Alch Denies Pressuring McCord on Clemency in Watergate Hearing
Gerald Alch, former attorney for Watergate figure James W. McCord Jr., testifies he never urged McCord to seek executive clemency or blame the CIA. He says McCord may have misread remarks. Senate Watergate panel adds three days of hearings for June 5-7. McCord sits in room taking notes as witnesses Caulfield Ulasewicz support prior claims of clemency offers.
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Gerald Alch
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Central Intelligence Agency
Alch
Senate Watergate Committee
Samuel Cash
Boston
Senate
Bernard Fensterwald
United States
Fensterwald
Sam J. Ervin Jr
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Ervin
White House
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Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Caulfield
F. Lee Bailey
CIA
Nixon
Frederick boards approves 12.6 million budget for 1973 74
Frederick County Supervisors grant a 12,617,567 budget with a 30 cent tax rate hike to 3.70 per 100. The bulk of the increase funds schools, construction at Apple Pie Ridge Stephens City and James Wood High, with building costs surging 655 percent and operations rising to 5.53 million. The public hearing drew about 80 residents and most supported growth controls.
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Apple Pie Ridge
Stephens City
James Wood High School
Maryland Congressman Mills Found Dead In Maryland Farm Barn
U S Rep William O Mills aged 48 was found shot to death at his Mulberry Hill Farm home in Talbot County near Washington. An aide confirmed indications he shot himself after reports of a $25000 contribution from secret Nixon campaign funds not reported to the Maryland Election Board.
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William O. Mills
Maryland
Washington Post
Nixon
Maryland Board of Election
Mills
Jack Shaum
Mulberry Hill
Talbot County
Washington
Easton Memorial Hospital
Dave Thackery
Congress
Rogers C.B. Morton
Interior
Jellicoe Quits Cabinet Over Sex Scandal in Britain
London AP report says Lord Jellicoe resigns as leader in the Lords after his name linked to a ring of call girls. He cites casual affairs as justification. Prime Minister Heath faces mounting questions and MI5 checks on security.
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Jellicoe
London
Lord Jellicoe
House of Lords
Edward Heath
Air Force
Lord Lambton
Heath
Navy
Lambton
U S Posts First Trade Surplus In 18 Months
Secretary Frederick Dent announced that the United States recorded a trade surplus for April the first in 18 months. Exports hit new record levels for a third straight month while imports fell for a second month, though a permanent surplus could not yet be predicted.
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Washington
United States
Frederick Dent
Dent
Virginia Retail Sales Jump 11.5 Percent in 1972
Virginia saw a statewide 11.5 percent rise in retail sales in 1972 driven by tourists and residents. Warren County posted the strongest increase in the northern Valley with 12.3 percent, while Loudoun County surged over 22 percent from 63 to 77 million dollars. Winchester rose to 84 million from 79 million. Clarke County fell slightly. Exemptions include gasoline and motor fuels and alcoholic beverages.
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Jack Davis
Richmond
Loudoun County
Warren County
Winchester
Richardson Confirmed by 82 3 Vote for Cox Watergate Probe
Senate confirmation of Elliot L Richardson as attorney general clears the way for Archibald Cox to begin the Watergate investigation. Cox will have broad authority to probe bugging and political espionage from the 1972 election with his own staff and grand jury powers under Richardson’s oversight.
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Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
Archibald Cox
Richardson
Cox
Harvard
Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Watergate Investigation Committee
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Committee
Congressional
Skylab rescue gear loaded for Friday space launch
The Skylab salvage ship is equipped with sunshades and tools to repair the orbiting lab as the Apollo craft prepares for a 9 a.m. EDT Friday launch from Cape Kennedy. Three astronauts will rendezvous with Skylab 272 miles above Earth aboard the Saturn 1B rocket. The mission proceeds amid a tight countdown.
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Fla
America
Orbiting Laboratory
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