People, Sep. 2, 1974

"This is the perfect rehabilitation," bubbled Watergate Burglar Bernard Barker last week. "Now if this isn't the American way, you tell me what is." Barker's postprison rehabilitation program is a central Florida housing project he has agreed to promote along with his break-in partners Eugenic Martinez and Virgilio Gonzalez. The project, dubbed Watergate Hills, is a brainchild of Florida Builder John Priestes, who himself just ended a six-month stint in the slammer for FHA influence buying. The foursome hope to make $7 million to $9 million from the 600-unit complex, but last week...

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