Liddy Rejects Nixon Request to Testify in Watergate Case
G Gordon Liddy refuses White House appeal to cooperate with federal grand jury in the Watergate matter. He remains jailed in DC, after an eight month sentence added for defying grand jury testimony. Sources say he may be protecting former Attorney General Mitchell and attended early 1972 planning meetings with Mitchell, Dean, and Magruder.
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Seymour Hersh
Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Liddy
Republican Committee
John Mitchell
District of Columbia
Mitchell
John Dean 3d
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Cam
Paign Committee
Magruder
Dean
Democratic National Committee
Henry Petersen
Nixon
Watergate
James McCord Jr
Frank Sturgis
Democrats
McCord
Senate
Grand Jury
Sturgis
New York Times
Miami
John Ehrlichman
Peter Maroulis
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Haldeman
Watergate Complex
Herbert Klein
Executive Branch
Harry Flemming
Flemming
Justice Department
Leonard Garment
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
William Hadley
Poll Shows Nixon Had Prior Knowledge Of Watergate
Gallup found 41 percent of Americans think President Nixon knew about the Watergate bugging before it happened while 32 percent disagree and 27 percent had no opinion. The poll showed 83 percent have heard of Watergate, up 31 percent from October.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
Gallup
Washington
Nixon staff split into rival camps
Washington experts describe a growing factional split within the White House over Watergate. The Haldeman Ehrlichman faction battles the Mitchell Dean group, each led by top advisers. Observers see two power lines forming as tensions rise and threaten the administration.
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White House
Haldeman-Ehrlichman
Mitchell- Dean
Nixon
Oer
Atty
John Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
GOP weighs 1974 Senate races amid retirement fears
The GOP faces a tougher path to capturing the Senate in 1974 as up to five Republican incumbents consider retirement. Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, and Kentucky hold silent races that could shift control, while Democrats, already with a 57-43 edge, face continued competition and Watergate fallout. Senator Saxbe hints at a decision by February, echoing internal GOP doubts about momentum.
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GOP
Senate
Republi
Ohio
Oklahoma
Utah
Vermont
Kentucky
William Saxbe
Saxbe
Sen
Henry Bellmon
IRA leader appears publicly amid Northern Ireland marches
IRA chief of staff David O'Connell appeared at Milltown Cemetery during Easter commemorations as thousands gathered for the 1916 Easter uprising marches. The Army avoided arrest despite gunfire in Ardoyne and raids yielded thousands of rounds of ammunition.
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Belfast
IRA
Ireland
David O’connell
Milltown
O’connell
Sinn Fein
Ardoyne
Seven Die in El Paso Gas Blast at Apartment Complex
A gas explosion at an El Paso apartment complex killed seven people and injured twenty two. The blast collapsed seven units and damaged an eighth, with victims found asleep or waking for Easter observances as residents slept along Piedras and San Antonio streets.
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Piedras Street
San Antonio Street
U. S. Bombers Hit Cambodia 47th Straight Day
Saigon reports heavy fighting around Mekong convoy staging points near Phnom Penh with 35 Communist deaths and multiple government losses. U S. Pacific command notes continued heavy bombing over Cambodia, including B 52 sorties, for the 47th day.
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Phnom Penh
Saigon Command
Hong Ngu
Chau Doc
U.S. Pacific Command
Honolulu
Cambodia
Butte Weather Outlook Clouds and Showers Forecast
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers described for Butte. The forecast notes a high near 50 and a low around 25, with weather map details in Page 7.
Idaho man surrenders after four day manhunt near Tamarack
New Meadows resident Robert Kennedy aged 41 surrendered to police in a wooded area near Tamarack Idaho after a four day hunt for a double kidnapping and a 14 year old girl and a sheriff deputy. A searcher was wounded in the jaw and thumb during the pursuit. An KMCL radio reporter noted a footprint near Evergreen Forest Products mill before Kennedy was seen.
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Tamarack
Idaho
New Meadows
Robert Kennedy
Tamarak
Kennedy
Jim McCall
KMCL
McCall
Evergreen Forest Products
Gas eruptions near Lake Michigan threaten underwater life
Williams burg Michigan authorities warn a chain of gas geysers could reach Grand Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. Evacuations cover 85 families as geologists trace the leak to a deep underground pocket and an Amoco well being drilled four miles south.
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Michigan
Grand Traverse Bay
Lake Michigan
Williamsburg
Bay
Dyer
Traverse City
Amoco Production Co
Amoco
Michigan Public Service Commission
Donald Bateman
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