Nixon to address nation on Watergate defense
President Nixon prepared a half hour Oval Office address and a written statement to respond to Watergate allegations. White House officials say the speech aims to rally public support, deny advance knowledge of the DNC bugging, and shift focus to the administration's goals while outlining the path ahead for his second term.
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John W. Dean III
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Daniel Ellsberg
Kent State evidence turned over to Justice Department
A House Judiciary subcommittee released evidence from its Kent State shootings probe to the Justice Department. The material includes what may be the only existing film of the gunfire and claims that students can identify the Guardsman who fired the first shot. Four students died and nine were wounded in the 1970 incident. The investigation was reopened by Attorney General Elliott Richardson.
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Elliot L. Richardson
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Don Edwards
D-Calif
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J. Stanley Pottinger
Pottinger
Edwards
Associated Press
Committee
Lookout House Night Club Destroyed by Fire in Kentucky
A major fire destroyed the Lookout House on Dixie Highway, a famed northern Kentucky supper club, prompting hours of firefighting from Covington Ft. Mitchell Ft. Wright and Park Hills. One Ft. Mitchell firefighter was treated for a foot injury. The blaze, starting in the kitchen area, raised questions about its cause as investigators gathered a large amount of evidence from past regional club fires.
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Kentucky
Covington
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Ft. Wright
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Dixie Highway
Beverly Hills
Southgate
White Horse Tavern
Frozen meat theft reported at inn parking lot
Charles Smith witnessed a plastic bag with chopped sirloin in a trunk at 12 10 a.m. in the inn parking lot after noticing a box with potato chips behind a sports car. The car owner claimed no knowledge. 35 pounds of hamburger patties and sirloin remained missing. No arrests. Larry Earhart reported 51 steaks missing from Bonanza Sirloin Pit.
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Larry Earhart
S. Breiel
Middletown Area Weather Update Tonight Through Thursday
Clear skies and temperatures in the low sixties are forecast for the Middletown area tonight. Sunny skies and highs in the low eighties expected Thursday with yesterday's high at 76 and overnight low at 67. Rainfall of two hundredths of an inch was recorded. Weather details are on page 19.
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Middletown
U Thant Elected President of UN Associations Body
Former U.N. Secretary General U Thant has been chosen president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations at its 24th assembly in Geneva AP reports.
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Geneva
U.N
U Thant
World Federation of United Nations Associations
Wheat prices surge to all time highs on global demand
The Associated Press reports wheat tops $5 a bushel in U S markets with Chicago cash bids at 5.10 for high quality grain and 5.04 for lesser quality. Minneapolis futures reach 5.07 before easing to 4.93. One year earlier Chicago September contracts stood at 1.77. Rising costs may filter to bread prices. Strong domestic and international demand drives the spike.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Chicago
800-Pound Man to Undergo Obesity Surgery in Virginia
An 800 pound man from North Carolina is admitted to the Medical College of Virginia for an intestinal bypass. Surgeons say he must lose 200 to 300 pounds before the operation, which aims to reduce nutrient absorption, with a year or more expected to prepare. The patient’s identity was not released.
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Peeple
al Hirt
Hirt
North Carolina
Meat processor asks beef freeze ruling
In Philadelphia a federal judge delayed ruling on a test case challenging the beef price freeze. Salsburg's Meats of Shillington Pa led by Harvan Nathan argued the policy deprives them of property without due process and noted an annual business of $1.5 million with losses over $21,000 since July 1.
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Philadelphia
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U.S. District Court
Louis Bechtle
Salsburg
Balloon Catch Game At Florida Center
Children at a St. Petersburg recreational center play a water balloon passing game. The aim is to catch the balloon gently and hand it to the next player while the loser is sprayed with water on a hot day.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Cincinnati TV station engineers picket over wages
Pickets set up outside WCPO-TV in Cincinnati in a wage dispute. Four members of NAB Engineering and Technicians Local 44 picketed while Local 44 remains without a contract for weeks. Local president says the main issue is wages, noting WCPO technicians earn about $40 less than colleagues at two other stations.
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Television Engineers
Wcpo-Tv
a _ Scripps- Howard Broadcasting
Bob Gordon
National Association of Broadcasting Engineers and Technicians Local 44
Heasley
Cincinnati
WCPO
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