Witness Dean Opens Watergate Hearings As Congress Plans Week
Senate resumes Watergate hearings with John Dean III as star witness while the House weighs a Laos and Cambodia war funding cut and Democrats push a 5.5 percent Social Security increase. The Finance Committee added the boost to a debt limit bill amid inflation concerns and veterans penalized by prior pension cuts urged action.
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Senate
John Dean III
White House
Congress
Dean
Ervin Committee
John Ehrlichman
H. R
Bob) Haldeman
Nixon
House
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia
Herman E. Talmadge
A.A.R
Brezhnev Visit Prompts Cautious Hope for US Soviet Ties
An editorial urges optimism for Brezhnev’s US visit while warning that Soviet leadership remains tied to Communist rule. It recalls USSR control over Eastern Europe, distrust of treaties, and past Soviet brutality, emphasizing caution despite peace aims.
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Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Trojan Horse in Government Industry Interchange Scheme
Washington reports that Nixon aides quietly place business executives in key government roles under the Presidents Commission on Personnel Interchange begun in 1969. Examples include Robert Bowen at the Treasury oil desk and Ed Bridges at Commerce East West trade, with multiple companies seeking placements and concerns about conflicts of interest and improper funding of an educational fund.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
Treasury
Phillips Petroleum
Robert Bowen
Treasury Department
Tenneco
Ed Bridges
Commerce Department
Commission
Bank of America
Joe Mason
Patent Securities and Exchange Commission
T. M. Quigg
The
SEC
Mason
Coca Cola
Atlanta
Coke
Paul Dillingham
U.S. Treasury
Pacific- Sierra Research Corp
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Frank Thomas
William J. Parker
Air Force
Parker
Pacific- Sierra
Dod
Defense Department
E Commission
Jay Leanse
Leanse
White House
John Ehrlichman
Congress
Retiring Georgia Justice Peyton Hawes Lauded by Colleagues
A tribute to Associate Justice Peyton S. Hawes of the Georgia Supreme Court notes his long public service from the General Assembly to the Supreme Court. The Elberton native is praised for dedication to law and state governance as he retires to return home. The column also includes a reader letter from Edwin Peacock in Charleston recalling Thomasville ties and a 1927 Rose Theatre snapshot.
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Peyton S. Hawes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Peyton Hawes
State Capitol
Georgia
Elberton
Justice Hawes
General Assembly of Georgia
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Lake Hartwell
Peyton S. Hawes Jr
Hawes
Charleston
Thomasville
Peacock
Crawford Street
White House
Rose Theatre
Georgia Department of Labor
Arizona
Florida
California
Midwest
Edwin Peacock
Wentworth Street
S.C
Columbus
Alaska
Motor Inn
Paul Searcy
Paul
Virginia
Marion
Mitch Davenport
Will Watt
Andrew Zalamas
Louis Moore
Dr. McIntosh
Robb White
Bill Hammond
Bob MacDonald
A.A.R
Elise Alexander
Betty
Washington
Elise
Bill
Dawson Street
Albert Riley
Watergate burden for Nixon loyalists in a Watergate era
Washington column argues Watergate hinges on President Nixon awareness. It notes Senate testimony and the Ervin committee and contrasts earlier scandals. The piece cautions against diversion to other figures and stresses the central question: did Nixon know or not know.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington
Richard Nixon
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Sherman Adams
Bobby Baker
Bill Buckley
National Review
Watergate
Chappaquiddick
Democratic National Committee
John Mitchell
United States
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
Ted Kennedy
Grant
Cleveland
Wilson
Harding
Mary Jo
John Dean
Ervin Committee
Dean
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Go Power’s Outrageous Rate Increase Demands Scrutiny
Letter to editor protests Georgia Power Company seeking 11.1 million emergency rate increase and an additional 86 million, totaling 120 million with past raises. Critic cites tax advantages, half a million legal fees, high executive salaries, and out of state sales, urging fair taxes and prudent use of funds.
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Public Service Commission
Georgia Power Company
Commission
Georgia Power
Georgia
New York
Florida
Public service rate hike debate in Georgia
A letter argues against Georgia Power rate increases, denouncing unfair charges to average users and urging the Public Service Commission to reject hikes. The writer warns of higher living costs and calls for equitable electricity pricing and public scrutiny.
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Georgia
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