Consumer confidence at postwar low in UM survey
University of Michigan researchers report a sharp drop in the consumer sentiment index to 64.5 as of February, with 57 percent expecting bad times in the next year and 54 percent predicting five years of hard times. Consumers fear inflation, car and home purchases, and a looming recession.
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Prosecution Opens Case in Watergate Cover-Up Trial
The government begins its case against five Nixon loyalists led by John Mitchell H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. They face conspiracy to obstruct justice and related counts with penalties up to five years and $5000 fines. Ehrlichman Mardian and Parkinson plan early defense outlines.
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Rockefeller Faces Recall Question Over Gifts and Book
A Senate Rules Committee panel weighing Nelson A. Rockefeller's vice presidential nomination may recall him for questioning about gifts to friends and political associates and a 1970 book that derogates a campaign opponent. A Cannon aide said there is a good likelihood of recall.
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Kissinger Delivers Arab-Israeli Peace Proposals in Cairo
In Cairo Henry Kissinger presented Anwar Sadat with Israeli backed ideas for resumed interim Arab-Israeli talks. The plan seeks separate deals with Jordan and Egypt and won Saudi support during Kissinger’s Riyadh stop en route from Israel. He met Sadat after midnight and then headed to Damascus for more talks.
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Ford’s approval slips 21 points after Nixon pardon
Gallup polling shows President Ford’s rating at 50 percent with 28 percent disapproving and 22 percent undecided. The decline, sparked mainly by the Nixon pardon, marks the steepest fall for a new president in two months.
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Candidates Election '74 series begins with tax levies and races
The Journal announces a three week series on candidates and issues for local, state, and county races. It will cover tax levies, positions on major issues, and background on contested races across pages 2 and the state news section.
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Middletown Weather Turns Showery and Cooler Tonight
A Weather service forecast shows showers and cooler air in the Middletown area tonight with lows in the upper 40s. Showers end Tuesday and highs rise to the upper 50s, following Sunday’s high of 63 and overnight low of 58. rainfall totaled .04 inch Saturday.
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Ed Sullivan dies at 72. iconic TV host known as Great Stone Face
Ed Sullivan the host of The Toast of the Town for 23 years died of cancer at Lenox Hill Hospital at 72. He rose from Port Chester reporter to television legend, introducing Beatles Elvis Presley and Dick Van Dyke, while writing his Little Old New York column until recently.
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