Watergate hearings enter climactic phase with Dean Mitchell next
Editorial notes the Senate Watergate hearings near a climax as John W. Dean II wraps his week of testimony. It predicts John N. Mitchell will testify next, with Ehrlichman and Halderman following, while urging tough, clear questioning and a nonpartisan public verdict.
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Senate
Sam J. Ervin
Select Committee
John W. Dean II
White House
Big Gun
John N. Mitchell
FE. K Haldeman
John Erhlichman
Nixon
Dean
Mitchell
Sen. Ervin
Edward J. Gurney
R.fla
Alert neighbors curb burglaries in Lubbock area
Police urge residents to report unusual activity around homes and businesses. Detectives Love and Nelson cite recent arrests from tips and describe lookouts for prowlers, suspicious vehicles, and door to door inquiries, urging cooperation as summer crime prevention.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Wayne Love
Love
Doyle Nelson
Communities Hit Back at Porn Obscenity Ruling
Washington debate follows Supreme Court decision allowing local standards to regulate obscenity. Burger’s opinion permits state and community controls while outlining a new test for obscenity based on literary artistic political or scientific value and prurient appeal. Jack Valenti of the Motion Picture Association warns of legal costs and market harm as the industry faces new scrutiny.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren Burger
Binghampton
N. Y
New York City
Burger
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Dubuque
Oshkosh
Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
Jack
Valenti
Dean Worry Grows as Watergate Testimony Captures Spotlight
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Republicans install a TV in the House cloakroom to watch John Dean III testify. They note Dean’s credibility rising, signaling a pivotal moment as Nixon’s backers face a tough choice between backing the President or risking erosion among constituents.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Congress
House
Nixon
White House
Dean
John Dean
Searches Cut Hijacking Attempts but Stir Controversy
Rigid airport passenger searches since January have halted hijacking attempts and yielded thousands of weapons discoveries. The ACLU challenges the method as Fourth Amendment rights violations, while White House officials and Republicans weigh Dean's testimony and possible corroboration from John Mitchell about Watergate actions and executive clemency. The era's political crises loom as Mitchell could shift the crisis toward resignation or a crippled presidency.
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Washington
U.S
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
John N. Mitchell
White House
Mitchell
Dean
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Two Fathers Debate Daughters Education and Marriage
In a humorous exchange from The Forest Blade, Bill Rogers quotes fathers plotting daughters' futures. One notes $2,000 yearly college costs and a four year wait for a husband, the other $300 for a beach trip yields marriage, suggesting the beach as advice. The item also contrasts American and English government scandal appetites.
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Bill Rogers
the Forest Blade
Swainsboro
Leo Aikman
Atlanta Constitution
Nixon Defends Free Enterprise and Democracy Link
The piece portrays President Nixon linking free enterprise to democracy and peace. It argues wartime controls threaten free enterprise and warns that using controls as policy becomes a narcotic. It notes history of war costs, inflation, and the need to maintain incentives for a stable economy.
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Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Brezhnev
America
Pass It On Soldier's Choice Milk Milk Never Outpaced Bones Its Citing
JL M Boyd notes milk as the preferred beverage for U S Army men and contrasts youth bone count with maturity while reflecting on language shifts and a trivia about mail addressed to L M Boyd in Fort Worth Texas 76102.
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U.S
L. M. Boyd
P. O
Fort Worth
It is difficult to eat but it is delicious
A game journalist notes lobster with chopsticks is hard yet tasty in a quip from a Miami Herald comment. The piece contrasts Chinese guests bringing chipsticks with American editors once visiting China and jokes about food etiquette and imperial utensils.
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People's Republic of China
Maine
Miami
Fla
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Robert Novak
Bruce Biossat
FAA
England
Herb Caen
San Francisco Chronicle
Henry J. Taylor
United States
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army
Air Corps
Navy
JL. M. Boyd
Australia
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