Drew Pearson Diaries Reveal Nixon, Oil Ties and FBI Scrutiny
Unpublished Drew Pearson diaries edited by Tyler Abell show 1950s and 1960s reflections on Nixon campaigns funding, Riggs Bank loans, Middle East relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, Truman talks on the Suez crisis, and early FBI scrutiny. Entries describe concern over oil money behind Nixon, a 1957 house purchase, and Truman’s advice on international affairs.
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Jack’ Anderson
Washington
Drew Pearson
Richard Nixon
Middle East
Feisal
United States
Drew
Tyler Abell
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Nixon
Riggs
National Bank
Harry Truman
Independence
Israel
Truman
Balkans
Hitler
Suez
Funeral Services for Alma Tarr 79 Held at Moon Chapel
Alma Tarr 79 of Sandpoint died recently. Funeral Saturday at 1 p.m. Rev Norval Haugen officiating. Interment Pinecrest Memorial Park. Born January 5 1894 in Laurence County Tennessee she married Carl W Tarr in 1915 Minot North Dakota. Survived by 3 sons Leroy E Tarr Lester A Waris L 4 daughters Idabelle Marburger Iness Martin May Peterson Berneda O Neal 1 sister Emma Halland 2 brothers John Lee Oscar Lee 21 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren.
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Alma Tarr
Moon Chapel
Norval Haugen
Pinecrest Memorial Park
Tarr
Laurence County
Tennessee
Carl W. Tarr
Minot
North Dakota
Colburn-Selle
Harlem
Montana
Sandpoint
Leroy E. Tarr
Opportunity
Lester A. Sandpoint
Waris L
Idabelle Marburger
Spokane
Iness-Martin
Redmond
Ore
May Peterson
Hope
Berneda O’neal
Lakeside
Arizona
Emma Halland
John Lee
Pentywood
Mont
Oscar Lee
Antelope
Lillian Mae Bigelow Dies at 50 in Sandpoint
Lillian Mae Bigelow 50, resident of Careywood since 1971, died Thursday morning in Sandpoint. She is survived by husband Ray Bigelow, daughter Myrna Adair, three step children, four step grandchildren, two brothers, and her mother in Utah. Funeral services will be held next week in Price, Utah.
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Lillian Mae Bigelow
Sandpoint
Careywood
Anchorage
Alaska
Ray Bigelow
Myrna Adair
Eugene
Oregon
James Bigelow
Utah
Price
Cardinal Beltrami Dies at 84 in Rome Clinic
Cardinal Giuseppe Beltrami, 84, former Vatican diplomat and internuncio to the Netherlands, died in a Rome clinic from a brain blood clot. Named cardinal in 1967 by Pope Paul VI, he was the 12th cardinal to die this year.
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Vatican City
UPI
Giuseppe Beltrami
Rome
Vatican
Beltrami
Netherlands
Paul VI
Tape Experts Seek More Time on Watergate Tape Analysis
Two technical experts told Judge John Sirica they need more time to test whether the January 20 1972 Nixon Haldeman meeting on the Watergate tape was obliterated by an 18 minute hum. The court-commissioned review aims to determine if restoration is possible and if deletion was deliberate.
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Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Abraham
Lebanon
Charles Malik
Feisal
Malik
United States
George Wadsworth
Waldorf
Washington
UPI
Nixon
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Democratic National
Watergate Complex
H. R. Haldeman
Haldeman
New York Daily News
Boston
New York
Rose Mary Woods
50th wedding anniversary reception for Clair Bloxom couple
The correction notes the 50th wedding anniversary reception for Mr. and Mrs. Clair Bloxom to be held at the VFW Hall on Lake Street Saturday December 22 from 3 to 4 p.m. Their family hosts the event. the couple married December 23, 1923 in Fullerton, Nebraska and moved to Sandpoint in 1936. They have six children, 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Friends are invited and asked not to bring gifts.
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Blafom
Daily Bee
V.F.W. Hall
Lake St
Bloxoms
Fullerton
Neb
Sandpoint
Bloxom
Sandpoint Motors
FAA seminar for pilots scheduled in Coeur d'Alene
FAA hosts two December seminars for licensed and student pilots with RAPCON Flight Service Control Tower Air Safety Aircraft Maintenance and Weather Bureau staff. Sessions Dec 13 at VFW Hall 406 4th St and Dec 20 in First Federal Savings and Loan Hospitality Room both in Coeur d'Alene begin 7 p.m. Trees, clubs, and community notices follow with Christmas events and senior activities across Sandpoint and nearby areas.
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FAA
Rapcon
Flight Service
Weather Bureau
V.F.W. Hall
4Th St
Coeur d’Alene
First Federal Savings and Loan
Bennett says health insurance bill has little chance in Congress
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett of Utah says a national health insurance bill likely will not pass next year. He notes a potential carve out for catastrophe illness costs if time allows, but adds the Finance Committee is stalled by a trade bill planned to finish next spring.
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Washington
Tape gaps in Watergate recordings spark jury hearing
Tenfly testified Oct 1 that she may have caused up to five minutes of a gap while summarizing tapes. Sirica has seven Watergate tapes in custody and is listening privately for material for the grand jury. Additional 1972 presidential conversations were to be examined as cooperation between Jaworski and the White House continues.
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Sirica
Watergate
Watergate Grand Jury
Jaworski
White House
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