FBI chief admits destroying Watergate papers after White House meeting
Acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray told friends he burned documents handed to him at a June 28 White House meeting with John Ehrlichman and John Dean. The papers, from E. Howard Hunt, were said to be political dynamite and never to see light again. Ehrlichman confirmed the meeting but denied knowledge of the contents or orders to destroy.
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L. Patrick Gray
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
FBI
John Ehrlichman
John Dean
Hunt
Watergate Complex
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Ehrlichman
Dean
Alexandria
Potomac River
Nixon
Senate
Henry Petersen
Petersen
State Department
Kennedy
Diem
Chan
Howard Hunt
San Diego
Watergate Intangibles Stretch Beyond Burglary
The Watergate case widens as press and courts probe beyond the June 17 break in. Initial charges focused on burglary and wiretapping, but grand jury questions now involve obstruction of justice, perjury, campaign finance violations, and possible cover ups by top aides and officials.
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Congress
United States
Richard Kleindienst
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
Amtrak Drops Summer Daily Service on Montana Southern Route
Amtrak will not add daily summer passenger service along Montana's southern route serving Missoula Butte Billings and Bozeman. The Seattle to Chicago line will remain at three days per week, due to equipment shortages and a refurbishing program extending 10 to 12 months. The DOT reported a 1972 Montana southern route loss of 2 million dollars and forecasts a 2.6 million loss this year.
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Missoula
Mont
National Railway Service
Amtrak
Montana
Butte
Billings
Bozeman
Seattle
Chicago
Charles Warnick
Washington, D.C
Warnick
Department of Transportation
Youth 18 Dies in One Car Crash Near Divide
An 18 year old man was killed Thursday night in a one car crash on Moose Creek Hill about four miles south of Divide. The northbound vehicle ran off U S 91 into a ravine, overturned, and the driver was pinned, dying instantly. Patrol officials withheld name pending relatives' notification. The collision occurred around 8 50 p m.
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U.S. 91
Line Forms For $400 Week Jobs In New York
In New York, 125 men queued at a fathers union office awaiting union cards worth more than $400 weekly after a federal court ordered Local 46 of the Metallic Lathers Union to issue 250 new cards. The line, started Monday, included 300 hopefuls over four days, with whites to begin Thursday and minorities to apply Friday.
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New York
Justice Department
Metallic Lathers Union
UNION
New Delhi Hosts Sweep of Heat Across City
The city faced a record heat wave with temperatures around 108 degrees causing widespread disruption. Power outages halted fans and air conditioners, water pumps failed, and residents fled to cooler hill stations as electricity shortages strained daily life.
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New Delhi
Kashmir
Simla
Head found in ex Helena resident Kemper yard in California
Santa Cruz California AP authorities unearthed a rotting head in the back yard of Edmund Kemper III a 280 pound man tied to multiple murders including his mother and six college coeds. Kemper faces first degree murder charges in the slayings of two women and is investigated for connections to eight UCSC area coeds killings.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Ken Pittinger
Edmund Emil Kemper III
Colorado
Aptos
Kemper
Sheriff’s Office
Helena
University of California
Pacific Ocean
Pittinger
California
Pueblo
Colo
San Jose News
Cabrillo College
Cynthia Ann Schall
Berkeley
Aiko Koo
Third graders charged with extortion in Forsyth County
Three third grade boys aged 9 to 11 were adjudged delinquents after a three hour Juvenile Court hearing. They were accused of extorting nearly $1,000 from two classmates at a Forsyth County school under threats of beatings or death. Two were bound over to the state juvenile corrections system for detention, the 10 year old placed on probation for up to two years.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
North Carolina Board of Juvenile Corrections
Abner Alexander
Forsyth County
Study links stroke to oral contraceptives in young women
A two year, multi hospital study coordinated by Duke University Medical Center finds birth control pills raise stroke risk for women of child bearing age, with almost ten fold rise in cerebral thrombosis and doubled risk of cerebral hemorrhage.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Caper Targeting Hats and Coats Reported
Brief item notes a local caper with a suspect who returns for his hat and coat at lunch. The page teases arts festival opening and a junk car law explained. Weather outlook hints at increasing clouds and scattered rain with cooler weekend temperatures.
Montana bipartisan panel to oversee new state prison
The Montana Legislative Council named a four member bipartisan committee to monitor planning and construction of a $3.8 million state prison at the governor's request. Senators Bertsche and Lowe and Representatives Bardoneuve and Ainsworth were named. The panel will review architectural plans and construction to ensure a modern facility, amid prior objections to funding sources. Rep. Murphy pitched a plan for 10 state owned wide open casinos, but the gambling bill awaits formal submission for the 1974 session and hearings begin May 12 in Missoula with additional stops in Great Falls Miles City Butte and Helena.
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Ture
Graham
John Murphy
Stanford
Missoula
Great Falls
Miles City
Butte
Murphy
Gordon McGowan
D Highwood
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Butte Weather
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William R. Lowe
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