Justice Department to respond to Agnew investigation
The Justice Department will file a formal reply to Vice President Spiro Agnew’s bid to halt the federal grand jury probe. The brief questions the legality of indicting a sitting vice president and addresses Agnew’s claim the House must impeach and the Senate convict before criminal trial. The government also answers a second challenge about alleged leaks to the press. Grand jury testimony proceeded for six hours as hearings continue into next week.
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Baltimore
Justice Department
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
House
Senate
Carl Albert
Walter E. Hoffman
Chicago
Muskie
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Nixon
G. Gordon Liddy
Sirica
Kathryn Armstrong crowned Miss Virginia Apple Queen
Kathryn Elizabeth Armstrong a 1972 James Wood High School graduate and James Rumsey Vocational School student won the Miss Virginia Apple Queen title at the Holiday Inn South. She will travel Oct 12 to Biglersville Pennsylvania to compete in the Miss Apple Queen USA contest representing Virginia.
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Kathryn Elizabeth Armstrong
Virginia
James L. Beaver, Sr
Virginia State Apple Commission
C. Purcell McCue
David B. Grim
James Wood
Holiday Inn
South
Biglersville
Miss Armstrong
Beth
James Bryant Armstrong
Russelcroft Road
James Rumsey Vocational School
Virginia Milk Commission under fire at Norfolk hearing
A Virginia Beach consumer advocate urged abolition of the Virginia Milk Commission and a New Jersey official supported continuing price controls at a five district study hearing. Delegates urged federal orders, while others warned abolition could spark dairy chaos and higher retail prices for consumers.
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Virginia Milk Commission
New Jersey Department of Agriculture Milk Control
Milk Commission Study Commission
Milk Commission
Commission
Elizabeth Tate
Virginia Citizens Consumers Council
Teich
Del
George H. Heilig Jr
Virginia
Heilig
Viet Troops Move to Recapture Le Minh Base
Several thousand South Vietnamese troops move through the central highlands to retake the Le Minh ranger base overrun by North Vietnamese forces last month. No major contact reported since the drive began on Wednesday. Officials say the Le Minh attack signals a broader effort to trigger major fighting.
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Saigon
le Minh
Last Day to Register for November 6 Election
Notice warns that tomorrow is the final day to register to vote for the upcoming November 6 election. Also lists a children's shoe sale at Wilkins Shoe Center with discounts from 3.99 to 7.99 and a CMU musical production of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown with showtimes and ticket prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins Shoe Center, Inc
Charlie Brown
Shenandoah College
Armstrong
Florida witness describes hiring operatives in Watergate probe
Robert Benz testified at the Senate Watergate committee that he helped hire spies and hecklers and ordered a stink bomb and a sex letter against Muskie and Jackson as a revenge tactic against Democrats. He said he worked for Segretti and earned 150 dollars a month while assisting GOP dirty tricks in 1970.
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Washington
Florida
William Cramer
Robert Benz
Donald H. Segretti
White House
Benz
Senate Watergate Committee
ABC
NBC
CBS
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tampa
FBI
Senate
Segretti
Martin Douglas Kelly
Kelly
Nixon brings White House aides to Key Biscayne for legal focus
President Nixon arrives for a weekend in Key Biscayne with Special Counsel J. Fred Buzhardt and aides Alexander Haig Ronald Ziegler and Patrick Buchanan to bolster the Watergate tapes defense and discuss Agnew matters as federal bribery charges move toward a grand jury in Baltimore. Bryce Harlow also joins the party after a Phoenix trip to discuss the Agnew case with Senator Goldwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
J. Fred Buzhardt
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Patrick J. Buchanan
Buzhardt
Justice Department
Agnew
Baltimore
Bryce N. Harlow
Phoenix
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Canadian paper supply to improve after strikes, aims for years
Roanoke reports Canadian official predicts newsprint relief will come as strikes end but surplus may take two to three years. Richard G. Seaborn of the Canadian Embassy notes booms and busts in the industry and that demand outstrips current output.
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Associated Press
California
Arizona
Nevada
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Yuma
Ariz
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Washington
Capitol Hill
Charles Binsted
The
Petroleum Congress
Texaco Inc
American
Braniff
Eastern
Frontier
Southern
Trans World
United
Roanoke
Richard G. Seaborn
Washington, D. C
Seaborn
Hollins College Library
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Kathryn Armstrong
Upper Adams Jaycees
Biglerville
Baltimore County
N. Dale Anderson
Anderson
Joel Kline
Ormsby S
Dutch’ Moore
Eugene Y. Hsi
Moore
Woodson W. Moffett
Division of
Dairy Industry
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Moffett
Robert E. Washington
Albert Teich Jr
Demos
Ben Belchie
Winchester-Frederick County
James Whitley
Kay Sellers
DECA
Handley
Debbie McCarty
Beverley Greenhalgh
Millard’s
Sat
C&s Teller 724
Main St
Courthouse Square
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