Watergate defendants plead guilty amid mistrial bid
Four Watergate defendants changed their pleas from innocent to guilty after firing their attorney. James W. McCord Jr. and others admitted their roles as the mistrial bid by E. Howard Hunt’s defense failed before Judge Sirica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
McCord
Sirica
Alch
District Court
Frank Sturgis
Democratic National Committee
Cuba
United States
Henry B. Rothblatt
New York
Alvin Newmyer
Washington
Sturgis
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio Martinez
Virgilio Gonzalez
Newmyer
Gas Rations Said Answer To LA Smog
EPA head William D. Ruckelshaus proposed a stringent plan to curb Los Angeles smog by limiting gasoline use up to 82 percent from May to October. The plan would require coupons or restricted delivery and include mandatory auto inspection and anti smog devices, with full implementation possibly in 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPD
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Congress
Ruckelshaus
Last US bombing strikes as Nixon halts North Vietnam raids
U S jets and warships attacked North Vietnam's panhandle through Monday night in what may be the final American strikes. Nixon announced a halt to bombing as of 11 p.m. Hanoi time, while ground clashes near Saigon signaled potential escalation before a ceasefire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Nixon
Paris
Hanoi
Radio
Thanh Hoa
Quang Binh
the Panhandle
Province
20Th Parallel
Ens
Dennis Plautz
Dearborn
Mich
Vic Kovaleski
Baise
Idaho
Supreme Court to hear school merger desegregation appeal
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether federal judges can order city and county school system mergers to boost integration. The Richmond Virginia case prompted appeals from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Richmond Board of Education, with potential impacts on cities like Atlanta Boston Hartford Indianapolis Louisville and Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
Richmond
Dth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Merhige
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
LDF
Richmond Board of Education
Cirevit Court
Te Supreme Court
Atlanta
Boston
Hartford
Indianapolis
Louisville
Wilmington
Del
Police Academy Losers Protest Site Procedure
Jackson County interests accuse politics of influencing a proposed Florida police academy site in Gadsden County near Tallahassee. Officials say Elmer Rounds helped push Gadsden County, while the Law Enforcement Department sought a site near the capital. The cabinet will consider a donated 400 acre site at the Marianna Airport as a $1 traffic fine surcharge funds the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
UPS
Jackson County
Gadsden County
William Stanton
Marianna Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Rounds
Reubin Askew
Stanton
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
County Commission
Fort Walton Beach
Fred B. Hedrick
Okaloosa
Okaloosa County
Black students threaten boycott over Confederate symbols at Escambia
NAACP leaders in Pensacola announce a planned boycott of a student election on keeping Dixie and the Confederate flag at Escambia High School. They vow an economic boycott of white downtown businesses until an honorable settlement ends the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Escambia High
Gooden
Brooks
NAACP
Teachers Strike Paralyzes Chicago and Philadelphia Schools
United Press International reports extensive teacher strikes keeping 838000 students home. Negotiations resume in Chicago with 25970 teachers. minor concessions fail to avert a prolonged walkout. Philadelphia also stays out citing a court injunction while 11000 seniors attend seven new learning centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Chicago
Martin Luther King
Philadelphia
Chicago Board of Education
Frank Sullivan
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Sullivan
William Ross
Board of Education
Russian Oil Returns to U S Wheat Shipment
The first ship to reach Russia with American wheat returned to New York harbor carrying 35 000 tons of fuel oil from Romania. The Ogden Willamette unloaded off Staten Island while another vessel had shipped 36 000 tons of wheat to Odessa last month. Weather hit the Midwest and Appalachians with freezing rain and snow. Pennsylvania Petroleum Assn director Norman Cruse warned of a serious shortfall and urged lifting import quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Russia
U.S
S.S
Ogden Willamette
Romania
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Odessa
Midwest
Appalachian Mountain Range
Ohio Valley
mid-Atlantic
Norman Cruse
Pennsylvania Petroleum Assn
Jury Deadlock in Corona Mass Murder Trial
In Vacaville California the Juan V Corona trial jury reported a deadlock 8 to 4 on a verdict after four months. Judge Richard Patton ordered renewed deliberations at Solano County Superior Court with no immediate decision and no disclosure of votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacaville
Calif
UPI
Juan V. Corona
Corona
California
Solano County Superior Court
Superior Court
Richard Patton
Fie
Juan
Dave Teja
Community notices and school menus for Okaloosa area
Okaloosa Digest items list menus for Okaloosa County and St Marys School, Kiwanis club meeting, DAR dinner speaker James N Sheffer, Arthritis Foundation forum, United Fund annual meeting, Magnolia Rebekah Lodge installation, free boating course, PCI100 meeting, hairdressers association, Hurlburt Ballet classes, Valparaiso Extension Homemakers talk, Piew Elementary PTO, BSA staff meeting in Choctawhatchee district, and Shalimar church staff gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okaloosa
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Okaloosa County
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's Catholic School
FWB
Kiwanis Club
Fort Walton Beach
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Kiwanis International
Max Bruner
Choctawhatchee Bay
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Walton Yacht Club
James N. Sheffer
Pensacola
Santa Rosa Island Authority
Sheffer
NW Fila
Arthritis Foundation
Northwest Florida
Arthritis Club
Knights of Columbus
Carol Drive
Okaloosa County United Fund, Inc
Ramada Inn
Ambassador Blue Room
Magnolia Rebekah Lodge
Wright Blvd
St. Aul
Hurlburt
Hurlburt Youth Center
Valp Extension Homemakers
Valparaiso Extension Homemakers
Valparaiso
Ann Jeler
County Extension
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Watergate
Doke Field
Nashua
N.J
Holly-Navarre Chamber of Commerce
Navarre Holiday Inn
Jim Parker
Orson Parker
Vida Sutton
Buford Earnhardt
Danny Stephens
James Terry
Shalimar
Florida Highway Patrol
Seventh Avenue
Ronald Shorey
Larry Rogers
Shorey
Eglin Hospital
R. A. Gambrell
Gambrell
Arles Yates
Caryville
Ruth Parish
Niceville
Yates
Buick
Ford
Detroit
Denver
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Virginia City
Henrico
Chesterfield
Police Academy
Marianna Airport
Escambia County
Dixie
Your Freedom
The
Dnvision
Florida
Freedom Newspapers Inc
Eglin Parkway
Walton Beach
WALP
Crestview
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Okaloosa Digest
DAV
Circle Drive
Wright Area
Piew Elementary Pto
Piew Elementary
BSA
Choctawhatchee District
Boy Scouts of America
Shalimar Presbyterian Church
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