This Day In 1970's History: Wednesday June 12, 1974
- Confidential memorandums drafted by a staff member of the House Judiciary Committee state that President Nixon took an active part last year in attempts to develop a second Watergate cover-up when the first one went awry. The memos, prepared for some Democratic committee members, say the President reacted to disclosures of the Watergate scandal in March and April of last year by counseling close associates to seek new ways to prevent the scandal from touching the White House. [New York Times]
- In a surprise decision, Judge Gerhard Gesell reversed himself and said that he would reinstate John Ehrlichman today as one of four defendants in the White House "plumbers" case scheduled to begin next Monday. Judge Gesell made the ruling after attorneys for the special Watergate prosecutor's office filed a last-ditch motion for consideration in which they said that if Mr. Ehrlichman's trial was delayed there would be "perhaps no trial at all" for Mr. Ehrlichman. [New York Times]
- By voice vote, the Senate approved a House-passed bill to promote the use of coal rather than oil or gas for steam-powered electric plants, but to do it with minimum impact on clean air goals and schedules. The measure now goes to the White House for the President's signature, amid rumors that he may veto it. [New York Times]
- Elsewhere in Washington, the Food and Drug Administration completed a fourth major part of its huge effort to let Americans know what they are eating by regulating food product labeling and nutritional content. The agency issued 18 new proposed and final regulations to govern the addition of nutrients to processed foods. [New York Times]
- Federal and state governments are losing about $115 million a year in revenue from taxes and income earned by illegal aliens, according to a congressional subcommittee report. The finding is based on a 10-day investigative program conducted last fall in Manhattan, Chicago and Los Angeles, which indicated that at least 5 percent of illegal aliens fail to file income tax returns. [New York Times]
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