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Rosemary Woods, Nixon secretary who erased crucial tape, dies
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She was working on a June 20, 1972, tape of a conversation between President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff, Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, that might have shed light on whether Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in three days earlier. (article 1)
A photograph taken of Woods re-creating the event, nearly sprawling to do both simultaneously, made her gesture look like a gymnastic feat. (article 1)
Woods died Saturday night at a nursing home in Alliance, Roger Ruzek said Sunday. (article 4)
Woods, who moved to northeastern Ohio after leaving the disgraced president's staff in 1976, never talked much about her years with the only American president to resign the office. (article 4)
Rose Mary Woods, the devoted secretary to Nixon who said she inadvertently erased part of a crucial Watergate tape, has died. (article 3)
Woods will go down in history as the woman who was believed to be responsible for the erasure of 18 1/2 minutes of crucial evidence, before it could be turned over to Watergate investigators seeking to Nixon. (article 2)
That question might have been answered clearly if the tape hadn't been erased, since it took place just three days after the break-in at the Democratic Party's national headquarters. (article 2)
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Nixon, Woods, tape, Watergate, erased |
Source articles
- Rose Mary Woods Dies; Loyal Nixon Secretary (washingtonpost.com) (Washington Post, 01/24/2005, 819 words)
- Rosemary Woods, Nixon secretary who erased crucial tape, dies (cbc.ca, 01/23/2005, 444 words)
- Loyal Nixon secretary dead at 87 (dallasnews.com, 01/23/2005, 662 words)
- Nixon secretary Rose Mary Woods, 87, dies (USA Today, 01/23/2005, 636 words)
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