Four Watergate defendants weigh cooperation in sentencing
Four Watergate defendants who chose guilty pleas face grand jury testimony as sentences hinge on cooperation. Bernard Barker to testify first, followed by Eugenio Martinez, Frank Sturgis, and Virgilio Gonzalez. Liddy and McCord resisted questions. immunity pursued for them and Hunt. McCord to testify Thursday. Ervin shifts to public hearings within two weeks.
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U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Silvina
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Eugenio R. Marinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Sirica
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
F. Howard Hunt
Watergate
Motorola unveils Portable Telephone in New York
Motorola vice president John F. Mitchell demonstrates the Dyna T A C Portable Telephone System. The company unveiled the product on April 3, claiming it will be fully operative in the city by 1976 and allow calls from virtually anywhere in the metropolitan area to any telephone worldwide.
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Motorola
John F. Mitchell
Company
Heart of City
Veteran actor John Call dies at 64
New York AP reports veteran character actor John Call, 64, died Tuesday from a heart attack. He appeared on Broadway and in numerous TV and film roles and was a featured player with the New York Shakespeare Festival in the early 1960s.
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John Call
New York
New York Shakespeare Festival
U S Likely to Increase Aid to South Vietnam
White House officials indicate increased economic aid to South Vietnam after Nixon Thieu summit. Press secretary Ziegler pegged aid probably beyond current levels, estimated at over 500 million annually, as concern grows over North Vietnamese infiltrations and violations of the peace agreement.
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Calif
White House
South Vietnam
Nixon
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Ronald L. Ziegler
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Papuan Hides From Japanese For 30 Years
A naked Papuan emerged from the New Guinea jungle and said he hid from the Japanese for 30 years living on berries and snakes. District official Ian Holmes said the man, Boni Meki, aged about 50, was found 14 miles from port Moresby after being on a work gang in 1942.
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Senate OKs Long Mandatory Prison Terms for Pushers
The Senate approved long mandatory prison terms for hard drug pushers who are not addicts, and for using or carrying firearms during federal crimes. The bill, 93 to 1, heads to the House after defeating a motion to delete the mandatory provisions.
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House
Reports Accord Imminent At Wounded Knee
WOUNDED KNEE S D AP The government s chief negotiator reports agreement on nine of 10 demands by militant Indians and says a peaceful end to the 36 day occupation appears imminent. Assistant Attorney General Kent Frizzell says the agreement could come Wednesday after a fifth straight negotiating session. AIM attorney Ramon Roubideaux agrees and says he is eager to proceed though the parties have one point to resolve before the next talks. Neither side would discuss the details of the demands.
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Yorty Heads To May 29 Runoff Election
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty, claiming the city is the envy of the world, heads to a May 29 runoff for a potential fourth term. His challenger remains Thomas Bradley, a 55-year-old City Councilman seeking to become the first Black mayor of the nation’s third largest city. Bradley and Yorty finished first and second in the mayoral primary, setting up a rematch of the 1969 contest.
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Sam Yorty
Thomas Bradley
Bradley
Yorty
Farmers Cut Down on Cattle Hog Deliveries to Market
Nationwide meat boycott reduces cattle and hog shipments across 11 major markets. Cattle deliveries fell from 53,500 to 33,500 head in two days while hog shipments dropped from 40,000 to 18,000 at 11 markets. Pack- ers cut purchases and prices stayed steady, with widespread layoffs in slaughterhouses and retail sales slumping up to 50 percent. Local firehouses and state officials noted consumer support for the boycott, as governors and stores adapt menus and procurement strategies.
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Midwest
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Neb
Sioux Beef Co
Iowa Beef
Dakota City
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Iowa
Inverne, Minn, Hy
Torrential Rain Floods Florida and Georgia Areas
Severe storms drenched north Florida and south Georgia with record rainfall. Jacksonville saw 5.07 inches in six hours and 7.57 inches that day, Brunswick 2.33 inches, and Tallahassee nearly two. Mississippi River floods threaten levees. St Louis crest forecast at 40.5 feet. Army Corps reports over seven million acres flooded across seven states and Mississippi River barge traffic disrupted upstream.
