Watergate bugging witness testifies on immunity deal
Former FBI agent Alfred Baldwin testified he was hired by James W. McCord Jr. to monitor tapped Democratic National Committee telephone lines during the Watergate burglary probe. Baldwin said he received immunity and kept logs of conversations as the security operation unfolded at the Watergate complex.
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Washington
UPI
Star
Alfred ¢. Baldwin
Nixon
Baldwin
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Democratic
Watergate
Justice Department
George S. McGovern
Alch
Sirica
Court of Appeals
R. Spencer Oliver
Association of State Democratic
Democratic National Committee
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Congress
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Berrigans’ Hanoi Trip Question Backed by Court Ruling
UPI reports the Washington scene after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Parole Board could not block Rev. Phillip and Rev. Daniel Berrigan from a proposed Hanoi trip. State Department warned passports not validated for North Vietnam could bring misuse charges. The stay ordered by Berger left the question for the Supreme Court.
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Washington
UPI
Warren Burger
Hanoi
Berriganes
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Board of Parole
Phillip
Daniel Berigan
State Department
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Berrigans
North Vietnam
United States
Supreme Court
U.S
Berger
Appeals Court
Justice Department
Parole Board
David Bazelon
United States Parole Board
Oliver Gasch
Freedom School movement rises as boycotts hit Escambia schools
In Pensacola black students set up Freedom Schools in churches while public school attendance wanes. NAACP officers in Ft. Walton Beach were elected with goals of better jobs, housing, and school equality. Escambia High attendance fell to 84 percent with few black students attending amid boycott over Confederate symbols.
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UPS
Escambia County
Freedom
H.K. Matthews
Southern Christian Leadership _Con
Ft. Walton Beach
The
NAACP
Cranston Seymore
Johnny L. Florence
Donald E. Johnson
Earl J. Tyler
Reatha M. Brown
Earl B. Williams
Seymore
Ference
SCLC
St. John Devine
Schoal
B.J. Brooks
Escambia High School
Brooks
Justice Department
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Escambia High
Sidney Nelson
FDA Orders Food Labels To Show Serving Contents
The FDA issued the broadest labeling change in 77 years, requiring calories fats vitamins and related nutrients per serving on most packaged foods. Some firms like Del Monte and Pillsbury have begun updating labels, with full effect in months and two years for complete compliance.
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UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
del Monte Foods
Pillsbury
Mayer
Agriculture Department
Little Cigar Health Risk Mirrors Cigarettes Warns Government
Government and health officials say little cigars may pose health risks similar to cigarettes. Dr. Merlin K. DuVal noted that compounds like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide are found in little cigar smoke and could cause heart and lung diseases when inhaled like cigarette smoke.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Merlin K. DuVal
Congress
U.S
DuVal
United States
Computerized metal detectors debut at eight major airports
Washington reports that Westinghouse produced 100 units costing 580000 dollars for the FAA. The devices detect concealed weapons through a dual frequency electromagnetic field without triggering on keys or lighters. Passengers pass through a gate as part of the anti hijacking security program requiring screening before boarding.
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Washington
UPI
Westinghouse
Federal Aviation Administration
Ellsberg Case Opens In Pentagon Papers Trial
The trial begins with the government claiming the leaks could have hindered Vietnam War settlements while the defense argues the documents are historical and not national defense sensitive. Ellsberg and Russo face charges of theft and receipt of secret papers as opening statements set the espionage case.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
New York Times
David Nissen
United States
Affort
Nissen
Leonard Boudin
Elisberg
Vietnam
Community notices and upcoming meetings in Okaloosa
Okaloosa Digest items list community notices for Okaloosa and surrounding areas. Readers are urged to submit typed notices to Playground Daily News, with many items including school menus, Jaycee Week Banquet at Hurlburt Officers Club, NAACP Youth Branch meeting at Gregg's Chapel AME Church, Ikebana International Chapter 55 at Pensacola library, Ceramic course registration, Apprenticeship Committee election, Fort Walton Beach Junior Woman's Club meeting, Retired Officers Wives brunch, Niceville-Valparaiso Rotary Club meeting, Girls Softball League meeting, AO A dinner with Lt Gen James Stewart, 834th Transportation Squadron Wives Club, County commissioners meeting, hospital trustees meeting, Cub Scout Pack 522 event.
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Jaycees
Jaycee Auxiliary
Hurlburt Officers Club
Jere Tolton
NAACP
Naacp Youth Branch
Ft. Walton Beach
Gregg’s Chapel
Okaloosa-Walton
Earl Gulledge
FWB
Fort Walton Beach
Bruner Junior High
Lyn Tiedeman
Ruckel' Junior High School
Officers’ Wives Club
Niceville-Valparaiso
American Ordnance Association
Florida
AOA
Eglin Officers’ Club
James T. Stewart
Aeronautical Systems Division
ASD
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
834Th Transportation Squadron
834Th
TCA
Board of Okaloosa County Commissioners
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Shalimar
Governors Askew and Carter to cohost live TV show
In a rare joint appearance Governors Askew of Florida and Carter of Georgia will participate in a live one hour program titled The People Ask. Askew will be in WCTV Tallahassee studio while Carter records from Thomasville Georgia. News staff will field questions and viewers can call in.
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UPD
Gov
Reubin Askew
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Jana
Askew
WCTV
Carter
Thomasville
South Georgia
Florida
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Ft, Walton Beach
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WALP
Niceville
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Okaloosa Digest
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Okaloosa County
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