Word: itt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...avoid indictment on a felony charge of perjury. At his confirmation hearings in the spring of 1972, Kleindienst had testified that no one at the White House had brought pressure on him in any way to influence the Justice Department's settlement of its antitrust suit against ITT. He later revealed that Nixon himself had phoned him and asked him not to carry the case against ITT to the Supreme Court. Apparently, Jaworski's staff prosecutors are willing to let Kleindienst plead guilty to a misdemeanor rather than a felony, giving him a better chance to avoid disbarment...
...Jaworski is also seeking further evidence, and he may subpoena that as well. The evidence being sought includes tapes and documents related to: 1) the possible "sale" of ambassadorships to large contributors to Nixon's political campaigns; 2) the Administration's settlement of an antitrust suit against ITT after a large campaign contribution was pledged by the company; 3) meetings at which Nixon and his aides discussed increased dairy price supports and a $2 million pledge of campaign aid by milk producers; 4) Nixon's notations from the summer and fall of 1972 on the White House...
Jaworski would not reveal what was requested, but indicated that the subpoena covered material relating to other investigations by the three grand juries--political contributions, the ITT matter, the milk fund case or the 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the White House Watergate tapes...
...Greece--Ioannides, Androutsopoulos, Gizikis--were all trained in the U.S. Tom Pappas of Boston, a Greek-American businessman, was instrumental in assuring Androutsopoulos his position as the new premier. Pappas is the largest single investor in Greek enterprise, and controls a bloc of industry with a clout like ITT's in the States. During an interview with the Greek newspaper Apogevmatini in 1968, he was asked whether it was true that he belonged to the CIA. His blunt reply reads, "Of course it is. And I am very proud...
...order to collect any actual back taxes, the IRS must move speedily. Before April 15 it will have to obtain waivers from, formally notify of tax deficiency, or bring suit against every one of the 17,000 former owners of Hartford who exchanged their stock for ITT shares. After that date, the three-year statute of limitations on most tax cases runs out. Preparing itself for that job, the IRS five months ago obtained a list of ITT stockholders who were former Hartford shareholders. But many of the former Hartford shareholders have sold or otherwise disposed of their ITT shares...