Three Watergate conspirators eligible for parole
Three of the original Watergate conspirators, including Frank A. Sturgis Virgilio R. Gonzalez and Eugenio R Martinez, have been deemed eligible for parole after final sentences. Their lawyer said they appeared before a federal parole examiner in Elgin Florida and await word from Washington on their bid for freedom. Other Watergate developments included Dwight Chapin pleading innocent to four counts in U.S. District Court and a Bahamian judge blocking Robert Vesco's extradition amid related investigations.
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Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Eugenio R Martinez
UPL
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Fla
Senate
John J. Simica
Nixon
Dwight K. Chapin
Chapin
Robert Yesco
Vesco
Maurice Stans
John Mitchell
State Department
Justice Department
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Dallas
Virgilio R. Gonzales
Eugenio R. Martines
UPI
Flu
Youth judged insane after killing parents
Pittsburgh report states 20 year old Natronaleights youth Jack L. Colin Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity for fatally shooting his father Jack Sr. and mother Leona while they slept. Dr E H Bavis described a serious mental illness, schizophria, present from birth.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Natronaleights
H. Ridge
Jack L. Colin Jr
Fairview State Hospital
Colin
Jack Sr
Leona
E. H. Bavis
Alesheny County
County approves nonunion county benefit plan package
The County Salary Board approved a broad benefit package for nonunion county employees crafted by County Controller Robert Fett and Personnel Director Earl Hammond. It sets a 64 retirement age with exceptions, full county paid hospitalization, scaled vacation and sick leave, maternity leave limits, holidays, and mileage reimbursements, plus a weekend holiday rule. A dissent cited inconsistencies for upstaffs and certain positions. Also, the board discussed hiring a second assistant public defender and remodeling the office with cost estimates forthcoming.
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Robert Fett
Earl Hammond
Foht
Fucht
Norman A. Levine
Public Defenders
Thomas 4. Shumaker
Public Defender
Levine
Frank Piccari
Kissinger embarks on triple mission to pace peace and oil
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger begins a two week trip to Belgium Britain Egypt Saudi Arabia Syria Jordan Lebanon Israel Switzerland Portugal and Spain. He aims to start a Geneva peace conference on December 18 salvage the US European alliance and urge Arab states to resume vital oil shipments, with NATO repairs in Brussels and talks with Dayan and Egyptian officials shaping a possible ceasefire and withdrawal steps.
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UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Geneva
Europe
United States
Kissinger
Belgium
England
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Israel
Switzerland
Portugal
Spain
Moshe Dayan
Ashraf ‘Abd Latif Ghorbad
Dayan
Brussels
Soviet Union
NATO
Rhodes elected House GOP leader in voice vote
Arizona Rep. John J. Rhodes, 57, becomes the new Republican leader of the House by voice vote from 191 GOP members to succeed Vice President Gerald R. Ford. Rhodes, a Nixon ally, vows to be independent in shaping congressional backing while urging a prompt impeachment vote and urging Nixon to release Watergate tapes.
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Washington
UPI
Arizona
John J. Rhodes
White House
House
Gerald R. Ford
Rhodes
Nixon
House Gop
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
Symington released from hospital after prostate surgery
United Press International reports Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, 72, was discharged from Washington Hospital Center after prostate surgery on Nov 25. A spokesman said he is feeling fine and will recuperate at home for several days. The item notes his long Senate tenure and hospital stay.
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United Press International
Washington
UPL
Len Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Au Washington
Kinmaker
Fla Senate
Washingtom Hospital
Sid Symington
Wall
Here
Icy roads blamed for six accidents across area
State police traced six morning crashes to ice on roadways. Four occurred on the US 422 Bypass bridge area with drivers including William D. Fox, George M. Ridenbaugh, Jill M. Wilson, and Sharyn Fuller among those involved. One driver, Pearl M. Philips, was treated after the Mahoningtown bridge incidents.
