Watergate gag order extends to defendants witnesses
U S District Court Judge John J Sirica barred anyone connected with the Watergate break in and bugging case from making extrajudicial statements. The ban covers the Justice Department U S attorney FBI other law enforcement agencies seven defendants all witnesses and potential witnesses and attorneys. Senator George McGovern said he will still speak out while not acknowledging the ruling. The case centers on the June 17 break in and attempted bugging at Democratic National Committee offices.
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Washington
District Court
John J. Sirica
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
Sirica
Justice Department
U.S. Attorney’s Office
FBI
Democratic National Committee
Meany faces clash with state AFL-CIO over Nixon stance
Washington AP report says AFL CIO president George Meany orders state labor councils to drop anti Nixon campaigns to maintain neutrality. Oklahoma and others resist, citing policy limits while California and Colorado confront Meany on endorsing McGovern and Nixon. State leaders weigh legality and loyalty to federation.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Richard Nixon
Meany
Nixon
National Federation
U.S
Oklahoma
AFL Cio
Henry L. Sikes
Aflcio Council
North Carolina
Afl-Cio
Wilbur Hobby
John F. Henning
California
Sacramento
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Texas
Blind Jacksonville Voter Elected County Judge
Louis Corbin of Jacksonville wins a county judge seat despite being blind as his 9-year-old son Lesley reads election returns. His opponent questioned the handicap, but Corbin says the issue backfired and vows to uphold justice.
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Louis Corbin
Jacksonville
Fla
Corbin
Lesley
Associated Press
Black Militant Ben Chavis Trial Denies New Trial Motion
In Burga w North Carolina the Superior Court denied Ben Chavis and co defendants a mistrial and a new suit motion alleging lack of notice about witnesses. Seven witnesses testified on Feb 5 1971 about violence tied to a Wilmington arson and assault plot involving a white woman Ann Shepard and nine black youths.
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Burgaw
N. C
Ben Chavis
Superior Court
Robert Martin
Ann Shepard
Chavis
Wilmington
James Ferguson
William H. Butler
Gregory Congregational Church
Lobster Color Changes After Boiling
The common lobster is dark greenish purple when alive and may be light blue or green. All lobsters turn bright red once boiled.
Oct 5 History Highlights From Around The World
On this date in 1954 Italy and Yugoslavia settled their Trieste dispute. Other notes include Columbus discovering Costa Rica in 1502 and Chester A Arthur's 1830 birth. Wartime events followed by Truman meatless days in 1947 and other assorted incidents through recent years.
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Associated Press
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Christopher Columbus
Costa Rica
Chester A. Arthur
Fairfield
Harry S. Truman
Europe
Clinton
Tenn
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Miami
Willis Harrington du Pont
South Vietnam
Four American Doctors Visit North Vietnam for Fact Finding
Four American physicians travel from Kennedy Airport to Hanoi for a week long tour of North Vietnamese medical facilities. They seek to dispel U S views that North Vietnam medicine is primitive. The group includes Dr George Roth and Dr Peter Wolf from Harvard, Dr Morris Simon, and Dr Pierce Gardner.
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New York
North Vietnam
Kennedy Airport
United States
George Roth
University of San Francisco
Peter Wolf
Morris Simon
Pierce Gardner
Harvard University
Hanoi
Committee For Liaison
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James C. Shelly, Jr
Ervice
W. Wayne Eshelman
Front Royal
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Mountain Falls
Steiner
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