Nixon tapes hoax shocks Ervin panel audience
An elaborate telephone hoax duped Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. and millions watching as a caller posed as Treasury Secretary Shultz asking to reach the committee chair. Ervin said the prank was a dirty trick and prompted an investigation request while White House officials disputed any agreement to surrender the tapes. The moment raised questions about the Nixon administration and the Watergate inquiry.
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Wremce L. Knutson Ingvon
Thel Wih
Sena 2 Watergate Committee
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Treasury Secre
George P Schulte
Soe
Secretary Shultz
Shultz
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Schultz
Howard 4. Baker Jr
White House
Leonard Gar Ment
Samuel Cash
Garment
Dash
Tal
FBT
Associated Press
Ment
Washington
Earl L. Butz
Hag
New York
Times
Washington Posts
Conler-T
Senate
House
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculporliture Committee
Watergate
Sen
Sam Ervin
Howard Baker
Jet
Rufus Edmisten
Capitol Hill
Treasury
George Shhultz
Brein
Lawmakers Clash Over Food Stamp Ban for Strikers
Congress debates a bill restricting food stamps for labor strikers. The House passed a key vote and sent the measure to further consideration as amendments and motions shape potential outcomes. Backers argue fiscal restraint and anti racket goals, while opponents warn of penalties harming families and food access.
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Ager
Senate House
Will
House
Pongejliam L. Dickinson
R-Ala
Tol
Skylab Shield Failure Blamed on Poor Engineering
An investigative board led by Bruce T. Lundin cites faulty design and weak contractor cooperation for Skylab 1 shield trouble during the May 14 launch. Air pressure built in a shield tunnel, tearing the paper-thin aluminum shield and jamming a solar wing, nearly derailing the mission.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautic and Space Admministration
Bruce T. Lundin
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Lab
R Eally Short
Conrad
Kerwit
Tem-1
Skylar 2
Senate backs $2.20 minimum wage bill with veto risk
The Senate approved a $2.20 minimum wage plan close to the House version amid expectations of a possible presidential veto. The measure would raise nonfarm workers to $2.20 and farmworkers to $2.20 with staged steps, extending coverage to domestics and many seasonal workers while sparing some youth workers in a dispute over teen wage rates.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Sen. Tarrison A. Wiliamson
R-Nu
Congress
Williams
Hugh Scott
Jeader
Ing
Sewave
Waban
Wheat Deal Negotiator Faces Probe
Washington AP investigators prepare to question Clarence Palmby former chief negotiator of the wheat deal with the Soviet Union. He allegedly moved to Continental Grain after resigning as assistant agriculture secretary. Senate subcommittee probes whether USDA withheld information from farmers and if grain firms hid Soviet sales data, with questions about $300 million in tax subsidies and railroad car allocations.
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Washington
Senate
Clarence D. Palmby
U.S
Soviet Union
Jer
Paimby
Agriculture Department
Palmby
Continental Grain Co
Senate Permanent Investigations Subenrmittee
Henry M. Jackson
de Wash
Jackson
Nixon Administration
Agriculties Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Democrat
Department
Federal Commodity Exchange Authority
Jack ‘Tson
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