Watergate lingered in memory as grand jury nears end
In Washington, jurors and officials reflect on Watergate three years after the break in. Judge Sirica handles dozens of cases while the third Watergate grand jury weighs potential indictments. Reid, a juror, and others say the issues remain unsettled despite shifting public focus to economy and energy.
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UPI
Dock Reid
Burlington
U.S
John J. Sirica
Pennsylvania Avenue
Frank Wills
Watergate Complex
Reid
Mitchell, Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Indian opposition push to force Gandhi from power
Indian opposition leaders from Old Congress and allied groups began a nationwide protest outside the presidential palace in New Delhi urging Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to resign after a court found her guilty of corrupt electoral practices. They planned anti Gandhi rallies and nonviolent demonstrations nationwide while Gandhi urged supporters to face the new challenge with courage.
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N.Y. Times
New Delhi
India
Indira
Hindustan Times
French to pause European space center in Guiana
French Guiana will start in September the deactivation of the European Space Centre, Europe's answer to Cape Kennedy, due to funds. Officials say it is a pause, not an end, with first satellite planned for the early 1980s while acknowledging past near collapse and a troubled regional image distancing the project from its hoped purpose.
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N.Y
Kourgu
French Guiana
France
International Space Center
Europe
Cape Kennedy
Space Center
Spatial
Guyana
United States
Portugal
Kissinger Rabin talks loom as Sinai gap grows
U.S. officials report lingering doubts on a Sinai accord with Egypt after three days of talks with Prime Minister Rabin. Kissinger extends dialogue, noting Israel’s firm position. Rabin signals Egypt may have shifted but settlement remains unlikely this trip. In Bangkok, Hanoi says it will discuss U.S. aid and missing servicemen.
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N.Y. Times
Washington
State Department
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
United States
Egypt
Sinai
Henry A. Kissinger
Rabin
Kissinger
New York
Israel Bond Organization
Abraham Beame
Hugh Carey
Waldorf Astoria
Waldheim
United Nations
Middle East
Cairo
Bangkok
Profumo Receives Royal Pardon For Public Service
Queen honors John Profumo with a Commander of the British Empire for his unpaid welfare work in London slums on her official birthday. The ex defense minister, 60, exits 12 years of quiet service after scandal that toppled a government.
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UPI
Elizabeth
John Profumo
Profumo
Christine Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
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