Brezhnev Announces June 18 Start For U.S. Visit
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev will arrive June 18 for an eight day U S visit centered on intensive talks with President Nixon in Washington on disarmament trade the Middle East and cultural scientific exchanges. Kissinger outlined the working summit approach after talks in Moscow and Brezhnev’s East Berlin welcome.
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
United States
Andrei Gromyko
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Unmarked funds in Nixon circle disclosed in court
Hugh W. Sloan Jr. testified he gave 600000 dollars in campaign funds to Nixon's personal lawyer and a White House aide for unknown purposes. Sloan said he cannot imagine any individual being paid that amount personally.
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Henry A. Kissinger
FBI
U.S
Nixon plans bipartisan commission to curb future campaign abuses
President Nixon at Camp David worked on a post-Watergate plan to form a 16 to 20 member bipartisan commission with senators and representatives from both parties. Acting counsel Leonard Garment leads the project as Nixon signals a next week announcement.
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Retaliation by Israelis is possible
Former Israeli military commander Ezer Weizman warned that Israel may react militarily if Arab guerrillas intensify attacks on Lebanon. He doubted Syria would intervene and urged Israel to stay out while Arab factions clash, unless terrorists strike directly.
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Hughes asks GAO to probe corn sale question
Senator Harold E. Hughes of Iowa says he has asked the General Accounting Office to determine why the government rushed to sell almost 24 million bushels of corn at the end of March.
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UPI
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Skylab launch countdown advances toward Monday blast
Ground crews push the countdown for the Skylab 1 launch with astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz awaiting a three crewed mission. The 118 foot space station carries food water clothing and medical supplies for 20 weeks of Earth orbit exploration starting with a 28 day stay.
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Gray testifies Nixon knew of interference in Watergate
Former Acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray testified he told President Nixon last July that White House aides were interfering with the FBI Watergate probe and Nixon urged him to continue the thorough investigation. Gray cited Ehrlichman Dean and other aides as blockers and noted Nixon’s reply.
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Nixon
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San Clemente
Calif
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MacGregor
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Viet Cong Claim U.S. Bombing Inside South Vietnam
Viet Cong charged that American warplanes bombed within South Vietnam despite the cease-fire. A U.S. embassy spokesman called the charge false. an informed source suggested accidental overflights during Cambodia raids. The PRG vowed to protest to the ICCS as border area fighting and cease-fire violations continued around Tay Ninh and Binh Long.
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Viet Cong
Binh Long
Bomb hurled into tavern in Belfast injures twelve
A bomb was thrown into McLaughlin's Pub in downtown Belfast on Saturday night wounding 12 people, six critically, according to the British army. Witnesses said assailants fled in a car as troops cleared rubble and rescued patrons from the ruined upper lounge. One survivor recalled narrowly escaping harm as the blast collapsed the tavern.
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Kennedy urges Watergate as nation’s operating table
Senator Edward M. Kennedy told Syracuse University graduates that Watergate is the wound and an independent prosecutor the surgeon. He said the body politic is on the operating table and Congress must supervise the operation for the people.
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Balloons take off as Annapolis hosts Chesapeake Bay race
A large crowd gathers in Annapolis to watch a balloon launch while Ralph Hall of Lexington Massachusetts attempts to win the 10 balloon race across the Chesapeake Bay.
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