Nixon says he does not expect impeachment during broadcast
President Nixon held an 86 minute news conference addressing Watergate, energy, taxes, and the economy. He asserted he does not expect impeachment, discussed possible cooperation with the House Judiciary Committee, and voiced optimism about avoiding gasoline rationing and advancing detente with the Soviet Union.
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James D. St. Clair
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Mexico High School zings essay awards in life insurance week
Three MHS students earned college scholarships as the Mexico Association of Life Underwriters and Missouri Association of Life Underwriters sponsored an essay contest. Matthew Snook and Lois Graf received $100 and $50 awards, while Lisa Davis won first place and a $500 scholarship among 100 statewide finalists.
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Mexico
Missouri “Life Underwriters
Christopher S. Bond
Roy M. Maddux
Missouri
Association of Life Underwriters
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America
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Mexico High School
Leonard Davis
College
Matthew Snook
M. SK. Snook
North Kentucky Road
Lois Graf
Robert E. “Graf
Highway 54 South
Mexico Association of Life Underwriters
Missouri Association of Life Underwriters
Melody Lane
Mexico Association
Kissinger Aide Sees Syria Open to Negotiation
Kissinger meets British leaders en route to Damascus as Assad signals willingness to negotiate a troop disengagement with Israel. Aides note Sadat and King Faisal influenced Assad, but full disengagement plans remain unlikely this trip. Israel demands return of POWs and a UN buffer force before talks proceed. Meir holds firm on retaining the Golan Heights.
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Rockefeller or Simon May Get Shultz Job
Washington AP informants report a possible resignation of Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz this week. David Rockefeller of Chase Manhattan Bank is under consideration to replace him, while another source says William E. Simon, energy chief and deputy to Shultz, remains a candidate. Simon has said he cannot hold both roles.
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Shultz
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Federal Energy
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Federal Energy Office
Wind And Woo Win Freedom Flamingo Frees From Fence
Poole England AP reports a flamingo named Freda escaped a seven foot fence after a wind gust during a mating display. Keeper Brian Pettit notes flamingos leap in a love dance and three males pursued her, lifting her over the barrier. He fears she may not survive alone after life in captivity.
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Kalmbach Reveals $6 Million Secret Fund Behind Nixon Aides
Former Nixon attorney Herbert W. Kalmbach told Watergate prosecutors about roughly $6 million in covert 1970 and 1972 campaign contributions and expenditures from two secret funds. The funds financed undercover political work and possible political favors. Kalmbach pled guilty to two campaign law counts and may testify against others. The Washington Post cited that Haldeman organized a $4 million congressional fund drive, with Kalmbach ready to testify. The piece also quotes Nixon on oil, inflation, economy, impeachment, Watergate, 1974 elections, and his resignation, noting limited cooperation with the grand jury.
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Nixon
Watergate
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Kalmbach
Donald Segretti
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H. R. Haldeman
White House
FEO Approves Price Shifts In Gasoline Oil Prices
The Federal Energy Office approves counterbalancing price shifts: a one cent hike in wholesale gasoline and a two cent cut in middle distillate fuel oil. A spokesman says the shifts roughly offset each other and won’t greatly affect refinery profits. Changes appear March 1 and hit consumer prices days later.
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Federal Energy Office
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FEC
Eight Teens Die in Stolen Wagon Tragedy Near Oakville
In Oakville Ontario eight teenagers joyriding in a stolen station wagon plunged down an embankment into Sixteen Mile Creek. A ninth youth was seriously injured after jumping out. One teen left the vehicle to stretch his legs before the fatal ride. The car had been reported stolen Monday evening. It remains unclear if deaths were by drowning or impact. Both genders were among the victims.
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London Won't Pay Ransom For Vermeer Painting
A London official ruled out paying 1.15 million dollars in food to ransom the Vermeer painting The Guitar Player stolen from Kenwood House. Scotland Yard treats the demand as authentic, noting echoes of the Hearst kidnapping, while the frame was found damaged nearby.
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Grenada
Miyd Harrington
Greater London Council
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Hampstead
Scotland Yard
Patricia Hearst
California
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Itain
Eric Gairy
Beans Cost Saigonese Too Much As Harvest Looms
The Agriculture Department says it cannot donate beans to poor people and schools due to high prices. USDA bean experts warn prices may rise further before the new harvests. Retail bean prices surged to 57.2 cents from 25.7 cents a year ago, while farm prices climbed to 32.5 cents.
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Agriculture Department
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michigan
California
Idaho
North Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Redd Foxx Out Of Two Sanford Shows
NBC comedy Sanford and Son taped two episodes without Redd Foxx who is undergoing nervous condition tests at a local hospital. Attorney Stanley Malone said doctors are running tests with results expected by week end and Foxx could return depending on the test outcome. Three shows remain to tape this season.
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NBC
Sanford and Son
Redd Foxx
Stanley Malone
Foxx
Malone
Key Club show signups end Friday at MHS
MHS News reports final signup day for the Key Club Talent Show on March 22. Auditions for signed participants run March 11 through 16 in the auditorium, with cash prizes yet to be decided at tonight's Key Club meeting.
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MHS News
Key Club
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Gerald Valet
Vocal Music Room
MHS
Mexicoan's Nephew Critically Ill From Reye's Syndrome
Todd Hodges, 16, nephew of Dr. Thomas Hodges of Mexico, is critically ill at Kansas University Medical Center with Reye's Syndrome after flu. He is the son of Don and (Mrs.) Hodges of Wellsville, Kansas. Doctors warn the disease, linked to influenza, affects liver and brain, causing headaches, vomiting, convulsions, and possible coma. About 50 cases have been reported nationwide with nine to ten deaths. permanent organ damage can occur. He was first treated in Olathe before transfer to KU Medical Center.
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Thomas Hodges
Mexico
Reye
Kansas University Medical Center
Don Hodges
Wellsville
Kans
National Center For Disease Control
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