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...problems were compounded by the necessity of figuring out how to respond to a second subpoena, which came two weeks ago from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. It demanded 64 tapes of presidential conversations with aides from June 1972 through June 1973 that dealt primarily with the Watergate coverup; included were 24 tapes asked for by the Judiciary Committee. Federal Judge John J. Sirica ordered that the White House answer the subpoena by this Thursday. Presidential aides thought it unlikely that the deadline could be met. But it was possible that Nixon was seeking a way to dispose of both subpoenas...
...same day anti-busing advocates in the Massachusetts legislature dealt the state's Racial Imbalance Law a blow, a spokesman for the Party for Workers' Power attacked that law last night at the Phillips Brooks House...
Though he was one of the stalwarts of the Nixon Administration, privy to its innermost secrets, eloquent in its defense, John Connally was barely grazed by the Watergate scandals as they unfolded. But last week he appeared perilously close to being dealt what may be a politically fatal blow. Despite his denials that he has done anything improper, he is under investigation by a Watergate grand jury and faces possible indictment for his role in the raising of campaign contributions from the free-spending milk producers. The Texas whirlwind may have good reason to start crying over spilt milk...
Vellucci, who has favored controls in the past, said after the vote that he felt "the whole rent control situation" needs to be examined carefully. Legislators at the State House echoed those sentiments Wednesday when they dealt their blow to the tenants...
Altman says he doesn't have time to direct and oversee distribution and advertising, but he did intervene in the strange commercial career of The Long Goodbye, released last year. The Long Goodbye, was based on the Raymond Chandler novel, with Elliot Gould playing Philip Marlowe. It dealt with an author untouched since Bogart's formidable version of the hero. Last spring United Artists opened the film at several locations across the country, avoiding the usual New York premiere. The critics reacted with dismay. "The truth is," Altman says, "that most of the reviewers across the country have...