Nixon Aides Discuss Cut The Loss In Watergate Era
Washington AP reports a White House transcript shows President Nixon telling aides Haldeman and Mitchell to "cut the loss fast" if Mitchell resigns from the reelection campaign. The June 30 1972 briefing followed Watergate disclosures and tied to hush money efforts, with context from the Judiciary Committee transcript release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Haldeman
House Judiciary Committee
Martha
Democratic
Howard Hunt Jr
G. Gordon Liddy
FBI
John W. Dean III
L. Patrick Gray II
Bureau
Ashcroft Names Ekedahl His Local Chairman
Missouri State Auditor John D. Ashcroft, on a campaign stop in Mexico, named Charles Ekedahl as chairman of Citizens for Ashcroft in Audrain County. Ekedahl pledged to build a broad based county volunteer group to help win in November and highlighted Ashcroft’s first 18 months, including more than 12 million dollars identified for savings or better use.
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Missouri
John D. Ashcroft
Mexico
Charles
Chuck) Ekedahl
Citizens For Ashcroft
Audrain
Ashcroft
Chuck Ekedahl
Ekedahl
John Ashcroft
Elderly Couple Faces Rent With Social Security Cut
In Portland Oregon 84 year old Spencer Armstrong and his 82 year old wife Beulah face a $90 monthly drop in combined Social Security payments after marriage. Their total income falls from 412 to 322 dollars a month, while rent at McKenzie Manor is 408 dollars. They plan to appeal but eviction looms if funds can’t be found.
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Portland
Ore
Spencer Armstrong
Armstrong
Beulah
McKenzie Manor
Haskell Holman Dies After Stroke in Missouri Capital
Jefferson City AP reports former Missouri Auditor Haskell Holman died at Memorial Hospital after a stroke. He was 65, born in Moberly, served 17 years as state auditor starting in 1953, reelected four times, and lost to Christopher Bond in 1970. He then led the Missouri State Real Estate Commission, later sold real estate, and had 40 years in state government. Services are set for Sunday at First Christian Church, with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Survived by widow Beverly, stepson Michael Hodge, and two grandchildren.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Haskell Holman
Memorial Hospital
Holman
Moberly
Phil M. Donnelly
Christopher
James C. Kirkpatrick
Bond
State Auditor’s Office
Revenue Department
State Treasurer's
University of Missouri
Huntsville
First Christian Church
Riverview
Beverly
Michael Hodge
Blind Alligator Seeks Adoption After Vandalism
In Palmetto Florida a 10 foot blind alligator named Joe is up for adoption to spare him a fate similar to Pedro who was killed by vandals. The two reptiles lived in a 40 foot pool at the Seahorse Gift Shop. Owners Edie and Dan Harrell say Joe must be well cared for and hand fed before any adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmetto
Fla
Joe
Pedro
Seahorse
Florida
Edie
Dan Harrell
Psychological Problems Of Diabetics Told
About 40 members and visitors of the Mexico Regional Diabetes Assn meeting heard Dr Zaki A Alans of East Central Missouri Mental Health Center discuss the psychological aspects of diabetes. He stressed acceptance of the disease and noted how tension and anxiety affect diabetics. Co chairs Mrs Joe Ehrhardt and Miss Karen Williams announced $1295 raised for a diabetics camp and prize winners. Bert Francis reported on the Central Missouri Diabetes Chapter board meeting, noting 13 branches and 287 members in central Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Bert Francis
Central Missouri Diabetes Chapter
Missouri
Governor Mandel Won't Contest Divorce Filing
Governor Marvin Mandel will not contest the divorce action filed by his wife Barbara Mandel in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Papers show Mrs Mandel filed last Friday, a year after his announcement that he was leaving her for Jeanne Dorsey. Mandel agrees there are irreconcilable differences in their marriage.
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Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
Barbara
Baltimore City
Streaker Arrested After Nude Council Appearance
Robert Opel, 33, the male streaker who first appeared on national TV at the Academy Awards, again stripped in public at a Los Angeles city council meeting. He walked to the front, stood behind Police Chief Ed Davis, and was then escorted away by sergeants at arms.
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Los Angeles
Robert Opel
Opel
Ed Davis
Jaws Wired For 13 Weeks
Columbus woman Martha Branson, 27, has her jaws wired shut for a liquid diet to lose weight. In 13 weeks she dropped from 235 to 180 pounds, aiming for 120. She drinks blendered meals, about 800 calories daily, while employed in Secretary of State Ted W. Brown's office.
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Columbus, Ohio
Martha Branson
Miss Branson
Columbus
Secretary of
Ted W. Brown
Greenwich man charged in fatal Bridgeport blaze
A 22 year old Greenwich man Peter Leonard was charged with first degree arson and third degree burglary after a fire at Carol Bowling Alleys in Greenwich preceded 24 deaths by smoke inhalation at Gulliver’s discotheque in Port Chester. He was held on $20,000 bond as investigation continues.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Greenwich
Port Chester
N.Y
Peter Leonard
State Correctional Center
Bridgeport
Donald A. Brown
Leonard
Carol
Brown
Gulliver's
Group Plans Vote Effort On Park Bonds
About 25 residents met at City Hall to organize a large get out the vote campaign for the Fairgrounds Park improvement bond. Directed by Don Decker, the group split the city into precincts and named precinct captains to inform voters about the $1.1 million package including a 50 meter pool, tennis and handball courts, softball fields, and elderly recreation areas to be matched by federal funds if approved on August 6.
