Watergate coverup case may go to jury Monday
Closing defense arguments in the Watergate cover-up trial neared completion. Kenneth W. Parkinson’s lawyer Jacob Stein described his client as nonpolitical and misled by Nixon committee officials. The nine jurors will begin deliberations after instructions on Monday following a 11 week trial.
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Washington
Jacob Stein
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Richard M. Nixon
Stein
James F. Neal
Richard Ben- Veniste
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Asst. Atty
Robert C. Marcian
Democratic National Committee
Parkinson
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Inflation and economic views across nations and reports
The piece contrasts Wall Street pessimism with economists, warning that runaway inflation risks ruin. It cites Germany’s hyperinflation, Canada’s 40 percent corporate tax cut boosting capital, and notes US politics echoing German excess. It ends with a quip on misused wealth and a thought for the day about shielding men from folly.
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Wall Street Journal
Germany
Canada
Ford
Record unemployment drags down leading indicators
Washington AP reports that a record high of new unemployment claims pulled the Index of Leading Indicators lower for the fourth straight month in November. Meanwhile the Commerce Department notes higher sugar prices pushed the trade balance back into negative territory after a brief advance, as the US remains a large sugar importer.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Labor Department
Grand jurors listed to report January 6
Grand Jury Commissioners released the list of jurors to report at 9 a.m. January 6. Named are Charles Patil lo Mrs. Dub Smith Tommy Martinez William McPher son Mrs. H. McDermitt Mrs. Rachel Kirkwood Joe L. McMahon Ray Kesey Clarence Oster Mrs. Tommy Passmore Joe L. Smith Terry Burkholder Mrs. Manuel F. Galindo Jose Ortega Ismael Dominguez Ernest Bustillos Jimmy Herod Bill Wilson Earl J. Stan berry Mrs. Lon Berry.
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Charles Patillo
Dub Smith
Tommy Martinez
William McPherson
H. McDermitt
Rachel Kirkwood
Joe L. McMahon
Ray Kesey
Clarence Oster
Tommy Passmore
Joe L. Smith
Terry Burkholder
Manuel F. Galindo
Jose Ortega
Ismael Dominguez
Ernest Bustillos
Flu Epidemic Hits Budapest Tens of Thousands
Budapest residents faced a flu epidemic with MIT reporting as many as 30,000 ill in recent days. The Hungarian news agency attributed the wave to a new Hong Kong-type virus TA variant impacting the capital.
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Budapest
MIT
MTI
Weather wraps Texas in clouds and cold snap
Fog gave way to partly cloudy skies as Texas endured a frosty spell. Temperatures ranged from the upper 20s to near 60 with a chilly Panhandle and West Texas still feeling the bite, while Beaumont, Dalhart, El Paso and Lufkin reported varying conditions and scattered precipitation across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Central
East
Beaumont
Dalhart
Panhandle
el Paso
Lufkin
Texarkana
Tyler
Galveston
Amarillo
Marfa
Childress
Lubbock
East Texas
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio Valley
Freeze
Louisiana
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa
Wisconsin
New Mexico
West Texas
Ginning totals and weather impact across regions
Ginnings show 40 272 bales to date versus 47 832 last year as snow halted harvests. Week’s 4 695 bales. Reeves County Up land 31 384 Pecos County Upland 4 345 Presidio Upland 1 045. Snow blanketed Olympia and Fairchild AFB near Spokane. Tacoma chilled. travel advisories from WA OR MT. Cascades heavy snow and SouthWest cold. Astoria drenched. LA cooled to 40s. dawn temps 5 to 74 across regions.
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Reeves County
Pecos County
Presidio Upland
Olympia
Wash
Fairchild Air Force Base
Spokane
Tacoma
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Cascades
Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Los Angeles
Arizona
Rockies
Laramie
Wyo
Craig
Colo
Miami
Vero Beach
Fla
Unlikely couple Aid Pecos clinic with bold mission
Arthur and Vani Avrutis, medical missionaries from Mexico, drive a 44 Dodge six wheel truck with a question mark to Pecos to raise interest. They run Clinica Chacahua in Oaxaca for nine years, treating many ailments without MDs, and operate the region’s only medical laboratory and ambulance. They beg for equipment to expand work in New Mexico.
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Avratis
Arthur
Cuba
Clinica Chacahua
Oaxaca
Mexico
Bush
Vani
San Antonio
New Mexico
New York
Spain
Camilo Cienfuentes
Castro
Cienfuentes
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Gaye Henry
Leah Henry
Pecos
Vani Avrutis
Arthur Avrutis
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