Judge probes Watergate ties to Ellsberg case files
In Los Angeles US District Judge Matt Byrne orders an inquiry into a memo alleging Watergate conspirators E. Howard Hunt Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy burglarized a psychiatrist’s office to obtain Daniel Ellsberg’s files. The probe could taint evidence if true.
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Los Angeles
Pentagon Papers
Justice Department
Daniel Ellsberg
US District Court
Matt Byrne
Byrne
Ellsberg
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt Jr
G. Gordon Liddy
Henry E. Petersen
U.S
Washington
Earl J. Silbert
Gordon Liddy
Howard Hunt
Pentagon
Anthony Russo
Nixon seeks retreat as Watergate crisis deepens
President Nixon flew to Camp David for crisis talks after naming a temporary FBI chief. Ehrlichman and Haldeman faced job battles while Gray quit to protect the FBI’s integrity. The case touched Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers trial and a claim that Watergate conspirators burglarized a psychiatrist’s office.
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Washington
Nixon
Camp David
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
John Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Controversy Not New to Ruckelshaus
William D. Ruckelshaus, 40, becomes acting FBI director for about two months amid Watergate turmoil. The Nixon era pick follows L. Patrick Gray III's resignation after destroying documents. Ruckelshaus, EPA chief, has a record of controversial environmental actions and a Republican bid for Indiana Senate in 1968.
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William J. Ruckelshaus
FBI
Gray
E. Howard Hunt
Ehrlichman
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Vesco Associates
White House
Secretary of Commerce
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Haldeman
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Catoctin Mountains
New York Times
John Dean III
Dean
the Times
Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Dole
Republican National Committee
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
Hunt
Democratic Party
Watergate
Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
L. Patrick Gray III
J. Edgar Hoover
EPA
Senate
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Princeton University
Harvard Law School
House of Representatives
Wounded Knee Siege Claims Second Life
The Wounded Knee siege in South Dakota claims its second casualty in three days as 31 year old Lawrence LaMont, an AIM supporter and Oglala member, is killed in a gun battle with federal forces. An AIM member was wounded. cease-fire arranged.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Lawrence LaMont
Pine Ridge Reservation
American Indian Movement
AIM
Interior Department
Thomas Oxendine
LaMont
Oxendine
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Oglala Sioux
Lloyd
Toby
Eagle Bull
Pine Ridge
Frank Clearwater
Rapid City
Shenandoah College 98th Commencement Schedule
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music marks its 98th Commencement with a 11 a.m. baccalaureate service in Armstrong Auditorium led by Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson and a 3 p.m. diploma ceremony with speaker Dr. John G. Barker and LL.D. degrees for Barker and Goodson. An honors recital and 500 Club reception and banquet follow for graduates and guests.
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Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Armstrong Auditorium
W. Kenneth Goodson
Virginia Conference of the
United Methodist Church
Forrest S. Racey
John G. Barker
Marshall University
Huntington
W.va
Shenandoah
Barker
Bishop Goodson
Robert Parker
500 Club
Planes and boats hammer Communist positions near Phnom Penh
American warplanes and Cambodian gunboats bombed targets on the east bank of the Mekong forming cover for government reinforcements. U S B 52s hit near Prek Luong and Prek Bang Kang while clashes and shelling rocked the capital. The government reported heavy enemy losses with one soldier killed and 17 wounded. In South Vietnam a roadside clash near Hong Ngu left casualties on both sides. Paris talks between Sullivan and Thach aim to set up mid May Kissinger Tho negotiations to enforce the cease fire.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Prek Luong
Prek Bang Kang
O Chambat
Takeo
Tram Khnai
South Vietnam
Hong Ngu
Saigon
U.S
Asst
William Sullivan
Nguyen Co Thach
North Vietnam
Paris
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Ten Million Acres Still Under Water
Floods cover ten million acres from Wisconsin to Mississippi as Mississippi basin rivers rise. President Nixon designates four more states as disaster areas, enabling federal aid and loans. Damage reaches into hundreds of millions with cities like St. Louis and areas in Arkansas and Mississippi affected. evacuations urged in Holly Bluff and Port Clinton amid rising Yazoo and Mississippi waters.
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Craig Ammerman
America
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Nixon
Arkansas
St. Louis
Missouri
Louisiana
Ohio
Illinois
Meridian
Miss
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Gulf of Mexico
Highway 94
St. Charles
Lake Erie
Port Clinton
Holly Bluff
Yazoo River
Star Tannery arson charge against local fireman
William Hottle of Star Tannery was arrested in Shenandoah County on arson charges after a vacant house fire on Route 602 near Zepp. He is held on a $1000 bond with a preliminary hearing pending. The Zepp fire followed a day of multiple arson suspected fires in the area.
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Sheriff’s Department
Warren County
Abram’s Creek
Winchester
Welltown Pike
Apple Pie Ridge
West Virginia
Paw Paw
Bloomery Route
Star Tannery
Shenandoah County
Rt. 602
Star
Colvin
Round Hill
Mt. Falls
Ellsworth Dodson
Star Tannery Fire Department
Zepp
Frederick County
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