Nixon tapes tug public stance on legality of release
In a Watergate flap the White House argues the president can withhold tapes citing national security and public interest. Haldeman hinted a tape was obtained at a White House aide’s home, while Sen Baker pressed for a Supreme Court ruling, warning delaying a decision would be a tragedy of Watergate.
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Congress
Samuel Cash
Watergate Committee
Simica
Cox
Cash
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H.R. Haldeman
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Hash
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Charles W. Colson
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Anderson
Colson
Ehrlichman
John W. Dean
Howard N. Baker
R-Tenn
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Taker
New Orleans
Wetergale
Woman acquitted in heroin possession case in Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court Judge David Weiss cleared Frances Kelly of possessing heroin despite the arresting officer testifying she passed bags to youths on a school playground. The judge praised her while noting the officer did his duty and helped her from the witness stand.
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Philadelphia
Syoman
Common Pleas Court
David Weiss
Frances Kelly
Quake Death Toll Rises Across Mexican Regions
A strong quake killed between 300 and 400 in a city of 22,000 and nearby villages with 80 deaths in Orizaba, many from a five story building collapse. Government counts rise to 393 in Puebla and 92 in Veracruz, with isolated villages delaying exact tallies.
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Pico de Orizaba
Puebla
Veracruz
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Mexico City
Acapulco
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Gunmen surrender after vault gas incident
Detective Inspector Karl Gunnar Aas troem reported gunmen gave up as gas was pumped into a vault. Olsson and Olofs aon shouted surrender phrases, were handcuffed and taken away. Police, startled by a failed initial gas amount, corrected the device and secured the scene.
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Karl Gunnar Aastroem
Olofsaon
Aastroem
Olsson
Sven Thomander
Arraignment in Hire Death Case Ends With Bail Refusal
In Sacramento Mrs Waldis Lea Copleman 41 wife of California Highway Patrolman Ronald Copleman was arraigned on charges of conspiring and soliciting to commit murder. Judge Edward Garcia set a Sept 7 pretrial hearing and denied a bail reduction to 160000 as she sobbed during the reading of the charges. Alleged middleman James Hadley Gerow Jr 39 was also arraigned. The plot allegedly centered on hiring a gunman to stage a fake holdup. The Coplomans live in Rancho Cordova.
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Ronald
Waldis Lea Copleman
Edward Garcia
Copleman
California Highway
Ronald Copleman
Garcia
James
Hadley Gerow Jr
Mexico quake tears through four towns near Puebla
A violent earthquake cracked the earth 100 yards wide isolating towns near Ciudad Serdan and Tehuacan in Puebla state. Thousands fled to cities, hospitals overflowed, coffins awaited burials, and aid was organized as shelters opened in schools and churches amid power and phone outages.
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Mexico
Puebla
Ciudad
Serdan
Tehuacan
Santiago Martinez
Jorge
Red Cross
Tlatichicjula
Ciudad Serdan
L A bound jetliner injures five stretchers and three others
Five stretchers and three others, including two stewardesses, suffered injuries on a Los Angeles bound jetliner as it descended near sea level. Passengers identified include Marjorie Payette, 44, Huntington Beach. Tesenhsu, 16, Taiwan. and Ellen Harguty, 31, Hollywood. Stewardesses Betty Grey and Ellen Chapho al were treated and released.
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Buntington Teach
Tesenhsu
Taiwan
Ellen Harguty
Hollywood
Betty Grey
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Ellen Chaphoal
Hawaii
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Ariz
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Promised Land
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