Writer Vanessa Leggett jailed over tapes in Angleton murder case
Vanessa Leggett, a freelance writer and UH lecturer, was jailed in Houston after refusing to turn over interview tapes and notes to a federal grand jury. Judge Melinda Harmon held her in contempt. Leggett could face 18 months if appeals fail. The case raises First Amendment versus Sixth Amendment concerns in federal pursuit of a murder investigation.
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Vanessa Leggett
Houston
University of Houston
Doris Angleton
Robert
Roger
Leggett
Roger Angleton
Justice Department
U.S
Melinda Harmon
Robert Angleton
John Ashcroft
Today in History rundown for August 14, 2001
Highlights include Hearst death in Beverly Hills in 1951 and major events such as Oregon Territory creation in 1848, Boxer Rebellion action in 1900, China war declaration in 1917, Social Security Act passage in 1935, Japan’s WWII surrender in 1945, Pakistan independence in 1947, Northern Ireland violence intervention in 1969, Cambodia bombing halt in 1973, 1980 Democratic convention term-nomination, Pope John Paul II hospital release in 1981, and Edward Tracy’s 1990s release with Bush’s Middle East mediation stance.
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Oregon
Northern Ireland
U.S
Cambodia
Carter
Walter Mondale
New York
Pope John Paul II
Rome
Edward Tracy
United States
Boston
Maria Lambert
Bush
United Nations
Middle East
Montoya Sees Education as Key to Future in Roswell
On August 13 1976 U S Senator Joseph Montoya spoke at the Spanish Southern Baptist Convention in Roswell saying education is the nation s best investment and that descendants of Spanish colonists are learning to be proud of their language. The Roswell Industrial Air Center housing concerns were aired as Montoya opened a campaign HQ at 2110 S Main St and workers hurried to finish Hagerman Barracks bathrooms before cadets arrive.
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Spanish Southern Baptist Convention
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Roswell Inn
Jose Delgado
W. Walnut Sr
Charlie Stiles Plaster and Stucco Contracting Co
Wall Street aims at Social Security reform argument
The piece argues that major investment firms have formed the Coalition for American Financial Security and begun a multimillion dollar push to invest parts of Social Security, amid a Bush commission's report predicting a 2016 funding shortfall backed by government bonds. It warns of conflicts of interest in 401k reforms and calls for prudent federal budget priorities to protect retirement benefits.
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Albuquerque
Wall Street
Coalition For American Financial Security
Bush
Commission On Social Security Reform
Commission
George W
Treasury
President
President’s Commission
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
New Mexico
Pete Domenici
Heather Wilson
Joe Skeen
Jeff Bingaman
Tom Udall
Bush Commission
McNamara Reflects on War History in New Book
Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara co authors with James G. Blight on Wilson's Ghost a tribute to Woodrow Wilson's idealism and the dream that World War I would be the war to end all wars McNamara recalls his role in Vietnam and laments missed warnings from French colonial rulers urging restraint.
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Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Wilson
James G. Blight
Brown University
Woodrow Wilson
McNamara
Columnists skew at Bush vacations in sharp satire
Critics debate how much time President Bush spends away from the White House and how the trips appear to the public. Slate writers James Wolcott and Zoe Heller mock the president’s holidays while noting the ongoing tension between image and work in presidential travel.
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Ting Wood
Abe Lincoln
Slate
Bush
Wolcott
Zoe
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Calif
Rence
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Vietnam
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Wea
Kennebunkport
White House
Slate Inc
James Wolcott
Zoe Heller
Vanity Fair
London Daily Telegraph
George Bush
Habitat For Humanity
Texas
Earth
Ronald Reagan
Switzerland
Harry Truman
Key West
Ms. Heller
William F
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