Mitchell asserts innocence as trial nears end
Former Attorney General John Mitchell testifies in federal court that he is absolutely not guilty of conspiring with Maurice Stans to trade influence for a $200,000 Vesco cash gift to the 1972 Nixon campaign. He denies being told he was under investigation and argues the case is one man’s word against another.
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NEW York
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Attorrney
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robert L. Vesco
Mitchell
U.S
Fleming
Nixon
Vesco
Peter Fleiming Jr
Harry Sears
John Mitchell
John Dean
Sears
New Jersey
Dean
White House
Publisher calls for national vacation to protest shortages
Winnemucca publisher Cal Sunderland urges a one week shutdown of businesses starting April 15 to protest gasoline shortages and big government. He locks his paper and promotes a “middle class citizens’ rebellion” while facing fading local follow through and mixed merchant support.
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Winnemucca
Nev
UPI
Cal Sunderland
Sunderland
Congress
Crime rate in five cities higher than police data show
A federal LEAA survey in 1972 found crime underreporting widespread in Chicago Detroit Los Angeles New York and Philadelphia with Philadelphia showing the largest gap with five times as many crimes as police records. Reasons include fear of proving, deeming no aid possible and inconvenience.
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Washington
UPI
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Census Bureau
SEAA
Donald E. Santarelli
Santarelli
FBI
UCR
Roll Call Report on House and Senate Roll Votes
Arizona lawmakers Steiger and Conlan supported a recorded vote amendment while Rhodes and Udall did not vote. Key measures covered include Viet funds, unemployment relief, and public financing limits with Rhodes, Steiger, Conlan voting yea on several items and Udall and Conlan often not voting.
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Washington
Arizona
Congress
HOUSE
Sam Steiger
John Conlan
John Rhodes
Morris Udall
South Vietnam
Department of Defense
Senate
Thieu
Defense Department
Rhodes
Steiger
Udall
Conlan
Fannin
Yea
Goldwater
Downey Says He Is Content With Life After Spy Fare
Ex prisoner John T. Downey, freed in 1973 at Nixon’s request, studies at Harvard Law School and aims to practice in a small town. Downey spent 21 years in a Chinese prison camp after a 1952 spy mission with Richard Fecteau of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Boston
UPI
John T. Downey
Harvard Law School
Downey
China
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Nixon
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Funis
Udair
Paul Famnim
Barry Goldwater
Little Rock
Arkansas
Associated Press
University of Arkansas Graduate Institute of Technology
Breakaway & Associates
Arima Distribution Center Distubutor Inquertes Nue
Goodyear Service Store
N. Scottsdale Rd
Los Arcos Mall
Scottsdale
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