Governors call for Nixon impeachment or resignation
Governors from both parties urge Nixon removal as personal scandal and Watergate cloud strain the nation. At the National Governors Conference, Francis W. Sargent of Massachusetts advocates impeachment and Ford as successor, while others cite gasoline lines unemployment and voter anger delaying crisis resolution. Carter notes Nixon carried 70 percent in Georgia and signals the growing political fragility.
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Nixon
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Evans
Columbus man wins 1976 Bicentennial coin designs
Three winning designers from Illinois Minnesota and Ohio receive 5000 cash prizes for the back designs of the three Bicentennial coins a drummer boy Independence Hall and a Liberty Bell on the moon. Dennis Williams a Columbus College student created the dollar design.
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Columbus Man’s
Washington
Independence Hall
United States
Seth G. Huntington
Minneapolis
Dennis R. Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Williams
Columbus College of Art and Design
Six indicted in Ellsberg break in and related Watergate cases
A federal grand jury indicted John Ehrlichman Charles Colson and seven others for conspiring to violate Daniel Ellsbergs psychiatrist Fieldings civil rights. Liddy Krogh Hunt and others face counts related to the 1971 Beverly Hills break in and related cover up.
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Elisberg
Egil Krogh Jr
David R Young Jr
Cere
Ro Marrie
Krogh
Fielding
Allenwood
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Colson
Ellsberg
Nixon
Meir Wins Vote as Religious Party Indicates Support
Premier Golda Meir announced a new cabinet of socialists and liberals and said the Religious party may join the government to give 68 Knesset seats. The lineup keeps Dayan, Allon, Eban, and Sapir in key posts as she seeks a confidence vote.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
Labor
Golan Heights
Impounded Ohio School Funds Bill To Be Introduced
Rep. Charles F. Kurfess says a bill will be introduced next week to distribute 2.5 million dollars in impounded state school funds. The measure accompanies legal action seeking release of the aid, part of Gov. Gilligan’s 1971 austerity program cited as politically motivated. Joined by Reps. Frederick Young and Frank Mayfield, the lawmakers outline a push to restore elementary and secondary school funding.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
House
John J. Gilligan
Kurfess
Frederick R. Young
Dayton
Frank H. Mayfield
Cincinnati
Nixon offers limited written testimony to speed impeachment inquiry
President Nixon said he would surrender all tapes and documents to the House Judiciary Committee and be available for questions, but he hedged on providing further evidence or allowing cross examination. Some Republicans urged full disclosure while others called the response unsatisfactory. He also touched on energy policy and the oil embargo, maintaining a cautious view on a recession in 1974.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
House
House Judiciary Committee
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Rep
John Rhodes
Arizona
Judiciary Committee
Peter Rodino
N.J
Robert McClory
Ill
Nixon predicts energy prices to stop rising this year
President Nixon defended his veto of an oil price rollback and praised Senate support, saying energy prices may level off or fall later this year while food prices should slow. He argued the rollback would deter oil production and worsen shortages. Senator Jackson plans another attempt with a lean emergency bill on rationing.
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Nixon
Senate
White House
Wholesale prices rise again but at slower February pace
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 1.2 percent seasonally adjusted jump in wholesale prices for February. The yearly comparison shows a 20.3 percent increase from the previous year, signaling continued inflationary pressure though at the slowest pace in four months.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Middletown Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Showers
Partly cloudy skies and overnight lows in the 50s are forecast for the Middletown area tonight with a chance of showers. Tomorrows highs are expected in the 70s as the unsettled pattern continues. yesterday Middletown peaked at 69 and dropped to 58 overnight.
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