Nixon defies court order to hand over Watergate tapes
President Nixon refused to comply with Chief Judge Sirica’s order to produce Watergate tape recordings for court review. The ruling upheld the courts authority over executive privilege while signaling a high stakes clash between the presidency and the judiciary over presidential records.
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Torgersen pleads innocent in four slayings case
David Torgersen pleads not guilty in Olmsted County District Court to four counts of murder and one of manslaughter for the July 4 killings of Lana Torgersen, two children, and babysitter Rebecca Rathbun. Bond set at 10 000 per indictment, defense motions granted.
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David Torgersen
Olmsted
Russell Olson
Olson
Torgersen
Duane Mattson
Lana Torgersen
Rebecca Rathbun
TV fire kills seven prompt U S probe into set defect
Essex County prosecutors confirmed a defective television set started a blaze that killed seven members of Frederick Stock's family in North Caldwell. The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission will inspect the melted set as investigators seek the defect and potential national implications for TV manufacturers.
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Joseph P. Lordi
Frederick Stock
New York Stock Exchange
Ron Eisenberg
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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New Jersey
North Caldwell
UAW Strike Stalls at Six Austin Dealers
Progress report on the 15 day-old UAW Local 867 strike shows no talks scheduled beyond a Sept. 6 union-management meeting. Dealers say a recent management-labor meeting yielded no results and that any agreement will require a three-year contract, with negotiations at an impasse.
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Steel executives blame government for price lag in rise
Bethlehem Steel chairman Stewart Cort said federal policy pressures steel prices, while proposed increases average about 4 percent for flat rolled products used in autos and appliances. In Houston, Skylab 2 astronauts were cleared to continue the mission through at least September 7, extending the 42nd day in space.
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Space Agency
William C. Schneider
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Bomb blasts rock Birmingham area injure none reported
Three firebombs exploded in central Birmingham while Solihull, a Birmingham suburb, saw two blasts twelve hours earlier. No casualties were reported in either round of explosions.
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Birmingham
England
Solihull
Football Round Up 1973 High School Preview
Inside the Herald the 8th annual Football Round Up surveys local and area high school teams. It offers rosters prospects for 1973 season coaches comments team profiles and photos prepared with Austin merchants.
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Austin Area
GAO Expands Role Beyond Bookkeeping
The GAO, led by Comptroller General Elmer Staats, has expanded beyond auditing ledgers. With 3100 staff including lawyers and engineers, the agency probes program effectiveness, evaluation, and social issues, sending 27 reports to Congress in a recent month on topics from school lunch objectives to light aircraft safety, consumer protection, and welfare dependency.
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Congress
Collective leadership formed in Chinese Communist Party
Tokyo AP reports the Chinese Communist Party adopts a collective leadership for daily affairs. The 10th Central Committee Political Bureau lists 21 members led by Mao Tse-tung, elected Aug 24-28, with ranks not shown. The order follows strokes in family names, placing Mao first.
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Mao Tse-tung
Decision pending on gas prices pumps may close
The Cost of Living Council was to decide today if new retail gasoline price ceilings could be imposed by Saturday. If approved, prices could drop one to three cents per gallon at many stations, while some with higher prices could raise them. Some operators threaten to close over Labor Day if ceilings take effect. A stay allows enforcement to proceed but keeps the status quo pending a full hearing.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Edward Allen Tamm
Tamm
Cambodian Forces Reopen Key Phnom Penh Supply Highway
Cambodian infantrymen breached the last Khmer Rouge bunkers on Highway 5 to Battambang, reopening a main supply route into Phnom Penh as a convoy of over 100 trucks entered the capital. Viet Cong attacks south west of Saigon aimed at isolating the Mekong Delta. government said seven troops were killed and ten wounded.
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Mekong
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Inmate Granted Early Parole for Literary Studies
Alphonse Magee, 26, of Rochester, the Stillwater Prison inmate, is granted early parole by the state parole board to study literature at Macalester College in St. Paul. Convicted of the July 23, 1970, shooting death of Rochester bartender Kenneth Rambun, he faced a 3 to 15 year sentence.
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Rochester, Minn
Stillwater State Prison
Alphonse Magee
State Parole Board
Macalester College
St. Paul
Magee
Rochester
Kenneth Rambun
Rushford man among 4 killed in highway mishaps
Four people died in separate Minnesota crashes, raising the 1973 toll to 579. Rodney Ruberg, 22, of Rushford, died when his car left a township road and hit a tree. An 18 year old Prinsburg rider perished in a bridge collision, and two suburban Minneapolis women Shir ley Hechter and Kathleen Chase died in a two car Edina crash.
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Fillmore County
Rodney Ruberg
Rushford
Minn
Prinsburg
Kandiyohi
Robert D. Ledeboer
Brian Duminck
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Edina
Shir
Ley B. Hechter
Minnetonka
Kathleen Marie Chase
Bloomington
Hennepin County 18
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Suspect Held in Minneapolis Shooting Death
A suspect is held for questioning in the death of 23 year old Roland Randall also known as Roland Langdeaux whose body was found Saturday behind a south Minneapolis home. Homicide detectives said no charges have been filed yet.
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Roland Randall
Minneapolis
Randall
Roland Langdeaux
Schedule of Pages V5 Mkt 2 Editorial
Page layout notice listing sections Editorial Society Classific Sports Area Comics for pages 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 and markets.
For Sale 38 Yards Acrylic Carpet in Like New Condition
Classified ad notes a for sale listing for 38 yards of beautiful acrylic carpeting in like new condition priced reasonably. The notice mentions viewing by appointment and indicates the ad ran for one day before cancellation. It highlights low cost Herald want ads and pay-per-run pricing.
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