Hearings to Air Year long Watergate Scandal
Washington AP preview of Senate Select Committee hearings on the Watergate affair opening Thursday. The open, TV styled sessions will cover the 1972 Nixon campaign, the June 17 break in, wiretaps, campaign funds, and high level denials. Key witnesses include Odle Leeper and McCord with ongoing probes into Haldeman Ehrlichman Dean Mitchell Vesco and more. Public and historian interest mix as questions swirl about Nixon's knowing involvement and potential impeachment.
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Waterfall Opens Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City
Crown Center announces the opening of its Crown Center Hotel, a 750 room facility joining the $200 million Crown Center development in Kansas City. The hotel marks a major expansion for the mixed use complex and is expected to attract business and leisure visitors.
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Ultrasonic camera aims to show live body images
Stanford researchers at the Research Institute say an ultrasonic camera will display live TV images of internal organs and fetal movement by bouncing sound waves off tissues. Earl Jones, head of biological and electrical engineering, leads the effort to detect heart disease, cancer, and other diseases.
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Fluoroscope-like camera to image live tissue via sound
Researchers describe a fluoroscope substitute that uses sound for illumination. A working prototype has captured muscle fibers, tendons, blood vessels, kidneys, brain and a human fetus. The first experimental camera should be ready in six months for clinical evaluation on patients.
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Ellsberg to testify on secrecy effects before Congress
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, will tell a Senate joint session how secrecy affects minds of those exposed. He said the FBI knew a year earlier he copied top secret documents and Rand Corp. took no action, assuming he was passing information along.
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Ellsberg Stays At The Watergate Hotel
Daniel Ellsberg and his wife moved to Washington and spent the night at the Watergate Hotel after disclosures from the Watergate investigations led to the dismissal of all charges against him. He planned to testify to a congressional committee on government secrecy.
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Daley Turns 71 As Birthday Celebrations Quiet
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley marked his 71st birthday with a quiet family gathering at his home. The report notes Ellsberg's statements on the Pentagon Papers and says no precautions were taken to stop copying or leaking the documents because experts testified it did not threaten national security.
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Mitchell Sent Court Data on Wiretap Case
Former Justice Department official Jack Landau testified that as attorney general John N Mitchell ordered a private approach to Supreme Court justices in a wiretap case in March 1969. Mitchell denied the claim. Landau said he delivered highly classified national security information to court members, meeting two justices in a sequence without naming them. The reports cited Warren as a possible recipient.
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Court weighs government records access after espionage cases
William J Brennan Jr Landau, an attorney and newsman, said he believed the case was over and the department would not seek a hearing. After his visit, the government asked the court to reconsider. The issue centers on a 6-3 March 10, 1969 ruling granting accused individuals the right to inspect government electronic surveillance records.
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Emperor Hirohito Plants Rice Seedlings in Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito donned rubber boots and a felt hat to plant rice seedlings in a paddy field near the Imperial Palace. The ritual, performed Tuesday, follows a time honored custom with harvest planned for the fall and offerings to imperial deities.
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