Gemstone File Seen Near Mitchell Before Watergate Break-In
Former Nixon campaign official Robert Reisner testified he saw the secret Gemstone file on Jeb Magruder's desk days before the June 17 Watergate break-in and believed it was intended for John N. Mitchell. He said Magruder later ordered removal of the Gemstone file amid ongoing investigations.
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UPI
Nixon
Senate
Gemstone
John N. Mitchell
Robert Reisner
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Reisner
Magruder
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Mitchell
Justice Department
Sally Harmony
Liddy
California
Robert Odle
Odle
Gunmen abandon hijacking ends epic 22 day airline siege
In a historic hijack exodus two gunmen released 85 passengers from a Colombian airliner after a 22 day ordeal. They fled near Resistencia Argentina with $50,000 in ransom after abandoning the Electra at the airport and escaping on foot. The ELN claimed affiliation while authorities scour the Chaco plain for the duo.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Chaco
Resistencia
National Liberation Army
ELN
Bogota
Gildardo Rivera
Aaron Howards
Colombia
Electra
Hugo Molina
Dean says Nixon meetings exceeded forty since January
Senate counsel disclosed that John W. Dean III told the chief counsel of the Watergate Committee he met alone or in small groups with President Nixon more than 40 times from late January to early April this year.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Dean
White House
Samuel Cash
Committee
Cash
Gerald L. Warren
the Times
Krogh claim disputed over FBI knowledge of Pentagon papers
Justice Department sources say the FBI knew in late June 1971 that the Soviet government did not possess the Pentagon papers before The New York Times published them. The Times had begun printing installments after a court halt order. Krogh testified that an FBI report influenced his authorization of a burglary in Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office.
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White House
Egil Krogh Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pentagon
New York Times
Justice Department
Defense Department
Times
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Krogh
Ellsberg
FBI
Washington, D.C
The
United States
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Guerrillas Kill U S Army Colonel in Tehran Attack
Gunmen on a motorcycle fatally shot Lt. Col. Lewis L. Hawkins 42, an American army adviser in Tehran. Police sought suspects believed to be radical leftist guerrillas linked to recent killings and sabotage. The attack occurred at 6 30 a m as Hawkins left his home in Abbasabad.
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Iran
UPI
Lewis L. Hawkins
Plymouth
U.S
Douglas MacArthur Jr
Ahwaz
Hawkins
Abbasabad
Anne
Skylab May Extend Flight to 38 Days
NASA official Kenneth Kleinknecht said Skylab 1 could extend to 38 days if crew cannot free a jammed solar wing. Astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz surveyed California pollution and Mexican irrigation from space, noting tough going and a possible camera failure while Earth resources experiments showed some success.
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UPI
NASA
Kenneth Kleinknecht
Johnson Space Center
Charles
Pete’ Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul
J. Weitz
California
Mexico
Skylab
Mission Control
Earth Resources
Watergate sparks Third Graders Pun and Pressure in Kanawha
Charleston report notes Point Harmony Elementary third graders respond to Watergate coverage with essays ranging from humorous to well informed. Students describe Nixon era politics, bugging at the Democratic National Headquarters and TV overstimulation, with varied interpretations.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Watergate
Point Harmony
Kanawha County
Chris
McGovernor
Nixon
Joyce Edwards
Mary Eccles
Sean
Vickie
Randy
Drug Raid Nets 20 Arrests Across Mercer and Kanawha Counties
State police arrested more than twenty suspects in a two day raid across Mercer and Kanawha Counties. In Mercer County’s Athens and Princeton areas eleven suspects were taken into custody including three juveniles. Charges include possession of a controlled substance and selling drugs. Police seized heroin cocaine and marijuana.
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Associated Press
Mercer
Kanawha
Athens
Princeton
Mercer County
State Police Criminal Intelligence and Dangerous Drugs Division
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Hunt
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