Watergate Hearings Open as Nixon Aide Denies Involvement
Senate began seven-member hearings into the Watergate scandal with Robert C. Odle Jr. testifying that final political authority rested with the White House. Odle denied sabotage or surveillance by the committee and said he hired and fired figures linked to the case. He claimed officials at the White House had influence but not direct control.
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Lawrence L. Rhutson
Washington
Nixon
White House
Robert C. Odle Jr
Committee For
Odle
Senate
James W. McCord
McCord
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Sam Dash
Maurice Stans
Stans
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Campaign Finance Committee
Kalmbach
California
Democratic
Jim McCord
Nixon Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Watergate hearings reveal huge White House undercover operation
Senate inquiry recounts the Watergate break in as part of a wider 1969 covert effort involving burglary wiretapping spying and sabotage. Ehrlichman and Dean figures linked to the affair face scrutiny while investigations seek links to the Chilean embassy theft and a broader intelligence contingency plan.
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Associated Press
Senate
Washington Post Today
Democratic Party
Watergate
White House
the Post
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
John D. Ehrlichman
Eagleton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
Justice Department
The
Post
Percy warns Watergate gridlock if truth not sought
Sen Charles Percy warns government paralysis could persist until Watergate facts purge corruption. He calls for independent prosecutors, campaign reform, and stiff penalties for large cash contributions, citing Haldeman and Ehrlichman as examples.
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Washington
Charles Percy
R-Ill
White House
National Press Club
Senate
Percy
Congress
GOP
Woman named to SIU board by governor
Margaret Blackshere a 32 year old Madison teacher and mother of two will join the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees for a six year term. She replaces Dr Martin Van Brown and is the second woman named to the board since 1949. Ivan Elliott Jr. is also expected to be reappointed as board chairman.
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Madison
Ill
Margaret Blackshere
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Daniel Walker
Springfield
Blackshere
SIU
Edwardsville
Granite City
Illinois
Martin van Brown
Carbondale
Walker
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Marion
Elliott
Dr. Brown
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Clyde Choate
Donna
Brown
Choate
Navy
Carbondale Clinic
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Skylab cools and space walking shield planned for repair flight
Skylab temperatures cooled overnight as a repair mission with three astronauts nears. One astronaut would space walk to install a sun shield. The Sunday start window is discussed amid broader NASA planning and administration moves at SIU board appointments.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Skylab Space Station
Orbiting Laboratory
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Fair and cool tonight with lows in the 40s. Friday partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 70s. Saturday through Monday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change. A chance of showers is possible Sunday.
Epton vows to fight no fault bill in Illinois House
Springfield AP reports Rep. Bernard Epton criticizes a Democratic rival no fault bill as gutted after amendments leaving similar proposals. He vows to block any no fault legislation this session while Senate actions include branch banking rejection and death penalty bills study.
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Epton
Springfield
Illinois
Bernard Epton
Chicago
House Insurance Committee
James Londrigan
Londrigan
Ronald Griesheimer
R-Waukegan
Sam Maragos
Maragos
General Assembly
House
Senate
Retired miners halt 300-ton dragline crossing Route 13-127
About 15 retired coal miners picketed Consols 300 ton dragline on the old Pyramid mine property near Pinckneyville delaying its crossing of Route 13 127. The machine headed toward Consols burning Star No 4 strip mine near Jamestown Perry County with a projected month long journey and a moving cost up to 500000 for repairs and transport.
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Rt. 13-127
Pinckneyville
John Roark
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Mena
Pyramid Mine
Roark
Burning Star No. 4
Jamestown
Perry County
du Quoin Area
No. 4
Objections Raised to Juvenile Records Center Plan
Two Democrats in Springfield challenged a juvenile records center near Chicago arguing it violates privacy rights per Supreme Court rulings. They spoke at a committee hearing on the Department of Law Enforcement budget as director Hervey Johnson defended the center's aim to aid juvenile programs.
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Rolling Meadows
Chicago
Rolland Tipsword
Taylorville
Christian County
Supreme Court
Tipsword
Eugene Barnes
Department of Law Enforce
Ment
Department
Hervey Johnson
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Republican Party
H. R. Haldeman
Ervin
Haldeman
Los Angeles
Warren Christopher
Elliot L. Richardson
New York
David W. Peck
William H. Erickson
Colorado Supreme Court
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Richardson
John N. Mitchell
Talmade
Segretti
Tampa
Fla
Donald H. Segretti
Florida
Raymond LaPorte
Lansing
John Ehrlichman
SIU Board
Dave Butler
Southern Illinoisan
Skylab
Madison County
Organized Labor
Dunbar Elementary
Roger
St. Louis
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Thomas
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Rpontiac
Harris
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Hudson Spurs
R-Peoria
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