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U.S. Geological Survey
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House panel rolls back prices to Jan 10 levels
The House Banking Committee voted to revert all prices and interest rates to the Jan 10 197? level, ending Phase 2 controls. It also scrapped Tuesday decisions to restore food prices to May 1 1972 and other prices and rates to March 16 1973 levels.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Harlem Four Plead Guilty in Manhattan Manslaughter
The four men dubbed the Harlem Four admitted to first degree manslaughter in Manhattan Supreme Court. They were told they would be freed after already serving eight years in prison.
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NEW York
Manhattan Supreme Court
Florida Power Plant Breaks Down Triggers Massive Blackout
Florida Power and Light Co. reports a malfunction at the 760000 kilowatt Turkey Point nuclear plant south of Miami set off automatic sensors, shutting 10 generators from Palm Beach to the Keys. About 800000 businesses and homes across 60 miles lost power amid a record heat day, leaving around 2 million people without air conditioning.
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Florida Power & Light Co
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First Soviet Ship in Locks Heads to Lake Superior
The Soviet vessel Zakarpatye, bound for Duluth, passed Detroit on Tuesday and heads to Sault Ste Marie to become the first Russian ship to pass the locks into Lake Superior. Officials expect about 50 Russian ships to call at Duluth and Superior within two months as part of the wheat trade pact with the United States.
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Wis
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Russia
Brandt to Visit Washington for May Talks
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt will visit Washington on May 12 for talks with President Nixon. The trip, confirmed by a government spokesman and announced in Bonn and Washington, includes Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and follows Nixon's invitation.
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Nixon
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Leary Found Guilty in California Escape Case
Timothy Leary, drug advocate, was found guilty near San Luis Obispo in California of escaping the minimum custody. The 1970 case places Leary in a security-related legal dispute as authorities pursued escape charges.
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Nixon coerces POWs to testify of mistreatment
Radio Hanoi charged the Nixon administration forced ex prisoners of war to claim they were mistreated in North Vietnam. The broadcast said repatriated POWs, under coercion, were made to organize press conferences and falsify reports of their captivity.
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Radio
Hanoi
Nixon
North Vietnam
Rockefeller Anti-Drug Proposal Faces Revision in Senate
Gov Nelson Rockefeller proposes mandatory life imprisonment for hard drug peddlers but Senate Codes Committee shifts to life supervision defined as imprisonment for a set period before parole followed by lifelong strict parole. Assembly Codes weighs stiffer penalties for dealers.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Senate Codes Committee
Sen
H. Douglas Barclay
Laski
Barclay
Assembly Codes Committee
Dominick DiCarlo
Brooklyn
New York proposes $276 million humane prison plan
Albany outlines a nine year master plan by the Correctional Services Department to create a humane system with new facilities and programs. It envisions 21 existing facility improvements and 15 new sites including three major prisons, five adult camps and five community centers. The plan aims to cut maximum security inmates from about 80 percent to roughly 20 percent by classifying offenders into six profiles and housing them accordingly at Attica Clinton and other facilities.
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N.Y
New York State
Correctional Services Department
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Attica
Clinton
Senate Keeps Nixon Rehabilitation Bill Veto
Washington reports the Senate sustains President Nixon s veto of a 2.6 billion bill to rehabilitate the handicapped. Debate over spending ceilings and impoundments frames the fight as lawmakers push for fiscal restraint while Republicans defend aid to disabled citizens. Critics decry the veto as unfair to handicapped Americans and condemn the administration as obstructive.
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Nixon
Washington
House
America
White House
Oswego High Juniors Explore SUNY Oswego Part-Time Enrollment
Oswego High jun iors discuss earning college credits during senior year at SUNY Oswego. Kenneth L. Sicks of the SUNY Oswego admissions office and Elizabeth Otis of OHS guidance staff are pictured with Michelle Wilbur and other students. Area juniors may contact admissions for details.
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Kenneth L. Sicks
Suny Oswego
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Michelle Wilbur
Julie Mincher
Peggy Lockwood
Sherry Brown
Nancy Spannbauer
Jim Chillemi
OWS
Admissions Office
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