Baker urges Nixon to open full Watergate questioning
Sen. Howard Baker calls on President Nixon to consent to full committee questioning on Watergate. He says a public Q and A could reassure the public, resist claims, and push for release of tapes. Baker favors disclosing high national security matter tied to the plumbers and Ellsberg case.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Sen
Howard Baker
Nixon
Tennessee
White House
John Dean III
Baker
Dean
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Congress
Associated Press
Florida
Watergate Committee
Senate Committee
Plumbers
Leon Jaworski
Alexander M. Haig
Daniel Ellsberg
Lewis Fielding
Ellsberg
Pentagon
Defense Department
John Ehrlichman
Soviet Union
Sen. Ervin
How Winchester Finance Drove Its Downtown Auto Park
The Staunton Leader relays Winchester Parking Authority details from Richard J. Martin on financing the 1970s auto park. It covers a $650000 revenue bond issued in 1972, 19-year maturity with five-year call, pledged WPA revenues, and monthly receipts averaging 2500 from about 10000 parkers. It notes 303 spaces leased at 20 cents hourly plus 22 spaces monthly at 10 dollars and 30 spaces at 7.50, with construction just under 600000 and a city guarantee of 20000 from on street meter receipts.
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Staunton Leader
Winchester
City Council
Staunton Downtown Association
Winchester Parking Authority
Richard J. Martin
Winchester Star
Martin
J. C. Penney Company
Winchester Auto Park
WPA
Auto-Park
Virginia Employment Commission responds to employer concerns
In a letter to the editor the Virginia Employment Commission explains wage lure, unemployment benefits rules, and tax factors. It notes many seek better pay yet some employers cannot afford higher starting rates while urging fair treatment for claimants and highlighting budget cuts and staffing pressures. W.C. Dickson Jr. and Paul M. Saunders sign.
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the Star
Art
Virginia Employment Commission Service
VEC
Virginia
WEC
U.S. Dept. of Labor
W.C. Dickson, Jr
Virginia Employment Commission
Winchester
Guard Found Dead in Manhole at Lorton Prison
A 26 year old guard was found dead Friday at the Lorton Reformatory where he worked. District of Columbia corrections officials announced the incident.
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Lorton
Lorton Reformatory
District of Columbia Corrections
Winter chills hit Winchester as Johnson poses in portraits
WINCHESTER records freezing temperatures and snow as political events unfold. President Johnson sits for first official portraits while a new roadway underpass opens at Idlewild Airport. A church petition and a preacher’s call for worldly courage frame a day of national notes. In Virginia Michael Kirby of Manassas dies from multiple wounds. corrections officials investigate a manhole discovery with the FBI calling no suspects.
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Winchester
Johnson
New York
Idlewild
Sunnyside
First Presbyterian Church
Michael Kirby
Manassas
Kirby
Corrections Department
Correctional Institution
Federal Bureau of Investigation
How's Your I Q A Quick Quiz From Old Newspaper
A short trivia quiz asks 10 historical questions covering Travis and his men, Burr’s presidency, a Scottish founder of US Steel, the three wise monkeys, dental and other skewer use, Burma’s main religion, Klondike location, Rough Riders founder, Roquefort milk source, and corn kernel numbering.
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William Barrett Travis
Aaron Burr
U.S
Scotland
U.S. Steel Corporation
Burma
Alaska
Canada
Rough Riders
Virginia House caucus bars return of five former Democrats
In Richmond the Virginia House Democratic caucus expelled five ex-Democrats who won as independents on November 6. Three lost committee chairmanships and were relegated to junior status while two were welcomed back with full seniority. The move comes as the party punishes those who opposed Democrats at the polls.
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Richmond
Virginia House
Dell
Stanley A. Owens
William R. Murphy
Manassas
Owens
House Finance Committee
del. A. A. Campbell
Wythe
Dels D. French Slaughter
Culpeper
Charles W. Gunn Jr
Lexington
Calvin Fowler
Danville
Slaughter
House
Agriculture Committee
Gunn
Committee On Conservation and Natural Resources
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Joseph Holleman
Chesterfield
George R. Rich
Rich
del. A. L. Philpott
Martinsville
del. C. Hardaway Marks
Hopewell
CAP Checks Leads in Plane Search
CAP roanoke squadron and North Carolina wing search for a missing five aboard a plane en route from Hagerstown Maryland to Atlanta. About 15 to 16 planes scan the southeast Virginia area after last radio contact at 1 34 p m Monday 35 mile visibility reported by FAA.
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Roanoke
Civil Air Patrol
Virginia
Hagerstown
Atlanta
Here
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Antiques Auction Set for Saturday Morning
By order of Stuart Brown attorney Headleys Auctions will conduct an antiques sale Saturday December 8 at 10 00 AM. Auctioneers Boyd G Headley Jr and Joe L Headley list contact numbers 662 6350 662 7444 for details.
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Stuart Brown
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Douglas B. O'Connell
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