Violence at Oklahoma State Penitentiary Renewed After Riot
Prison violence erupted again at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary as inmates roamed and firebombs struck cell blocks. Gov. Hall and officials met inmates after rioting killed two, injured 50, and destroyed multiple buildings. Hostages were released as talks began to set a new communication channel.
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Jerry Carrier
Associated Press
McAlester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
David Hall
Hall
Senate Tightens Campaign Spending Amid Reform Debate
The Senate votes to cut campaign spending limits for primaries and general elections to 10 and 15 cents per voter, limits presidential totals to about 29.5 million, and reduces individual donation caps from 100000 to 25000 while advancing final passage of the broader reform bill sparked by Watergate.
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Sen
Thomas F. Eagleton
Dmo
House
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Il
Rules Committee
Commerce Committee
George McGovern
Nixon
Sens
Stevenson
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Astronauts link up for 59 day stay
Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott docked with the orbiting lab for a 59 day mission to study man and the universe. They report mild motion sickness and stomach awareness but expect to extend the longest space stay beyond the 28 day Skylab 1 mission.
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Alan L. Bean
Jack R. Lousma
Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Owen
Lousma
Jack
Garriott
Skylab Space Station
Orbiting
Orbiting Laboratory
Houston
Lousman
Falsified Laos bombing records cited by Senate panel
The Senate Armed Services Committee has evidence that records of bombing missions in Southeast Asia were falsified and extended to raids in Laos from 1969 to 1972. The plan involved B 52s and tactical aircraft with misreported routes over northern Laos and southern Panhandle areas as part of the air war. Wheeler testimony set for Monday public session.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Laos
Cambodia
Panhandle
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nixon
United States
Armed Services Committee
Earl G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Wheeler
Nixon aide disputes Ehrlichman push for full Watergate disclosure
MacGregor Ehrlichman disputed suggestions that John Ehrlichman pressed for full disclosure during the 1972 campaign. In sworn testimony, MacGregor said Ehrlichman was not a champion of disclosure and that he lacked information Ehrlichman allegedly possessed. The deposition relates to the Watergate break in and follow up litigation. France detonates small nuclear device over Mururoa atoll in windy South Pacific conditions.
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Clark MacGregor
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
MacGregor
United Aircraft Corp
Ehrlichman
John Ehrlichman
Democratic National Com
Mittee
Watergate Complex
Senate Watergate Committee
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Maurice R. Dunne
Democratic National Committee
Wellington
France
Mururoa Atoll
South Pacific
New Zealand
Supreme Court to hear Cambodia bombing halt case
Justice Thurgood Marshall will hear Monday arguments on a U S District Court order aimed at halting bombing in Cambodia. The 2nd Circuit stayed the ruling pending an Aug 13 hearing, two days before a Congress approved bombing fund cutoff. Marshall handles emergency appeals during summer recess. No ruling time given.
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Thurgood Marshall
U.S. District Court
U.S
Cambodia
Marshall
2Nd Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Orrin G. Judd
Congress
Second Circuit
Five more Watergate witnesses named for Senate hearings
The Senate Watergate committee plans five additional witnesses before ending public hearings on the burglary and cover-up. Key figures mentioned include E Howard Hunt Jr and Egil Krogh Jr. plus David Young and others tied to the White House plumbers and CIA. The panel will decide timing and Aug 3 recess as the Senate prepares for a month long break. Stevenson urges restraint and patience as inquiries continue.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Daniel Ellsberg
Egil Krogh Jr
David Young
White House
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
William O. Bittman
Kenneth Wells Parkinson
Paul L. O’brien
Senate
Dallas memorial march erupts into rock throwing and looting
About 1,200 people gathered for Santos Rodriguez memorial march in Dallas and turned violent downtown. Police say 28 arrested, six officers hospitalized from bottles and rocks. Patrolman Darrell Cain faces murder charge. city council backs police.
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Dallas
City Hall
Santos Rodriguez
Darrell Cain
Allocation of oil expected nationwide program
The Nixon administration plans to announce a mandatory oil allocation program this week. The plan would require oil companies to distribute available crude oil and refined products equitably to all customers and reserve supplies for priority users including farming, municipal services, public transportation, and food processing.
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Washington
Washington Star News
Weather forecast: showers and storms with cooler temperatures
Partly cloudy today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High in the upper 80s. Tonight partly cloudy with a chance of storms. Low 66 to 72. Monday mostly cloudy with scattered storms. Cooler, high 80 to 85. Rain chances 50 percent today, 30 percent tonight.
Woodstock rivaling festival draws six hundred thousand crowd
The Woodstock 600000 rock concert at Watkins Glen New York drew about 600000 attendees on a 90 acre hillside with rain turning paths to mud. Co promoter Shelley Finkel said ticket sales totaled 150000 and gates were opened to non ticket holders to ease traffic. The Grateful Dead opened as mass migration overwhelmed routes and crowd spreads beyond the stage view.
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Thomas S. Brown
Associated Press
Watkins Glen
N.Y
Shelley Finkel
Grand Prix Race Course
New York
Henry Valent
Two Views of Camping and Recreation
Two photo essays show camping from different angles with Joanne Wood and Richard Levine at Devil's Kitchen Lake on page 13 and Lindsay Schaub's Bud Farrar examining camping vehicles and recreation on page 27. Plus notes on Car Town-Energy, a local author review, and local sports.
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Richard Levine
Devil’s Kitchen
Lindsay Schaub
Bud Farrar
Bonita Troutt
Mary Joyce Capps
Robert Buchanan
Carbondale
House of Glass
Southern Illinois Work Release Center
Henry DeFiebre
Buchanan
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