Nixon transcripts spark calls of cover up and stonewall
GOP leaders and lawmakers reacted to discrepancies in White House transcripts amid the Watergate hearings. Rep. Anderson called the differences very disturbing and noted a March 22 1973 remark urging stonewalling was excised. Other lawmakers questioned transcript accuracy and the administration’s handling of the documents.
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R-Ill
Anderson
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
James D. St. Clair
Judiciary Committee
House
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Rhodes
John J. McFall
D-Calif
Thomas M. Rees
Joe Moakley
Dmass
Moakley
Augustus Hawkins
Dcalif
Dean Testimony Sought By Nixon Lawyer In Watergate Probe
John W. Dean III faces Senate questioning as Nixon defense lawyer James St Clair seeks details on a $75,000 payment linked to Watergate. Dean’s past roles, guilty plea for obstructing justice, and his Monday testimony reflect his central but disputed involvement in the cover up.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Dean
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
James St. Clair
Watergate Conpor
E. Howard Hunt
United States
St. Clair
Hunt
Frederick C. LaRue
LaRue
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Middletown Weather Outlook Through Monday
Clear skies and upper 50s expected tonight in Middletown with fair skies and mid 80s Friday. Yesterday’s high reached 91 and overnight low 66. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and mid 60s to mid 80s Saturday through Monday.
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Middletown
Sinatra tour resumes in Australia after union bans lift
Australian unions end bans on Frank Sinatra and promoters say the show will go on. After a three hour huddle with Sinatra’s lawyer and Labor figure Robert Hawke, unions accepted no apology was made and the tour proceeds with four concerts left. Sinatra had faced boycotts over insults to journalists and bodyguard incident coverage.
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Sydney
Australia
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Robert Hawke
Labor Party
Robert Raymond
Hawke
Musicians’ Union
Transport Union
Melbourne
Milton A. Rudin
Rudin
Nixon and Kissinger defend Ehrlichman in plumbers trial
In Washington AP report President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger defend John Ehrlichman as closing arguments loom in the plumbers trial. Gesell will allow two Ehrlichman attorneys a final jury appeal while others seek similar privilege.
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Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
John D. Ehrlichman
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Ehrlichman
Gesell
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
Lewis J. Fielding
Beverly Hills
Gurney Indicted in Florida Housing Fund Scandal
U S Senator Edward J. Gurney faces a federal indictment on bribery conspiracy and related charges over a 233000 fund raising effort tied to housing contracts. The 10 month probe also names six associates and FHA officials. no arraignment date set.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Edward J. Gurney
U.S
Florida Republican
Gurney
Larry E. Williams
Orlando
Williams
John Priestes
William Pelski
FHA
Miami
Crittenden
Anderson
James L. Groot
Earl M. Crittenden
Joseph Bastien
George Anderson
Winter Park
Florida
Ohio Bell in nationwide contract talks with union
Ohio Bell customers urged to call ahead as Bell System contracts with the Communications Workers of America near expiration. Negotiations in Washington involve AT and T and the I C Workers with a July 17 end date. Middletown Local 4317 meets July 16 to decide next actions if talks fail and a strike is possible.
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Communications Workers of America
Don Murphy
Middletown
CWA
Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
International Communications Workers
Murphy
Ohio Bell Middletown
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