Clemency for Silence Tied to Ehrlichman in Watergate Probe
Senate Watergate inquiry sources say John Ehrlichman authorized repeated clemency offers to James McCord, who faces wiretapping burglary and conspiracy charges. McCord testified that White House aide John Caulfield pressed him and hinted clemency from the highest levels, though Nixon denial remains. Caulfield to testify. investigators doubt Nixon direct involvement.
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Senate
John D. Ehrlichman
James McCord
McCord
White House
John Caulfield
Caulfield
Nixon
Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
New York City
John W. Dean III
Treasury Department
Dean
Cox Accepts Watergate Prosecution Post With Independent Guarantee
Harvard law professor Archibald Cox accepts the special prosecutor role in the Watergate affair. He says guidelines will allow independence though changes were made during talks with Elliott Richardson. Cox vows a wide ranging probe and staff freedom, with Richardson retaining removal power.
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Archibald G. Cox
Harvard Law
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Cox
Harvard Law School
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Harvard
Archibald Cox
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Boston
Nixon
Senate Select Watergate Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Hugh Scott
Rpa
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Judiciary Committee
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Senate
Nixon veto blocks Senate over budget office power
President Nixon vetoes a bill to abolish the OMB director and deputy roles and replace them with Senate confirmed posts. Backers say stronger oversight checks impoundment, while opponents call the move unconstitutional and a Senate overreach. The House supports the vetoed bill might override. Nixon defends separation of powers.
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Office of Management and Budget
Roy Ash
Frederic Malek
Senate
House
OMB
Congress
Russia West Germany sign economic pact
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and West Germany sign an economic pact in Bonn as part of postwar cooperation. The pact aims to expand trade and stabilize relations between the two nations amid Cold War tensions.
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Russia
West Germany
Bonn
Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Man
Willy Brandt
Ruhr
Brezhnev
Lufthansa Airlines
Japan
West Berlin
Moscow
Communist Party
Dortmund
Kremlin
Frog Jump Jubilee draws thousands to Angels Camp
Thousands of people gathered in Angels Camp for the 1973 International Jumping Frog Jubilee. The event, inspired by Mark Twain and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, features frogs trained for distance leaps with notable entrants including Gov Ronald Reagan and Glen Campbell.
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Smiley
California
Ronald Reagan
Glen Campbell
Bill Steed
Croaker College
San Francisco
Weekend Shower Chance Colors Middletown Forecast
Weather forecast shows a chance of showers tonight with a low in the low 50s and sunnier conditions Sunday. Sunday will bring highs around the 70s and an extended outlook predicts more showers in Middletown Wednesday with next week’s highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
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Middletown
Venezuelan hijacker group heads toward Mexico City
A Venezuelan Avensa turboprop hijacked by four leftists took off from Merida International Airport for Mexico City after hours of talks over freeing political prisoners. The 32 passengers and five crew remain prisoners as demands for 35 political prisoners’ release were reiterated.
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Merida
Mexico
Mexico City
Merida International
Avensa
Venezuela
Skylab crews rehearse sunshade repair plans in flight simulators
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz in bulky space suits rehearse a day long emergency repair to save Skylab They test two sunshade deployment methods one from the Apollo ferry and one from the station hatch A Friday launch decision hinges on sunshade tools and training prior delays totaling 10 days since lift off
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Caracas
Curacao
Panama
Merida
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
The
Space Agency
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