1970's Government and Politics | Dark Days in the White House

"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here"

Newspaper article

By: Alfred E. Lewis

Date: June 18, 1972

Source: Lewis, Alfred E. "5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here." Washington Post, June 18, 1972, 1, 22.

About the Author: Alfred E. Lewis, a veteran crime reporter who joined the staff of the Washington Post in the 1930s, delivered the first front-page article on the Watergate break-in on Sunday, July 18, 1972.

"Suspect Aided, Fought Castro"

Newspaper article

By: Carl Bernstein and Kirk Scharfenberg

Date: June 18, 1972

Source: Bernstein, Carl, and Kirk Scharfenberg. "Suspect Aided, Fought Castro." Washington Post, June 18, 1972.

About the Author: Carl Bernstein and Kirk Scharfenberg also contributed a story on the Watergate suspects in that day's Washington...