FBI UPI tape erasure probe opens in Watergate case
FBI launched an investigation to determine who erased a key portion of a Watergate tape recording of President Nixon. Spearheaded by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, the probe reportedly aims to safeguard independence from White House influence. Evidence suggests at least part of the erasure occurred at the White House within a 40 minute window last October 1.
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Salvage Begins on Renamed Queen Elizabeth Liner
Workmen in Hong Kong use cutting torches on the fire gutted hull of the liner Queen Elizabeth, renamed Seawise University after passenger service. The vessel, ravaged by fire and sunk in harbor, is being salvaged for about 9,000 tons of scrap from the 0,000-ton ship.
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Nixon tapes erasure mystery widens with Woods testimony
Judge Sirica pushes to finish Watergate tapes hearings this week as two more Secret Service staffers recount tape handling and Woods insists she did not erase the 18 minute buzz. Experts say erasure was hands on, likely using the Uber 5000 machine.
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Nader urges action to cut consumer energy costs fuels calls
Ralph Nader urged Congress to legislate new controls on the oil industry to lower consumer energy costs. He proposed a government run oil and gas exploration corporation on federal lands and federal charters for oil firms to enforce antitrust laws and foster competition from well to gas station. Five senators and three representatives backed a 90 day crude oil price freeze amid industry fears and government flux.
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14 Die As Giant Waves Hit English Channel
At least 14 drowned and 23 seamen missing as 100 mile per hour winds drove 50 foot waves in the English Channel. The freighter Marta burned ten miles off Ostend while lifeboats and liferafts failed to launch. rescue craft sought 20 crew from the Prosperity amid a chaotic sea. A Danish coaster sank near Plymouth in the fiercest Channel storm in two decades, and a 12 year old boy was swept away at Dawlis in Devon.
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Energy panel raises gas ration amount
Washington officials raised monthly gasoline ration estimates under standby plans. Rations could reach up to 49 gallons or drop to 49 depending on shortfall and location, up from 32 to 35 for the prior range. John C. Sawhill said rationing may be avoided, though summer demand could bring pressure.
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Weather and fuel ration details for urban areas
Showers and a cool night with a low in the upper 20s to low 30s. Mostly cloudy tomorrow with a chance of showers and a high in the upper teens to 20s. Tonight and tomorrow carry a 20 percent precipitation risk. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph tonight. Sunrise 8 50 a m Sunset 6 24 p m. The article then discusses basic gasoline rations by urban area and transit use, noting 90 percent in large urbanized areas with transit like Miami Detroit and Washington D C, 80 percent in cities with strong transit such as Philadelphia New York and Chicago, and full ration beyond urbanized boundaries. Ration levels depend on imports refinery output and changes quarterly. Commercial users get coupons under a separate formula. Private users are licensed drivers 18 and over. those under 18 may qualify with a special need. Coupons issued quarterly and must be picked up where a driver's license is issued.
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Eight A.M. Blaze After Leaks Flood Darkens Redding Home
In Redding California waterbed leaks at 4 a.m. followed by floods that cut power led resident Rina Kratofil to use candles. A candle toppled onto a couch sparking a fire that damaged one room before Cascade Fire Department contained the blaze. The incident ended with a warning to avoid further actions for the day.
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Rina Kratofil
Cascade Fire Department
California
Hans Heinrich
Elyria Memorial Hospital raises patient rates in new year
Elyria Memorial Hospital boosts charges effective January 1 raising room rates by 4.50 daily and laboratory and radiology fees by 2 dollars and 13 percent. The increase funds payroll and rising supply costs, with rates compared to other area hospitals. St Joseph Lorain also raised some charges.
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Nixon to deliver State of the Union Jan 29
President Nixon will appear before Congress on January 29 to personally deliver his annual State of the Union address. White House officials said the message aims to present Nixon as a vigorous leader amid Watergate concerns and will outline the administration’s legislative program for 1971.
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Nine Missing as Oregon Mud Slide Buries Building
In Canyonville Oregon a massive landslide swept into a Pacific Northwest Bell building where nine workers were missing. Two Sage Pipeline employees are among the unaccounted for and rescuers halted digging due to risk of further slides after heavy rains caused widespread floods in the Pacific Northwest.
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Mideast powers OK troop pullout announced in disengagement talks
Jerusalem Cairo Washington and Moscow planned a joint communique announcing an agreement on a Suez front troop disengagement. Prime Minister Golda Meir's cabinet met at her home to review details after Kissinger led shuttle talks with Israeli ministers despite a Jerusalem blizzard. Sadat recovers in Aswan as talks wrap.
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