Wiretap Disclosures Complicate Ellsberg Case
Legal hearings focus on vanished wiretap records from 1969 and 1970 as Judge Byrne weighs possible dismissal of the Ellsberg Russo case. Defense probes may probe John Mitchell and Nixon over taps at Morton Halperin’s home while new testimony links Watergate burglars to Ellsberg files.
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New York Times News Service
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Daniel Elisberg
FBI
Pentagon
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Ellsberg
Morton Halperin
White House
Anthony J. Russo
Byrne
Russo
U. S
Vietnam
Watergate
Oil Price Controls May Lift Prices and Supply
The Cost of Living Council announced changes in oil price controls that could raise oil prices while easing shortages. Director John T. Dunlop told the Senate Banking Committee the steps encourage imports to relieve tight supply, though the changes are described as technical and may permit higher charges to consumers.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
Senate Banking Committee
Dunlop
Nixon
White House announces nominations for district judge and U S attorney
The White House announced the nominations of Harrington Wood Jr. of Springfield for U S district judge in the Southern District of Illinois, replacing retiring Omer Poos. Deputy press secretary Gerald L. Warren said Harold O Bullis of Fargo, North Dakota, will be renominated as U S attorney for North Dakota for a four year term.
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Washington
White House
Z United
Ilinois
U. S
North Dakota
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon
Harrington Wood Jr
Springfield
Omer Poos
Wood
Justice Department
Warren
Harold O. Bullis
Fargo
N. D
SIU Board advances monorail funding plan for Carbondale
SIU board continues efforts to secure a HUD grant of 6 to 8 million for a Carbondale monorail pilot with PR T presenting a plan to allocate 4 to 6 million to SIU and about 2 million for one mile downtown. City officials, including Mayor Eckert, push collaboration with PR T on the project.
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Dave Butler
Southern
Carbondale
PRT
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
George Scelzo
SIU
Neal Eckert
Carroll Fry
Hans Fischer
Clark
Scelzo
Illinois
William Allen
Bloomington
Allen
Daniel Walker
Eckert
Miller resigns as SIU executive director. trustees approve appointments
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Kenneth R. Miller as executive director of the SIU Foundation, effective July 1. The panel approved new hires and appointments across Health Service, Finance, and the School of Medicine staff, with several changes in assignments and continuing appointments.
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The
Health Service
Finance Department
School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Kenneth R. Miller
SIU Foundation
Miller
W.E. Henrickson
Carbondale
Edward L. Winn Jr
Donald E. Vaughn
Winn
John H. Huck
Alfreds Straumanis
William K
Tim” Turner
University News Service
Mitchell and Stans Claim Innocence in Watergate Related Probe
Former U.S. Attorney General John F. Mitchell and ex-Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans defend innocence against charges of conspiring to obstruct justice and defraud the United States. The case centers on a $200,000 Vesco contribution and SEC intervention claims tied to the Nixon reelection campaign. Vesco, Sears, and others face related counts. The indictment highlights alleged meetings and pressure to influence SEC action.
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New York Times News Service
Associated Press
New York
Atty
John F. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
United States
Nixon
Mitchell
Fifth Avenue
New Jersey
Robert L. Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
Vesco
Harry L. Sears
Coupees
Stans
Sears
Nixon Campaign Finance Committee
U. S. District Court
U.S. Atty
Whitney North Seymour Jr
John W. Dean III
William J. Casey
SEC
Casey
G. Bradford Cook
Dean
Robert H. Allen
Coal and Silver
Pennzoil United
Washington
Mexico City
Justice Department
Atty. Gen
Elliot L. Richardson
Nixon era wiretaps targeted reporters and officials
Sources say over two years starting 1969 the Nixon administration ordered taps on telephones used by reporters from the New York Times The Washington Post and The Sunday Times of London and on officials suspected of leaking. Targeted reporters included William Beecher Hedrick Smith and Henry Brandon.
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Nixon
New York Times
Washington Post
Sunday Times of
London
Washington
Morton Halperin
National Security Council
Los Angeles
William Beecher
Hedrick Smith
Henry Brandon
Sunday Times of London
Kissinger and Tho to Meet in Paris for Indochina Talks
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho will convene in Paris on Thursday to discuss implementing the Paris accord. Kissinger has just returned from Moscow and London and is slated for three to four days of talks with Tho, a North Vietnamese Politburo member, to review and enforce the agreement.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Kissinger
Moscow
London
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Tho
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
McCord says Mitchell approved Watergate in sworn testimony
James W. McCord Jr testified under oath that he would not have joined the Watergate operation without assurances from former Attorney General John N. Mitchell. He said G Gordon Liddy claimed Mitchell received logs of wiretapped conversations after Mitchell left the post. McCord’s April 30 and May 1 deposition relates to the Democratic Party suit seeking 6.4 million dollars in damages.
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Miami
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Ellsberg
Felipe DE Diego
Dade County
Richard E. Gerstein
Los Angeles
Joseph Busch
Mitchell
James McCord Jr
Committee
Washington Star-News
Associated Press
Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Atty
John N. Mitchell
McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
New York
Liddy
Democratic
Democratic Party
Hous
Senators sprint to save bills as deadline looms
Illinois senators hustled to move bills from committee before a broadside order could kill those still in committee Saturday. Sen. Howard Mohr said scores of bills may die as a May 25 House deadline approaches, with exceptions for appropriations. The session also sent to the House measures authorizing public junior colleges to teach physical education and shifting appointment power for various district boards to county officers.
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Springfield
Illinois
Senate
Howard Mohr
Forest Park
Mohr
House
Senate panel kills bid to end double dipping
Legislation to outlaw dual public payroll jobs was killed 6-1 by the Illinois Senate Executive Committee. Sponsored by Sen. John B. Roe, the measure lacked enough support, with Sen. Terrel Clarke the sole proponent. Fifty lawmakers reportedly receive government fees or salaries in addition to their Assembly pay. The term double dipping has long fueled legislative controversy.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate Executive Committee
John B. Roe
R-Rochell
Terrel E. Clarke
R-Western
Springs
General Assembly
Shazam and 10.4 Trooper Safe After Lightning Strike
State Trooper Donald Mays Sr. of Mt. Vernon escaped injury when a lightning bolt struck his patrol car antenna during a morning storm. The bolt burned out the antenna and blew a three foot hole in Interstate 57 near the Dix Intersection, but the trooper drove the car to Mt. Vernon. The incident occurred around 8 30 a m while he was on routine patrol.
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Donald Mays Sr
Mt. Vernon
District 13
du Quoin
Interstate Rt. 57
Dix
Mays
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Frank A. Coyle Jr
Rehabilitation Institute
Charles E. Fisher
John M. McDermott
Labor Institute
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