Agnew Backs Handling Of Watergate Case
Vice President Agnew defends the handling of the Watergate inquiry amid disclosures in transcripts and testimony. The piece cites unidentified sources and notes Agnew’s caution to avoid commentary, while detailing related actions by Attorney General Kleindienst and a Wall Street Journal or Los Angeles Times line on testimonies and suspects.
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Agnew
Aed
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Virginia
Liddy
Smn Pa
Los Angeles Times
Bert
Gordon Liddy
U.S. District Court
Murphy
John J. Sirica
Sam J. Ervin
Watergate
Earl Silbert
Rep. John
D-N
Violent Storms Sweep Panhandle South Plains Area
Weather chaos dumps varied rainfall across Dawson and Lynn counties with Welch and O'Donnell receiving over half an inch and nearly an inch respectively. Numerous towns report hail up to baseball size and trees stripped as storms rolled east-southeast near Lubbock and Denver City amid traffic accidents and high water warnings.
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Dawson County
Welch
O'Donnell
Dawson Lynn
Page 1Rey Field
Tohoka
U.S. 87
NWS
Lubbock Regional Airport
30Th Street
Avenue A
Lubbock
KFYO
Rnd Street
Quaker Avenue
Denver
Denver City
San Antonio
Bexar County
Seguin
Goldsmith
Plainsvy
Odessa
Monahany
Estova
Bronte
San Angelo
Chambers Creek
Avalon
Tehucan Creek
Waco
Sabine River
Gladewater
Longview
Trinity
Dallas
Long Lake
Navasota
Easternd
Brazos River
Valeley
Angelina
Neches
Red River
DeKalb
Hagansport
Naples
Jefferson
Doom and Dandelions Shaped By English Gardens Exhibition
In England, Doom faces a dandelion exhibition at New Gardens as selective weed killers wipe out the flower from lawns and meadows. Botanists warn future generations may ask what a dandelion is while a conservationist campaign urges Britons to revive its culture and value.
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London
England
Kew Gardens
Sizas
J. R. Lowell
Carpenters Prep For Nixon State Dinner Appearance
The Carpenters Karen and Richard Carpent er aged 23 and 27 from Downey California will perform at President Nixon and Mrs Nixon's state dinner honoring West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. They previously met the President last July after donating 60000 dollars to the American Cancer Society. Their hit records Close to You and We've Only Just Begun have sold millions.
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Washington
UPI
The
Carpenters
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Karen
Richard Carpenter
Downey
Calif
American Cancer Society
Confession talk as Meadows hints at death penalty pace
Meadows held an impromptu news conference claiming I killed four women and urging print coverage. He named victims Ruth Maynard and Missy Cougal, both 24, murdered in 1968 and 1969 with stockings, and Dorothy Smith, 58, in 1968 during a motel robbery. He still faces trial in Smith case.
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Meadows
Texas
Missy Cougal
Ruth Maynard
Dorothy Smith
Smith
Publication set Moscow to publish Shostakovich works
A five volume collection of works by composer Dmitri Shostakovich will be published in Moscow over the next six years, according to the Soviet news agency Tass Sitid.
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Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovicn
Moss
Tass Sitid
Senators Okay Funds Bill Expanded Welfare and Education Provisions
The Texas Senate advanced a funds bill covering 316 million in federal revenue sharing, with 1.94 billion from the general revenue fund and a 299 million rise over the prior period. It includes pay raises up to 13.6 percent for state workers, 6.8 percent for faculty, funding for new junior colleges, and expansion of police and health services including 100 highway patrolmen, 12 narcotics agents, 12 Texas rangers, and enhanced mental health and kidney disease care. It also touches on contentious proposals about welfare benefits for strikers and abortion restrictions for hospital funding, while criticizing church lobbyist influence in appropriation bills.
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John Traeger
Seguin
Texas Employment Commission
A.R. Schwartz
D-Gallburg
Attorveston
Atney
Der
Nixon
General Revenue Fund
Austin
Harris County
Permian Basin
Dallas
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Clear Lake
Tyler
Texas Rangers
Funds Bill Amendments Ban Defeated By House
In Austin the House defeated amendments to the general appropriations bill by a 66 to 78 vote. Debate centered on limiting further amendments. Hollowell sought to cut $19 million from the Texas Department of Community Affairs for grants, calling the agency unnecessary, while Rep Salem accused him of demagoguery and the two exchanged sharp exchanges during floor questions.
