Nixon to resign prompts 6 p.m. address and transfer plan
The White House announced Nixon will resign and transfer power to Ford with the 6 p.m. EDT oath and 70 minute Oval Office meeting. Ford canceled a planned trip to back GOP candidates as leaders rally amid Watergate fallout.
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Nixon
Ford
Oval Office
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Gerald L. Warren
United States
Hawaii
Ziegler
FBI
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Leon Jaworski
John Buchanan
Richard Nixon
Brooke
Mike Mansfield
Ray Price
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
John Rhodes
Arizona
Nixon weighs resignation as Watergate crisis deepens
A White House faction urges Nixon to quit after disclosures of Watergate cover up. Senate votes harden against acquittal while lawmakers discuss immunity or a voluntary resignation. Nixon meets with GOP leaders as family and aides signal a likely departure in coming days.
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Senate
Nixon
Charles H. Percy
White House
Alexander M. Haig
Congress
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Leon Jaworski
Ray Price
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia Cox
David Eisenhower
Edward Cox
Capitol Hill
Congressional
House
Reagan to leave state amid Reinecke unsettled status
Governor Reagan plans a Seattle fund raising trip while Lt. Gov. Reinecke acts as California's governor amid questions about whether he legally holds office after a 1972 perjury conviction. Brown warns of possible vacancy and illegality, while Reagan says he will stay in touch and return if emergencies arise.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Seattle
Wash
Ed Reinecke
Reagan
Reinecke
Senate
California
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Young Republicans National Federation
Edmund Brown Jr
Kings County
Republican Central Committee
Brown
Lompoc Transit Plans Discussed At Community Meeting
About 25 Lompoc residents and consultants from Wilbur and Smith and Associates debated future transit options at the County Administration Building. They urged Dial-A-Ride for seniors and handicapped, noted likely funding via taxes, and planned a mid September follow up with a partial needs analysis.
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Fred Vulin
Public Transit
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Wilbur and Smith and Associates
Lompoc Transit
Sheppard
Santa Barbara
Carpinteria
Terry Brothers
Vandenberg Afb
Immunity move on in Congress
Washington lawmakers debated a resolution to urge prosecutors not to pursue Nixon after resignation amid Watergate. Senators including Mansfield Moss Percy and Byrd weighed constitutional concerns and potential moral motives while Brooks led the push and Rhodes signaled no support from the House.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Leon Jaworski
Brooke
Mansfield
Robert C. Byrd Jr
W. Va
Frank Moss
Utah
Charles H. Percy
Ill
House
John J. Rhodes
Alhough
Talks resume on Cyprus situation
Britain Turkey and Greece meet in Geneva to reinforce the Cyprus cease fire and seek a political settlement. Turkey proposes autonomous regional division while advancing west from Kyrenia, narrowing access to Nicosia as truce violations persist.
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United Press International
Britain
Turkey
Greece
Geneva
Cyprus
Palais Des Nations
Ankara
Kyrenia
Nicosia
London
Athens
U.N
Lilley lot split approved near La Purisima Mission
County Planning Commission approves a 78.5 acre Lilley property split south of La Purisima Mission near Lompoc. Parcels 66.48 and 12.05 acres will be placed in an agricultural preserve and rezoned to 40 acre limited agricultural to deter further divisions. The vote 6-1 with Lilley abstaining. Opponents urged denial citing prior similar rejections. Weather notes followed with coastal fog and mild temperatures for Friday.
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William Sheppard
Area Planning Council
Lompoc
Sol Lefkowitz
The
County Planning Commission
la Purisima Mission
Lawrence Grossman
Robert C. Lilley
Lilley
Commission
Bendy White
Mission
Grossman
County Agricultural Preserve Committee
John Bullock
Robert Cottam
Citizens Planning
M.V. Duncan
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Julie
Tricia
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Scott
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
Washington, D.C
State
Lilley Lot
Supervisorial
General Plan Advisory Committee
Arneta Crossman
Mission Hills
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