Dean says Nixon told of Watergate cover up
John W. Dean Ill concededs he did not tell President Nixon directly about Watergate involvement and cover up on September 15 but says Nixon was aware. Senator Edward J. Gurney questions Dean’s claim as an impression and grills him on details of the September 35 meeting.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean
Nixon
Edward J. Gurney
R-j Fla
Dean
Gurney
Bae H.R. Haldeman
John D. Erhlichman
Bob
LaRue pleads guilty in Watergate case
LaRue, a senior Nixon re election official and Mississippi oilman, pleaded guilty in U S District Court to conspiring to obstruct justice. The judge deferred sentencing after other defendants are tried. The report ties the plea to the Watergate scandal and notes Dean's testimony about Nixon's awareness of Watergate.
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Washington
Frederick
LaRue
Nixon
U. S
Mississippi
John J. Siriea
Siriea
Nixon Enemy List Revealed Broad Spectrum Figures Named
Washington Star-News reports the Nixon White House kept an enemies list spanning media, entertainment, business, academia and politics. The list, described as memoranda headed opponents list, includes senators Birch Bayh Edward Kennedy Mondale Muskie Nelson Proxmire and figures like John Lindsay George Wallace Patman and Reston. It also mentions columnists Evans Wicker Anderson and actors Newman Peck Fonda, plus GM heir Stuart Matt and Harvard economists Galbraith and Schlesinger Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Kalb
Washington Star-News
Washington
Nixon White House
Waite House
John W. Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Dean
Political Enemies Project
Sens
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
J. W. Polbright
D-Ark
Harold Hughes
D-Inns
AE Otee
McGovern
D-S. D
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Edmund S. Muskie
Gaylord
Nelson
Ind
Wiliam Proxmire
D-Wi
Senate confirms Clarence M. Kelley as FBI director
The Senate confirmed Clarence M. Kelley, Kansas City police chief, as FBI director. He becomes the bureau's first Senate-confirmed director and its first permanent chief in over a year.
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Washington
Senate
Clarence M. Kelley
Kansas City
FBI
Bureau
Nixon vetoes bill to cut war funds
Nixon vetoes a 3.4 billion supplemental bill aimed at cutting off U S bombing of Cambodia and Laos. The move follows Senate passage 81 to 21. GOP leaders expect to avert a two thirds veto override while Mansfield warns of a possible constitutional crisis if funds are blocked.
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Nixon
Bil
San Clemente
Calif
California
White House
U. S
Cambodia
Gerald Warren
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsyl
Vania
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Thal
Congress
Laos
Mike Mansfield
Illinois Senate suspends EPA sulfur rule for coal
The Illinois Senate passed House bill 30 to 18 to delay enforcing EPA sulfur emission standards on high sulfur coal. Democrats split, amid debate on jobs and air quality. Republicans argued the measure keeps Illinois coal mines open and power plants supplied.
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Illinois
State
Senate
House
Ilinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chicago
Downstate
Karen Rothe
Southern Minersan
Alrer
House of Representatives
Richard C. Hart
D-Benton
Kenneth Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Gene Johns
Marion
Environmental Protection Agency
Hart
House of Senate
Ilinois Bfa
Blair Plan Seeks 115 Million Supplemental Freeway Program
Springfield House Speaker Blair proposes a 115 million supplemental freeway program for 1974 as part of a 265 million package approved by the House Appropriations Committee. The plan includes 2 million for planning FAP 410 in several counties and loans for land and construction across Central and Southern Illinois. It adds quarterly reports and a May 30 1974 deadline for fiscal 1975 recommendations, with bonds and road funds funding multiple FAP projects in numerous counties.
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Lindsay-Schaub News
Springfield Central
Tlinois
House
W. Robert Blair
Sparta
Carbondale
Blair
House Appropriations Committee
Daniel Walker
Senate
Highway Study Commission
Walker
DOT
General Assembly
Central
Southern
Tinois
Ilinois
Road Fund For Federal Aid Project
FAP
Williamson
Saline
Gallatin
Hamilton
White, Edwards
Wabash
Lawrence
Crawford, Clark, Edgar and
Vermilion Counties
VTI students win national auto repair contest in Boston
Southern Illinois University VTI students McClain and Pershell won first place in the national auto repair contest in Boston sponsored by Chrysler Plymouth. They beat 111 teams in the post high school division earning $2,500 college scholarships and trophies.
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Southern Ilinois University
Vocational Technical Institute
Boston
Chrysler Plymouth
David L. McClain
Richard J. Pershell
McClain
Pershell
Steven J. Monrer
Steven Dietrick
Mt. Holly
N.I
Wallace Tec
Carbondale
Wallace
VTI
Illinois
Rt. 5
Persell
la Grange
Auto Automotive Mechanics Division
McClain and
Weather outlook with cooler trend and showers
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Lows in the 60s. Thursday will be partly sunny and cooler with highs in the 80s. Friday through Sunday remain partly cloudy with a chance of showers Sunday.
Tentative Ozark agreement ends 70 day strike
In Washington on Tuesday night a tentative deal was reached between striking mechanics and Quark Air Lines to end a 70 day stoppage affecting 13 states and 62 cities. Ratification votes begin Thursday in union areas with results possible by late Friday or Saturday. The pact reportedly trims wage and pension terms and contract length, but details were not disclosed before ratification.
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St. Louis
Quark Air Lines
Washington
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
AMFA
Samuel Smith
AMPA
Chicago
Smith
Ozark
Mechanics Union
Dobbins Abell win top state police honors in Springfield
District 13 troopers Verlyn Dobbins and William Abell received the governor's award and the director's award of honor at a State Police ceremony in Springfield. Dobbins was cited for stopping an armed camper truck and apprehending three suspects despite gunfire. Abell for aiding in bank robbery suspect capture near Chester and recovering about $20,000. Lt Don Evers attended the banquet.
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District 13
du Quoin
Springfield
Verlyn ‘Bozo’ Dobbins
Johnston City
William Abell
Evansville
Don Evers
Dobbins
Aler
Swinston City
Abell
Pat
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Watergate
Dean Nixon
Dave McClain
Rich Pershell
SIU
Maureen Dean
Joh Beand
Mansfield
Illinois Coal
Joh Knuppel
R. Petersburg
Knuppel
Richard Newhorse
Newhouse
Buzbee
Johns
Macon
Shelby
St. Clair
Clinton
Clay
Richards
Logan
Tazewell
Jersey
Madison
Greene
Morgan
VTI Mechanics
Family Living
Dobbins, Abell
Rol
Chester
Bank of St. Mary's Mo
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