Haldeman Defends Great and Good Memo on 1971 Charlotte Protest
Former White House chief of staff H R Haldeman testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he wrote great and good on a 1971 memo predicting violent Charlotte demonstrations against President Nixon and Billy Graham. He defended the notes as not endorsing the actions but noting potential political impact. He also discussed the enemies list and questioned surveillance of Senator Kennedy.
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White House
H. R. Haldeman
Charlotte
N.C
Nixon
Billy Graham
Haldeman
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Senate Watergate Committee
Weicker
Ronald H. Walker
Secret Service
Graham
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
John W. Dean III
Montoya
FBI
Frank Sinatra
Helen Hayes
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
John J. Caulfield
Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Washington Post
Ulasewicz
New York
Nixon readying counterattack over Watergate foes
President Nixon, sounding tough, used a state dinner toast to attack "murky" distractions and said he would spend time building a better world. He plans a broader counterattack against the Senate Watergate committee and special prosecutor Archibald Cox, expected to begin later in August.
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Washington
Nixon
Kakuei Tanaka
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Handley High 1968 Class Reunion May Be Canceled
Due to lack of interest the first Handley High School 1968 graduating class reunion may be cancelled. For information contact Mrs. Jane Swiggett Young at 667-0713 Rt 2 Box 405 Winchester. Organizers cannot locate Lewis Haines Mary R Kremer David Lord and Doug Shapiro and seek any information on their whereabouts.
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Handley High School
Jane Swiggett Young
Rt. 2
Box 405
Winchester
Lewis Haines
Mary R. Kremer
David Lord
Doug Shapiro
Watergate panel shows fatigue after 32 days of hearings
Washington AP reports Watergate committee senators and staff bear fatigue from nine weeks of hearings. Seventy senators, three seek rest while four push to continue. Staff conducted 200 private interviews and 6,500 pages of transcript as questions of presidential involvement loom.
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Washington
Watergate Committee
Ervin
Sam Dash
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Samuel Dash
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
Watergate
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Hunger fuels clashes as Oklahoma prison rioting worsens
At Oklahoma State Penitentiary McAlester one inmate was stabbed to death and another severely beaten as rioting continues. National Guard patrols rubble while authorities say they control the scene though daily clashes erupt.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
National Guard
Ed Hardy
David Hall
Hardy
National
Ulbricht Dies at 80 in East German Leadership
Walter Ulbricht, longtime East German Communist ruler and architect of the Berlin Wall, died at 80 after a stroke. He had stepped down as party first secretary in 1971 but remained State Council chairman until his death on August 1, 1973, amid a shifting Soviet bloc. He had been a central figure from Stalin era through Brezhnev.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Berlin Wall
ADN
Ulbricht
Erich Honecker
State Council
Social Unity Party of Germany
German Democratic Republic
People’s Chamber
National Council of
The
National Front
Roger Bonvin
Switzerland
Europe
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
East Berlin
Clem
Dillard
Keyser
W. Va
Massey
Helicopter Crash in West Virginia Hospitalizes Two Men
A helicopter owned by Executive Air Service of Hagerstown Maryland crashed near Augusta West Virginia while showing land to buyers. Dwayne Dillard of Green Castle and James Massey of Hagerstown were admitted in satisfactory and good condition respectively, with the pilot not hospitalized. Trooper Boyer cites density altitude and heavy load as likely factors.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Augusta
W. Va
Executive Air Service
Hagerstown
Earl G. Bittle
Green Castle
Dwayne Dillard
James A. Massey
Mss
Lula Wolford
Hoy Rd
Clem
Boyer
Milk price increase in Virginia suspended by official
Richmond AP Virginia State Milk Commission administrator C H Coleman suspended the planned retail price rise for consumers while producer prices will still apply. The move delays the consumer increase to await a Cost of Living Council ruling and possible exception, amid legislative opposition.
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Richmond
Virginia
C.H. Coleman
State Milk Commission
Coleman
Cost of Living Council
Milk Commission
Skylab 2 begins full day of experiments in space
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma on their fifth day in orbit report improved health after motion sickness. Medical tests lead the agenda with earth resources photosensor checks and a fish gravity study. A spacewalk to replace film and install sunshade is postponed to Saturday.
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Earth Resources
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
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Fred Thompson
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Alan Clem
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