Nixon accepts responsibility for Watergate crisis
President Nixon declares he bears final responsibility for the Watergate scandal while promising justice for the guilty in a Oval Office address. He announces resignations of Haldeman Ehrlichman Kleindienst and Dean and names Richardson to oversee federal inquiries.
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Washington
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Oval
White House
Ronald L. Zieder
Ann
Richard G. Kleindienst
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlicheman
John W. Dean II
Dean
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
William Miller
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Quate
U.S
Massachusetts
Kleindienst
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
John Sirica
World May Day celebrates across nations with strikes and prizes
May Day festivities spread from Britain to China and the Soviet Union as Brezhnev receives a Lenin Peace Prize amid internal Politburo shifts. The ICFTU calls for curbing corporate power while Britain faces a large anti inflation strike. Allende plans a Santiago rally as Chilean religious leaders boycott.
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Tass
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Politburo
Nikita Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Salvador Allende
Chile
Enrique Pasto
Rino
Uruguay
World Federation of Trade Unions
James Aldridge
Brussels
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Meat prices stay high despite nationwide boycott
After four weeks, AP sampling in 17 cities shows beef lamb and pork prices largely unchanged or higher. Nine of eight items rose in price with roast beef leading gains up to 40 percent. pork chops fell in some markets. Wholesale costs cited. consumer groups push another boycott for May.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Nixon
James A. Kidwell
Safeway
Ington
D.C
Chicago
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Detroit
Phoenix
Ariz
al Lieffert
Neb’s
Cleveland
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Boston
New Orleans
Baltimore
San Francisco
Portland
Maine
June Donavan
National Consumer Congress
Wage price control extended by bipartisan vote
President Nixon can extend wage and price controls for a year as Congress narrowly approved the extension 267 to 115 in the House after a Senate voice vote earlier. The bill preserves basic authority while adding petroleum allocation and public disclosure provisions, provoking mixed support across parties and ideologies.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
District attorney welcomes Meadows probe in branding case
Ector County District Attorney John Green says he would welcome a probe into allegations that convicted killer Johnny E Meadows was branded while in jail. Judge John Vance ruled four confessions coerced and Green plans to seek dismissal of two murder charges while pursuing state and FBI investigations.
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Odessa
Tex
Ector County
Atty
John Green
Johnny E. Meadows
John Vance
Dallas
Meadows
Green
Vance
Slim Gabrel
Meadow
Delouris
Gloria Sue Nix Green
Fort Worth
Texas
FBI
Linda Ann Cougat
Ruth Maynard
Cougat
Maynard
Mrs. Green
Tom Barker
Barker
Don Register
Elton Faught
Diamonds Looted in Air India Cargo Heist at Kennedy
Three gunmen robbed an Air India cargo warehouse at Kennedy Airport taking a four hundred thousand dollar shipment of diamonds. They bound the supervisor and six employees and forced envelopes from the safe, then fled. The origin and ownership of the diamonds were not known.
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New York
Air India
Kennedy Airport
Pervisor
Two Webb AFB instructors killed in San Angelo T38 crash
Capt. Thomas D. Jones 26 of Malad Idaho and 2d Lt. David W. Scott 23 a Minnesota native died when their T-38 trainer crashed during a check flight near Mathis Field eight miles southwest of San Angelo Texas. Both were assigned to the 78th Flying Training Wing at Webb AFB and crashed as they were on approach with no prior warning.
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Tex
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Texas
Air Force
Thomas D. Jones
Malad
Idaho
David W. Scott
Minnesota
78Th
Webb Afb
Scott
Webb
Jones
Mathis Field
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Southern Union Gas
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