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William D. Fox
New Wilmington
Slippery Rock Township
George M. Ridenbaugh
Liberty St
Union Township
Denise Francazio
Temple Ave
Jill M. Wilson
Volant RD
Volant
Clyde M. McConnell,Jr
Denver Ave
U.S. 42
Mahoningtown
Sharyn Fuller
Ashtabula
Ohio
Frank J. Squilla
Shadyside St
Wis Trek
Trent
Pearl MM. Philips
Dimesen Memorial Haspital
Piazza pleads innocent in Harvard coin theft
Cambridge, Mass. Leonnd Pada, 44, pleaded innocent to armed robbery connected with the theft of 5,600 ancient coins valued at up to $4 million. The coins, none recovered, were taken last Sunday from the Page Maainkan at Harvard University. The RBI valued the coins at over $1 tuition though could exceed $5 million.
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Cambridge
Mass
Leonnd Pada
Maikeun
Harvard University
RBI
Skylab gyro misbehaves but crew continues Earth Kohoutek study
Skylab mission controllers report one stabilization gyroscope acting erratically yet not alarming. Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue completed a long earth photography sweep from Nepal to Australia, marking the mission’s first outside the United States. A second gyro failure could compel an Earth return within two weeks, while flight director Neil Hutchinson said the issue is concerning but manageable.
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UPI
Skylab
Space Station
Earth
Kohoutek
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Nepal
Australia
United States
Neil Hutchinson
Energy powers Nixon energy emergency move advances
The House moved toward passage of Nixon's emergency energy powers while the Senate unanimously approved a $20 billion plan to achieve U.S. energy self-sufficiency within a decade. Nixon met with his top economic adviser to assess the energy impact as the House Commerce Committee approved authority to shift fuel priorities and order conservation measures to increase supplies for the neediest users.
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UPI
House
Nixon
Senate
House Commerce Committee
Egypt to attend Geneva Arab-Israeli peace conference
Egypt confirmed it will join a full-scale Arab-Israeli peace conference in Geneva, as Kissinger began a mission to prepare talks. Israel warned of lengthy negotiations before a lasting Middle East settlement, with prior cease-fire strains cited. Meanwhile in Vietnam, Saigon reports recapture of Kien Duc by government forces after heavy US‑supplied air and ground attacks.
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Geneva
Israel
Middle East
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
Suez Canal
Saigon
United States
LPS
Ken Wagner
Confusion in Venezuela Voter Registration For Sunday Election
Mass confusion in the voter registration system threatens high abstention risk in Venezuela as Sunday’s presidential vote approaches. The government and many companies granted Friday off to fix mid-year registration changes, but long lines persisted outside 15,011 polling stations as voters sought their assigned stations.
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Caracas
UPI
Venezuela
Transit strike halves city business amid PAT stoppage
Pittsburgh stores report sales down up to 80 percent as 2400 Port Authority Transit workers strike, halting public transport for six days and prompting 330000 commuters to seek other travel methods. ATU held a “family” demonstration in Allegheny County Courthouse vicinity to sway public opinion.
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Port Authority Transit
PAT
Division 1i
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Allegheny County
GOP trip muffles Watergate scandal effect at Southern GOP meet
Atlanta dispatch reports Reagan and Connally downplay Watergate as Rockefeller Dunn Bush Meany Hawkins and other leaders speak at the Southern Republican Conference. Rockefeller cautions on resignation timing while Dunn questions White House judgment and Bush says the impact will be minimal for the 1974 election.
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Gav
Ronald Reagan
California
Treasury
John Connally
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Tennessee
Winfield Dunn
White House
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Dunn
Republican Governors Conference
Memphis
George Bush
Bush
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ralph Nader
Georgia
GOP
Rob Shaw
South
Mississippi
Clark Heed
National Republican
Priddy jury excused for weekend
Los Angeles Ahstaet Court jurors were excused for the weekend as deliberations resumed Monday in the extortion case of former major league player Jerry Priddy. Prosecutors argued Priddy fabricated threats involving explosives and his family to pressure the Princess Lines for $240,000 while his own financial troubles were cited by defense and witness testimony.
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Ahstaet Court
Jerry Priddy
Princess Lines
Leslie Hi. Osborne
Fol Priddy
Priddy
Rayatersius Dalle
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