Nixon Defies Call to Resign After Watergate Conference
President Nixon, speaking at the Western White House, vowed he would not resign and said he would have blown his stack had Mitchell warned him of Watergate facts. He announced Rogers' resignation, Kissinger as successor, and predicted Haldeman and Ehrlichman would be exonerated after court hearings. He defended tape activities, denied impeachment grounds, and pledged to prosecute those involved while moving forward with national initiatives.
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Agnew
John Dean
Dean
Democratic Party
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U.S. District Court
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Byrne
Los Angeles
Clark MacGregor
Haldeman
Daniel Elisberg
Henry Petersen
Pentagon Papers
Richard Kleindienst
Kennedy
Johnson
Cambodia
United States
Watergate
Supreme Court
Washington Receives 38 Inches Rainfall Overnight
The Washington community recorded 0.38 inches of rain from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. Skies stayed overcast with light rain continuing before noon today.
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Washington
Vandal Rampage Destroys Picnic Table at Sunset Park
Sunset Park faced a second night of vandalism as a picnic table near the municipal swimming pool was destroyed along with upended trash cans broken light bulbs and damaged park shelters. Custodians reported a rise in incidents this week after a relatively quiet summer and noted damage to plumbing fixtures lights and playground equipment across the park.
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Sunset Park
Wellman council approves spring seal coat delay for sewer project
Wellman town leaders grant contractors permission to delay street seal coating until spring 974 due to high soil moisture. The firm plans heavy rock cover this fall and regrading then seal coat next spring with a target finishing date of October 1. In Cedar Rapids, seven poker players at David Thiher’s home faced a robbery as two armed men robbed the basement game, grabbing 2300 in cash and checks.
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Wellman
Wellman Town
Vedar Rapids
Vf1
David Thiher
Weather Town Zone 13 Thunderstorms With Warm Afternoon Highs
Thunderstorms likely this afternoon with highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 8 to 20 mph this afternoon, east to northeast 5 to 15 mph tonight. Shower threat diminishing tonight with lows in the mid 60s. Clearing Friday with highs in the low to mid 80s. Rain chances 70 this afternoon, 60 tonight, 30 Friday.
Keokuk Rep John Clark urged to run for Congress in SE Iowa
A group of GOP leaders from the 13-county 1st District has asked Keokuk state representative John Clark 26 to seek the Republican nomination for Congress. Clark says he is seriously considering it but will decide in the next two months, weighing family considerations campaign financing and where he can best serve. The fate of former Rep Fred Schwengel is also a factor as he is urged to attempt a comeback against Democrat Edward Mezvinsky in the district including Lee Henry Van Buren Jefferson Des Moines Louisa Washington Poweshiek Benton Iowa Johnson Muscatine and Scott counties.
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UFI
Keokuk
Iowa
United Press International
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Clark
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Schwengel
United States Capitol Historical Society
Washington
Mezvinsky
Congress
House Cities and Towns Committee
Lee, Henry, van Buren, Jefferson
Loui Washington
Poweshiek
Benton
Johnson, Muscatine and
Scott
Audit of Wellman accounts completed
The Iowa State Auditor finished the 1972 Wellman audit and returned the report to the town. It notes all funds balance and lists 1972 receipts by department, plus a 1973 four month period overview. Recommendations include establishing a Water Operation and Maintenance account and possibly transferring library control to the town.
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Wellman
Iowa
Highland district sets Prairie Flower start date Aug 29
Supt R D Gustafson announced Highland Community School District students at Prairie Flower will begin classes August 29, the same day as other Highlands pupils, to avoid confusion with Prairie Flower students from other districts starting August 27.
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Prairie Flower
Highland
R.D. Gustafson
Potpourri finale set at Captain's Table theater
Eleven performers in the Summer Arts program staged Potpourri dinner theatre sketches last night with eight pieces ranging from Chekov to Marx Brothers and Thurber plus local authors. The show features Ann Gregory, Mary Wagner, Cathy Mangold, Allan Lemke, Mike Jones, Jim Heilman and others in pieces like The Boor, Duck Soup, The Macbeth Murder Mystery, Lilies and Bluebirds, and You Snow I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running. Tonight’s performance also scheduled.
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Anton Chekov
Marx Brothers
James Thurber
Mike Jones
Allan Lemke
Boor
Chekov
Ann Gregory
Dick Koehler
Randy Hillman
Hillman
Jones
D. Koehler
Lemke
Heilman
Claire Wehr
Keota
Gregory, Mangold
All the Men
Gregory
Herbert
Melinda Pacha
FDA slow in approving 48 hour gonorrhea medicine
A new ampicillin probenecid liquid cure for gonorrhea touted as a 48 hour solution is marketed by Bristol Laboratories as Polycillin TRB at $4.25 a bottle. Biocraft Laboratories complains of FDA delays and seeks Senate inquiry through Harold Snyder. FDA says Biocraft filed six months after Bristol and needs time to review.
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America
Public Health Service
PHS
Bristol Laboratories
Syracuse
N.Y
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Harold Snyder
Biocraft Laboratories
Elmwood Park
N.J
Snyder
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
William T. Robinson
Bristol
Kirkwood Offers Basic Skills Class For Adults In Washington
Kirkwood Community College will sponsor a basic skills class for adults this fall at Washington High School. The course runs Tuesdays from 6 30 to 9 30 p m starting September 11 with no tuition for graduates of the student’s original high school. Kirkwood also runs a high school correspondence program for adults. For more information contact Judy Ridley at 653 3113.
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Kirkwood Community College
Washington
Washington High School
Kirkwood
Judy Ridley
Tulsa man awarded $125000 for 1970 reformatory accident
Coy McBroom, 25, of Tulsa Oklahoma, an inmate at the Men's State Reformatory, won a $125000 award from Polk County District Court Judge Leo Oxberger on Wednesday for losing a hand in an industrial accident that occurred on April 14, 1970.
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Aslahoma
Men’s State Reformatory
Polk County District Court
Leo Oxberger
Coy McBroom
Tulsa
Okla
Northwestern Iowa flood rains top nine inches
United Press International reports rainfall exceeding nine inches in northwestern Iowa with the Little Sioux River rising above its banks in Petersen. Other town totals include Rossi 4.75 and Royal 4.10 as storms and lightning sparked fires in Des Moines injuring a firefighter but causing no serious injuries or fatalities.
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