Nixon Lawyers Contest Cox Tape Subpoena Jurisdiction
Nixon lawyers told Judge Sirica the court lacks jurisdiction to enforce Archibald Cox subpoenas for presidential tapes. White House counsel Buzhardt urged rejection of Cox demand as a separation of powers issue while the Senate Watergate committee delayed action pending Nixon reply.
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Nixon
Watergate
Archibald Cox
J. Fred Buzhardt
White House
Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ergin Jr
D-N.j
Ervin
U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
Buzhardt
Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
The
United States
Urge razing McAlester prison
Oklahoma City AP. An architect on the LEAA team urges razing McAlester Penitentiary after riots and fires. Fred D. Moyer says abandon the site, evacuate inmates, and build new facilities nearer metropolitan areas, with only temporary repairs to the new diagnostic center.
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McAlester
Fred D. Moyer
Tze
Moyer
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
David Hall
Lawrence A. Carpenter
American Corrections Association
Carpenter
Agnew Under Investigation for Alleged Bribery and Tax Fraud
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says he is under investigation for possible criminal violations but asserts his innocence. Reports tie the probe to 1967 68 Maryland state contracts and federal Maryland contracts since 1969, with kickback allegations from Baltimore County and Maryland figures. The inquiry is led by U.S. Attorney George Beall, with involvement from the Justice Department and White House aware of the disclosure. Occasional showers and thunderstorms are forecast through Wednesday with highs in the low 60s and a 40 percent rain chance Tuesday night.
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Journal
U.S. Atty
George Beall
Baltimore
Justice Department
White House
Nixon
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Beall
U.S
Falsified Air Strikes Reported by Former Officer
Former Air Force Captain George R. Moses testified that he was secretly ordered to falsify reports of tactical air strikes in Cambodia as late as April 1971. He described a dual reporting system similar to B52 misreports and said instructions came after the May 1970 Cambodian invasion, with Seventh Air Force insisting on the deception.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Robert Leggett
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Indochina
Verbal attack on China from Moscow.
The Kremlin denounces China as dangerous and divorced from Marxism Leninism in Pravda signed by I Alexandrov. The commentary says Vietnam is being sorted out, the Middle East is solvable, and peaceful coexistence grows among former cold war rivals, with China as the lone disruptor.
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Accidental U.S. bombing reports rise near Phnom Penh
A second accidental U.S. bombing, this time by a fighter bomber, killed four civilians and injured 13 on a government island near Neak Luong, while the B52 strike on Neak Luong killed 137 and left 268 wounded. Officials cited human or mechanical error, with continued heavy bombing around Phnom Penh nine days before Cambodia bombing ends.
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U.S
Mekong
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Donald Doerger
Neak
Skylab 2 Sun Observation Begins For Garriott Acting Solar Physicist
Dr. Owen K. Garriott, first solar physicist in space, begins sun studies from Skylab 2 while Alan Bean and Jack Lousma run medical experiments. Mission Control granted extra sleep after a record spacewalk as Garriott targets active region 85 and aims to reveal solar impact on weather, communications, and fusion power potential.
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Skylab
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Owen
Scherle urges propane fuel allocation controls
Rep. William Scherle of Iowa urged immediate mandatory propane allocation controls in a telegram to John Love of the Energy Policy Council. He spoke after Ames meetings with Iowa State University farm experts, noting no short run substitute for propane in crop drying. He said Iowa farmers planted 8 percent more corn and may need about 100 million more gallons even with a good harvest.
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Ames
William Scherle
Nixon Administration
John Love
Energy Policy Council
Scherle
Iowa State University
Love
Towa
ISU
Higher beef prices and rationing feared nationwide
The Associated Press reports shoppers stocking up on meat amid price rises and possible shortages. Grocers note scarcity, with some bulk buyers like New York City and Navy installations running out of beef. A federal judge in San Francisco refused to lift the beef price freeze, while Treasury Secretary Schultz said the freeze continues to Sept. 12.
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San Francisco
Cost of Living Council
U. S. District Court
Robert F. Peckham
Pacific Meat Jobbers Association
Washington
Treasury
George P. Schultz
Nixon said dumbfounded by Watergate accusations
Former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst testified that President Nixon was dumbfounded and upset when told mid-April that top aides Dean and Magruder had implicated figures including John Mitchell and Haldeman. Kleindienst described his emotional reaction and the tense Senate Watergate hearing atmosphere.
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Nixon
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
John W. Dean III
Jeb Stuart Magruder
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Dean
Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Frederick C. LaRue
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Mardian
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