Nixon Prepares Major Watergate Speech This Week
President Nixon works in a private office on a likely Wednesday or Thursday television address about Watergate. He has met with a small group of aides at Camp David and in the White House to finalize a speech denying knowledge of plot to buy the Democratic National Committee and to condemn the cover up while affirming his first term accomplishments and second term goals.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
David
White House
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
Houston
Carol Vance
Harris County
Billy Ridinger
David O. Brooks
Schuler Street
Elmer Wayne Henley
Pasadena
Dean Allen Corll
Donald Mullican
Ridinger
Vance
Final day of U S air attacks in Indochina
U S planes pounded Cambodian insurgents around Phnom Penh on the last day of air strikes in Indochina. Bombing runs by B52s F4 Phantoms and A7 Corsairs continued around the clock until the scheduled end at 11 a.m. Wednesday EDT.
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Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Indochina
Khmer Rouge
Today in History Highlights August 14 Through the Years
Key events include Truman announcing Japan's surrender ending World War II in 1945, Kodiak Island's first Russian colony in 1784, Oregon territory organization in 1848, the Boxer Rebellion ending in 1900, the Atlantic Charter signing in 1941, US debt relief to Italy in 1947, desegregation milestones in Biloxi in 1964, Peace Corps creation in 1960, India floods in 1959, and the East German airliner crash in 1960.
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Harry S. Truman
Japan
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Oregon Territory
China
U.S
Peking
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
Italy
Biloxi
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Kennedy
Bombay
India
East Berlin
Weather Brief for Texas Regions
Snyder temperatures show highs near 95 on Monday with a 65 degree low. Across Northwest and Southwest Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms later. highs near 90 to 100 and nights from 50s in mountains to mid 60s inland. North Central and Northeast Texas stay warm with 70s nights and highs near 100 in the west and 90s in the southeast. South Central and Southeast Texas face warm, partly cloudy conditions with daytime showers and thundershowers inland and coastal areas. lows 68 to 80 and highs 86 to 96. Coast items show east to southeast winds 5 to 15 knots, gusty with scattered showers.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
South Central
WTC Trustees Approve Budget and Honors Dr. Genuchi
Western Texas College trustees approve the 1973-74 budget totaling 2 053 608 with a tax rate of 62 cents per 100 valuation earmarked 27 cents for bonds and 39 cents for operations. A resolution honors the late Dr. Marvin Genuchi and creates the Dr. Marvin Gerucht Music Scholarship Fund. The board also approves a sound system bid for the new student center a full rodeo and new staff appointments while planning September Open House events and a planetarium preview.
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Marvin Genuchi
Board of
Trustees
Western Texas College
Genuchi
WTC
Marvin Gerucht
Jay Huckabee
Robert Blocker
E.H. Dever
Veterans Outreach
Larry Thompson
Mickey Schmidt
Soldiers Airlifted To Cambodia Contested Report
Report says South Vietnamese forces were airlifted to Phnom Penh for Cambodian minority protection. U S Embassy and Saigon military deny the dispatch. Sources claim thousands of troops and civilian trainees were moved this month, with no official confirmation.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U.S
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Major US Firms Seek Price Hikes Under Phase 4
Washington AP Major companies including Chrysler Armco Steel and Ford Motor Co moved to file price increase requests on the first day of Phase 4 of the anti inflation program. Council officials say several dozen firms may seek raises as beef prices and other costs rise while the administration signals possible delays or blocks.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Charles Emery
Chrysler Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Ford Motors Co
John T. Dunlop
Emery
Internal Revenue
Service
IRS
Council
Dawson Ahalt
Office of Economic Policy
Ahalt
United States
CEQ finds energy conservation best path to environmental goals
Washington AP The Council on Environmental Quality says energy conservation is the most environmentally desirable way to meet needs and outlines how pollution from energy systems can be tracked. It notes coal electricity costs may rise about 12 percent, gas is clean but scarce, and proposes consolidating energy programs into a new Department of Energy and Natural Resources.
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Washington
Council On Environmental Quality
CEQ
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
White House
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