Nixon Watergate Crisis Shifts To Impeachment Moves
After a holiday weekend the House readies impeachment resolutions with at least 48 members open to inquiry. Judge Sirica returns to hear how the White House will provide tape summaries while Cox’s firing signals a high stakes power struggle in Watergate proceedings.
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John J. Sirica
White House
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Nixon
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Associated Press
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William D. Ruckelshaus
Carl Albert
Albert
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Jerome R. Waldie
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Nixon impeachment protests greet White House lawn
Demonstrators march near the White House amid signs calling for Nixon's impeachment and a petition drive surpassing 5 000 signatures. A Baltimore Republican distributes bumper stickers and a Connecticut observer notes the president heard the noise as he left the Oval Office.
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Nixon milk deal letter prompts dairy aid push
Investigators obtained a December 16 1970 letter addressed to Nixon from Pat Hillings of Associated Milk Producers Inc. urging approval of new milk tariffs and citing 2 million dollars in 1972 campaign funds. The missive, sent to Haldeman, sought direct administration aid for dairy farmers amid budget shifts.
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Plane crashes into Guanabara Bay in Rio
An airliner sank after crashing into Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. Most passengers swam to safety. over 20 were rescued from the fuselage as the plane floated for about 10 minutes before sinking. The craft was a Japanese Samurai with Rolls Royce engines on a shuttle to Belo Horizonte.
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Belo Horizonte
Sirica Retains Juries Amid Watergate Hearing
U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica told the two Watergate grand juries they would not be dismissed except by the court. Separately the Senate Watergate committee asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling dismissing its tapes suit.
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Century's Top Cellist Pablo Casals dies at 96 in Puerto Rico
Tributes pour in for Pablo Casals the cellist and humanitarian who died after a heart seizure and illnesses at Auxilia Jutuo Hospital. He will be buried in a granite vault near his home in San Juan. He inspired musicians and peace campaigns and remained active as a conductor into old age.
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Auxilia Jutuo Hospital
Marlboro, Vt
Music Colony
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Philadelphia Orchestra
Middletown Area Weather Outlook Through Saturday
Clear tonight in Middletown with lows near 50. Sunny for Wednesday with highs in the 70s. Yesterday’s high was 70 and overnight low 42. Extended outlook shows upper 70s and 50s through Thursday, then slightly cooler Friday and Saturday.
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UAW threatens Ford strike over three year contract
The United Auto Workers serve notice that 185,000 Ford production workers may strike Friday at 10 a.m. if a new three year national contract is not agreed. The dispute centers on overtime and a pension plan for Ford foundry workers amid similar Chrysler talks.
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Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Malcolm Denise
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Esaki Graever and Josephson
The 1973 Nobel Prize for Physics goes to Leo Esaki and Ivar Graever of the United States and Brian Josephson of Britain for discoveries on tunneling in semiconductors and super conductors. Each shares half of a 120000 dollar prize. Josephson’s work on the supercurrent through a tunnel barrier is also cited.
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Leo Esaki
Ivar Graever
Brian Josephson
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Esaki
IBM Corp
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General Electric
Cambridge University
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