Nixon Refuses Committee Requests in Watergate Probe
Nixon defies Senate panel demands citing executive privilege while White House aides and Secret Service resist access to tapes and documents. Sen. Ervin, leading the Watergate investigation, presses for interviews with Woods and other officials as the panel inches toward public hearings and testimony.
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Rose Mary Woods
White House
Secret Service
Nison J
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Tain
Nixon
Ervin
Renva
Amer
Gordon Gin
Denon
S| Strachan
John D. Ehrlichman Cesk
Oval Office
H.R
Midland Landmark Hotel Razed After Roundup Era Ends
The Midland Landmark Hotel, tied to the historic Last Roundup event, is coming down after decades as a social hub. The piece recalls cattlemen, oil deals, and parties in the ballroom, with a long list of local figures and attendees from the Midland County community and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lise Yilssen
New York
Scharhaues
Midland County Histora
Toby
Clarence Schatbauer
Clarence Siid
Eidtimiers
Milland
Sovents
Lakes
Den
Sam Peeston
Wil Wesson
Lewis Beyer
AK Sim’ Stickney
Ja Buck! Widerwood
Young Lee
Charlie Allen
Othe King
Spencer Jowell
Owen Coarie
McCantie
A.B
Cowden
Protest Erupts After Test Protests Across Seas
Cries rose as protests spread following nuclear tests. Officials and unions condemned France and China for atmospheric tests while calling for immediate action. The Frenc h crew freed a US schooner crew after a clash near Mururoa. Moodie described knife threats and a tow to Hao before return.
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Princ Rage
France
Particendon
Whitlans Soit
Australian Council of the Unions
Tong Fe
Seerensey
Harat Seigtey Fortien
Mutrhell Strep
Canada
Canaria
Avier
Ching
China
Toyidil
Beitain
Sweden
Otte Kersten
Danters Ahreweni
Calif
Moodie
Mururoa
Hao
Tahiti
Government Sets Whale Census Across West Coast
The National Marine Fisheries Service asks Alaska and British Columbia officials to take an annual census of killer whales along the West Coast. Black and white whales reach 27 feet with dorsal fins up to six feet high. About 20 whales were spotted last year, mostly in British Columbia waters, with about 350 counted in another area.
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Olympia
Wash
Cap
National Marine. Fisheries Service
Alaska
British Columbia
Cost overruns cited in Safeguard program figures
Pentagon said two ABM sites Grand Forks and Malmstrom in Montana would push completion costs toward 8 billion dollars with totals for finishing both sites and Washington site. A Spin blamed army mismanagement for much of the rise while urging GAO probe into Safeguard contract cost increases amid SALT related restrictions.
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Grand Forks
Malmstrom
Air Force Base
Mont
Pentagon
Congress
Washington
Grand Works
Aspin
Serinas
Western Eléettic Corp
Wercerning
Tan
GAO
Asuine Saith
Air Force Plane Crash Reported in Camborta
An Air Force observation plane crashed on the runway at Poch entong Airport in Camborta. The pilot ejected uninjured after losing control when a tire blew during takeoff. authorities from the U S Pacific Command reported the incident.
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Air Force
Honolulu
Pochentong
Camborta
U.S. Pacific Command
Ovid
Yellow Kid strip sparks name yellow journalism origins
The term yellow journalism is traced to Richard F. Outeault and his comic The Yellow Kid in the New York World in 1896. The boy's large ears and yellow nightshirt became linked to sensational papers.
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New York
Richard F. Outeault
Yellow Kid
New York World
Hijackers Take Jet In Dubai Standoff With Bomb Threats
A jetliner was hijacked at Dubai Airport with bombs strapped aboard. One Latin American woman passenger died, a crew member was wounded, and three armed hijackers including one bearded man of unclear origin were aboard. Japan Airlines President Shizuo Asada and UAE Defense Minister Rashid joined talks as authorities surrounded the plane and awaited instructions.
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Put
Dubai
Japan Air Lines
Shizuo Asada
Hasta
Shick Mohamed
Pin
Rashid
United Arab Emirates
HACK
Amsterdam
Persian Gulf
Woman Survives Turbulent Skies Aboard 747 Hijack
Miyashita recounts a dramatic hijacking aboard a Boeing 747 over Europe as masked assailants with pistols threaten passengers and crew. He describes hijackers, including a bearded man and a woman in the cockpit, ordering passengers to surrender possessions and prepare for landing. The doctor plans to hospitalize injured passengers while Miyashita, in critical moments, urged calm and later was carried off on a stretcher.
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Mis Yashita
Miyashita
Wal Risou
Hie
Takeo
Yyeich Passenens
Iran
Chese
Jim
Tor
Tigers to Eat Goat Meat in Japanese Zoo Loo
Officials at Rakujuen Zoo plan feeding goats to tigers to cut whale meat costs. Goats are kept separate before feeding. 14 adult goats, eight males and six females, were fed to Bengal cats in a bid to reduce expenses.
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Mistiima
Tayan
Rakujuen Zoo
Bengal
India
Young Religious Leaders Describe Saigon Torture
Van Ngoan and Tuan, two youths from a Saigon area religious group, recount arrests on April 20 1972 and brutal beatings by 190 police officers. They allege forced confessions, varied torture methods, and denial of marks or signs of torture despite severe injuries and confinement.
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Saigon
van Ngoan
Tuan
Ngoan
Bombings in Cambodia raise calls for Greven testimony
Hughes plans to have Greven testify before the committee as Symington weighs timing. Pentagon declined comment. Greven, a forward air controller near An Loc, recalls 52 bombings in Cambodia in early 1969 and a covert hospital strike near Hon Quan Air Base. He cites targets hidden underground or camouflaged and says a Special Forces unit supplied the strike coordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hughes
Greven
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Kor
Hal M. Knight
Memphis
South Vietnam
Baus
An Loc
Cambodia
19Th Tactical Air Squadron
Hon Quan
An Lac
Reputed Drug Boss Nabbed In Stakeout
Carrasco, a feared drug kingpin, was corralled during a motel stakeout after a two minute gunfight that left him wounded. Police say he led a large narcotics operation in South Texas and had a long list of enemies, with arrests including his wife’s alleged murder charge and multiple associates. He was hospitalized under security as officers described his escape from Guadalajara last year and a Mexico wanted list.
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Carrasco
Rosa
Freedom
Bexar County Hospital
Hutton
San Antonios
Mexico
Texas
Guadalajara
Mexco
Carrasen
San Antonio
Gilberto
Escobedo
el Senor
Carrasca
Weather violence and storms sweep Texas and nearby regions
Rainy conditions across Lubbock and West Texas produced several inches in some towns while flood warnings affected four South Texas basins. Rivers such as the Guadalupe Frio Nueces and San Antonio crested above flood stage. Lubbock saw a high of 84 with storms likely through Tuesday and a 20 percent precipitation chance. National forecasts predict showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and southern United States.
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Lubbock
Abernathy
Brownfield
Hereford
Lamesa
Levelland
Matador
Muleshoe
Paducah
Plainsn
Plainview
Seminole
Tulsa
South Texas
Victoria
Guadalupe River
Guadalupe
Frio
Nueces
San Antonio
North Texas
Anna
Dallas
Clarendon
NWS
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
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Fort Worth
Candy Roberts
Rio Grande Valley
Becky Tilcomer
Midland Landmark Hotel
PNB Development Ois
Midas Business
Europe
Bijarkess
Shi
Che Guevara
Pakistan
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