Pressure On Spies In Watergate Case
Washington AP reports six Watergate conspirators await sentencing under renewed pressure to reveal knowledge of the Democratic HQ bugging and political espionage. McCord plans to disclose new facts to the judge next week, hoping for a reduced sentence, while others face pending terms after cooperating with grand jury and Senate investigators.
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Washington
Democratic Party
James W. McCord Jr
Nixon
McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
Pelea
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate
Grand Jury
Senate Select Committee
Sirica
E. Howard Hunt
CIA
White House
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Hunt
Miami
Liddy
District of Columbia
Head-on Collision Kills Two in Desoto Missouri
A morning head-on crash on Highway 21 near Desoto killed Charles D. Lewis 33 and Eve lyn R. Owens 16. Clyde R. Owens 59 and Tommie Williams ? transported to hospital. The incident also left two injured, including Owens’s wife and another passenger, with scene details noted near Kingdom City.
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Desoto
Headon
Charles D. Lewis
Highway 21
Clyde R. Owens
Hillsboro
Lewis
Evelyn R. Owens
Owens
Tommie Williams
Kingdom City
Four On Ballot For School Board
Friday's 5 p.m. deadline passed with four candidates for two Mexico School Board seats to be decided at the April 3 election. Candidates listed are Dr. Leonard L. Davis Jr., Kenneth Wyatt, and incumbents Randall Weber and James V. Worstell.
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Mexico
Leonard L. Davis Jr
Kenneth Wyatt
Randall Weber
James V. Worstell
Walkathon Walkers Start Despite Rain in Mexico
Fifty one marchers set out from Hardin Junior High for a 20 mile National Foundation March of Dimes fundraiser but heavy rain shortened the route to five miles. Sponsors pay per mile at least ten cents, with the group aiming to credit walkers fully for the shortened trek.
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National Foundation
John Gallaher
Bill Williams
Hardin Junior High
United States objects to conditions on prisoner repatriation
SAIGON AP United States officials said they received a list of 32 American prisoners from the Viet Cong but rejected new conditions attached to their release. The plan would release 92 prisoners at Gia Lam airport, followed by 107 more, with U.S. troop withdrawal deadlines tied to the exchanges. Hanoi denounced Washington's stance saying final withdrawal should not be linked to prisoner handovers. A newborn girl with seven pounds 13 ounces was born to Edward and Anita Offutt in Auxvasse, Missouri, amid local family details.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Joint Military Commission
John A. Wickham Jr
Wickham
Viet Cong
Cmdr
Philip A. Kienigler
Navy
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Laos
Mand
Vietnam
Tokyo
South Vietnam
Indochina
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Edward C. Offutt
Auxvasse
Route 1
Audral Medical Center
Offutt
Anita Schweninger
Joseph B. Schweninger
Manchester
J. James Offutt
Mexico
Route 3
Mr. Offutt
Callaway Farmers Equipment Co
Fulton
Senate supporters delay Gray hearing a week
Washington AP reports Senate supporters of L. Patrick Gray III delayed his FBI directorship hearings for a week to gauge White House backing. The White House reiterated support, while debate over Dean's testimony in the Watergate probe kept Gray’s confirmation in doubt.
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Senate
Gray
Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
White House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Florida White House
Six Year Draft Evader Declared Unfit for Service
Kenneth Rutledge a 26 year old who returned to Palo Alto after six years in Sweden was ruled physically unfit for military service by Army doctors due to a severed cartilage in his right knee. He had previously been deemed fit in 1966 and said doctors now apply medical regulations more strictly. Charges of failure to report for induction were dismissed in U S District Court after his lawyer argued he did not personally receive a 1971 induction notice.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Sweden
Kenneth Rutledge
Rutledge
Army
U.S
President Calls For Jobs For Viet Vets
President Nixon urged American businessmen to prioritize recruiting and hiring Vietnam veterans. He noted veteran unemployment among ages twenty to twenty nine fell from 8.4 to 5.7 percent, and said efforts by the Jobs for Veterans program aim to exceed 150,000 filled positions by June 30, 1972. The briefing came from the Florida White House in Biscayne.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Florida White House
National Alliance of Businessmen
Jobs For Veterans Program
Bell Refuses We Aims to Lease WATS Line for Hi Folks
AP reports Bell Telephone refuses to lease toll free WATS lines to University of Arizona students for home calls. AT&T argues such use violates tariff as personal calls lack direct customer interest. ASU student leader Chris Reece proposed two WATS lines funded by student fees to cut 30 000 students’ phone bills. Reece appeals to FCC asserting student government qualifies as a legitimate WATS customer.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
University of Arizona
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
WATS
Mountain Bell Telephone Co
University Area
Chris Reece
Reece
Associated Students
University
Arizona
Tucson
United States
At&t
Flash Flood Warnings In Northwest Missouri
In Kansas City AP reports a flash flood watch remains in effect for Missouri's northwest, with rain since Friday night. Measured rainfall in the 24 hours ending at daybreak reached about 0.35 inches in KC, with western Missouri expected to see locally heavy showers. Temperatures will run upper 50s to mid 60s, cooling to the 40s at night, with showers possible through the three day period starting Monday.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Man struck by sword on Reading street shocker
William Weihe was walking in Reading when a man on roller skates wearing sunglasses rode by and struck him on the head with a sword. He required seven stitches at Community General Hospital as police investigate the incident.
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Reading
William Weihe
Community General Hospital
Missouri Inland Foreign Trade Zone Approved in KC
Kansas City earns the first inland foreign trade zone in the United States approved by the Commerce Department. The phased project includes two sites on the north side of the Missouri River with future expansion potential, aiming to boost regional trade and attract international firms like Honda. Local leaders predict broad economic impact while cautioning a gradual implementation.
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Kansas City
Commerce Department
United States
Puerto Rico
St. Louis
Greater
Great Midwest Corp
Dutton Brookfield
James £. Burke
Great Midwest
Europe
Japan
Taiwan
U.S
Victor C. Studley
Kansas City Trade Zone
Studley
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Richard Vance
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