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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1973
Page
1
John W. Dean III described five key conversations with President Nixon on the Watergate cover up. The meetings occurred Sept 15 Feb 27 Feb 28 March 13 and March 21 as White House officials disputed his account and noted new inquiries begun around April 17.
Former domestic adviser John D. Ehrlichman tells the Christian Science Monitor he has logs contradicting John W. Dean's account of frequent meetings about the Watergate cover up. Ehrlichman says Dean will be tripped up when Dean testifies before the Senate committee, while noting Nixon and aides knew nothing of a cover-up until March 21.
The New York Times reports that Charles W. Colson and deputy Donald Rodgers urged Labor Department actions to aid Nixon reelection. They sought to influence NLRB cases involving the Teamsters, affect a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision, and harass black construction locals. Colson denied wrongdoing.
Congress passed a 5.6 percent across the board Social Security increase for about 30 million elderly Americans starting July 1974. The measure, approved 327-9 in the House and by voice in the Senate, raises monthly benefits from 161 to 170 for individuals and 277 to 293 for couples. higher earners face additional withholdings. A separate spending bill linked an Aug. 15 deadline to end U.S. involvement in Indochina.
Congress approves a plan to halt all U S military involvement in Indochina by August 15, attaching the antiwar amendment to a 1974 funding bill. The measure passed 266 to 75 in the House and by voice vote in the Senate, with Nixon promising to sign. The compromise bans funds for combat in Cambodia Laos North Vietnam and South Vietnam after August 15.
The Skyward had 720 passengers and about 300 crew members stricken by an intestinal illness, with doctors tentatively diagnosing shigella. Passengers ashore in Miami threatened lawsuits over a seven day nightmare while two were hospitalized as a precaution for dehydration.
A strong quake struck Tehran causing blackout of instruments at Tehran University geophysics department. Officials report no casualties yet while the shock disrupts timekeeping systems and data recording. A university geophysics spokesman called it an unfortunate incident and a seven day nightmare.
A Soviet TU134 airliner carrying 84 including Princess Dina overran Amman runway during an attempted takeoff. Seven were killed and 65 injured, with victims from the United States Australia Russia and Cyprus. Princess Dina and a Jordanian royal survived. The plane struck a house and exploded, witnesses said.
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