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...Watergate, last May 27. The haul included photographs of Democratic documents as well as illegally intercepted telephone conversations. Liddy told him, McCord testified, that Mitchell "liked the 'takes' [photos]" of documents and wanted more of them made. The burglars returned to the Watergate on June 17 to repair one telephone tap that was not working properly and also because "Mr. Mitchell wanted a room bug installed in Mr. O'Brien's office in order to transmit not only telephone conversations but conversations out of the room itself." Lawrence O'Brien was then chairman...
...intensity, there is something more. Baseball's deepest fascination lies in twin aspects of the game: records and time. In other sports, the past is a laugh. Teen-age girls are breaking Johnny Weismuller's old Olympic marks. The four-minute mile has been shattered beyond repair. Pole vaulters, broad jumpers, skiers, quarterbacks, golfers, chess players-they have all rewritten the record books until yesterday's hero is exposed as a man with feat of clay. Only baseball has retained so many of its idols. No one has come close to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game...
...Vietnam cannot forget. Five years will be required to repair the hospitals; no one knows how long it will take to rebuild the ruined cities or fill in the bomb craters -- if peace is maintained...
...soaked earth could hold no more; at Vicksburg, where the Yazoo River meets the Mississippi, the water reached 7.4 feet above flood stage, the highest in 36 years. Farm land and equipment in the surrounding Delta lay under eight feet of water in some places, making the recovery and repair of equipment almost impossible on many small farms. Trembling cattle huddled on islands of high ground, surrounded by chocolate-colored waters. In all, Mississippi suffered $75 million in damages...
...prone piece of equipment on every new car in a single year. Any attempt to force them to do so with the catalyst, Detroit officials warn, could cause supply problems and even shut down plants. The cars that were produced would burn excessive amounts of fuel and require repair far too frequently. The automen pleaded with Ruckelshaus to leave antipollution requirements unchanged for an extra year−except in smog-plagued California, where the catalysts could be given a tryout...