Nixon silent on firing aides and clemency reports
The White House said no decision has been made on firing Watergate aides and denied any involvement in offers of executive clemency. Nixon aides and Rogers denial clash with reports from The Washington Post and ABC News. details include campaign spending and alleged deceit.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
William P. Rogers
DeVan L. Shumway
Robert Dole
Bkan
Republican National Committee
Washington Post
Nixon Campaign Committee
Haiphong Harbor
New York Times
Post
State Department
Ziegler
Gerald Warren
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Associated Press
Jack Anderson
Mitchell testifies on Vesco donation to Nixon campaign
Former attorney general John N. Mitchell tells newsmen he answered all questions fully before a federal grand jury probing financier Robert Vesco's $200,000 gift to Nixon's 1972 campaign. Vesco, facing civil charges of looting $224 million from four funds, had donated weeks after the campaign reporting deadline.
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New York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Mitchell
Vesco
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Securities and Exchange Commission
Investors Overseas Services Ltd
Goodyear and Union Tentatively Agree on Pattern Contract
Goodyear and the United Rubber Workers tentatively agreed on a pattern setting labor contract for the nation’s four big tire makers. The pact could yield a 77.8 cents per hour raise over three years for about 22,500 UAW Goodyear workers, with night shift workers receiving an additional three cent per hour differential beginning July 1, 1974, totaling 80.8 cents per hour for them.
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UAW
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Weather forecast cloudy with possible showers
Cloudy skies forecast for tonight and Thursday with a chance of showers. Lows tonight in the upper 50s and highs around 60 tomorrow. National weather details are on page 24.
Lon Nol reshapes Cambodian government with three opposition leaders
President Lon Nol announces a six month suspension of the National Assembly and Senate and creates a high political council with three main anti-Communist rivals Sisowath Sirik Matak In Tam and Cheng Heng. The move aims to broaden support for Lon Nol's one party regime as U S pressure for cease-fire negotiations grows.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Nixon
Lon Nol
National Assembly
Senate
Social Republican
Sisowath Sirik Matak
In Tam
Cheng Heng
Sirik Matak
Norodom Sihanouk
Coun
Tam
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Congress
Middletown Man Rescued After Force Sinks in Philippine Sea
A Middletown native aboard the Navy minesweeper Force was rescued when the vessel caught fire and sank in the Philippine Sea. Lt. (j.g.) Michael C. Palmer, a 1967 Fenwick High School graduate, was part of the crew.
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Middletown
Philippine Sea
J.g
Michael C. Palmer
Fenwick High School
Vietnam peace talks push plan for elections and troop pullout
Paris talks between Saigon and Viet Cong outline a 10 point settlement with internationally supervised elections within four months. Saigon offers to demobilize an equivalent number of South Vietnamese troops and vows North Vietnamese withdrawal before voting. A preliminary accord could be signed by April 27 with elections set for August 26.
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Paris
Vietnam
Nguyen Luu’ Vien
Saigon
Chateau de la Celle St. Cloud
South Vietnam
Barge Struck Ohio River Bridge in Dense Fog
A 299 foot gasoline barge from LeBeouf Brothers towing struck an understructure at the I 275 bridge site over the Ohio River ten miles east of Cincinnati during dense fog. One barge remained stuck and the river was closed about 12 hours while crews planned to remove it. Authorities warned of deadly fumes and potential explosion though only about 100 gallons were aboard.
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Ohio
U.S. Coast Guard
LeBeouf Brothers Towing Co., Inc
Homan
Ohio River
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Marvin Bremen
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