Nixon sacks Kleindienst and three White House aides alike
President Nixon announced the resignations of Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and aides H R Haldeman John Ehrlichman and John Dean III. Elliott Richardson named acting attorney general and to coordinate federal Watergate investigations. Dean resignation accepted. Nixon praises Kleindienst and notes aides initiated moves.
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John D. Ehrlichman
John Dean III
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
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Weather Outlook with Showers Possible Tomorrow
Cloudy forecast for tonight and Tuesday with a chance of showers or thundershowers tomorrow. Tonight's temperatures near 50s, highs tomorrow mid 70s. Yesterday's high 70 and overnight low 53. Weekend rain totaled about 4 inches. Details on page 5.
Wage price controls face deadline as Congress haggles on bill
Congress must act by midnight to renew presidential authority to regulate the economy or wage and price controls expire. Senate obstruction over a postcard voter registration bill stalls progress while Sen. Gale McGee blocks progress until a final vote on his measure. Critics warn prices could rise quickly if control ends, with impacts on meat, food, construction and healthcare industries.
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Senate
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Nixon
William Proxmire
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Agnew Leads GOP Field in Gallup Poll for 1976
In a Gallup poll of 798 Republican voters Agnew tops the field with 35 percent as the favorite for the GOP nomination for president in 1976. Reagan follows at 20 percent and Connelly at 15 percent. Connally, a registered Democrat, had been noted as a potential Republican candidate.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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California
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John Connally
Connally
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Nixon tax reform targets rich loopholes and adds credits
The Nixon administration unveiled a reform plan to curb loopholes that let high income taxpayers avoid taxes. It proposes a minimum taxable income, limits artificial losses, and adds credits for property tax relief for the elderly oil and gas exploration tuition for nonpublic schools and simplified 1040 forms.
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Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
House
Ways and Means Committee
Shultz
Analysis Series Begins on May Ballot Constitutional Questions
Journal Staff Writer C. J. Bosnak starts a four part series tomorrow examining six proposed amendments on the May 8 ballot. The pieces explore the questions effects supporters and what each would mean for the state.
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C. J. Bosnak
Rogers Faces Senate on Indochina War Policy
Secretary of State William P. Rogers testifies today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as concern rises over fighting in Indochina. After February remarks claiming the Vietnam cease fire would hold, the U S and North Vietnam accuse each other of violations while U S bombers intensify in Cambodia and Kissinger plans Paris talks to push strict enforcement.
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William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Cambodia
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Federal raid on wrong address spurs possible charges
In Collinsville Illinois a couple says federal narcotics agents raided the wrong home last Monday night terrorizing them. A neighbor couple filed a $100000 damage suit in Springfield and both couples plan legal action after agents apologized.
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Herbert Giglotto
Louise
St. Louis
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Springfield
Donald Askew
Virginia
Giglotto
FBI
Paul Cigliana
Cambodian Government Recaptures Mekong Bank North of Phnom Penh
Cambodian forces report a brilliant victory repulsing an insurgent attack 40 miles north of Angkor Wat. They retook a Mekong river bank stretch near Phnom Penh, killed 52 insurgents, and captured five. Casualties counted at seven government dead and nine wounded.
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Angkor Wat
Arey Khiat
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Takeo
Governors wary of Watergate pledge plan at Lake Erie meeting
Democratic governors at a Lake Erie resort show little appetite for a national TV pledge to pursue truth in Watergate. Governor Mandel and others warn the plan could look like a Democratic effort to capitalize on Nixon administration troubles. Governor Carter offers a nonpartisan resolution urging seriousness and prompt action. Several call for an independent prosecutor, with Kentucky's Ford naming Burger or the ABA as potential choices.
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Ohio
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Maryland
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Mandel
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Kentucky
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