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House
Austin
Massey
Miller
Montoya
Man
Nabers
Nichols
Nowlin
Nugent
Poerner
Poff
Presnal
Ragsdale
Reyes
Reynolds
Rodriguez
Sage
Salem
Joe Allen
John Allen
Allred
Baker
Bales
Bigham
Bird
Bynum
Caldwell
Clark
Cole
Cooke Edwards
Finney
Foreman
Garcia
Geiger
Grant
Ir.green
Hale
A. Hall
Harris
Head
Heatly
Hendricks
Hernandez
Hilliard
Hubenak
G. Jones
IL. Jones
Easter
Kubiak
Lombardino
McAlister Media
Mattox
Menefee
Murray
Olson
C. Parker
W. Parker
Pentony
Peveto
Powers
Preston
Rosson
Russell
Sanchez
Schieffer
Spurlock
Sutton
Tarbox
Temple
Thompson
Truan
Tupper
Yale
Vecchio
von Dohlen
Washington
Waters
Weddington
Whitehead
Williams
Willis
Wyatt
Adams
Agnich
Atwell
Bailey
Barnhart Blake
Blythe
Bock
Boone
Bowers
Calhoun
Canales
Cates
Cayness
Clayton
Cobb
Coleman
Coody
Craddick
Davis
Denson
Denton
Donaldson
Doyle
Dramberger
Finnell
Fox
Gaston
F. Green
W Hall
Hanna
Hawn
Henderson
Hoestenbach
Hollowell
Howard
Rip van Winkle
Runnels Buy Quiet Defense Info Says Cash Payments
The subcommittee report says Runnels could not locate the three men who sold him the information and their phone number was disconnected. Investigators found no records of the sellers or the $2000 cash payment, and staff could not corroborate the visits. Kantor noted Runnels claimed a clandestine operation with cash payments and no records.
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Subcommittee
Runnels
Capitol Police
Pentagon
CIA
FBI
Kantor
Martha McClenden Says Martha Won't Talk on Book
Former Washington Post reporter Martha McClenden describes Martha as not answering calls and says McClenden has been asked to write her book. She notes Martha asked for material before Christmas and that friend and business allies are involved, with no firm writing underway.
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McClenden
Washington Post
Mrs. McClenden
FBI's J Gordon Shanklin Says Morale High Across Bureau
Special Agent in charge J Gordon Shanklin discusses morale and terrorism concerns during a Lubbock conference on Extremists and Terrorism. He notes dedication of Hoover and Gray, warns of possible terrorism locally, and praises FBI education and media role amid kidnappings and highjackings nationwide. He emphasizes law knowledge over mere gun-power.
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Sam Attlesey
Avalanche-Journal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Gordon Shanklin
Dallas
FBI
Shanklin
Bureau
Ssanklin
J. Edgar Hoover
L. Patrick Gray
Lubbock
Tie
Cuba
Heavy Rains Add To Flood Peril Across States
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers unleash historic floods as flows surge from 200000 to 1100000 cubic feet per second. Levees breach and towns like Keithsburg suffer rising waters while hundreds of communities brace for weeks of crest and recovery.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
American Red Cross
Missouri
Finois
Rock Island
Keithsburg
Virgil Kinger
Janet Kinger
AL Quincy
Ill
Civil Defense
Illinois
State's Constitutional Revision Study Begins
The meeting covered legislative salaries, with $4800 yearly or $400 monthly cited, and argued for a full time legislature. Suggestions included a legislative compensation committee and broader school aid provisions. Public education and welfare, voter eligibility, and tax matters were debated, with emphasis on Texas provisions like homestead and credit use for home owners.
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Islators
Texas
Casperson
Nellie Rooney
Amarilla
P Vate
Washington
UPI
U. S. Postal Service
Bruce Aycock
Amarillo
Sion
James H. Rademacht
Aycock
Fred Heyrich
Amarillo League of Women Voters
League
Don Reavis
Amarillo Sawyer
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New York
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Robert L. Vesca
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Maurice Stans
P Robe
Tim Indianapolis
Gerry Murph
Robert Clayton
Indianapolis
White River
Highway Department
S. Looprota
U. S. 87
Dimmitt
Earth
Gail
Hale Center
Littlefield
Lockney
Morton
Alice
Panhandle-South Plains
Doom
Dandelions
66Th Street
Loop 289
South Lubbock
Milton Jams
Martha
Amanda Dealey
Wichita Falls
East Texas
South Plains
Fort Erie, Ont
Ontario Jockey Club
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