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Pres Nixon's atty James D St Clair says he represents âoffice of the Presidency,â not occupant of that office âindividually,â int
Sources say Watergate grand jury concluded that disputed hush money payment to E Howard Hunt Jr's atty William O Bittman was made on evening of Mar 21, less than 12 hrs after White House meeting involving Pres Nixon, John W Dean 3d and H R Haldeman; say specific testimony fixing date and time of payment was provided to grand jury by former Repub reâelection com official Frederick C La Rue, who served as goâbetween in hush money payments; Pres Nixon's atty James D St Clair notes chart published after Sen Watergate com hearings last summer in which Hunt placed final date of payment as Mar 20, int; refers to what he characterizes as discrepancy between âsworn testimonyâ before com citing Mar 20 as date of payment and coverâup indictment handed down earlier this mo that listed Mar 21; sources say Watergate prosecutor can firmly estab Mar 21 as accurate date; say key factor was Nixon's role on Mar 21; Nixon acknowledged in news conf last wk that he was told by Dean that hush payments were being made to Watergate breakâin team; Dean's testimony before com noted; other sources characterized St Clair's remarks about delivery date and his renewed suggestions about Dean's credibility as shrewd attempt to âget Dean scarred before he can be usedâ in public trial; some sources challenged St Clair's conclusion that Dean was âno longer partâ of Govt's case against coverâup defendants (L)
Lt Hiroo Onoda returns to Japan from Philippines after 29 yrs of hiding out in jungle; holds news conf; illus with parents; his experience and return evokes outpouring of patriotic emotion and selfâexamination among Japanese (L)
WILLCOX: k GIRDS employs WI In Its sample card and book plants (We‐AMEX).
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 13, 1974, covering March 13, 1974.
Barbra Streisand
Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan
John Denver
Carly Simon
1974James Brinkley, Scottish cricketer[â ]
James Brinkley is a Scottish former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played five One Day Internationals in May 1999. He played List A cricket until 2004 and participated in the 2001 ICC Trophy.
1974Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player and sportscaster[â ]
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a career high ATP world singles ranking of No. 4, achieved on 15 November 1999.
1974Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36.[â ]
Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 was a charter flight from Bishop, California to Burbank, California that crashed into the White Mountains on the evening of March 13, 1974. The aircraft, carrying a movie production crew, crashed for undetermined reasons, killing all 36 occupants on board. To this day, the crash remains one of only three aviation accidents to be unsolved by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and it stands as the fourth-deadliest crash of a Convair CV-440 to date.
In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[â ]