Ervin Defends Inquiry in Watergate Hearings
Senate Watergate chairman Sam Ervin defends the televised hearings as crucial to national welfare citing Nixon's Six Crises. The panel resumes with Richard Moore testimony as Montoya questions him about fundraising for silence and the use of a secret campaign fund. Also notes a Winchester blood drive by the Frederick County Jaycees seeking 154 pints at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House.
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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
Congressional
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
All-Female Fire Crew Proves Sharp In Napa County
In Napa California nine housewives join Dry Creek Loloya Fire Protection District forming Northern California’s first all female fire crew. Using a new 15 ton tanker and an old 1946 pumper they boost efficiency during weekly drills under coordinator Norman Silver.
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Napa
Calif
California
Dry Creek-Loloya
Mt. Veeder
Here
Little Fire Department
Norman Silver
Napa County
Joyce Bowen
State Police Use Dogs and Tear Gas at Virginia Prison Riot
About 200 inmates armed with pipes barricaded three cellblocks and two dormitories at the Virginia State Farm near Richmond. State police using dogs and tear gas cleared two cellblocks by dawn and prepared to storm the third. Guards and volunteers backed by 150 officers fought debris and projectiles as inmates were forced out. one inmate injured.
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Richmond
Virginia State Farm
Douglas Early Hall
Congress Debates Farm Bill Alaska Pipeline and War Powers
In Washington the House screens a battered farm bill over cost concerns led by Secretary Butz. The Senate schedules Alaska pipeline approval amid a Moss amendment to limit major oil company scope. A Vietnam war powers bill heads for a House vote, with a $2 minimum wage bill awaiting Senate action.
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Washington
Alaska
Congress
House
Nixon
Earl L. Butz
Senate
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Frank E. Moss
Dutah
Canada
U.S
Canadians Recall Captivity After 17 Days in Viet Cong Hold
Captains Ian Patten of Toronto and Fletcher Thomson of Ottawa, ICCS members, say they were bound and deprived of sleep during a jungle march and interrogations. They describe humane treatment overall but recount rifle buttings and harassment while Vietnam forces held four ICCS members near Xuan Loc, east of Saigon, after June 28 captivity.
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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 Fla AP The countdown for Skylab 2 is under way for a July liftoff by a three man crew. The 85 ton orbital laboratory will be visited on a 270 mile high orbit. Initial countdown runs to Friday with a launch rehearsal then a five day hold before final countdown begins July 26.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Nixon Shows Considerable Improvement at Bethesda
President Nixon, in his fourth day at Bethesda Naval Medical Center for viral pneumonia, is listed by doctors as showing considerable improvement. Chest congestion eased, pain minimal, and he slept well. doctors warn against overexertion as he remains under care through the week with family visits continuing.
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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 plans to advance a renovation program to make the prison one of the best on the East Coast.
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Charleston
W.va
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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Powhatan
Bea Henke
Silver
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Pat” Morin
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State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Goochland County
Powhatan County
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