Nixon announces resignations over Watergate scandal
President Nixon resigns Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and White House aides H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. He fires White House counsel John Dean III and names Elliot Richardson as acting attorney general to oversee federal Watergate investigations.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon Today
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John Dean III
Nixon
Elliot Richardson
Kleindienster
Justice Department
Richardson
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Complex
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Dean
Leonard Garment
Garment
Ziegler
Camp David
Kleindienst
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
U.S
Massachusetts
Pentagon
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Watergate
Earl J. Silbert
United States
Erhlichman
Vesco
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Samuel Cash
Senate Watergate Committee
New York
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Richard Nixon
H. R
Bob”’ Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Law Day and Loyalty Day events set in Roswell
Roswell officials schedule Tuesday activities at Goddard High School, NM Military Institute and Roswell High School to stress Law Day and Loyalty Day. Judges, attorneys, police and veterans leaders will speak and answer class questions, with a 2 PM TV taping and a 6:30 PM reception in Roswell Inn.
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USA
Roswell
William F. Brainerd
Brainerd
Goddard High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell High School
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Joe W. Wood
William R. Hendley
B. C. Hernandez
Santa Fe
Dist. Atty
J. Lee Cathey
Carlsbad
Kent Shannon
Clyce McKee
L. M. Hall
Chaves County
L. O. “Tommy” Thompson
Court of Appeals
Kbim-Tv
Bar Association
Roswell Inn
Paul Kelly
Local
Dean Solsberg
Benny Clark
Denis R. O’brien
22Nd Bomber Wing
Strategic Air Command
U.S. Air Force
Jim Stapp
Lake J. Frazier
American Legion
Frank M. Barnes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joseph R. Lucas
Winnie Mixon
Pat Carr
Allyn Grant
VFW
Roswell Highway Upgrades to Be Let This Summer
Roswell plans to widen and rebuild U S 70 285 from Berrendo Bridge to the wye and to create an interchange at the wye in a project of about 1.8 million dollars. The work includes Second Street improvements and patches on the Roswell Portales stretch, with a New Mexico Highway Commission meeting invited for September in Roswell.
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North Main Street
Berrendo Bridge
Wye
John McLelland
McLelland
Roswell
Boles
Second Street
Sunset
Portales
New Mexico Highway Commission
Two area men killed in north of Artesia crash
Two men died in a Sunday night two car head on crash 5.6 miles north of Artesia on U S 28. Jose Egle Chacon 31 of Artesia and Daniel G O Bannon 79 of Route 1 Box 50 Artesia were killed with no passengers in either vehicle.
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Artesia
U.S
Jose Egle Chacon
Daniel G. O'Bannon
Lake Arthur
Chacon
O'Bannon Auto
O'Bannon
Roswell school board to hear vocational program report
Roswell Independent School District Supt. Roger L. Luginbill will present findings on vocational and maintenance needs at a 7:30 p.m. meeting in Military Heights Elementary. The session also covers routine items and a potential bond to fund program upgrades. Commencement and baccalaureate dates are set for May.
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Roswell Independent School District
Roger L. Luginbill
Board of Education
Military Heights
Luginbill
Harry Wagaker
Santa Fe
Roswell
Goddard
Nixon to address nation on Watergate via TV radio
President Nixon will speak tonight at 9 p.m. EDT on the Watergate situation. NBC CBS and ABC spokesmen expect a roughly 20 minute address outlining his stance and actions.
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New York
Nixon
NBC
CBS
ABC
Mississippi Flood Crest Lowers Northbound Levee Pressure
Flood fight along the Mississippi stabilizes as river levels crest near 43.3 feet in St. Louis region and drop slowly southward. Over 10 million acres remain underwater, with 35,000 evacuated from Hannibal to the Gulf. federal aid agencies mobilize to aid displaced families and businesses. Earl Butz to tour flood areas.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Small Business Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Army Corps of Engineers
Hannibal
Gulf of Mexico
Agriculture
Earl Butz
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Louisiana
Nairn
New Orleans
Beardstown
Ill
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Richard Kleindienst
Jerry Barnes
New Mexico National Guard
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Vietnam
DAV
Sunshine State
Auxiliary
New Mexico
Les Dudley
Sgt
J. B. Bogle
Virginia Tarrer
Cannon Air Force Base
U.S 604
Clovis
Albuquerque
LeRoy Mendoza
Charles Trout
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