Watergate panel chief calls inquiry crucial to nation
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. defends televised hearings as vital to national welfare. The panel questions White House aide Richard Moore on funding and alleged efforts to silence Watergate defendants. Also notes Frederick County Jaycees Bloodmobile drive in Winchester with 154 pints sought for Open Heart surgery.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Ervin
Nixon
Alger Hiss
White House
Richard A. Moore
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Moore
John W. Dean III
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Mitchell
Dean
Watergate
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Montoya
Winchester
Frederick County
Jaycees
Red Cross
Christ Episcopal Church
Boscawen St
Canadians Recount Jungle Captivity by Viet Cong
Canadian ICCS officers Capt. Ian Patten and Capt. Fletcher Thomson, held 17 days near Xuan Loc, describe being bound hand and neck during marches and sleep deprivation. They say captors pressed for a false confession while treating locals harshly. release came after negotiation and time in Viet Cong area.
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Saigon
Ian Patten
Toronto
Fletcher Thomson
Ottawa
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Xuan Loc
Patten
Thomson
ICCS
Countdown Begins for Skylab 2 Launch
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP The countdown for Skylab 2 is under way as the three man crew prepares to rendezvous with America's first space station next week. Liftoff is set after an 85 ton laboratory orbits 270 miles above Earth. The initial countdown runs to Friday with a launch rehearsal, followed by a five day hold and a final countdown to start July 26.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
All-Female Fire Crew Proves Efficient in Napa District
Nine housewives join Napa County Dry Creek Loloya Fire Protection District forming the area’s first all female crew. Using a new 15 ton tanker and an old 1946 pumper they drill weekly boosting efficiency in the 50 square mile hilly drought prone region.
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Calif
California
Dry Creek-Loloya
Mt. Veeder
Here
Little Fire Department
Norman Silver
Napa County
Joyce Bowen
Inmate Riot at Virginia State Farm Ends by Dawn
About 200 inmates armed with pipes seized three cellblocks and two dormitories at the Virginia State Farm near Richmond. State police used dogs and tear gas to regain control, with 150 troopers and additional guards involved. one inmate, Douglas Early Hall, injured, amid unrest sparked by a dispute during a meal.
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Virginia
State Farm
Powhatan
Richmond
Virginia State Farm
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Douglas Early Hall
Nixon Shows Considerable Improvement at Bethesda Center
President Nixon in his fourth day at Bethesda Naval Medical Center for viral pneumonia is showing considerable improvement. Doctors report reduced chest congestion and minimal pain with good sleep and steady progress though fatigue requires mild analgesics. He will remain hospitalized at least until Friday as four presidential doctors caution against overexertion.
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Washington
Nixon
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
White House
Walter R. Tkach
Tkach
Japan
Australia
Iran
Charles Town Man Named West Virginia Prison Warden
Donald E. Bordenkircher of Charles Town was named warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville by Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. He brings 15 years in corrections and prior work with the State Department and San Quentin. Associate warden for security is Arthur Leroy McKenzie. industrial training head is R. J. Witfield.
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Donald E. Bordenkircher
Charles Town
West Virginia
Moundsville
Arch A. Moore Jr
Bordenkircher
U.S. State Department
Southeast Asia
California
San Quentin
Moore
Wheeling
Arthur Leroy McKenzie
R. J. Witfield
Coshocton
Ohio
William Wallace
Ira Conner
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