Watergate figures begin prison terms in landmark cases
The 25th defendant, John Mitchell, surrenders at Maxwell AFB Alabama to serve 21% to 8 year term for Watergate crimes. Haldeman arrives at Lompoc California for a six by eight foot cell after a standing role alongside Ehrlichman. The trio faces conspiracy to obstruct justice and perjury counts as Liddy nears release.
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No Answers In School Aid Reform Debate In Kansas
An interim committee in Topeka finished two days of meetings on Kansas school funding but took no stance to change the system. They debated counting industrial revenue bonds, dropping grandfather clauses, and possible power equalization of tax rebates for districts. Lawyers warn court challenges question fairness as three suits target the state equalization formula, including rural districts, Kansas City urban districts, and USD 260 Derby.
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Kansas
John J. Callahan
Legislators’ Education Action Project
Joseph Harder
Rmoundridge
Kansas City
Derby
Officials expose breakdown in Nixon era scandal charges
Ehrlichman entered a minimum security camp at Saf ford last October while Mitchell and Haldeman were among 69 individuals charged. Charges spanned dirty campaign tricks burglary wiretapping conspiracies to deny civil rights and obstruction of justice. Haldeman became the fourth to serve time. Mitchell, Nixon’s law and order enforcer, was the fastest to be imprisoned.
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Ehrlichman
Safford
Mitchell and
Haldeman
Mitchell
Richard Nixon
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