Agnew Accuses Justice Department of Smear Publicity
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accuses Justice Department officials of a campaign of smear publicity and headline trial as a grand jury probes him. Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson denies evidence supports Agnew’s claim and cites concerns over unfair publicity in the Baltimore grand jury inquiry into Maryland kickbacks and political corruption.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Justice Department
Agnew
Baltimore
U.S
George Beall
Beall
Richardson
Grand Jury
Maryland
Associated Press
Chile Braces For Additional Violence Today
Chilean capital residents brace for more clashes amid a two day strike and protests over President Salvador Allende's government. Rioters set cars afire as police used water cannons and tear gas while Allende addressed a progovernment rally from a balcony.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Supreme Court
Allende
Carlos Prats
Army
Jose Cademariori
Merchants’ Confederation
Shortage forces Florida paper to reduce size
The Times Publishing Co. in St. Petersburg says it must shrink the St. Petersburg Times and The Evening Independent because of a newsprint shortage from a Canadian strike. Publisher John B. Lake and Editor Eugene C. Patterson warn newsprint could run out by Oct 9. News hole to drop 35 percent starting Tuesday. advertising space down 25 percent and classified pages cut 25 percent beginning Monday.
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ST. Petersburg
Lake
Cnet
Miss Clarke County Wins Beauty Crown at Fair
Barbara Lynn Selb aged eighteen wins the Miss Clarke County title at the Clarke County Fair. Twenty six contestants competed with Stacx, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard L, as second runner up and Mary Vict ried Ww named first runner up.
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Barbara Lynn Selb
Clarke County
Stacx
Richard L
Mary Vict
Thomas F White
White Post
Barbara
Donald Nesselrodt
Boyce
Clarke County High School
Bill Rhoden
Viet Cong attack sparks largest battle in Pleiku since truce
In Pleiku province a government ranger post seven miles northeast of Ly Thai Lai base camp endured a Viet Cong ground assault after shelling. Saigon reports 89 Viet Cong and 17 rangers killed in 7% hours of fighting with 22 rangers wounded. One infantryman was injured.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Ly Thai Lai
Pleiku
le Trung Hien
Hien
Kontum
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Khmer Rouge
U.S
Cambodia
Emory C. Swank
Neak Luong
Swank
United States
Arguments Over White House Tapes Heard in Court
Washington AP President Nixon's lawyer argued that a court order forcing turnover of White House tapes could trigger broader demands for confidential presidential records. Judge Sirica heard the first oral confrontation with Special Prosecutor Cox replying. The case could reach the Supreme Court to decide if a president must hand over grand jury material deemed vital evidence.
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White House
Washington
Nixon
Charles Alan Wright
U.S
John J. Sirica
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Wright
Supreme Court
Sirica
Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
United States
Harvard
U.S. Solicitor General
University of Texas
China Reacting to Russia By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special C China's
China reacts to Moscow pressure with party and military shakeups amid Brezhnev’s harsh charges against Beijing. The Soviet invasion anniversary prompts China to counter by defending its stance and signaling readiness to respond to external pressure. The report notes gaps in China’s defense leadership and the ongoing ideological clash between pragmatists and hardliners.
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William L. Ryan
China
Peking
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ali
Chou En-lai
Wale
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Mrs. Hardesty to Be Honored Tonight at Clarke County Fair
A Clarke County Fair ceremony honors Mary Hardesty retired Clarke County public health nurse. U S Senator Byrd will present the award at the grandstand with Clarke County Board members and Visiting Nurse Association officials. Children under 16 admitted free on Children s Day at the Raritan Fairgrounds.
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Berryville
Mary Hardesty
Clarke County
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Hardesty
Board of Supervisors
John D. Hardesty
Clarke County Visiting Nurse Assn
Raritan Fairgrounds
Rt. 7
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