Watergate figures stall in prison terms and media shifts
After convictions in the Watergate cover up, Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mitchell remain free awaiting appeals. Oral arguments set for January could trigger starts to prison, while the trio and Mardian publish books and fade from public view amid limited interviews and legal restrictions.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John D Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
John J Sirica
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
White House
Watergate
Richard M. Nixon
CBS
Nixon
Senate Intelligence Committee
Demos Push Tax-Cut Plan Toward Veto
Congress faces a veto battle over a tax cut bill with Democrats and some Republicans pressing for a six month extension. The Senate Finance Committee approved its version aiming for a veto override before adjournment. The Senate plan includes broader relief for the poor and families and retains the work bonus while tying 1976 cuts to spending reductions in 1977.
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Congress
Ford
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democratic Caucus
Finance Committee
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Senate Budget Committee
First Shot Is Fired in Fishing War
In Iceland's east coast Seydisfjordur area three British tugs rammed an Icelandic gunboat and Thor fired a shell toward the tugs. The coast guard reported no immediate hit and said a second shell was planned while Galatea was en route at top speed. The dispute centers on Britain’s fishery rights inside Iceland’s four mile limit amid NATO talks in Brussels.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Thor
Icelandic Coast Guard
Star
Aquarius
Coast Guard
Galatea
Seydisgjordne Fjord
Britain
Seydisgjerdae
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Brussels
Belgium
Radio Base May Move to Sheriff's Office
Calhoun County Commissioners Court weighs moving the CB base station from Civil Defense to the Sheriff's Office to monitor emergency channel 9, with the Gulf Coast 73 CB club seeking a meeting room for Civil Defense work, plus quotes for new Sheriff's cars and discussion of the Community Development Block Grant program.
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Calhoun County
Commissioners Court
Civil Defense Room
Sheriff's Office
Gulf Coast 73 CB Club
Sheriff's Department
Billy Martin's Daughter Held in Colombia
AP reports Kelly Anne Martin, 22, daughter of New York Yankees manager Billy Martin, held in Barranquilla charged with carrying 450 grams of cocaine worth about 60 000 dollars. She was arrested November 16 at Barranquilla Airport while preparing to fly to Miami. An office worker from Albany California, she visited Colombia as a tourist.
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Barranquilla
Colombia
Kelly Anne Martin
New York Yankees
Billy Martin
Administrative Department of Security
Miss Martin
Miami
Fla
Albany
Calif
Columbia
Christians Fight to Capture Holiday Inn in Beirut
In Beirut the Moslem militia closed on the Holiday Inn as Christian gunmen of the Phalange party resisted a heavy assault. Overnight clashes around Starco Center and surrounding blocks left charred interiors and multiple bodies, with casualties feared by authorities.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Moasiem
Holiday Inn
Middle East
Phoenicia
Starco Center
Phalange Party
Magnolia Beach Home Destroyed By Fire
A Magnolia Beach home owned by Mr and Mrs Francis Moriss was destroyed by a fire on a Wednesday afternoon. Flames surged from the roof and a nearby LPG tank vented under heat. The Port Lavaca department arrived from 20 miles away, backed by Point Comfort units, but it was too late to save the house valued at 11 000 dollars.
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Port Lavaca
Magnolia Beach
Francis Moriss
Francis Morrss
Moriss
Morias
Point Comfort
State Voter Plan Nixed By Justice Department
The U S Justice Department rejected a Texas provision requiring all voters to re register by mail or face purge arguing it could confuse minority voters and curb turnout. Officials said they were unsure how to proceed while Pottinger noted the rest of the law could be implemented without the purge and stressed no discriminatory purpose was found.
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Justice Department
Austin
Mark White
State of Texas
Pottinger
White
Texas
Texas Civil Liberties Union
TCLU
Calhoun High builds first student house for market sale
Calhoun High School building trades class with 26 students is building a house to be sold on the open market. Instructor Jim Farias notes second-year students are finishing the project begun last spring and the house should be completed in April. Public viewing is available at Oleander and Jackson.
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Calhoun High School
Oleander and
Jackson Streets
Building Trades
Calhoun
Jim Farias
Farias Said
Weather appears fair warm through Friday with rain chance
The forecast calls for fair warm conditions this afternoon and evening, becoming cloudy and warm through Friday with a 20 percent chance of showers on Friday. Highs in the low 80s, lows in the low 60s. Winds southeast 15 to 20 knots, seas 3 to 5 feet. A few Friday showers, high tide 10:50 PM, low 4:45 PM, sunset 5:32 PM, sunrise 7:12 AM, pressure 30.06.
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Haldeman, Ehrlichman
Supreme Court
Robert C. Mardian
Seattle
Santa Fe
N_M
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
San Clemente
Mardian
Phoenix
Demos
Cop Senais
Abu Abed
J. Stanley Pottinger
U. S Attorney General
Washington, D.C
Student Builders
House of Learning
Raymond Hui
Tony Vargas
Vargas
Rudy Saenz
Victor Cantu
Don Caldera
Bob Brunicker
Robert Meloy
Calhoun County Schools
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