Ruckelshaus named FBI chief after Gray resigns
President Nixon appointed William D Ruckelshaus to lead the FBI hours after L Patrick Gray III quit. Gray faced grand jury questions over destroyed White House files tied to Watergate. Jeb Stuart Magruder also resigned as an assistant secretary in the Commerce Department amid the widening probe.
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UPL
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William D Ruckelshaus
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Environmental Protection’ Agency
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Commerce’ Department
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E. Howard Hunt Jr
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Ellsberg
Hunt
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Chappaquiddick
Edward M. Kennedy
Haldeman
Mhrlichman
John C.stennis
Mississippi
Catoctin
New York Times
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Ehrlichman
Dean
Ruckelshaus
EPA
Indiana
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Environmental Protection Agency
Columbia High School tennis scene shifts for a female trainer
A feature on a Columbia High School student who, though labeled an athlete trainer, challenges gender norms in a sport once exclusive to boys. The piece previews tomorrow's sport pages with fashion notes on tennis wear and a broader look at local teen running away issues in Lorain County.
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Jan Ennemoser
Columbia High School
Rob Modic
Lorain County
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Nixon leaves aides behind weighs action in Watergate crisis
President Nixon, at Camp David, weighs options as aides Ehrlichman and Haldeman face job fights. Gray resigns as acting FBI chief after destroying Hunt documents. Dean may seek immunity. Dole calls for resignations amid widening scandal.
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GAO
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Hugh W. Sloan Jr
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Haiphong Harbor
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John W. Dean
John Ehrlichman
Nixon
the Times
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Haldeman
TopekazKan
Robert F. Dole
Republican National Committee
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Watergate delays major economic legislation in Congress
Texas Democrat Wright Patman said in Columbus that the Watergate affair has stalled government work and threatens wage and price controls and freezes due to expire midnight Monday. He urged airing the scandal to restore normal White House operations and prevent further delays.
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House Banking Committee
Texas
Wright Patman
White House
Washington
Fash fire kills six elderly women in Kansas City
A three story brick apartment building housing 19 units burned in the early hours killing six elderly women and injuring three others. Fire officials tied the blaze to possible arson in the basement and noted an attempted fire in an adjacent building.
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Kansas City, Kan
UPI
B52 Bombers Pound Cambodian Rebel Positions Near Phnom Penh
UPI reports heavy U S B52 raids southeast of Phnom Penh as part of renewed bombing in Cambodia. Other U S aircraft crossed the Mekong in day and night attacks with F-111 swing wings and F4 Phantoms dropping bombs and napalm drew crowds along the riverbank to watch.
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UPI
Cambodia
Mekong River
Soviet space lab Salyut 2 ends mission after brief span
Moscow reports Salyut 2 concluded its program after about two and a half days in orbit. Tass gave no details while U.S. observers believed a manned Soyuz link-up had been planned but was dropped as the lab partially broke up in space.
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Soviet Union
Orbiting Sky Laboratory
Salyut 2
Bat
U.S
Daylight Saving Time Clock Message Provokes Week of Confusion
A public notice explains how advancing the clock by one hour affects daily plans from golf dates to church services. It notes the risk of being two hours behind if misset and highlights that bars must stop liquor sales at 2 a.m. when clocks move to 3 a.m. Sunday under state law.
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Grandma
Ohio pays $1.55 federal tax per aid dollar in 1972
Ohioans paid $1.55 in federal taxes for each dollar of federal aid received in 1972, ranking second to Connecticut’s $1.58. The Foundation noted 21 states paid $4.2 billion more in taxes than aid, while 29 states and DC received $4.2 billion more in aid than taxes.
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New York
Fax Foundation, Inc
Buckeye
Connecticut
District of Columbia
New FBI chief Ruckelshaus known for controversy
William D. Ruckelshaus, 40, named acting FBI director for two months amid Watergate era turmoil as J. Edgar Hoover’s successor role fell to others. The EPA founder is noted for bold regulatory actions and firm stance against polluters while balancing industry interests. His wife Jill advocates abortion rights and the couple has five children.
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Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Nixon
FBI
Ruckelshaus
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
EPA
Jill
National Women's Political Caucus
Bill
Weather Outlook: Partly Sunny With Cooling Tonight
Partly sunny and not as cool tomorrow with a high in the upper 40s. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, windy, cool with a low in the mid to lower 30s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Northwest winds 12 to 20 mph tonight and 10 percent tomorrow.
Balloon wedding planned above Asotin fairgrounds
Richard E. Hoyle and Mary A. Murphy of Lewiston Idaho are to wed today in a small ceremony high in a balloon at the Asotin County fairgrounds only five people can fit in the gondola. The minister, best man, and bridesmaid accompany the couple in the tiny craft.
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Upl
Richard E. Hoyle
Mary A. Murphy
Lewiston
Idaho
Asalin County Fairgrounds
Labor unions settle for less this year
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports first quarter 1973 wage gains averaged 5.3 percent, down from 7 percent in 1972 and 11.6 percent in 1971, with fringe benefits bringing total increases to 7.3 percent. Labor costs per unit of output rose 6.7 percent annually in early 1973, versus 2 percent in 1972.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Night of firsts in sports headlines
Kansas City rookie Steve Busby pitched the season’s first no hitter. Cleveland starter Milt Wilcox held California to three hits. The Boston Celtics upset the New York Knicks in the NBA playoffs.
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Steve Busby
Cleveland
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