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Probers Seek Who Pressured Gifts In Watergate Probe
The Senate Watergate committee hears from Orin Atkins Goodyear chairman Russell DeYoung Braniff chair Harding Lawrence as firmsAshland Gulf Oil faced guilty pleas for illegal political contributions. The panel probes who pressured firms to donate to Nixon reelection and tests the influence on policy. Gulf official Wild Jr testifies later. Braniff and Ashland fined for $5,000 each. executives face penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Orin E. Atkins
Ashland Oil Co
Russell DeYoung
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Harding L. Lawrence
Braniff Airways
Lawrence
Braniff
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Claude C. Wild Jr
Ashland
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Henry M. Jackson
Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Wild
Atkins
Watergate
Archibald Cox
American Ship Building Co
Finance Committee
Robert E. Bartlome
Senate
George M. Steinbrenner III
FBI
Bartlome
Steinbrenner
Matthew E. Clark Jr