May City Council Deliberates Budget and Downtown Plans
Winchester council discusses the fiscal 1973-74 budget and tax rates by title only and schedules a May 29 budget hearing. Debates on downtown semimall, GE water plant in Kernstown, and the Master Plan proceed with revised plans under review.
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General Electric Water and
Butler Drive
Winchester
Finance Committee
James H. Fleming
Stewart Bell Jr
Fleming
Reuss City Hall
Frederick County
Kernstown
Utilities Committee
Roy W. Bayliss Jr
Krogh Resigns Over Ellsberg Burglary Fallout
Egil Bud Krogh resigns as undersecretary of transportation amid pressure over his role in the Ellsberg psychiatrist burglary. He admits taking responsibility, cites national security motives at the time, and calls for full public disclosure to restore trust in government.
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Washington (Ap
Egil “Bud” Krogh
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
Krogh
Claude Brinegar
Bringar
Ellsberg
Transportation Department
John D. Ehrlichman
United States
Matt Byrne
Los Angeles
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Lewis Fielding
Special Investigative Unit
Department of Transportation
Saigon Rejects New Viet Cong Cease-Fire Plan
Paris talks on South Vietnam political future yield no accord as Saigon rejects a three point Viet Cong cease fire proposal. Nguyen Van Hieu presents the plan at La Celle St Cloud. Nguyen Lau Vien cites lack of confidence and demands an overall political solution including elections.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen van Hieu
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
Nguyen Lau Vien
Hieu
Vien
Chateau
la Celle St. Cloud
Joint
Provisional Revolutionary Government-Saigon
Senate Watergate panel mulls limited immunity for eight
Senate investigators may grant partial immunity to up to eight Watergate figures in exchange for sworn public testimony. John Dean III is the clearest candidate, with four Miami men tied to the June 17 arrests and additional names under consideration. The hearings are set to begin next week.
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Washington
Senate
White House
John Dean III
Dean
Jeb
Appeal Notice Filed Over Pentagon Papers Trial Dismissal
In Los Angeles defense lawyers warn of an immediate appeal if Judge Byrne rejects motions to dismiss the Ellsberg and Russo case due to Watergate entanglements. Byrne orders record cleaned and sets Thursday for acquittal motion decision while signaling possible further probe. In Moscow Kissinger calls talks with Soviet leaders cordial and notes more exchanges needed before Brezhnev visit to the United States.
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Los Angeles
White House
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Byrne
Ellsberg
Russo
Boudin
Moscow
Henry Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Nixon
London
Richardson Quized By Senate Committee
Senatorial questioning centered on Elliott Richardson's nomination as attorney general and plans to appoint a special Watergate prosecutor. Mansfield suggested delaying confirmation until an outside prosecutor is chosen, while Richardson pledged independence and asked for Senate confidence. He noted the process to find the right person may take time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Richardson
Defense
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Judiciary Committee
Mansfield
Explosions Hit Beirut Banks and Restaurant as Fighting Rages
Explosions rocked four Beirut areas including the Development Bank on Hamra Street and the G Trad Bank on Damascus Highway as artillery fire continued. The army reported 13 soldiers killed 65 wounded six missing with casualties rising among guerrillas not immediately known. Government censorship persisted and a cease fire commission sought to halt shelling amid ongoing clashes near the Syrian border and in the Bekaa Valley.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Development Bank
Hamra Street
Fifth Avenue
G. Trad Bank
Damascus Highway
Lebanese Commerce Bank
Shiyah
St. George and
Army Combat School
Army
Bekaa
South
Tyre
Tyre-Sidon
Syria
Atallah Atallah
Asafa
An Nahar
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Frank Fools Crow
Wounded Knee
S.D
AIM
Council
Pat Robinson
Loudoun St
Charles M. Zuckerman
F. Eugene Smith Associates, Inc
Wendell L. Seldon
Frederick County Sanitation Authority
City’s Utilities Committee
Bayliss
Godwin
Martinsville
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Richmond
Del
Don Barman
Harrisonburg
Stuart Magruder
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Pentagon
Kissinger
Rouss Fire Co
Thurs
Ole McDonald‘s Farm Market
Cyprus
Suleiman Franjieh
Amin Hafez
Racaya
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