Dean Sentenced to One to Four Years in Watergate Case
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III received a one to four year prison term for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Watergate cover-up. Judge John J. Sirica recommended minimum security at Lompoc and gave Dean until Sept. 3 to settle affairs after denying a delay request.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Lompoc
Calif
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Hunt
Democratic National Committee
Frederick C. LaRue
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Debate plans shape impeachment trial timeline
House leaders set August 19 start for the first presidential impeachment debate in 106 years with seven days for debate and three to four days for voting on three articles. Live TV and radio coverage likely. Rules Committee to formalize procedures on August 13. Senate sentiment favors unchanged trial rules under Chief Justice Burger.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
Mike Mansfield
Warren E. Burger
Nixon
Senate
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Peter W. Rodino Jr
Judiciary Committee
Rodino
New Jersey Democrat
John Doar
Rules Committee
Delbert L. Latta
Ohio
David W. Dennis
R-Ind
Dennis
John B. Anderson
R-Ill
City strike action at Bell Telephone roils Roswell union HQ
CWA Local 8609 members set up strike headquarters at 211 W Fourth St Roswell as 500 000 national members vote 7 to 1 for walkout against Bell. Negotiations to avert a nationwide strike begin with a 12 01 a m EDT Monday deadline and a potential Sunday move if no progress. IBEW and Alliance unions join walkout, impact few local members but service disruptions loom.
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Communication Workers of America
W. Fourth St
Roswell
National Cwa Union
Bell Telephone System
Bell
National Bell
Glenn E. Watts
CWA
Watts
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Alliance of Independent Telephone Unions
Court overturns bribery conviction of Brewster
The U S Court of Appeals overturned former Maryland Senator Daniel B Brewster s bribery conviction saying the trial judge erred in jury instructions. The panel ordered a new trial with Brewster facing only illegal gratuities charges while Cyrus Anderson s conviction also faced appeal.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S
Daniel B. Brewster
Maryland
Brewster
Spiegal Inc
George L. Hart
U.S. District Court
Cyrus Anderson
Rain totals soak Roswell with heavy overnight rainfall
Rains soaked Roswell for about three hours late Wednesday night producing up to almost three inches in parts of the city. National Weather Service official Douglas Tranchina logged 1.15 inches citywide and ranch gauges varied with several sites reporting over an inch. Rain began at 10 10 p m and ended about 1 20 a m with forecasts hinting at more heavy thundershowers.
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Roswell
Ruby Purcella
J. P. White
Douglas Tranchina
National Weather Service
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Weather Services Office
Bill Sterret
East
Grand Plains
Hazell
Robin
Bill Corn
Kendall
Eisenhower Road
Jones Ranch
Capitan
Skeen Ranch
Picacho
Tranchina
Skeen Criticizes Apodaca Tone in New Mexico Gubernatorial Race
Joe Skeen of Picacho accuses Jerry Apodaca of setting a negative tone with personal attacks after the June primary. Skeen defends his lobbying record, cites a 1972 First National Bank bill, and emphasizes economic development, energy leadership, and open, term-limited governance as central campaign themes.
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New Mexico
Joe Skeen
Picacho
Chaves County
Roswell
Jerry Apodaca
Las Cruces
Apodaca
Aatene
Skeen
First National Bank of
Albuquerque
Washington, D.C
Washington
Tijerina joins New Mexico State Penitentiary old man’s unit
Reies Lopez Tijerina, once hunted by 500 armed men, is assigned to the minimum security dormitory A-2 known as the old man’s unit. The 47 year old land grant leader works as a hospital porter while facing concurrent sentences for assault and false imprisonment from the 1967 Rio Arriba raid.
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Santa Fe, N.M
Reies Lopez Tijerina
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Tijerina
Felix Rodriguez
Rio Arriba
Tiierina
Transfer Date Set for Wherry Housing at Roswell Air Center
H. S. Hatch Jr of Roswell announced the General Service Administration has tentatively scheduled the Wherry Housing Project transfer for Oct 31 1974 at the Roswell Industrial Air Center former Walker AFB. Units will continue renting and houses may be sold after renovation with Taylor & Taylor Realtors handling sales.
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H. S. Hatch Jr
Roswell
Wherry
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Walker Air Force Base
General Service Administration
Hatch
Taylor & Taylor, Realtors
Judge Sirica Orders Nixon Tapes Surrender Warning
District Judge John J. Sirica received ten more House tape recordings and gave President Nixon until next Wednesday to surrender notes of his Watergate discussions with aides in March and April 1973.
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Washington
USS
John J. Sirica
House
Nixon
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Maureen
Watergate
Watergate Committee
J. Apodaca
Newexico
Baip
Federal
Cantatore
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