Watergate Tape Claims Face Court Scrutiny in D C
Washington AP reports Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben Veniste pressed for more testimony on White House assertions that two crucial Nixon conversations were unrecorded. Judge Sirica denied delay and signaled continued hearings as witnesses like H R Haldeman testifying.
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Washington
White House
Richard Ben Veniste
H. R. Haldeman
Ben Veniste
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
J. Fred Buzhardt
Sirica
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Dean
Secret Service
Raymond C. Zumwalt
Zumwalt
Watergate
John Nesbitt
John N. Mitchell
Bipartisan backing for Saxbe nomination as attorney general
Senate debate continues on William Saxbe's attorney general nomination as Judiciary Committee weighs swift action. Tunney calls for priority on prosecutor legislation while White House and Jackson push quick plan to cope with oil shortage.
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Washington
William B. Saxbe
Senate Judiciary Committee
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Senate Interior Committee
Henry M. Jackson
White House
John A. Love
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Bill Saxbe
Saxbe
Leon Jaworski
Hugh Scott
GOP
James O. Eastland
Justice Department
Robert H. Bork
Tunney
Ford Supports House Look Into Impeachment
Vice President-designate Gerald Ford urges the House to proceed with impeachment inquiry to clear the air amid Watergate hearings. He doubts grounds but says a majority defines impeachment. Ford seeks balance on executive privilege and denies conduit for dairy contributions while pledging not to seek 1976 office.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
House
Nixon
Michigan
House of Representatives
Ford
Senate Rules Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
White House
Robert N. Winter-Berger
Winter- Berger
Capitol Hill
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Leon Jaworski
Retired Judge To Hear Court Controversy
Franklin County District Court announced Leo A. McNalley of Salina will hear the District Court facilities case filed Oct. 10 by Judges Floyd H. Coffman and Robert F. Stadler. The commissioners seek to halt funds until a contracts is signed while the cross petition asks the motion be struck and vacated. The case may delay a decision on building district court facilities.
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Leo A. McNalley
Salina
Franklin County District Court
McNalley
District Court
Floyd H. Coffman
Robert F. Stadler
County Commission
State Supreme Court
Meir Explores Mutual Pullout With U S Aide
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir discussed a possible mutual withdrawal of Israeli and Egyptian forces on opposite Suez banks with President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger. The talks center on prisoner exchanges and lifting the Bab el Mandeb blockade while US and Soviet circles expect direct Arab-Israeli talks toward a permanent settlement. Meir emphasized no US pressure for cease-fire concessions and noted no detailed peace plan was laid out. She planned to leave for Israel on Saturday.
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Washington
Golda Meir
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Suez Canal
Israel
Bab el-Mandeb
Red Sea
Union
Middle East
Ismail Fahmy
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
East Bank
West Bank
Cairo
Meir
Blair House
Fahmy
Kissinger
Backlash to US Aid War Supplies Depleted Says Official
A senior defense official said U S war stocks were seriously drained by supplying Israel during the recent Middle East war. He warned the shortfall could push the Nixon administration to seek more than the proposed 79 billion dollar defense budget for 1974. The official noted underestimation of basic ammunition like artillery rounds and the need to keep reserves for crises.
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Washington
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Pentagon
United States
Area Weather County Forecast
Variable cloudiness and unseasonably cold tonight and Saturday with lows in the mid 20s and highs in the low to mid 40s. Northerly winds 10 to 25 mph tonight. High Thursday 72, today’s low 41, year ago high 54 and low 3 percent. Record high 86 in 1937, record low 16 in 1911.
Set Key Goals For Legislature
Senate President Robert Bennett and House Speaker Duane McGill urged Kansas lawmakers to advance three bills in the 1974 session. They want a campaign finance bill operable for the 1974 elections, a broadened conflict of interest law, and a rewritten lobbyist law with registration disclosure and prohibition of improper tactics.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
Robert Bennett
Overland Park
House
Duane McGill
Rainfield
Unemployment Falls to 4.5 Percent, Lowest Since 1970
Washington AP reports the national jobless rate dropped to 4.5 percent in October, the lowest since March 1970, with employment rising by 570,000 to 85.7 million. Gains centered in manufacturing and adult men, while unemployment fell across most groups except some teens. Black unemployment also declined, and total employment rose 3.2 million since October 1972.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Manu
White House Memo Reveals Nixon Aide Targeting TV News
Confidential White House memos from 1970 show Charles Colson and H.R. Haldeman plotting alerts and pressure to punish networks for perceived slant in Nixon era programs. CBS chairman William Paley denied influence on CBS News. Sen Weicker released the memos from the Watergate committee.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Charles W. Colson
H.R. Haldeman
CBS
William §. Paley
CBS News
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Rconn
Senate Watergate Committee
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