Two Spies Before Grand Jury Today
Washington AP reports Watergate figures move toward hearings. James McCord Jr agrees to an oath sworn interview before a Senate panel, while E Howard Hunt Jr returns to a grand jury. Senator Tower urges Dean II to testify. Cotton notes risks of delaying accountability. McCord allegedly knew of wiretapping, as Liddy resists questioning. Five have pleaded guilty. Liddy and McCord convicted. Sirica delays final sentencing to seek cooperation.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Senate Investigation Committee
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
White House Coungel
John W. Dean III
Watergate Committee
Dean
White House
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Magruder
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon Proposes Unified Drug EnforcementAgency
President Nixon proposed reorganizing federal drug enforcement by creating the Drug Enforcement Administration under Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. The plan would abolish the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and transfer functions from the Bureau of Customs and two offices. The White House drug treatment office would stay intact, and entry inspection duties would move to the Treasury Department.
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Washington
Nixon
Justice Department
Congress
Drug Enforcement Administration
Richard Kleindienst
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Customs
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Office of National Narcotics Intelligence
White House
Special Action Office
Treasury Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Customs Bureau
The
Immigration Service
PWs Free To Talk When All Return
Washington AP Pentagon says American prisoners of war will be free to discuss their experiences once all are back on American soil likely Monday. Maj. Gen. Daniel James notes 89 POWs may speak without restriction, with no interviews at Clark Air Base to finish debriefings. focus on missing 1,300 Americans.
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Washington
Pentagon
Daniel ‘Chappy
James
Amita
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Indochina
Winners Win Big On Commodities
AP analysis explains how commodity futures trade hinges on risk, not delivery, with brokers and exchanges expanding participation. It notes traders leverage with small cash, outlines profit examples in soymeal and broilers, and cites heavy volume and rising seat costs. It mentions Merrill Lynch promoting commodities and offering a beginner booklet.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Mercantile Exchange
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
New York
Chicago
The
Merrill Lynch
Thundering Herd
Waiting Room Jammed as GIs Prepare to Leave Vietnam
At Camp Alpha Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Airbase U S soldiers crowd the cement-block processing hall awaiting freedom flights home. Ninety planes are scheduled to depart with about 1 800 servicemen today and 2 500 more Thursday as the last U S withdrawal edges closer. Many bring dependents or adopted children as the loudspeaker directs men to check in with Form 53 and arrange travel. A sense of fatigue mixes with fleeting humor amid the heat and crowded rooms.
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Camp Alpha
Vietnam
Siberia
E.B. Robinson Hall
U.S
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
United States
Asia
Taiwan
Laurie Sims
Pago
Tex
Maj
Thomas Sims
Jerry Johnson
Indianapolis
CONUS
Continental
Johnson
Bachelor PW Seeks Soulmate in Confinement Tale
Capt. Donald R. Spoon an Air Force officer held by North Vietnam for 642 years says he is seeking a soulmate. Meeting reporters at Scott Air Force Base he notes he is not a confirmed bachelor and wants someone to stimulate his thoughts and round him out. He reflects on changes in the United States since his return.
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Belleville
Donald R. Spoon
Scott Air Force Base
Pleasant Hill
Spoon
Air Force Academy
United States
America
State surplus sale to list buses cars boats and more
Jefferson City will host a public auction of state surplus property on April 7 at 9:30 a.m. One block north of Capitol Avenue on Chestnut Street near the Missouri State Penitentiary. Items include two 40 capacity buses, one 48 capacity bus, a jeep, 43 automobiles, a truck with lift, boats, motors, and office furniture.
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Jefferson City
Herbert C. Damron
Office of Administration
Division of Contracting and Procurement
Capitol Avenue
Chestnut Street
Missouri State Penitentiary
Damron
Canada Sets June Deadline In Vietnam
Canada will stay with the International Commission of Control and Supervision in Vietnam until May 31 and withdraw a month later unless substantial progress toward a political settlement occurs. Mitchell Sharp questions the ICCS role, citing doubts about its influence on Vietnamese thinking and Canada’s long-term participation. In Saigon, North Vietnam says secret talks with the United States aim to extend the Joint Military Commission and keep an American presence, with Kissinger seeking to extend the four party group.
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Ottawa
Canada
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Vietnam
Mitchell Sharp
House of Commons
Sharp
Commons
ICCS
Canadians
Saigon
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Bul Tin
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Joint Military Commission
Paris
Columbia Woman Wins Dinah's Place Recipe Contest
Sue Johnson of 14 Manor Drive Columbia is the grand winner of a national recipe contest on the Dinah's Place show hosted by Dinah Shore. She taped in Hollywood last weekend and will appear on the broadcast later this spring with husband Stanley Johnson a University of Missouri Columbia economics professor.
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Columbia
Sue Johnson
Manor Drive
Dinah Shore
Bankers Called In IT and T Probe
A Senate subcommittee summoned banking officials from Chase Manhattan Bank Bank of America First National City Bank to testify about alleged U S efforts to influence Chile's 1970 election and threaten expropriation of American property. ITT documents hint at White House State Department and CIA contacts to push intervention.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Chile
Salvador Allende
Chase Manhattan
Bank of America
First National City Bank
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
White House
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Edward M. Kerry
United States
Prisoners Pay Accounts Range From 25k to 100k
Clark Field Philippines AP reports POWs and later released flyers, held since 1966 to 1987, have sizable back pay in overseas savings. One Milwaukee pilot and others observed pay up to 100000 with some as low as 250 casual pay until home. Defense records show 79 Air Force POWs had 50k to 100k, 247 had 25k to 50k, and an Army spec had 25k from the 1968 Tet offensive.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
William J. Henderson
Milwaukee
Wis
Hanoi
Clark Field PX
Maj
Terry J. Uyeyama
Austin
Tex
Lorren H. Torrleson
Carmichael
Calif
Clark
Department of Labor
Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
Oliver Hulls Retire And Move To Pennsylvania
Oliver Hull and his wife leave from 621 South Olive Street for Clearfield Pennsylvania to rake their home. They travel with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs William Robinson of Clearfield who arrived recently to drive to Clearfield with them. Hull has worked 25 years at AP Green Refractories and Mrs Hull retired earlier this month after long service with Crown Laundry. They sold their Tuppety on South Olive Street to Thomas Cummings who moved here from Danbury Nebraska and will take possession at once. Mr Cummings works for Randys Frozen Meats.
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Oliver Hulls
Pennsylvania
Oliver Hull
S. Olive St
Clearfield
William Robinson
Hull
AP. Green Refractories
Food Stamp Boost to Help Some Families
Washington AP reports federal food stamp changes take effect July 1. A family of four at the lower end of the income scale gains $4 monthly, from $112 to $116, while stamp costs stay the same. The Agriculture Department cites annual price-based adjustments, lifting the program cost to about $2.1 billion next fiscal year, up roughly $140 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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