Dean Says Nixon Knew of Watergate But Not Directly Told
Ousted White House counsel John W. Dean III testified at televised Watergate hearings that he did not tell President Nixon directly about Watergate involvement on September 15. He insisted Nixon seemed to know of the cover up, while Senate questions probed the meeting with Haldeman Ehrlichman and the president.
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South Vietnam Says It Would Aid Cambodia If Security Threatens
Saigon indicated it would consider military aid to Cambodia if U.S. bombing halt endangers South Vietnam. Government spokesman Bui Bao Truc said Vietnam would respond with whatever means, including air, ground forces, if its security or Cambodia's collapse affects Vietnam.
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Larue pleads guilty in obstruction of justice case
Frederick C. LaRue senior Nixon re election official pleads guilty in U S District Court to conspiring to obstruct justice He appears before Judge John J Sirica waives grand jury indictment LaRue is a Mississippi oilman and wealthy political figure Albany Gov Nelson Rockefeller vetoes a state run voluntary auto mechanic certification program and vetoes bills for free tuition at state supported colleges for Vietnam POWs and scholarships for children of police and fire officers killed in the line of duty
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Man Charged in Death of C. W. Post Student
A 25 year old New Hyde Park man Samuel M DeNicola was arrested and charged with stabbing death of Patricia Sullivan a C. W. Post College student found dead in her dormitory on campus June 19 in Mineola New York.
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Economic Index Rebounds After Sharp April Drop
The Commerce Department reported May’s leading economic indicators rose 1.5 percent, reversing April’s decline. Six of the eight indicators showed improvement signaling a shift as the economy’s expansion pace appeared to pick up.
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Debates on SS hike tied to debt limit bill
Senate debates a bill to grant a 5.5 percent cost of living Social Security increase effective next January. The boost is attached as a rider to a debt limit extension bill that must become law by week’s end.
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Newsday Editors Audited Over Rebozo Reports
Newsday says two editorial executives faced income tax audits after the paper published investigative reports on C. G. Rebozo. A spokesman said New York State authorities conducted the audits, at the request of federal authorities, with the editors informed of the federal request.
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Nixon vetoes bombing fund cut off amendment in $3.4 billion bill
President Nixon vetoed a $3.4 billion supplementary budget bill that included an amendment to cut off U S bombing of Laos and Cambodia. The measure passed the Senate 81 to 11 and faces a veto override battle in the House. A separate continuing resolution to fund agencies also cleared the House and awaited Senate action.
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Brezhnev Visits France in Friendly Rambouillet Talk
Soviet leader Brezhnev and President Pompidou spent about seventy minutes at Rambouillet outside Paris and noted very close relations. Brezhnev urged France toward nuclear arms discussion while Pompidou kept to broad warmth and a refusal to join disarmament talks.
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Man Charged in Four Slayings in Suburban Palos Hills
Police in Palos Hills charge Raymond Workman, 43, with four counts of murder in a pattern that left seven people dead across a Chicago suburb. The suspect admits violence in a court appearance as ballistics tests test if a single .22 rifle caused all deaths, including Paul Clesson and his wife and son.
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Open Burning Banned in Eight NYC-Area Counties
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation banned open burning in eight counties and the metropolitan New York City area due to extreme air stagnation. Commissioner Henry L Diamond announced the ban, effective at 4 p.m. Tuesday for 36 to 48 hours, covering New York, Bronx, Queens, Kings, Nassau, Richmond, Westchester, and Rockland counties.
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Nuclear Test Report From India On Chinese Blast
Indian scientists at Bhabha Center in Bombay report a Chinese atmospheric test over Sinkiang Lop Nor. The device yielded one to two million tons of TNT with tests indicating growing sophistication. China has conducted 14 tests since 1964, many underground, while the U S Britain and Soviet Union limit atmospheric blasts.
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Senate Confirms Kelley as FBI Chief in historic vote
The Senate confirmed Clarence M. Kelley, Kansas City police chief, as FBI director. He becomes the first Senate confirmed FBI head and the bureau’s first permanent chief in over a year after unanimous Judiciary Committee approval.
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Rockefeller Signs Disaster Aid and Other School Health Legislation
Governor Nelson Rockefeller signed a disaster coordination bill moving the Civil Defense Commission to the Division of Military and Naval Affairs with new powers to direct relief after floods and storms. He also approved measures on hospital health care prepaid plans, insurance tax cuts, and mortgage backed policies, plus bicycle safety in schools, universal early learning disability testing, and a crackdown on obscene corporate names. He vetoed a safety padding requirement for school buses.
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Dollar Hits Record Low in Frankfurt Markets
The U S dollar sank to a new record low in Frankfurt as European markets opened, extending a slide weighed by poor US overseas trade results. Dealers blamed lack of encouraging news from America and noted the dollar opening around 2.5180 marks after a drop to 2.5125.
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Beame Triumphs in Democratic Mayoral Runoff Victory
Abraham Beame won the Democratic mayoral nomination defeating Rep. Herman Badillo by about 200000 votes in a runoff. Beame led in Brooklyn Queens Staten Island and the Bronx while losing Manhattan. With 99 percent counted Beame held 61 percent to Badillo 39 percent.
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House Restores Most HEW Funds Cut by Nixon Plan
The House voted 347 to 58 to restore most of President Nixon’s cut in HEW funds, boosting allocations to Labor and HEW by 1.2 billion and saving the Office of Economic Opportunity antipoverty program run by local community action agencies. If the Senate concurs, Congress will fund HEW at 3.5 billion and Labor at 827.5 million, a 4 percent share of the 1974 federal budget, with other restored programs for hospitals mental health centers and medical research training.
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