Privilege Debate Highlights Watergate Era US Politics
Atty General Kleindienst defends executive privilege as a constitutional principle amid Senate hearings on Watergate. Senator Ervin urges cooperation and transparency. Roth introduces a commission to review executive secrecy. In Rhode Island, Senator Eagleton criticizes Nixon’s refusal to let aides testify unless privilege is limited.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Congress
Kleindienst
Nixon
Ervin
White House
Executive Branch
William V. Roth Jr
Rdel
Peacekeepers Ground Their Viet Copters
The International Commission of Control and Supervision halted all helicopter flights by its observers after the Charter crash in northwestern Quang Tri Province killed four members. Canada Indonesia Hungary and Poland approved the ban as a probing team heads to the site. The crash killed two American pilots a Filipino crewman and two Viet Cong liaison officers amid ongoing fighting. Ground fire also forced an accompanying helicopter to land with no casualties. Other front line actions include a government outpost attack near Kontum with 47 Communist casualties and mortar damage to Tongle Chan ranger base. Haig meets Lon Nol in Phnom Penh to discuss Cambodia, while Phnom Penh reports easing gasoline shortages with a river convoy and a renewed highway to Kompong Som. Washington authorizes a petroleum airlift to alleviate the shortage.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Commission
Canada
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Kontum
Highlands
Tongle Chan
Nixon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
U.S
Emory C. Swank
Haig
Vientiane
Bangkok
Indochina
Kompong Som
Washington
Russo Tells Of Xeroxing Documents In Pentagon Papers Case
LOS ANGELES AP Russo testifies he and Ellsberg copied the Top Secret Pentagon papers after hearing in 1969 that the study would reveal deception in Vietnam policy He denied reading the study before copying He described his antiwar shift and quotes about Vietnam and Rand Corp involvement.
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Los Angeles
Pentagon
Anthony J. Russo
Daniel Ellsberg
Russo
U.S
Vietnam
Ellsberg
Malibu
Calif
Elisberg
Lynda Sinny Resnick
Hollywood
Vu van Thai
Resnick
Thai
Rand
Dan
Israelis Strike Beirut Capital in Night Raid
Israeli commandos invaded central Beirut killing three Palestinian leaders including Abu Yussef of Al Fatah and striking refugee camps. The attack, conducted by helicopter assault, caused heavy casualties at Sabra and sites around Rue Verdun, with Iran Lebanese officials warning of possible renewed strikes.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cyprus
al Fatah
Mohammed Yussef Najjar
Abu Yussef
Lebanese Defense Ministry
David Elazar
Tel Aviv
Israel
Sidon
Suleiman Franjieh
U.N. Security Council
Ouzai
Shatila Sabra
Rue Verdun
Najjar
Kamal Adnan
Kamal Nasser
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sabra
Popular Democratic Front
Corniche
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Nicosia
Israel names biophysicist Katzir as president
Dr Ephraim Katzir, a leading biophysicist and Weizmann Institute staffer, elected Israel's fourth president in a contested vote. He will be sworn in May 23 for a five year term, succeeding Zalman Shazar. Katzir will continue scientific work with a laboratory at the presidential mansion.
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Jerusalem
Ephraim Katchalski
Israel
Katchalski
Katzir
Zalman Shazar
Sha‘zar
Golda Meier
Labor
Knesset
Ephraim Urbach
National Religious Party
Labor Party
Chaim Weizmann
Institute of Science
Tel Aviv
Weizmann Institute
Democrats Plan For '74 Convention
Washington AP reports the Democratic Party Charter Commission opens two days of meetings to decide whether to hold a mid term convention before or after the 1974 elections. Terry Sanford chairs the 159 member panel with Yvonne Braithwaite Burke as co chair. Top Democrats favor delaying until after elections to avoid reopening wounds. The committee must also propose a charter and delegate plan and the National Committee will issue a call by April 30.
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Washington
Democratic Party Charter Commission
Terry L. Sanford
North Carolina
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
California
Robert S. Struss
Charter Commission
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Mountain Grove Buildings Burn in South Missouri Fire
A early morning blaze in Mountain Grove destroyed five business establishments and several second floor apartments. Officials say the fire likely started near a theater and photo studio, with no determined cause. Fire departments from Mansfield, Cabool and Willow Springs aided, Ava on standby. no injuries reported. Loss estimate unavailable.
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Mountain Grove
Missouri
Mansfield
Cabool
Willow Springs
Ava
Highway 95
School Officials Angry At Ruling Over Education Costs
In Jefferson City Missouri state Sen Norman Merrell says school superintendents are angered by an attorney general opinion that would raise operating costs for many districts. Merrell and Sen Ike Skelton surveyed superintendents after the ruling which bans charging summer or night school fees for students under 21 and requires providing instruments gym shoes and class materials. One superintendent said there is no way to finance these expenses, others warned of tax increases and some urged new legislation to boost state aid or nullify the opinion.
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Jefferson City
Norman L. Merrell
Monticello
Ike Skelton
Lexington
John C. Danforth
Merrell
Violent Welcoming Scene in Bonn for Thieu Visit
In Bonn Germany President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam arrived for a courtesy visit amid violent protests injuring at least 14 police and many demonstrators. Police battled protesters at Bonn City Hall as 2 000 to 2 500 demonstrators gathered from West Berlin Munich Brunswick and Holland. Thieu and Mrs Thieu met President Gustav Heinemann after securityed lines and a flight to Cologne Bonn airport.
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Bonn
Germany
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Palais Schaumburg Chancellery
Gustav Heinemann
Cologne-Bonn
West Berlin
Munich
Brunswick
Holland
Picasso Body Brought To Chateau For Burial In France
Picasso’s body was moved by hearse from Villa Notre-Dame-de Vie to the Chateau de Vauvenargues near Aix en Provence for burial. A private funeral was expected. sources said a vault in a corner tower was possible. Picasso died at 91 on Sunday after living at the hilltop estate for 14 years.
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Vauvenargues
France
Pablo Picasso
Aix En Provence
Aix
Provence
Picasso
Villa Notre-Dame-de Vie
Mediterranean
Chateau de Vauvenargues
Jacqueline
Paulo
Farm Families Impose $5 Hour Trespass Fee in Missouri
Eighteen mid-Missouri farm families retaliate against a consumer boycott by charging a five dollar per hour fee for trespassers roaming land for hunting mushrooms wildlife or fishing. The quarter page Jefferson City Post-Tribune ad also warns that trespassers will be prosecuted.
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Jefferson City
Jefferson City Post-Tribune
40 Die As Plane Crashes In Swiss Blizzard
Basel, Switzerland AP British charter airliner carrying 139 Britons to Basel winter fair crashed in a blizzard near Basel killing 106. Most passengers were women from Axbridge and nearby areas. 40 survived with varying injuries. Rescue teams reached by foot then airlifted to hospitals after snowblocked routes.
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Basel
Switzerland
Bristol
England
Britain
Axbridge
A. G. Martin
Invicta Airlines
Unicorn Travel
Mo Descendant Visits Wren Tomb at St Paul's Cathedral
Russell B. Wren, a 79 year old American descendant of Sir Christopher Wren from Jefferson City Missouri, laid a wreath at the architect’s tomb in the crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral. He said the trip’s purpose was to visit Christopher’s tomb. Wren’s wife Ula, daughter Caroline, and granddaughter Candice Todd accompanied him as eight generations of his family lineage were noted.
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London
Russell B. Wren
Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul’s Cathedral
England
Christopher
Wren
Jefferson City
Wren Insurance Agency
United States
Sir Christopher
Ula
Caroline
Candice Todd
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