Secret transfers linked dairy money to Nixon campaign
Senate investigators revealed about $200,000 from dairy cooperatives moved through GOP committees into the Nixon reelection effort around 1972. The funds, totaling $727,000 from dairy producers, were routed to conceal origins as part of a conduit scheme, with Mitch Stans coordinating transfers. The White House denies ties to dairy quotas and milk price supports.
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White House
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House Committee
Republican National Finance Committee
Stans
Finance Committee
Arabs Plan Development Banks For Asia, Africa
London AP reports key Arab oil states agreed on preliminary plans to use surplus revenues to found multimillion dollar development banks for Asia and Africa. Disputes linger over bank operation scope and headquarters sites, with proposals for $500 million initial funds and potential annual donations. Banks aim to aid politically aligned nations and invest oil surpluses to offset future fuel-price declines.
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Africa
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Afghanistan
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Bangladesh
Algeria
India
Cairo
Beirut
Israel
Botswana
Kenya
Ten Thousand Dead or Missing in Filipino War
In Zamboanga Philippines officials estimate at least 10 000 dead or missing after last weeks heavy fighting on Jolo Island between Muslim secessionists and government troops. Some officials fear the toll could rise to 30 000 as many civilians fled the island.
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Zamboanga
Philippines
Department of Social Welfare
Jolo
Gabol Lali
Manila
National Defense
Juan Ponce Enrile
Sulu
Jolo Island
Enrile
Thief Trades Pigs For Hogs In South Carolina
In Salem South Carolina an Oconee County man offers a reward for information on the theft of three prize winning hogs from his home. Marshall Reese says he suspects thieves replaced the 250 pound hogs with three 40 pound pigs.
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Salem
S.C
Oconee County
Marshall Reese
Students Learn Math in Las Vegas Course
Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado will send about 16 students to Las Vegas Nevada for two weeks this summer as part of a one month course in applied probability and statistics. They will stay at the University of Nevada and earn four undergraduate credits charting gamblers winnings and losses and slot machine payoffs under instructor Larry Johnson.
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Durango
Colo
Fort Lewis College
Las Vegas
Nev
University of Nevada
Larry Johnson
Julie Nixon Eisenhower Out Of Bed After Surgery
Julie Nixon Eisenhower in Indianapolis rose for a brief walk and appeared jovial a day after surgery to remove a bleeding ovarian cyst. Indiana University Medical Center doctors reported progress as no complications surfaced. A hospital spokesman said she was doing fine with normal post operative pain. Dr Cory Servaas noted she remained well and cheerful, with the cyst confirmed benign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Indiana University Medical Center
Eisenhower
Strauss Says Party Strife Cost Nation
At a College Young Democratic Clubs of America convention in Chicago, Democrat Robert Strauss warned that Democratic disunity in 1972 harmed the nation and urged reunification. He contrasted this with GOP Chairman George Bush in Houston saying Watergate will fade as an issue and public opinion has discounted Nixon decision questions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert Strauss
College
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Richard Nixon
White House
Strauss
GOP
George Bush
Houston
Tex
Nixon
Bush
Balloonist Prepares Trans Atlantic High Altitude Flight
Robert Gatch, a 48 year old Virginia bachelor, plans a 39,000 foot ascent in the light heart balloon system to ride the jet stream 3,400 miles to Europe this weekend. He expects a two to five day crossing depending on wind, aiming for France, saying the expedition is scientific not adventurous.
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Harrisburg
Robert Gatch
Gonla
Virginia
Gatch
Europe
France
Gateh
Alexandria
Milligan College names 53 on second Dean's List
Martha Milan of 1231 N. Jefferson St. is among Milligan College Tennessee students named to the second Dean's List for achieving a 3.5 to 3.749 semester GPA.
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Martha Milan
N. Jefferson St
Milligan College
Tennessee
Treasury Told To Stop Guards For Agnew
Washington AP Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew may lose paid Secret Service protection as of Monday after the General Accounting Office directed the Treasury Department to halt funding for agents. Comptroller General Elmer B. Staats said payments are not authorized by law as Agnew vacationed in Palm Springs with 12 to 21 agents. Rep. John E. Moss, a critic of ongoing protection since Agnew’s resignation, accompanied the entourage.
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Spiro T. Agnew
General Accounting Office
Treasury Department
Agnew
Elmer B. Staats
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Palm Springs
Calif
Marine Reservists Win Right To Wigs
Washington AP reports the Marine Corps will allow long haired Marine reservists to wear wigs during weekend drills after federal court orders and multiple suits. Regular Marines must keep hair trimmed and may not wear wigs, says a Marine spokesman.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Robert F. Cushman
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
White Defends Newspapers At Oklahoma Convention
Missouri publisher Robert M. White II told Oklahoma Press Association delegates that U.S. newspapers are "better than ever" and improving. He rebutted criticism from Gov. David Hall and Agriculture Sec. Earl Butz, stressing higher standards, better personnel, and advancing technology amid press scrutiny.
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Missouri
Robert M. White II
Mexico
Ledger
Oklahoma Press Association
White
David Hall
Sec. of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Hall
Oklahoma
General Press
Butz
Country Papers
Associated Press
300000 Sandbags To Be At Gasconade
The Corps of Engineers prepares for spring flooding along the Missouri River. Kansas City district reports 600000 sandbags on hand and orders 200000 more. Three hundred thousand sandbags to be stored at Gasconade and 200000 in Kansas City with 100000 at Corps offices and 200000 near likely trouble spots. Levee repairs below Jefferson City are 65 percent done and from Rule to Jefferson City 35 percent finished.
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Kansas City
Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
W. R. Needham
Needham
Gasonade
Corps Project
Jefferson City
Rule
Neb
Missouri River Basin
Press Freedom Rally Commentary From White Speech
White spoke of journalists marching alongside figures like Dan Rather and Daniel Schorr and criticized underground and sex presses. He argued editors should defend First Amendment rights while admitting some papers fail readers, stating the best service earns the most.
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Dan Rather
Daniel Schorr
Howard Cosell
White
Ichord Warns of Rising Domestic Terrorism Threat
House Internal Security Chair Richard Ichord says political terrorism could grow in coming years. He cites the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and warns of emulation by other small groups in Oakland New York and Washington. He urges stronger police intelligence and notes SLA funding and planning reflect a dangerous capability.
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House
Internal Security Committee
Patricia Hearst
Richard H. Ichord
D-Mo
Symbionese Liberation Army
Berkeley
Calif
Schord
Oakland
New York
SLA
Revolutionaries Seen Posing Modern Threat Say Analysts
Analysts warn that revolutionary Marxists may view violence as a step toward revolution in the United States, noting the domestic focus of groups like the SLA and the danger lies in younger adherents who believe the time for upheaval has arrived.
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SLA
Schord
Electricity Urged As Power Solution
ST LOUIS AP The solution to the energy crisis lies in converting from oil and natural gas to electricity as the main power source James H Wright director for environmental systems of Westinghouse Electric Co said here Thursday He warned that not switching to electricity would require oil imports and invite political blackmail Wright urged a nuclear electric energy base reinforced by coal and said the nation can feasibly adopt electricity as its primary energy source.
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James’ H. Wright
Westinghouse Electric Co
Wright
St. Louis Electrical Board of Trade
Coutry
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