Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1974: President Richard M. Nixon was under extreme pressure to resign from office, much of it coming from his party and friends.
Privately, many in Congress predicted Nixon would be out of office — the first president to resign from office — within a short time.
Congressmen also stated their unwillingness to grant Nixon immunity from criminal prosecution if he resigned.
U.S. Rep. Manual Lujan Jr., once one of Nixon’s staunchest supporters, said he would vote to impeach the president because the evidence gave him no other choice, citing Nixon’s admission that he impeded the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in.
Meanwhile, Vice President Gerald Ford met for an hour with Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig for “an exchange of views on the current situation.”
Nixon would resign from office the next day.
— Othalee Bain won the senior all-around prize during the San Miguel Junior Sheriff Posses Rodeo in Las Vegas. She won two first-place awards in barrel racing and goat tying during the competition.
— The Odeon Theatre was screening a Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges comedy caper, “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.”
— The local Safeway store was selling sliced bacon for $1.09 a pound, a 5-pound canned ham for $6.99 and ground beef for 89 cents a pound.