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Washington: Judiciary committee rejects edited transcripts as substitute for tapes. |
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Annapolis: Appeals court orders disbarment of Agnew for tax evasion. |
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New Delhi: 700 union leaders arrested in move to avert rail strike. |
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Dublin: I.R.A. threatens destruction of $20 million in stolen art masterpieces if political prisoners are not released. |
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DEATH: Duke Ellington, 75, most prolific jazz composer. |
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Bonn: Chancellor Brandt resigns in spy scandal. |
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San Francisco: League of Women Voters decides to admit men. |
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Milwaukee: Boston Celtics beat Bucks for NBA title. |
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Rome: Italians vote 60% to keep three-year-old law allowing divorce in Catholic country. |
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A. H. Robins co. has yielded to pressure from the U.S. FDA to take its intrauterine contraceptive device off the market. (The Dalkin Shield) |
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Yesterday Arab guerrillas ambushed a car, killing one and wounding 10, drove to Maalot Israel, where they seized a school and held 90 children hostage. Israeli troops stormed the school, killing many of the captors but also 26 students. |
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Dublin: Three auto bombs kill 23, injure 80 at height of rush hour. |
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N.Y.: Gov. Wilson signs bill to restore limited death penalty. |
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Police storm house, killl Hearst captors. Patty Hearst, the guerrilas' hostage for 104 days, was not with them and is presumed alive. (Symbionese Liberation Army) |
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U. S. Defense Dept. admits making rain in Indochina to slow Hanoi troops. |
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Philadelphia: Flyers wins Stanley Cup |
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Washington: Jeb Magruder, deputy dir. of re-election campaign given 10 months for break-in and cover-up. |
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N.Y.: Francis, only pregnant white whale in captivity, dies of poisoning at N.Y. Aquarium. |
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Johnny Rutherford comes from 25th place to win Indy 500 at 158 mph in McLaren racer |
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Washington: Nixon agrees to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts. |
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Exactly one month after President Nixon went on television to release edited transcripts of Watergate tapes, the possibility of his impeachment has increased. |
Source: Daniel, Clifton, Editor in Chief, Chronicle of the 20th Century. © Chronicle Publications, Mount Kisco, N.Y. ISBN 0-942191-01-3
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