Debate Over Nixon Impeachment Moves Through House Panel
Washington AP reports the House Judiciary Committee pressed ahead with opening statements on impeachment. Members from both parties voiced support and opposition, signaling no change in expected votes as debate continues toward a potential weekend decision and a Senate trial.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Charles EF
Wiggins
Rcalif
Hamilton Fish Jr
New York
John Conyers
Michigan
Fish
Joshua Hilberg
D-Pa
Jerome R. Waldie
D-Calif
Wiggin
GOP
Richard Nixon
Charles W. Sandman Jr
R-N.j
Sandman
Death Threat On 10 Hostages In Texas Prison
Armed convicts led by Fred Gomez Carrasco seized the third floor library at Huntsville prison, taking 11 hostages including seven women and three men. Ten hostages remained as negotiators sought an end to the standoff with tear gas equipment reported en route. Three other named convicts and details of demands including bulletproof vests, helmets, radios, rifles, ammunition, and clothing were released, while one hostage, Glennon Johnson, was freed after a heart attack.
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Watergate
Nixon
Huntsville
Tex
W. J. Estelle Jr
Texas Department of Care
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Ron Taylor
Don Kirkpatrick
Texas Department of Corrections
Kirkpatrick
Carrasco
San Antonio
Rodolfo Dominguez
Ignacio Cuevas
Florecio Vera
Martin Cuiroz
Houston
Henry S. Escamilla
Stephen Ray Robertson
Dallas
Robertson
Joseph O’brien
Glennon Johnson
Supreme Court voids cross district Detroit desegregation plan
The Supreme Court ruled 6 4 that a multidistrict Detroit area desegregation plan was improper as no finding showed all districts failed to operate integrated systems. Detroit only must be addressed. suburban districts were not deemed non integrated. The decision could influence Louisville Jefferson County and Richmond cases and affects future busing plans. Justice Marshall dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Detroit
U.S
Stephen Roth
Warren E. Burger
Thurgood Marshall
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan
Byron R. White
Louisville
Jefferson County
Roth
Oton
Pat
Appeals Cour
Richmond
Urban Renewal Street Work Ends This Summer
City Manager Neil Nielsen says urban renewal street work begun in 1972 will finish this summer with the southwest portion of the project. Work started on Clay Street at S Clark and will extend to Emmons Singleton and Olive. The Fairgrounds addition and several concrete streets will be completed this season, at a cost over 300000 dollars.
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Neil Nielsen
Clay Street
S. Clark
Emmons, Singleton
Olive
Fairgrounds
Nielsen
S. Morris
Breckenridge
Boulevard
Muldrow
Softball game reunites two long parted brothers
In St Louis two brothers Gerald Dorsey and Robert Gebhart, split by adoption 21 years ago, met at a company softball game. Gebhart, 29, and Dorsey, 27, live within a mile of each other in Fenton Missouri. They once worked for Chrysler and United Van Lines on opposite sides and now seek a missing brother Billy Rose.
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ST. Louis
Gerald Dorsey
Robert Gebhart
Gebhart
Darsey
Fenton
United van Lines
Chrysler
Billy
Rose
Impeachment By 60 Votes Is Predicted
Washington AP reports House Democratic leader Thomas P ONeill predicts impeachment would pass by at least 60 votes and a full House vote could exceed 100, amid Nixon taping compliance. Ford urges complete tape release to influence public opinion while party leaders weigh swift compliance and legal orders. Archibald Cox lauds legal principles amid White House warnings of a prolonged controversy.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Dmass
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Jaworski seeks quick action on turning over evidence
Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski urged Judge Sirica to order President Nixon to surrender within two to 10 days the 64 Watergate tapes and documents required by the Supreme Court. A Friday hearing was set to discuss compliance and a Sept. 9 Watergate trial timeline.
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Washington
Leon Jaworski
U. S
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Supreme Court
Sirica
Jaworski
White House
James St. Clair
Special
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Richard Vance
Bath
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Ogden R. Reid
D-N.y
Percy
Archibald Cox
John McLaughlin
Barry Goldwater
Jackson-Western
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Farm and Home Savings Assn
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San Clemente
Calif
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