Paper Retracts Article Linking Chotiner to Watergate Bugging
Date: 01 January 1974
Manchester (NH) Union Leader on Dec 31 prints retraction of charges that Pres Nixon's long-time associate Murray Chotiner organized Watergate bugging incident; Chotiner had sued newpaper and its chief investigative reporter Arthur C Egan for $3-million for libel; articles over which Chotiner brought suit, which were printed Apr 27 and 28 '73, said Chotiner organized 'Watergate caper' and similar incidents with money raised from Teamsters Union and with more than $400,000 from 'Las Vegas gamblers'; Chotiner says he has reached out-of-ct settlement with newspaper