Texas Aces Battle Cry Get Richthofen
San Antonio aviation writer Jack Keasler profiles World War I ace Edgar Tobin and fellow Texans Henry R Clay Jr and Byrne, noting their use of small Nieuport aircraft in Lafayette Escadrille era battles. The piece situates Tobin among famed pilots and explains American reliance on French and British planes in the war effort.
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Jack Keasler
San Antonio
Edgar
Tobin
Eddie Rickenbacker
John
San Anto
Jack Keaster
Manfred ‘von Richthofen
Germany
Lafayette Escadrille
United States
Edgar C. Tobin
Fort Worth
Henry Rclay Jr
Milford
Byrne
A Texas Aviation School Aimed at Richthofen’s Demise
Exclusive account recalls how UT Austin aviation trainees from Texas and beyond plotted to down Manfred von Richthofen. The first class in May 1917 included Tobin, Clay, and Baucom, with later cohorts producing aces Frank Luke Jr. and William P. Erwin. The piece notes British denial of a dedicated do or die group and cites a “Black Flight” that pursued the Red Baron until its downing.
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V. Baucom
Rittmeister
Manfred von Richthofen
Germany
Red Baron
University of Texas
Yale
Princeton
Canada
France
England
Richthofen
STEM
T.O.M. Sopwith
Fokker
United States
San Antonio
Tobin
Fort Worth
Clay
Milford
S. Baucom
Military School of Aeronautics
University of Texas At Austin
Army Signal Corps
Baucom
Arizona
Frank Luke Jr
New York City
William P. Erwin
Mexico Agrees to Ransom Diplomat
Washington reports that the Watergate probe will examine allegations of a coverup and high level involvement in the bugging at Democratic headquarters. Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Silbert said he would not oppose Senate Watergate committee inquiries into possible earlier evidence of a wider conspiracy beyond seven defendants. The Washington Post cited sources claiming the department showed lethargy in pursuing such indications.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Silbert
Bygeing
Pavernment
Releasing Convicts To Cuba
President Luis Echeverria intervened to save kidnapped U S General Terrence G Leon hardy in Guadalajara by releasing 30 Mexican prisoners from various jails to be flown to Cuba. The Cuban Foreign Ministry confirmed receipt of the request to admit them in Havana. The list of prisoners included seven bank robbers in Chihuahua and other inmates, with the release ordered after a railroad box note was found in Cuautla.
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Cuba
U.S
Terence G. Leonhardy
Mexico City
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Congal
Terrence G. Leonhardy
Guadalajara
Mexico
Foreign Ministry
Havana
Cuatalajara
el Informador
Lheverila
Chihumhua
el Paso
Former White House aide says Nixon knew of Watergate cover up
Newsweek reports John Dean ready to testify that Nixon told him twice he knew about the effort to conceal the White House link to the Watergate burglary. Dean says Haldeman and Nixon were pleased by Dean’s work to “keep the lid on.” A December approach by E. Howard Hunt’s lawyer to Colson is also cited.
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New York
UPI
Newsweek Magazine
White House
John W. Dean
Nixon
Dean
Oval Office
Har
Bob Haldeman
Haldeman
Nean
John
Bob
Newsweek
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Charles Colson
Hunt
News+ week
Colson
Editors Report Watergate Sparks Nixon Conference Debate
Washington editors post spring meeting amid Watergate upheaval as Nixon fires John Dean and accepts resignations of Kleindienst Haldeman and Ehrlichman. The conference splits into three camps on Nixon’s handling, with coverage shaped by the scandal and public reaction.
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Nixon
White House
John Dean II
Richard Kleindienst
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Watergate
Ninow's Dilemma Ninow's Dilemma
Columnist notes President Nixon addressed the controversy calmly after a long friendship with the writer. He expected a towering rage over the sleazy business, yet found the president unindignant and unresolved about certain officials who he says misled him on the facts.
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Dick Nixon
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Austin
Joan Lyons
Cynthia Cant
Santa Rosa Medical
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Guit
Outdoors Society
Woollord
MTV
South Texas
Conservartion
William Negley
Acton
William Randolph Hearst JR
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Ninow
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