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Died. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, 82, World War I flying ace and former board chairman of Eastern Air Lines (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
Though the President maintained that the White House interfered with the Watergate investigation only to protect national security, a series of CIA memos tell a different story. A memo from Lieut. General Vernon A. Walters, deputy director of the CIA, for example, describes a June 23 meeting with Ehrlichman and Haldeman that he attended with then CIA Director Richard Helms. "Haldeman said the 'bugging' affair at the Democratic National Committee headquarters had made a lot of noise and that the Democrats are trying to maximize it," Walters wrote. "The FBI had been called in and was investigating...
Also: Francisco R. Garcia of Mather House and San Salvador, El Salvador; Ronald R. Garet of Mather House and Los Angeles; Leigh G. Hafrey of North House and Bethesda, Md.; Baruch Halpern of North House and Philadelphia; James P. Harbison of Quincy House and Meadowbrook, Pa.; Vernon Judson Harward III of Leverett House and Northhampton; Patrick G. Hogan of Dudley House and San Francisco, Calif,; and, Edwin K. Huang of Winthrop House and Bethesda, Md.; and, Richard G. Ingber of Mather House and Flushing...
Both Ehrlichman and Haldeman responded to the second allegation being investigated by the subcommittee - the attempt to use the CIA in the Watergate cover-up - by insisting that that had not been their intention. They readily admitted that they did instruct CIA Deputy Director Vernon Walters to warn Gray that his agency's Watergate investigation might blow the cover of CIA operatives. But they claimed they did so at the specific request of President Nixon, and for legitimate reasons. Picking up the President's national-security theme, Ehrlichman said that "such questions had to be asked and answered...
...Vernon Jordan Jr., LL.D., civil rights leader...