Senate and House try to pass emergency energy bill. Funeral services held for Spanish Prime Minister Luis Blanco in Madrid.         

Alcoholic cop has gun taken away.         

Gasoline and other fuels to rise in 1974. President signs bill subsidizing flood insurance.         

Representative Charles Teague dies of heart attack. Increase in Social Security bill expected to be signed by President Nixon.           

Internal Revenue Service to reexamine President's tax returns. President signs bill reducing speed on nation's highways to 55 MPH to conserve fuel.            

Henry Kissinger discusses Arab oil embargo at news conference. 
Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces energy consumption to be cut by baseball industry.        

Vice-President Ford believes compromise possible with regard to subpoenaed Watergate tapes. Many members of Congress probe Americans feelings toward impeachment.         

Vice-President Ford discusses Arab oil situation in speech to manufacturers association. Due to daylight savings time, many kids leave for school in darkness.          

Henry Kissinger leaving for trip to Middle East. Howard Hughes whereabouts unknown.            

Energy commissioner William Simon and Henry Kissinger hold joint news conference. Plans for Senate Watergate committee revealed by high ranking White House official.       

Eighteen -minute gap on White House tape reviewed. Experts refute Rosemary Woods theory.             

Judge John Sirica hears testimony regarding 18-minute gap in White House tapes. Vice-President Ford believes Americans should reserve judgement on gap in White House tapes till more facts are known.            

Israel and Egypt troop disengagement along Suez. President Nixon congratulates Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir by phone.           

Judge John Sirica recommends White House tape erasures be turned over to the grand jury. Nixon plans radio broadcast on energy crisis.       

NBC newsman Chet Huntley resting comfortably after stomach cancer surgery. Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski says difficult to believe 18 minute tape erasure was an accident.        

Technicalities of Arab-Israeli troop withdrawals being worked out. Henry Kissinger meets with Syrian President Assad.                      

Nixon administration reacts to suggestions of Nixon resignation.
Barry Goldwater predicts 10% loss of Republican vote because of Watergate.          

Israeli parliament approves Egyptian-Israeli disengagement plan worked out by Henry kissinger.       

Senate Watergate Committee holds new round of public hearings. Senator Russell Long says Nixon will probably have to pay back taxes.         

Florida wants to switch back to standard time. Nixon tax deductions being examined by State of California.          

Increase in steel prices. Florida wants to switch back to standard time. Controversy over President Nixon's tax returns.           

Israel and Syria continue fighting a second straight day along Golan Heights. United Nations secretary Waldheim  and Henry Kissinger meet.            

Independent truckers call for nationwide strike. Energy commissioner William Simon appears at Energy hearings. Senate wants to repeal daylight savings time during winter months.           

President Nixon to deliver State Of The Union message. Federal judge Bruce Thompson dismisses stock manipulation charges against Howard Hughes.          

Nixon sends new budget to Congress. Watergate burglar Howard Hunt asks Appeals Court to overturn conviction.         

Truckers strike causes widespread unemployment and shortages.
House gives subpoena powers to House Judiciary Committee in impeachment probe.          

Tentative agreement in truckers strike. Energy chief William Simon urges states with severe shortages to set up their own distribution plan.       

Skylab 111 returns to earth 84 days later. Truckers divided over settlement of strike. Some return to work others remain on strike.                          

Sudden snowstorm in Washington DC prevents President from annual physical exam. United Nations reports Israeli-Arab troop withdrawal going smoothly.    

News for February 9th, 1974.              

Skylab 111 astronauts reported in excellent physical condition by space doctors.           

More tank and artillery fire on Golan Heights. Secretary of treasury George Schultz to resign.           

Senate Watergate Committee subpoenas Rosemary Woods. Nixon's taxes continue to be probed.          

King of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal, named Time Magazine Person Of The Year. 

Judge John Sirica says grand jury report to be sent to House Judiciary Committee for it's impeachment probe. Shift seen in US-USSR detente.          

Judge John Sirica to retire as chief judge of US District Court in Washington DC after recently turning 70 years old.             

Senator James Buckley urges President to resign. Judge John Sirica retires as chief judge of Federal Court in Washington.          

Conflict between President and House Judiciary Committee escalates. Federal appeals court to decide if House Judiciary Committee will receive secret grand jury report.                    

Secret grand jury report to be sent to House Judiciary Committee for it's impeachment probe. John Dean testifies in John Mitchel-Maurice Stans conspiracy trial.       

Richard Nixon press conference.       

Former White House counsel John Dean returns to stand for second day of testimony in John Mitchell and Maurice Stans conspiracy trial. Donald Segretti, campaign dirty tricks specialist is released from jail.         

Three days of talks between Henry Kissinger and Leonid  Brezhnev end in Moscow. President Nixon will be the main speaker at a Republican fund- raising dinner.     

Henry Kissinger leaves Moscow and flies to London. Kissinger and Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan to meet in Washington.          

President Nixon turns over material subpoenaed by special prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Senator Mike Mansfield discusses impeachment of President Nixon.     

Brian Fletcher aboard Red Rum, wins the 128th Grand National for the second straight year.            

Former appointed presidential secretary Dwight Chapin goes on trial. Former SEC commission investigator Stanley Sporkin testifies at trial of Maurice Stans and John Mitchell.          

French President Georges Pompidou dies. Suffered from long illness. President Nixon's brother Donald testifies at Maurice Stans and John Mitchell trial.          

French President Pompidou dies.      

Nixons reportedly owe big bill for back taxes. Former appointed presidential secretary Dwight Chapin on trial for perjury.           

Tornadoes in different cities, twister in Kentucky. President Nixon owes $460,000 in back taxes, to practically wipe out total wealth.