McCord alleges clemency offer connected to Nixon
Watergate figure James W. McCord testified that a former White House aide offered executive clemency and claimed Nixon was aware. The White House denied Nixon involvement and offered no resignation plans. Four ex-aides were summoned to testify on CIA roles in Watergate and related burglaries.
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White House
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Dean
CIA
Richardson appoints Archibald Cox as Watergate special prosecutor
Atty general designate Elliot L Richardson names Archibald Cox a Democrat to lead the Watergate probe. Cox, 61, former solicitor general and Harvard law professor, will pick his staff while Richardson retains the power to remove the special prosecutor.
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Archibald Cox
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Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
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United States
Justice and Labor
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Wilston
Justice Department
Head Start Guidelines Reviewed by Five Somerset Centers
Head Start personnel from five Somerset County centers attended a conference at the Community Action Center in Central City to outline and evaluate new policy and performance guidelines for the current fiscal year. The project, funded by a $63,119 grant to California State College, will serve Head Start programs across 17 counties in Western Pennsylvania.
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Somerset County
Community Action Center
Central City
Charles Carver
Tableland Community Association
Vance Coleman
Dale Koch
California State College
Hal Yeats
Somerset-Bedford
Rockwood
Confluence
Meyersdale
Windber
Hellsepple
Yeats
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
Weekend Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Increasing cloudiness Saturday with a chance of afternoon showers and highs in the 60s. Showers likely Saturday night with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Sunday will be mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of showers and highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Winds shift to southwest at 10 to 18 mph Saturday.
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Pennsylvania
Nanticoke Hospital Fire Evacuates Patients
A general alarm fire at Nanticoke State Hospital in Wilkes-Barre forced the evacuation of about six of the 75 patients Friday afternoon. The blaze, reported at 4:50 p.m., appeared confined to the first or second floor as five fire companies from Nanticoke and nearby communities fought the flames.
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Nanticoke State Hospital
General Hospital
Nanticoke
Pennsylvania
McHale Seeks Community Input on Farmland Along 219
Somerset County leaders brief State Secretary James McHale on New Route 219's impact on small farms in the 219 corridor from Somerset to Meyersdale. They present a survey of landowners, cattle counts, land values, and resident remarks while noting concerns from Garrett County planners.
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James McHale
McHale
Paul L. O’conner
Democratic Committee
Paul Stephens
Harrisburg
O’conner
219 Citizens
O'Conner
Stephens
Richard Fogey
Somerset County Conservation District
Somerset
Meyersdale
Meyersdale By-Pass
Somerset County Planning Commission
Garrett County
Maryland
Garrett County Planning Commission
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PennDot
Berlin
Old 219
Beachdale
Milton Shapp
Mason-Dixon Line
State Highway Administration
Astronauts Test Sun Shading for Skylab Salvage Plan
Skylab astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz rehearse sun bonnet deployment to cool the wrecked station before a planned seven hour rendezvous. Engineers study sail shaped and window shade shields as a backup while a shepherds crook tool is built to free jammed solar panels.
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Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
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Kerwin
Johnson Space Center
Houston
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Space Center
Skylab
Sleeping Fugitives Captured After Georgia Massacre
Four murder suspects slept under a West Virginia cliff and were nabbed by Virginia and West Virginia police. Carl Isaacs 19 Wayne Coleman 26 Isaac 15 and George Dungee 35 were extradited to Georgia to face charges in the Reynoldsville farm family killings and related rape. They were from a Maryland prison work camp and cooperated with officers.
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Georgia
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West Virginia
Carl Isaacs
Wayne Coleman
Isaac
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