Mitchell testifies payments were for legal fees not silence
Washington Post reports former Atty Gen John N Mitchell testified before a federal grand jury that he approved payments from Nixon reelection funds to the Watergate defendants after the June arrests, intended to cover legal fees not to buy silence. He says he handled no payoff money and two bugging operations were never approved by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Washington Post
Mitchell
Nixon
Democratic
Post
Federal Grand
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
Magruder
John W. Dean III
G. Gordon Liddy
Dean
Robert McCandliss
Williamsburg judge rules blue law not binding elsewhere
Assistant Virginia attorney general says the Williamsburg James City County ruling on the 1973 blue law is not binding in other courts while Nansemond’s commonwealth’s attorney urges appeal. Judge Taylor found the amended law unconstitutional for lacking criminal provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Nansemond
Commonwealth
Asst
Robert E. Shepherd Jr
Virginia Supreme Court
Williamsburg-James City
Donald R. Taylor
Nansemond Commonwealth
Jack
Virginia
General Assembly
Taylor
Shepherd
Attorney General
Sumpter T. Priddy
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Priddy
Williamsburg Pottery Factory, Inc
Del
Russell M. Carneal
Carneal
Fire damages downtown Salem buildings in weekend blaze
A downtown Salem fire destroyed Pitts Place Restaurant and the Salem Office Supply building and heavily damaged several nearby structures. Fire Chief Ron Hartman said the blaze likely started in an apartment above Pitts Place and burned for hours before crews arrived. Damage exceeded 250000 with at least 100000 in contents ruined. All 43 Salem firefighters were deployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ron Hartman
Pitts Place
Hartman
Speed Copy Center
Farmers National Bank
New River Trading Post
Malibu
Law
Clarke hearing set on Clarke budget at courthouse
Clarke residents will convene at the Clarke County courthouse Tuesday at 7 30 p m to discuss the proposed 1973 74 budget totaling 2 558 838 with 897 610 raised by local levies of 3 55 per 100 assessed value. The general fund would allocate 300 000 to the budget and Planning Commission recommendations wait until May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Planning Commission
U.N. Set to Vote Condemning Israeli Attacks in Middle East
The U N Security Council prepared to vote on a condemnation of Israeli raids into Lebanon and related Middle East violence. Britain and France placed the resolution, with China delaying due to possible veto concerns. The measure shifted to condemn all acts endangering innocent lives to win U S abstention.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
Middle East
U.S
China
Peking
Britain
France
Israel
Council
Beirut
United States
Warm Easter Weather Graces Winchester Area
Warm weather dominates the Winchester area with near summer temperatures. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tomorrow with highs around 80 and a 10 percent rain chance. Week rainfall totals 0.47 inch, April to date 4.29 inches, with highs and lows ranging from 74 to 42 degrees across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Quick Approval Seen For Bill on Controls
Rep. Henry S. Reuss predicts fast passage of a bill to extend wage and price controls through April 30 as inflation and March price spikes prompt Congress to act. Conferees Wright Patman and others say White House support should have backed the compromise removing mandatory ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Reuss
Senate House
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House
Senate
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
White House
Nixon
Landlords Warned Over Northern Virginia Rent Ceilings
Washington based Congressman Joel T. Broyhill warns noncomplying landlords in Arlington Fairfax and Alexandria of possible federal controls after backing a voluntary 6 percent rent hike ceiling. Maryland already acts and Nixon could reimpose wage and price limits. About 125000 NV apartment units exist with 3000 holdouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Northern Virginia
Joel T. Broyhill
R-Va
Broyhill
Maryland
Nixon
Arlington
Fairfax
Alexandria
Brayhill
Building Owners and Managers Association
Apartment House Council of
Metropolitan Washington
Renr
Northern
Virginia
Rock concert permit denied by county board in Frederic
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors denied Stephenson teenager Jeffrey Bragg permission to hold a four hour outdoor rock concert on Elaine Daley's seven acre Gainesboro farm during Apple Blossom weekend. Bragg faced opposition from over a dozen area property owners and festival officials over traffic, crowd control and potential misconduct. The board's four hour session ran from 1 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. with lengthy wrangling and recesses before the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Havron
Frederick
Raymond C. Sandy
Donald R. Hodgson
Dennis T. Cole
Jeffrey Phillip Bragg
James Wood High School
Elaine Daley
Gainesboro
Bragg
CAP Wing joins search for missing plane over Virginia
The Winchester Civil Air Patrol wing aided in a search for a light Piper Comanche with two occupants missing since April 9. The plane departed Luray at 10 25 a m en route to Atlanta with pilot Robert Mumma and passenger Barbara Powers both from Lancaster Pennsylvania. Local CAP members joined air and ground search from Charlottesville while CAP units from five states conducted missions Friday.
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Winchester
Civil Air Patrol
Northwest
Virginia
Randolph Ritter
CAP
Charlottesville
Luray
Atlanta
Robert Mumma
Barbara Powers
Lancaster
Ritter
Parents got you down Call Concern
A brief community help note invites youths and families to contact Concern for support, providing two phone numbers 667 0145 and 635 8430 for confidential guidance and assistance.
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New York Times
Mittee. McCandliss
Nixon Administration
Grand Jury
Democratic National Committee
William G. Handley
Hundley
Donna Stultz
Shirley Wilson
Blue Law
Associated Press
U.N
Bulletin
C.L. Ritter Sr
Clyde A
Chip) Johnson Jr
North Carolina
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
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