Presidents feel bite of scandal
New York AP overview traces how presidents and their families have faced scandals leading to trials suicides resignations and oblivion. It recalls Watergate joining Burrs treason episode and Jefferson era intrigue with Adams and Jackson era graft and gambling furniture as examples of political scandal across U.S. history.
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CIA Ellsberg link centers on Marine general
Gen. Robert Cushman Jr the Marine commandant and former deputy CIA director authorized CIA material and research for the Ellsberg burglary, at the request of John Ehrlichman. He reportedly accepted responsibility and was questioned by FBI agents as prosecutors discuss CIA involvement with the break in.
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Mexico frees inmates as diplomat remains held in Cuba
Mexico releases 30 prisoners from seven jails to Havana to meet guerrilla demands while U S consul general Terrance Leonardy remains captive. Officials report new demands from captors and the diplomat’s wife was briefly contacted by telephone.
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Scoop Jackson calls for full punishment for Watergate participants
Sen. Henry M. Jackson urges prosecution of all who participated in the Florida primary dirty tricks, including possibly President Nixon. He backs an investigation into U.S. Attorney John Briggs and staff after Segretti's indictment for conspiring to disrupt Jackson and Muskie campaigns.
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U S envoy departs for Peking to open China post
Veteran diplomat David K. E. Bruce left for Peking to establish the first U S diplomatic mission in the People's Republic of China since the Communist takeover. He travels via Seattle and Hong Kong with five days before reaching Beijing and hopes to foster closer U S China citizen ties.
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Butte Teachers Lead State in Pay
Butte will offer the highest starting pay for teachers in Montana next year, with first year teachers in Butte at 8149 dollars. Billings follows at 7450. The Montana Education Association cites overall state averages and ranges among districts from Helena to Bozeman.
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Kissinger Brezhnev Hold Talks Ahead of U.S. Summit
Henry Kissinger and Leonid Brezhnev continued discussions at a Moscow countryside hideaway and were believed to plan a summit in the United States next month. The talks involved Gromyko and Dobrynin as top Soviet officials, with a strict news blackout surrounding the meetings.
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Clyde Weed, dean of copper, dies in Phoenix
Clyde Weed aged 82, known as the dean of the copper world, died Sunday morning in Phoenix. Born August 8, 1890, in Morristown Michigan, he rose from miner to chairman of a major mining company, with a career spanning Calumet and Hecla, Victoria Copper, Inspiration Consolidated, and Cananea Consolidated Copper Co. in Arizona.
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Phoenix
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Morrestown
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General Motors
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Butte Weather Outlook and Warm Conditions Continue
Partly cloudy skies persist in Butte with continued warmth. The forecast shows temperatures near 58 degrees and a low around 30 as the day progresses.
Watergate humor circulates as Nixon satire grows
The New York Times notes Nixon jokes persist amid Watergate coverage. Haldeman and Ehrlichman squabble over license plate No 2 while Democrats wear 1968 campaign buttons reading Nixon's The One. A Democrat quips on chant change to four more years or more. Connally signs on as a Titanic cabin boy.
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Richard Nixon
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Watergate questions outpace answers in Nixon era
Washington report surveys the evolving Watergate narrative focusing on whether President Nixon knew of the plot and cover up. It notes no direct evidence places him at the core, while detailing claims about Dean, Hunt, Mitchell, Kalmbach, Haldeman, Ehrlichman and possible warnings before March.
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John Dean
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Hunt
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Herbert Kalmbach
H. R. Haldeman
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