Watergate Panel Resumes Hearings Vietnam Fighting Is Bloody
Mekong Delta fighting intensifies as government reinforcements move in about 40 miles from Saigon. Viet Cong attacks near Cai Lay leave government 26 dead and 50 wounded while 59 enemy killed in one assault. American spotter plane crash in Cambodia adds to wartime fatalities.
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Saigon
Mekong
Highway 4
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Delta
Cai Lay
Hien
Cox Loses Postponement Bid In Watergate Inquiry
The Senate Watergate committee rejected Archibald Cox's three month delay request and resumed televised hearings. Witness Sally Harmony, secretary to G G Liddy, testified about Gemstone wiretap logs and destruction of notes.
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Archibald Cox
Magruder
Senate
Mitchell
Fred J. Thompson
Archibald’ Cox
Senate Committee
Thunderstorms disrupt power in Frederick and surrounding counties
Late yesterday a severe storm brought 91 degree heat and spotty outages in Frederick County affecting about 300 homes. Five transformers were struck by lightning. a Winchester house and a Front Royal street light were damaged. hail pinged west of Winchester around Shawneeland and Mountain Falls Park. rainfall totaled .39 inches per the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Front Royal
Shawneeland
Mountain Falls Park
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Shenandoah
S.R. Dyke
S. Stewart St
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Virginia seeks removal from Voting Rights Act provisions
A federal suit filed in Washington seeks to remove Virginia from the Voting Rights Act. Attorney General Miller says Virginia has had no discriminatory literacy tests in the last decade and argues past handwriting registration was unenforceable after 1965.
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Richmond
Washington
Virginia
U. S. District Court
General Assembly
Justice Department
Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Miller
American pilot killed in crash near Phnom Penh airport
An American pilot was killed when his spotter plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Phnom Penh airport. Authorities reported the aircraft burst into flames in the incident witnessed by observers.
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Phnom Penh
Senate Democrats push 90 day wage and price freeze
In Washington the Senate Democratic caucus votes to attach a mandatory 90 day freeze on wages prices profits rents and consumer interest rates to the first suitable bill. Mondale notes Phase 3 a disaster while Mansfield reports 33 or 34 Democrats present with no dissent. Proxmire suggests debt limit bill as vehicle. Scott calls across the board freeze too drastic yet supports selective controls.ministration tightens price rules for hospitals nursing homes and hints at easing construction controls.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Senate Democratic Caucus
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Hugh Scott
Dollar sinks as gold hits new highs in fifth straight day
London reports continued dollar weakness amid Watergate fallout and rising gold prices. Bankers hint floating rates may fail to avert a new monetary crisis as the dollar hits 2.5850 marks in Germany and 4.16 francs in Paris. London sees $2.5860 per pound.
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U.S
Europe
Treasury
Paris
Zurich
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Sam Ervin
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Watergate Senate Committee
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Liddy
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Gary Hart
Hunt
FBI
Mrs. Harmony
Reisner
James W. McCord Jr
John N. Mitchell
White House
John W. Dean III
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
Kevin Laughman
Thomasville
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