It Was 20 Years Ago Today
H.R. Haldeman, former chief of staff to President Richard M. Nixon, is freed on a six-day holiday furlough from the minimum-security federal prison at Lompoc, where he is serving one to four years for his Watergate crimes. Haldeman and his wife will spend the holidays in Los Angeles.
* Just in time for Christmas, ComputerLand advertises an Apple II personal computer with 4K of RAM for $1,298 (the 16K RAM model goes for $1,698), and the Atari Video Computer System, with cartridges for 27 games, including Tank, Jet Fighter and Biplane, for $199.95.
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