Word: gordon
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...first evidence suggesting that Nixon might even have ordered the intelligence-gathering plan that led to the bugging of Democratic national headquarters. On a March 27,1973 tape, H.R. Haldeman told Nixon that "the final step" in putting the bugging plan in operation occurred when Haldeman's aide, Gordon Strachan, called Magruder and told him "to get this going" because "the President wants it done and there's to be no more arguing about it." Magruder, according to Haldeman, passed this presidential order along to former Attorney General John Mitchell, who said, "O.K., if they...
...full rap for Watergate, Mitchell has come off as a less sinister figure than during the Senate Watergate hearings. The prosecution's testimony that he approved the bugging plan rests on the testimony of Magruder and the hearsay claim by LaRue that one of the burglars, G. Gordon Liddy, had named Mitchell as having authorized the project. Mitchell also has the advantage of being defended by the most engaging lawyer in the courtroom, William Hundley. When another attorney asked Judge Sirica to expel anyone from the courtroom who laughed during one tape-playing, Hundley asked brightly...
...Gordon M. Jones...
Middle distance man Francisco Canales, breaststroker Ivor Gordon and diver Mike Toal lead one of the strongest freshmen contingents in years...
Canales was a six-medal winner for his native Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Games last summer while Gordon is a national record holder in the breaststroke in South Africa. "Gordon has been very successful on a minimum training program," coach Ray Essick said yesterday. "We're going to see if he can handle a stepped-up program this winter. And Toal is as good a freshman diver as I've seen...