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City Hall
Don Decker
City Park Board
Cocaptains
Mexico
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Judges To Have Training Session At Lake Of The Ozarks
About 75 circuit appellate and magistrate judges from Missouri will attend two one week training sessions at Lake of the Ozarks. Programs cover prisoner rights civil and criminal law corrections and trial procedures. Speakers include James V Bennett and Ernest John Watts. Judge Roger Hines directs. One day each week will be spent visiting Missouri Penitentiary in Jefferson City to discuss custody and rehabilitation.
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Jefferson City
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri College For
James V. Bennett
U. S. Bureau of Prisons
Ernest John Watts
National College of State Judiciary
State Supreme Court
Missouri Judicial Conference
Columbia
Roger Hines
Missouri
Murder jury hears parents of victims in Henley trial
In San Antonio AP report, the state rests its case in Elmer Wayne Henley’s trial for six counts of murder tied to the Houston mass killings. Prosecutors call four parents and a detective while the defense contemplates its approach. Evidence links Henley to a pistol used to kill Cobble and Garcia as jurors hear testimony about victims and buried bodies across three sites.
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San Antonio
Tex
Elmer Wayne Henley
Houston
Preston Dial
Dist. Atty
Carol Vance
Will Gray
Henley
Gray
Vernon Cobble
Charles C. Cobble
Marty Ray Jones
Cobble
Harris County
Joseph A. Jachimczyk
Jachimcczyk
John Manning Sellers
Orange
High Island
Fred R. Rymer
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Rymers
Garcia
Dean A. Corll
Paralytic Joe Sutika Stars in Park Softball Game
In Allen Park Michigan AP 14 year old Joe Sutika who is paralyzed from the waist down starred for Bethesda Bombers in a park league softball game He had two singles a double and a walk in four plate appearances He kneels to bat while a teammate runs for him and his teammate David Post 13 called him fantastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Park
Mich
Joe Sutika
Joe
Bethesda Bombers
David Post
Vandalism at Audrain 4-H Center Flagpole Damaged
Henry Finck, a 4 H board member, found last Saturday that vandals bent the Audrain 4 H Center flagpole by 90 degrees and scattered beer cans. The steel pole was bent in the middle with the top half parallel to the ground, according to witnesses and the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Finck
4-H Board
Dean Mayer Returns to MU Faculty as Interim Dean Named
Dr William D Mayer is relieved of his post as dean of the University of Missouri School of Medicine and will return as a pathology faculty member on September 2. Dr Joseph M White will serve as interim dean until a successor is named. Mayer joined MU in 1961 and became dean in 1967.
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Columbia, Mo
William D. Mayer
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Herbert W. Schooling
Mayer
Joseph M. White
Miss America Sets Foot In Mexico For Miss Missouri Opening
Rebecca Ann King Miss America 1972 will visit Mexico on July 18 to open the 39th Miss Missouri Pageant. The appearance marks her third Mexico visit by a Miss America. King, a Sterling Colorado graduate with a music education major, has a planned USO tour to Asia later this year and eyes law school after her reign.
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Rebecca Ann King
Sterling
Colo
Mexico
Frank Boyle
Texas
Illinois
Missouri
Miss King
Phyllis George
Terry Meeuwsen
Colorado Women’s College
Sigma Alpha Iota
Colorado State Music Education Assn
Board of Trustees
Madrigal Singers
Thailand
Korea
Divorce May Help Couple Be Together
Detroit police Lt Eugene Caviston begins divorce from Jean Caviston of Farmington Hills to spend more time with wife and children. He moved to an apartment in Detroit after the department ruled he must live in the city and limit visits to twice weekly while he appeals the rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Eugene Caviston
Jean Caviston
Farmington Hills
Caviston
Daviston
Birds welcome son at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Dennis W Bird Auxvasse are the parents of a nine pound one ounce son born at 12 28 p m Thursday at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Bird is employed at A P Green Refractories Co.
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Gary Havens
Paris
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Havens
Dennis W. Bird
Auxvasse
Bird
A.P. Green Refractories Co
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First Presbyterian Church of Mexico
University of Iowa
Patricia Gallagher
Suzanne
University of Missouri At Columbia
John
University of Missouri At Kansas City
Sin
Middletown Lions Club
Middletown, Mo
Havens
Little Dixie
Showtime
Clint Eastwood
Joe Kidd
Cindy Green
Robin Stull
Mark McFarland
Karen Williams
Joe Ehrhardt
Charmen
Ronald Salmons
Rich Kemp
Mark Burchfield
Allen Amos
Joe LeBrun
Jim Grinstead
LA Streaker
Centralia
SERS
Ome
Peth
Ores Es
Liberty
Joy Cocks
Time Magazine
Ledger
Dean Mayer
Miss America
Alaska
Site Oil
Frank Pennington Sr
Mgr
P. Ip
Lele Es Fae
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