White House Aides Isolated President in Watergate Probe
sworn testimony shows Hugh L. Sloan Jr. says top advisers Ehrlichman Chapin and others urged protecting the President and blocking details as Sloan raised concerns about nearly 1 million dollars in campaign funds used in the Watergate bugging. Sloan testified June 23 at the White House.
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White House
Democratic Party
Nixon
Hugh L. Sloan Jr
John Cbd
Ehrlichman
Dwight Chapin
Sloan
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic
Chapin
Watergate Conspirator Link to Mitchell Emerges in Testimony
James W. McCord Jr testifies he was told Mitchell pleased by prior burglary ordered the June 17 Democratic National Committee break‑in. He also said Mitchell received overheard reports from monitored conversations and personally approved a $250,000 budget for political espionage on Nixon’s behalf.
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UPI
James W. McCord Jr
John N. Mitchell
McCord
Mitchell
Nixon
Las Vegas
Nev
Senate
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Memorial Day
Election Committee Members Named and County Actions Reported
The board named three new election commissioners and reappointed two longer serving members. A 200-foot setback on SR 98 was approved from the Destin Airport Road to the Walton County line. County officials urged cross department coordination on landfills and insecticide truck needs. A correction noted Nichols voted against the water and sewage ban for a Fort Walton Beach townhouse. The report also touches on political intelligence activity linked to the Nixon era Watergate investigations.
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Ruth Cadenhead
Jim Courtney
Morris Helms
Bill Flourney
Seith Maher
Parkton
Destin Airport
Walton County
Williams
Wallace Bullock
Fort Walton Beach
Bullock
Nichols
Bob Echols
Senate and House Move Obscenity Bills in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee the Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved an anti obscenity bill with no cop out provision while the House Judiciary Committee backed an altered version. The bills set ad versary hearings to determine probable cause for seizing films with the Senate rejecting a theater operator escape option. Senator Deeb joked about sending a sample of what is obscene to theater owners.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Senate Criminal Justice Committee
House Judiciary Committee
David H. McClain
Rtampa
Reubin Askew
McClain
Senate
Richard J. Deeb
St. Petersburg
Lebanese Forces Bomb Guerrilla Positions Near Syria Border
Lebanese air force planes pressed a third day of strikes against Palestinian guerrilla targets at Kobat air base near the Syria border despite a cease fire. Army posts along the southeast border and Beirut faced artillery and mortar fire with scattered Beirut gunfire. Israel’s Golani Brigade reportedly began routine summer training in the Golan Heights as medians hoped to end the fighting. The army mobilized specialized reservists with orders to report for selective call up.
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UPI
Kobat
Lebanon
Syria
Golan Heights
Tel Aviv
Israel
Arab League
Mahmoud Riad
Police arrest 12 in witchcraft cult murder case
Daytona Beach police report 12 suspects, 41 charged with first degree murder in the slaying of 17 year old Michael Ross Cochran amid a Satanic rite at a North Grandview Avenue house known as Roach Haven. Frazee and Deborah Shook are among those charged with murder.
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UPI
California
Nicklas Eldon Frazee
Dayton
Ohio
Frazee
Michael Ross Cochran
Cochran
Fresno
Calif
Grandview Avenue
John W. Gaspar
Judge postpones Ellsberg decision in Pentagon Papers trial
UPI reports US District Court Judge Matt Byrne delayed ruling on dismissing all charges in the Pentagon Papers case. He ordered further arguments on whether to throw out the case after discovery that Ellsberg had been wiretapped in 1969 and 1970. Byrne signaled likely acquittal but pressed for proper procedures and immediate disclosure of wiretap records.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Matt Byrne
FBI
Daniel Ellsberg
Byrne
Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo Jr
Russo
Tax deduction eyed for domestic workers under wage bill
The House Education and Labor Committee endorsed a tax deduction up to 4840 dollars annually for employing domestic help as part of a plan to raise the minimum wage to 2.20 per hour and cover about 1.1 million domestic workers. Rep. John Dent said the deduction would aid hiring from unemployed and poverty ranks.
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Washington
UPI
House Education and Labor Committee
John Dent
D-Pa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dent
Clark Defends Right To Visit Hanoi Before Congress
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark told the House Internal Security Committee that travel freedom is essential to informed speech amid debates over restricting travel to nations at war with the United States. Five former POWs testified that visits by Clark and others boosted enemy morale and prolonged the war.
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UPI
Ramsey Clark
Hanoi
Clark
House
Internal Security Committee
United States
Jane Fonda
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Attorrdey
Johnson
Berrigan Brothers
Harrisburg
Skylab Launch Cleared After Lightning Check
Skylab and its Saturn 5 rocket passed a full systems check with no lightning damage. Launch director Walter J. Kapryan said all launch managers gave a complete go for Monday as the eight room space station and crew prepare for liftoff from Cape Kennedy.
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UPS
Skylab
Walter J. Kapryan
America
Kapryan
Orbiting Laboratory
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul Westa
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Playground Daily News Subscription Rates and Contacts
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions including annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options. It provides office circulation phone numbers for WALP Niceville Crestview and related offices and notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Your Freedom
Playground Daily News
Florida
Freedom Newspapers Inc
Eglin Parkway
Sefl
Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach
WALP
Niceville
Crestview
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Community events and school menus in Okaloosa area
Local notices list Friday school lunch menus at Okaloosa County and St Marys with tacos pizza and sides. Community groups including Knights of Columbus Holy Name Concert Association Teen Dance Destin American Legion and other clubs announce meetings games and fundraisers with times locations and host organizations.
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Okaloosa County
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
Parkway Baptist Church
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Carol Avenue
Holy Name
CCD
Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church
Niceville
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Destin American Legion
St. Mary's Auditorium
National homecoming invites arm veterans and governors
Invitations for a national Vietnam veterans homecoming include POW families, state governors, service reps, and families of the fallen. The three day June 1 Cotton Bowl rally will be hosted by Bob Hope as part of the celebration.
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Dallas
UPS
Bob Hope
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