watergate connections
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed approval of Elliot L. Richardson as attorney general after recalling him for questions on a April 30 Krogh meeting. Krogh, linked to 1971 elicit burglary relating to Daniel Ellsberg, prompted scrutiny of Richardson's role and the Watergate fallout.
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UPI
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E. Howard Hunt
Beverly Hills
Lewis Fielding
Ellsberg
City plans to widen Cypress Avenue by cutting mature trees
City engineers propose widening Cypress Avenue from 44 to 55 feet between E and G Streets to ease truck turns. About 20 mature trees including walnuts and elms would be removed if approved. The plan, tied to Johns Manville truck routes, awaits City Council approval and further Beautification Commission input.
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Barry Gustafson
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Johns-Manville
Kissinger Meets Tho in Six-Hour Talk on Cease-Fire Violations
White House adviser Henry Kissinger spent six hours and 15 minutes with Hanoi's Le Duc Tho discussing cease-fire violations. North Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach mocked Kissinger's progress claims, while agreeing to a new meeting set for Wednesday. An emergency flight was ordered for Kissinger's top aide to Saigon amid tensions with South Vietnam's Thieu.
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UPI
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Skylab emergency repair mission countdown under way
Flight directors struggle with Skylab temperatures in orbit as ground crews start a 2.5 day countdown toward a 9 am Friday blastoff. Astronauts Charles Pete Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz rehearse spacewalks in Huntsville Alabama before flying to the launch site.
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Huntsville
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Demand for gold eases as dollar gains in Europe
Europe saw a drop in gold demand while the dollar strengthened in most markets. Paris hit a new low as bankers cautioned a recovery in the dollar hinges on Watergate being resolved. A Samuel Montagu spokesman cited global confidence as the key driver of market uncertainty until the scandal ends.
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UPI
Europe
Paris
Samuel Montagu and Co., Ltd
Consumer prices rise 0.7 percent in April report
Washington reports April consumer prices up 0.7 percent driven by food clothing used cars and gasoline. For February to April the cost of living rose at a 9.2 percent annual rate under Nixon phase II controls, far above the 2.5 percent guideline and the 3 percent inflation goal.
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UPI
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Lompoc Officials Tour Sacramento Briefing by MacGillivray
Lompoc Police Chief James D. Smith and Santa Barbara County officers visited Sacramento departments at the invitation of Assemblyman W W Don MacGillivray for indoctrination and briefing. The group flew in this morning and planned to return tonight.
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James D. Smith
Santa Barbara County
Sacramento
W.W. Don MacGillivray
MacGillivray
Senate gets tax delay bill in California
The bill AB137 to postpone the June 1 sales tax increase from five to six percent moves to the Senate after an 8-2 Finance Committee vote. It aims to buy time for a long term postponement while officials prepare new tax schedules and forms for about 750,000 businesses.
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UPI
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Joe A. Gonsalves
D-La Mirada
Senate Finance Committee
Charles H. Otterman
Tax-Collecting Board of Equalization
County park funds sparks clash over spending priorities
County Supervisor Curtis Tunnell warned County Park Director Mike Pahos to spread revenue sharing funds more evenly among districts. He cited undeveloped park land in Los Alamos and Guadalupe and a long-待awaiting Waller Park site, urging priority for long waiting acres while noting support for tennis courts in Hans Christian Andersen Park.
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Curtis Tunnell
Mike Pahos
Tunnell
Pahos
County Park Commission
Hans Christian
Solvang
Waller Park
Santa Maria
Los Alamos Park
Guadalupe
Lompoc Hospital bill hearing postponed amid state review
An Assembly committee delayed a hearing on a plan to authorize a 74 bed convalescent hospital for Lompoc. The measure would allow the Lompoc Hospital District Board to bypass the State Health Planning Council. a June 15 state council meeting awaits a modified proposal. Kenneth Wicks and the district’s architect pursue changes as voters previously approved a $1.5 million bond and land at Walnut Avenue and Third Street.
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Lompoc
W. Don MacGillivray
Lompoc Hospital
Kenneth Wicks
Walnut Avenue
Third Street
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