Nixon defends record as Watergate debate continues
President Nixon told the nation that Watergate should be turned over to the courts and urged focus on urgent national business. He repeated denials of prior knowledge and criticized the pursuit of past claims while warning of dangers to economy currency and foreign policy. The address stressed a hard line on tapes and a call for action amid ongoing Senate hearings.
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R. W. Apple Jr
New York Times
Washington
Nixon
America
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate Committee
White House
Illinois to reform prisons with advocate and new superintendents
Chicago AP Sielaff outlines prison reforms moving Illinois from punitive to humane care. Key steps include appointing Nelson C. Miller Jr. as prison advocate, restructuring Stateville, installing Joliet Penitentiary superintendent Charles A. Felton, and ending inmate household labor. He cites the Babcock report on staffing and sanitation and suggests group hospital insurance with Blue Cross.
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Chicago
Dvent of Corrections
Allyn R. Sielaff
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet Penitentiary
Sielaff
Babcock
Kenneth B. Babcock
Illinois
Blue Cross
Hospital consultant urges new Menard facility and Vienna gains
Dr Kenneth Babcock urges a new Menard hospital and an outpatient department addition at Menard along with space upgrades and a dental unit. The Vienna Center is praised with no new equipment needed and a psychiatrist to be present after July 1.
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Henry de Fiebre
Illinois State Penitentiary
Menard
Illinois Dept. of Corrections
Kenneth B. Babcock
Babcock
University of Georgia
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
Joint Commission On the Accreditation of Hospitals
Dept. of Defense
Corrections Dept
Allyn Sielaff
Illinois
Vienna
Mllinois
Vandalia
Sielaff
Oil industry Phase 4 rules delays threaten price freeze
Washington AP reports Phase 4 oil regulations remain incomplete and the petroleum price freeze may be extended a second time. Officials say Friday remains uncertain for release, leaving less than three days to implement before the lift.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
Butz Sets 1974 Wheat Allotment At 55 Million Acres
Secretary Earl L. Butz announced a 1974 wheat allotment of 55 million harvested acres to meet domestic and export demand, with potential to reach 60 million or more. The 1.78 billion bushels target aligns with projected 1974-75 consumption under the new act. The current crop, a record 1.72 billion bushels, is being drawn down by exports.
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Washington (Ap
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture Department
Cambodia fighting continues around Phnom Penh
Scattered fighting was reported on three sides of Phnom Penh with insurgents withdrawing to resupply on the southern front. Western military attaches said the government detected no sign of a new offensive against the city as night bombing subsided and artillery fire from government forces remained occasional.
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Dennis Neeld
Phnom Penh
Fire Department Defeats Police in Donkey Baseball Match
Carbondale Fire Department defeated the Carbondale Police Department 4 to 2 at Bleyer Field in Carbondale. Each side received 241 dollars from box office receipts to fund prevention work and a crippled children’s home, respectively.
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Carbondale
Tom Wenzel
Bleyer Field
Bribe and Kickback Probe Rekindles Agnew Grand Jury
A special grand jury resumes its inquiry into alleged bribery and kickbacks involving Vice President Spiro Agnew. Two longtime associates are among first witnesses as Justice officials say Elliot Richardson met Agnew on August 6. The probe began last December but involved Agnew this spring with statements from Maryland businessmen and three associates cited by The New York Times. Green, Matz, and Wolff named as key figures with Green claiming yearly kickbacks until 1969.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Department
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Horace Webb
New York Times
Richardson
Maryland
the Times
Lester Matz
Jerome Wolff
Baltimore Engineering
Allen I. Green
Gese
Magruder Plea Delayed In Watergate Conspiracy Case
Jeb Stuart Magruder postponed a federal court appearance where he was to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge related to the Watergate cover up. He had agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for the single conspiracy plea.
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Jeb Stuart Magruder
Watergate Special Prosecutor’s Office
Magruder
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Paul Newman Hosts Night With Enemies in New York
A Manhattan party at Jimmy's Restaurant drew about a dozen "enemies" and several enemy groups as Paul Newman hosted an event tied to publicity and fundraising. Guests included politicians and performers away on various commitments, while Nixon aired Watergate coverage nearby.
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White House
Jimmy
Nixon
New York
Frank Crowther
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Saigon
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Carol Channing
Shirley Chisholm
Dn.y
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
Theodore C. Sorensen
Washington
Paul Newman
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Southeast Asia
Richard Nixon
Nelson C. Miller Jr
Miller
Alton
Peoria
Bartonville
Joliet Prison
Charles A. Felton
Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation
Menard Hospital
Stateville
John T. Dunlop
Cambodia
Homer
the Hard Way
Butch Nevious
Baltimore
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
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