Agnew blasts probe as Watergate hearings resume
Vice President Spiro Agnew accused the Senate Watergate inquiry of ruinous impact on innocent men and urged postponing public hearings until prosecutors build criminal cases. Archibald Cox sought limits on TV coverage while witnesses Dean and Magruder faced potential public testimony. Maurice Stans appeared amid ongoing Vesco-related indictments and Dean sought immunity in federal court.
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UPI
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Capitol Hill
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Cox
White House
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Ormer Nixon
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nixon
Herbert L. Porter Jr
Maurice H. Stans
Commerce
Nance Committee
New York
Vesco
National Association of Attorneys General
St. Louis
Dean
John N. Mitchell
Kalmbach Collected 75000 for Urgent White House Project
UPI reports President Nixon’s personal lawyer Kalmbach collected 75000 last June for an urgent White House project. Funds came from Maurice H. Stans, campaign chief, and included 30000 from Philippine nationals, with later questions over legality. Five Watergate defendants were arrested June 17, 1972, and Kalmbach sought funds on June 29, 1972, claiming high authority approval.
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UPI
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White House
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Herbert W. Kalmbach
General Accounting Office
GAO
Finance Committee
FCRP
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Watergate
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Frederick C. LaRue
John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
Judge rules Acting OEO director serves illegally
UPI report says federal Judge William B. Jones ordered Howard J. Phillips ousted from head of the antipoverty Office of Economic Opportunity, ruling the acting director was not lawfully appointed since the Senate nomination and confirmation process was not followed. The suit was filed by Senators Williams Pell Mondale and Hathaway. Phillips had served since Nixon’s January 31 appointment, with the Vaccancies Act argument over 30 days for nomination.
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Philip Sanchez
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QFO
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Claiborne Pell
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Walter F. Mondale
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William D. Hathaway
T-Maine
Nixon Dan
Skylab crews map Earth as second rocket readies for flight
Skylab 1 astronauts complete a 28 minute, 850 mile Earth survey from Washington state to Brazil. Skylab 2 ground crew move the launch vehicle toward July 27 liftoff for Bean Garriott and Lousma to man the orbiting station for 56 days. The Explorer 49 relay, launched Sunday, accelerates toward a lunar orbit to study low frequency radio signals.
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Pete’’ Conrad
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