Martha Mitchell Debuts as WCBS-TV Co-Host on Watergate Day
The Los Angeles social figure and wife of former attorney general John Mitchell marks the second Watergate anniversary by hosting the Pat Colling Show on WCBS-TV. She notes she learned of Watergate only after reading about it in newspapers and recalls details of the break-in and her husband’s disappearance.
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Miss California Pageant Opens in Santa Cruz Parade
The 1974 Miss California Pageant opens with Linda Cardoso of San Pedro leading the parade in Santa Cruz. The competition ends Saturday night with the coronation. Patricia Hearst, if captured, faces 20 charges as Newsweek notes a potential brainwashing defense and cites Dr. Frederick Hacker advising the family.
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Rum and cigars fuel a near 100 year old bowler
In Tynemouth Charlie May recalls his first cigar at 23 during the Spanish American War in 1898 and bowling since age 63. Now almost 100, he attributes health to bowling, rum, and cigars, though arthritis once nearly ended his sport after two fingers were amputated.
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Sparrows Nest In Car Grill Sparks Laughing Mechanics
In Reno Nevada Judy Wange found two young sparrows nested behind her car’s grille. Mechanics laughed as she described the surprise discovery and the tiny birds chirping during pickup. In France at Chantilly Highclere, a filly owned by Queen Elizabeth II won a 140000 dollar race and was congratulated by the monarch and jockey Joe Mercer.
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Guru’s boat repossessed in Denver fundraiser debt
Guru Maharaj Ji’s 22 foot cabin cruiser was repossessed by the dealer after followers, who gave the boat as a wedding gift, could not secure financing. They paid $2,000 down on a $9,200 purchase, but banks would not loan the remaining balance. Bud Treat cited the banks’ refusal as the reason.
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Kissinger reaffirms threat to resign over wiretap allegations
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says he will not soften his threat to resign unless allegations tying him to White House wiretapping are disproved. He asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to reexamine his testimony from last fall, while President Nixon tours the Middle East.
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Pullback from Golan Heights Nears UN Hand Over
Israeli troops prepare to evacuate more of the Syrian territory captured in the October war as heavy armament is withdrawn and fortifications are destroyed. The area will be turned over to United Nations peacekeeping forces, with disengagement talks ongoing near the U N camp under a UN mediator's oversight.
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Ford stops four assembly lines amid US Canada strike
Ford Motor Co shut down four assembly plants in the United States and Canada due to a strike at a key stamping plant. UAW President Leonard Woodcock warned of massive layoffs across the Ford system in days. A spokesman could not confirm the impact. The pause halted production of hoods doors and roofs used in most Ford vehicles. Plants in Los Angeles Kansas City Magna Thomas Ontario and Oakville Ontario faced shutdowns, affecting about 8,900 workers and output of Pintos Mavericks Comets and various trucks.
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