West Coast grand jury probes Watergate break in
A Los Angeles county grand jury opens a Watergate West inquiry into a break in at Dr. Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office linked to the White House plumbers. Harvey Hunt, Barker, Martinez testify after transfer from Danbury. Krogh Colson Ehrlichman Dean named as witnesses.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Elisberg
Howard Hunt
John Ehrlichman
Bud
Krogh
Charles Colson
John W. Deanis
Senate
Washington
Grand Jury
Ellsberg
White House
Telsberg
Elsberg
Anthony Russo
Hunt
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio Martinez
Danbury
Conn
Watergate
G. Gordon
Liddy
Lewis Fielding
Beverly Hills
Barker
Martinez
Felipe de Diego
Miami
Joseph Busch
Nixon
Filsberg
Colson
FBI
Ehrlichman
Dean
Grand
National Security Agency
David Young
CIA
Richard Helms
Testinung
Marine Corps
Robert E. Cashman
Cashman
Cushman
Senate Dems push 90 day wage price freeze
Senate Democrats unanimously backed a 90 day freeze on prices profits wages salaries rents and consumer interest rates to be attached to the first suitable bill. They cite inflation as a bigger concern than Watergate and seek action before June. President Nixon’s position remains opposed.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Wilbur D. Mills
D+ Ark
House
Ways and Means
Soviet pilot may have steered SST to save spectators
Paris reports pilot Mikhail Koslov of the Tupolev 144 sacrificed the climb to avert a crash into crowds as the jet exploded at Le Bourget Air Field during the Paris Air Show. Investigators weigh technical failure while noting the plane shot upward before breaking apart in a ball of fire, killing all six crewmen and eight villagers.
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Paris
UPI
Tupalev
Mikhail Koslov
le Bourget Air Field
Democrats defend additions to budget in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the Democrat controlled Senate backs a budget package that adds to Gov Shapp's plan while resisting GOP tax cut expansions. Senate measures restore mental health funding, increase DER and college allocations, and propose higher education increases amid a broader 9.53 billion package.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Senate
Milton J. Shapp
GOP
House
Republicans
Shapp
Tyrnel Packer
Henry J. Cianfiani
Philadelphia
Gov. Shapp
House Republicans
Welfare Department
Department of Environmental Resources
DER
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Cianfrant
Cianfiani
Penn State
Pitt
Temple
Abandoned canoe voyage ends near Caroline coast
Shirley Haycock packed her canoe in a Volkswagen and headed home after abandoning her third attempt to sail to Portuga. Currents and rough seas thwarted the journey 30 miles from the Caroline coast.
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United Press International
Scotts Hill
N.C
UPT
Shirley Haycock
Volkswagen
Helper
Utah
Portuga
Caroline Coast
Kissinger Heads Back To Paris Talks On Viet Nam Peace
UPI reports U S and North Vietnamese diplomats plan further preliminary discussions before Kissinger returns to Paris to meet Le Duc Tho and push toward genuine peace, resuming talks after last month’s progress on ending ceasefire violations tied to the Jan. 27 Paris accord. A second item from PHNOM PENH notes a OV10 recon plane crash after takeoff, killing the American pilot, cause under investigation.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Vietnam
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Phnom Penh
Federal funds OKayed for Pennsylvania crime effort
Harrisburg where the Governors Justice Commission approved federal money for state criminal justice work. A $2 million plus grant with match funds will total nearly $3.5 million for three Board of Probation and Parole projects. The Crime Commission receives over $700,000, pushing its total to above $1 million to combat organized crime.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Governor’s Justice Commission
Pennsylvania
State Board of Probation and Parole
State Crime Commission
Justice Department
Supreme Court declines Bufalino deportation appeal again
The Supreme Court refused to hear Russell Bufalino's appeal, keeping in place a deportation order to Italy issued by the Third Circuit after 15 years of legal fight. Bufalino remains detained as Italy has not accepted him, with another refusal noted in March.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Russell Bufalino
