Dean to Testify He Discussed Clemency With Nixon
John W. Dean will assert before the Senate Watergate Committee that President Nixon told him in mid March he had discussed executive clemency for E. Howard Hunt Jr. with Charles Colson. Dean describes Nixon as upset and distraught during the exchange while Colson denies mention of clemency.
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Associated Press
Washington
John W. Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
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E. Howard Hunt Jr
Charles W. Colson
Dean
White House
David J. Shapiro
Colson
Hunt
Time
Newsweek
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
O.k
Senate Committee
Senate
Nixon hosts Brezhnev at San Clemente party after summit
Nixon wrapped up summit talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev at his California villa and said they moved the world closer to peace. Brezhnev praised the talks as they hosted a party with stars and officials. A final communique was prepared likely emphasizing arms limits and troop reductions.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Pacific
Man charged with stealing his own truck
Carbondale man Charles Ott aged 22 is held in Jackson County Jail after being arrested by IRS agents for allegedly stealing his own truck. He faces a charge of unlawfully rescuing property seized by the federal government. bond set at 5000 dollars by U.S. Magistrate William Kent Brandon. Ott previously posted 7500 dollars on a state bond after June 5 arrest for alleged illegal marijuana delivery.
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Jackson County
Charles Ott
Lynda Drive
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Ott
U.S
William Kent Brandon
Ex leader claims FBI aided right wing harassment in San Diego
Jerry Davis, former Southern California coordinator for the Secret Army Organization, says an FBI informant financed and helped organize a right wing group that harassed leftists for over a year. The informant allegedly took part in shootings firebombings and burglaries while paid by the FBI.
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New York Times
San Diego
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Howard Berry Godfrey
FBI
Jerry Lynn Davis
Southern California
Secret Army Organization
The
Minutemen
Secret Army
Death of Buncombe man shot at home reported
David Franklin Roach 40 of Buncombe was apparently shot to death at his home Saturday around 8 p.m. Union County Coroner Lloyd Sitter said the gunshot wounds were the apparent cause. Details of the incident were not available and no inquest date has been set.
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David Franklin Roach
Buncombe
Union County
Lloyd Sitter
Union County Sheriff’s Office
Sitter
Wiretap suspends IBI agent in Peoria probe
Illinois House committee moves to demand an explanation from IBI Superintendent Wayne Kerstetter after a 30 day suspension of IBI agent Russ Ford tied to a suspected illegal wiretap in the Peoria area. The incident involves the Tri County Intelligence Unit and possible use of federal crime fighting grants.
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Springfield
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Peoria
Ilinois House
IBI
Wayne Kerstetter
Harvey Johnson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Daniel Walker
Richard B. Ogilvie
Norton Kay
Walker
Law Enforcement Department
Tri-County
Russ Ford
Astronauts Cleared for White House Visit After Space Flight
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz, recovering from a 28 day mission, are cleared for a two hour visit with President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev at the western White House in San Clemente. They will travel by helicopter from the USS Ticonderoga under medical supervision and wear masks during most of the meeting to protect their health.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
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Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
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Johnson Space Center
Houston
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Hawkins
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Weitz
America
San Clemente
Calif
Remember flattops and Shake Rattle and Roll in Southern Illinois
Sandy Blumenfeld’s page 22 column asks what lies inside the REMEMBER flattops and the Shake Rattle and Roll era. The piece signals a broader study of music education in Southern Illinois schools featured in an Entertainer series starting page A-3.
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Sandy Blumenfeld
Southern Illinois
Gary Blackburn
Les Taylor
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