Witness list grows around Hunt payoff in Watergate probe
The House Judiciary Committee weighs eight witnesses linked to the March 21, 1973 $75,000 payment to E. Howard Hunt Jr. with Haldeman Colson Dean Butterfield Mitchell Petersen Kalmbach among those considered to testify. Immunity, documentary evidence, and subpoenas shape the final phase of the impeachment inquiry as questioning aims for July 12 completion and July 15 feasibility.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Watergate
Hunt
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Charles W. Colson
John W. Dean III
Alexander P. Butterfield
Frederick C. LaRue
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Henry E. Petersen
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Nixon
Petersen
Senate Judiciary Committee
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Dean
LaRue
Mitchell
Haldeman
Kalmbach
Butterfield
Hope
Senate
Richard G. Kleindienst
Betty Hutton vows to return to Portsmouth rectory duties
At a Riverboat Restaurant party in New York Betty Hutton hugged old friends and praised her housekeeping job at St. Anthony’s rectory in Portsmouth. She said she planned to stay in the job, despite offers for open-ended film contracts, and recalled how Rev. Peter McGuire saved her from hard times.
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Show Biz
St. Anthony’s
Portsmouth
Betty Hutton
Empire State Building
Peter McGuire
Betty
George Jessel
Eddie Bracken
Hollywood
Bracken
Father McGuire
Patsy Kelly
Irene
Patsy
Mexico Orders Price Freeze to Curb Inflation
Mexico City AP reports the government imposed a price freeze on basic consumer goods until January 1, aiming to curb 22 percent inflation. The move covers clothes, shoes, household appliances, and food with a study of linking wage gains to living costs.
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Mexico City
New Baby Born to Durham Family in Virginia
Ryan Thomas Durham and Mrs. Thomas Durham of Manassas Va welcomed a son on May 27 weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces named Ryan Thomas. Grandparents are Alfred Durham of Mexico and George DeLysle of Kansas City. Spec Durham formerly of Mexico serves in the U S Army graphic arts department stationed at Ben Hill Station Warrenton Virginia.
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Spec
Thomas Durham
Manassas
Ryan Thomas
Alfred Durham
Mexico
George DeLysle
Kansas City
Spec. Durham
U.S. Army, Graphic Arts Department
Ben Hill Station
Warrenton
Baker Says CIA Issue Won't Die In Watergate Probe
Sen. Howard Baker asserts he has pressed for declassification of documents linked to Colson’s theory of CIA involvement in Watergate. The CIA has refused, limiting Baker’s ability to confirm or deny Bast’s statements that Nixon may share the theory. Colson admits meeting Bast and discussing theories, while Baker’s CIA tied report raises questions but offers no conclusions.
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Washington
Howard H. Baker Jr
Charles W. Colson
CIA
Tennessee Republican
Baker
Colson
Richard L. Bast
Nixon
Bast
Daniel Elisberg
Watergate Committee
Watergate
White House
Nixon suffers leg vein clot during Middle East trip
Washington AP report says President Nixon developed a mild phlebitis in a leg vein before his Middle East journey. Dr. Walter Tkach described him as in good health and ready for upcoming visits to Brussels and the Soviet Union. Details on which leg and treatment were not disclosed.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Walter Tkach
Brussels
Soviet Union
John F. Kennedy
Malcolm Todd
Fewer On Party Lines Soon On 54
About 200 residents along Highway 54 in the Benton City area will lose home service as Southwestern Bell cuts an eight party circuit to splice into a new cable. The work will take two to three days per spokesman, with service restored each evening and no one left overnight. If any outages persist after 4 30 pm residents should report them.
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Highway 54
Benton City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Russia Puts Space Station Into Orbit
Moscow announces Salyut 3 placed in orbit by Tass with no crew aboard yet. The on board systems are functioning normally and the move follows a prior failed station in 1973. The timing tied to President Nixon’s Moscow visit prompts speculation of a crewed mission.
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Moscow
Tass
Nixon
Soviet Union
Earth
Night Killers Threaten Jacksonville in Tape Demands
Jacksonville police pursue a group calling itself the Black Liberation Army after two white youths were slain in a week. The group warned more killings unless its demands are met and called for the sheriff’s top officials to resign while urging residents to avoid dark, desolate areas.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Black Liberation Army
Stephen Lamont Roberts
Roseville
Mich
Steven A. Orlando
Jacksonville Beach
Homicide
James L. Suber
Suber
Spradling Boillot Will Keep Places
Jefferson City Missouri AP James R Spradling and James Boillot will continue as directors of revenue and agriculture under state government reorganization Gov Christopher S Bond said Monday he will appoint the men both 38 and Bond appointees in early 1973 Spradling of Carthage formerly headed Refrigerated Services Inc and was a director of Carthage Publishing Co
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Jefferson- City, Mo
James R. Spradling
James Boillot
Revenue
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Spradling
Carthage
Refrigerated Services, Inc
Carthage Publishing Co
Calley Case Attorneys Claim Manipulation of My Lai Verdict
In Columbus, Ga AP report, William L. Calley Jr. set out that My Lai was manipulated by high level Army officials. His lawyers allege improper train ing, conspiracy to assign sole responsibility to Calley, and denial of subpoenas for Westmoreland Resor and Laird. They contend command influence shaped the charge from murder to war crimes. The Army counters that no basis exists to reverse the court martial.
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Columbus, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
J. Houston Gordon
Calley
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Army
Stanley R. Resor
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Gordon
Land Mine Explosion Kills UN Soldiers
Four Austrian UNDOF soldiers in the Golan Heights were killed and one wounded when a land mine exploded as 500 Syrian troops cleared mines from the buffer zone. The four victims were among observers moving into the zone during the disengagement effort tied to Kissinger’s agreement.
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New York
United Nations Disengagement Observer
Golan Heights
U.N
William C. Powell
Henry A. Kissinger
Golan
Damascus
Solzhenitsyn criticizes Nixon in CBS interview
Exiled writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn tells Walter Cronkite that Nixon is too weak to stop the Soviet Union from breaching treaties amid NATO Warsaw Pact strength. He warns of renewed Vietnam fighting and notes the new Eastern bloc advantage in tech and arms. Eighteen post high school cosmetology students are chosen for a Mexico area program starting August 5, with Naomi Burgess as teacher and Davis Hart assisting.
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New York
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Solzhenitsyn
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Leonid Brezhnev
Western Berlin
Middle East
Vietnam
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Europe
Mexico Area
Adams
Mexico High School
Davis Hart
Tosses Off A 91 Record Golf Round
James Calvin Young, 18, claims a Guinness World Record for 91 golf ball tosses around a 6200 yard Joplin course from No 1 tee to No 18 green. Witnessed only by brother Alan, he challenges A L Gastin’s 93 tosses set Oct 5, 1971 at Missouri.
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Joplin
James Calvin Young
Young
Alan
A. L. Gastin
University of Missouri
Columbia
Alan Young
Twin Hills
Gastin
Nixon Faces Mortgage Payment and Back Taxes Challenge
White House spokesman said President Nixon is grappling with a $243,000 mortgage and interest due July 15 on his San Clemente home. He has not yet paid $170,000 in additional 1969 taxes listed by a congressional panel, though he previously said he would pay the 1969-72 taxes.
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White House
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
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