Italy
High Court
0.S
Bufalino
Circuit Court
Millionaire finalists drawn for Pennsylvania lottery
In Pennsylvania, drawings are scheduled in Lebanon on Wednesday and Burnham Mittlin County on Thursday. The millionaire finalist and 50 cent numbers will be drawn Wednesday, while Lucky Seven and Winners Choice appear on Thursday. The finalist code list includes dates from April 1 to May 34 with alphabetic qualifiers and single digits.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
Burnham
Mittlin County
450 Mile Walk To Highlight Missing Americans In Indochina
Mrs. Frederick Helwig began a 450 mile trek from Buffalo toward United Nations headquarters to spotlight more than 1,300 Americans missing in Indochina. She hopes to reach New York City in about a month at 15 miles per day. Her son Gregory J. Harris has been missing seven years. Vietnamese unit members say he was captured alive, though she has heard nothing recently.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Frederick Helwig
United Nations
Indochina
Helwig
U.N
New York City
Gregory J. Harris
Port of Portland hijacking attempt ends after rifle wrestled away
At Portland International Airport three officers seized a high powered rifle from Gerald L. Bellach 34 of Willits California after he demanded a plane. One officer was wounded in the leg by a weapon discharge as he was taken into custody. Bellach was charged with attempted air piracy and first degree assault with bail set at 55000. Police noted he carried a 30 06 rifle to a Hughes Amwest counter and displayed maps with routes.
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Portland
Ore
Portland International Airport
Gerald L. Bellach
Willits
Calif
Hughes Amwest
Policeman killed in Enniskillen as violence tightens security
A passing car opened fire in Enniskillen killing a 22 year old policeman. He becomes the 813th death in Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict since mid 1969. Authorities say security is being tightened for prison officers and their families amid IRA threats to widen targets.
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Belfast
UPI
Enniskillen
Irish Republic
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Bloodiest fighting reported near Saigon after cease-fire
Government spokesmen said the conflict near Cal Lay 60 miles southwest of Saigon marked the bloodiest since the January 28 truce. Infantry of the 7th Division clashed Sunday, leaving 59 Communist and 26 government troops dead, with 50 wounded and eight missing. Lt. Col. Lee Trung Hien noted battalion sized units on both sides.
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Saigon
Jury selection begins in Pass murder trial in Erie
In Erie County Court jurors were questioned on day one of the Slayings of Joseph Yablonski. Albert Pass 52 of Middlesboro Kentucky is accused of arranging to raise 20000 dollars to fund the killing. Prosecution witnesses include W Boyd and Arnold Miller. The case stems from the 1969 murder of Yablonski and his family.
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Richard A. Sprague
Albert Pass
United Mine Worker
Joseph
Jack) Yablonski
Erie County
Erie, Pa
UPI
Marger
United Mine Workers of America
LIMWA
Dork" Yablonski
Edward Carney
Ronald E. Wetmore
Union City
Pass
Middlesboro
Umwa District 19
Kentucky
Tennessee
Yablonski
UMWA
W. A
Tony’ Boyle
Richard Sprague
Esses
Boye
Arnold Miller
William Prater
Boyle
Prater
LaFollette
Tenn
Miller
Union Reform
Erie County Court
Washington County
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Dam Threat to Moore Over $1 Million Extortion Plot
Two young men Wallace Hess 18 and Sheredith Hambrick 29 of Mullens planned to extort Gov. Arch Moore by demanding 1 million dollars and threatening to blow Sum mersville and Sutton Dams. Federal warrants charge mailing threats. judges ordered psychiatric testing and custody for 60 days.
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Charleston
W.va
UPT
Arch A. Moore Jr
Summersville
Sutton
Moore
Nicholas County
U. S
Kenneth K. Hall
Wallace Leroy Hess
Sheredith L. Hambrick
Muddlety
Peach Orchard Road
Nicholls County
FBI
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