Dean’s Senate appearance could anchor Watergate testimony
John W. Dean III prepared for televised testimony before the Senate Watergate committee. Dean, ex White House counsel, met with committee lawyers for an oathbound staff session ahead of his public hearing, as other Nixon aides maintain denials. Observers deem his testimony crucial for linking Nixon to the coverup, amid ongoing investigations and related legal moves.
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John W. Dean III
Nixon
Senate
Senate Committee
White House
Dean
Ings
Plato Cacheris
Atty, Gen
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Jeb Stuart Magruder
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic Party
Watergate
New York
Grand Jury
Cacheris
John J. Wilson
H.R. Haldeman
Magruder
Haldeman
Wilson
Pekin
Viet Cong General Sees Peace Pact Likely As Cease-Fire Holds
In Saigon, a Viet Cong general said the strengthened cease-fire appears effective as both sides report numerous small violations but no major attacks on day one. Saigon cited 84 truce violations, mostly shelling and skirmishes, with higher totals earlier. He urged cautious optimism while noting stalled progress on maps of controlled areas and civilian detainee visits.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Saigon Command
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc
Tuan
Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Kansas Governor outlines three point fuel strategy
Gov. Robert Docking in Topeka proposes a three part plan to avert a Kansas fuel shortage. He will have advisory council members and himself contact major oil firms and suppliers to urge actions under the national voluntary fuel allocation program and press for advancing July and August agricultural fuel allocations. He warns that saving every gallon helps farmers harvest wheat and emphasizes public conservation and state agency role.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
Docking
Advisory Council
Energy and Natural Resources
Cordance
Farm Subsidy Cuts Pass House On Substantial Reductions
Washington AP reports the House approved a 9.4 billion agriculture policy bill with amendments slashing farm subsidies by over half. A 304 to 3 vote sent the measure to the Senate, including a ceiling drop from 55 000 to 20 000 per person per crop and a 195 to 157 vote cutting cotton wheat and feed grain price supports. The package also bans sale or lease of cotton acreage allotments after December 31 1978 and fronts nearly 812 million for regular programs 386 million for rural development 1 billion for environmental programs and 3 billion for consumer programs. Additionally the Agriculture Committee rejected Labor Department pesticide safety rules opposing farm worker protections while Mizell proposals shift authority to the agriculture secretary for new standards. Senate debate follows.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Wilmer Mizell
R-N.c
Labor Department
Agriculture Secretary
Labor Secretary
Mizell
Weather cooling trend seen in Kansas forecast
Temperatures in the 90s today give way to a cooling trend across Kansas with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Sunday will bring fair skies as readings top in the low 90s, followed by a three day span of upper 70s to lower 80s days and 50s to 60s nights. High 90 today, low 75, records showing 101 high and 47 low on this date in history.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
County to establish small claims court effective July
Jewel Scott reports the county will create a small claims court for claims under 300 dollars starting July 1. It allows individuals or firms to file for money recovery, repossessions, and accident damages with a $5 filing fee and a summons issued to the defendant. Attorneys cannot represent parties unless an appeal to District Court is involved.
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Jewel Scott
Small Claims Court
Donald L. White
White
Brezhnev Expected in Washington for Private Summit
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was due in Washington on a private arrival at Andrews Air Force Base around 4:30 pm for a second round of summit talks with President Nixon. Nixon planned meetings at Camp David and the White House with Kissinger, while security and crowd control were tightened.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nixon
Florida
White House
Brezhnev
Moscow
Andrews Air Force Base
U.S
Gerald L. Warren
United States
Marion Smoak
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Henry A. Kissinger
Skylab crew rehearses return trip after space stay
Skylab astronauts at Houston Space Center rehearse homeward procedures for Friday return after a 22 day orbit. Commander Conrad and crewmates Kerwin and Weitz check systems, review steps for reentry, while Mission Control logs 7,846,000 nautical miles traveled and 317 Earth revolutions.
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Space Center, Houston
Skylab
Earth
Joseph P. Kerwin
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Apollo
Conrad
Mission Control
Capsule
Dick Truly
Truly
Kerwin
Waltz
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Virginia Robrahn
Phil Scheldt
South Vietnam
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Environmental Protection Agency
Consumer Programs
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Everett M. Dirksen
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