Jaworski named Texan of the Year for Watergate work
Houston lawyer Leon Jaworski received the Texan of the Year award for his service as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation. Presentation was by former State Supreme Court Justice Robert Calvert, the award’s first recipient.
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Tex
Houston
Leon Jaworski
State Supreme Court
Robert Calvert
Jaworski
Calvert
Texas Legislative Conference
Jacobsen Testifies Connally Asked For AMPS Payoff
Texas lawyer Jacobsen testified at Connally's bribery trial that Connally asked for and took two separate payments of 5000 dollars from Associated Milk Producers Inc. He alleged a further 10000 dollars was delivered in cash to cover up the bribery, with activities tied to the Treasury Department and a White House proximity.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
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Jake Jacobsen
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Dairy Farmer
Jacobsen
Secretary of the Treasury
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Treasury Department
Senate
World's largest plane crashes with orphans in Vietnam
A U S Air Force C5A Galaxy carrying 296 people including 243 Vietnamese orphans on a mercy flight from Vietnam to the United States crashed near Ho Chi Minh City shortly after takeoff. At least 73 dead, 30 trapped. 105 orphans and 19 U S personnel survived. Debris spread across a paddy field as rescuers searched for survivors and bodies. The pilot cited a rear door malfunction causing decompression and the crash occurred about 18 miles from Tan Son Nhut air base.
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Peter O'Loughlin
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Ford
U.S
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
United States
Tan Son Nhut
13Th Air Force
Manila
Washington
Huynh Minh Trinh
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Thieu appoints new government as cabinet resigns
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced the resignation of his cabinet and named Nguyen Ba Can, speaker of the lower house, to form a new government amid rising tensions after heavy losses to North Vietnam. A separate crash near Tan Son Nhut air base killed and injured dozens aboard a humanitarian flight carrying Vietnamese orphans and adults.
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Nguyen van Thieu
National Assembly
Thieu
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Shepherd crafts wool into art from flock leftovers
Sunnyside Washington AP profile of Bob Kerr a 63 year old shepherd who knits sweaters from raw wool gathered from sheep brushing barbed wire. He separates light and dark fibers twists yarn on wooden sticks and designs inspired by British Columbia Indian motifs. Kerr sells each sweater for 50 dollars after 60 days of work.
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Wash
Tweedy
Mac
Bob Kerr
Kerr
British Columbia
Oregon
Ford cautions on South Vietnam fall amid Viet buildup
President Ford said he does not anticipate the fall of South Vietnam while intelligence sources warn of a strong Khmer Rouge threat to Phnom Penh and a possible final South Vietnamese collapse. He urged continued aid, naval support off Indochina, refugee relief, and a possible US refugee entry waiver. Thieu was accused of an improper withdrawal of troops from central provinces.
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Ford
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United States
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