Impeachment Moves After Watergate Turmoil Hits Nixon
President Nixon faces possible impeachment as Congress plans inquiries triggered by the firing of Archibald Cox. House liberals and Republicans alike debate grounds for removal while the Justice Department reshuffles. Sirica weighs next steps as tapes and transcripts stir legal battles ahead.
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Chicago
Congress
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Adlai E. Stevenson
D-Ill
Stevenson
Weekend highway deaths climb to eighteen in Minnesota
The Associated Press reports two Sunday fatal crashes in Minnesota: a single car rollover near Duluth killing 27 year old David F. Hager, and a two car collision on MN 65 near East Bethel injuring several, including Ruth Hildebrant, 64, and Irwin Hildebrant, 59. The weekend toll includes multiple other fatal incidents across the state, with victims from Duluth, Brooklyn Park, Fridley, New Ulm, Minnetonka, and more.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
David F. Hager
Duluth
Carlton County
Anoka County
Minneapolis-St. Paul
East Bethel
Ruth K. Hildebrant
Brooklyn Park
Irwin
Highway Patrol
Fridley
Gary G. Johnston
Johnston
Sandra
Karen
Michael
Raeleen Jackson
New Ulm
Martha Zobel
William
Howard Buffington
Zobel
Buffington
Dorothy DeRosier
Loretto
Minn
Union Township
Hokah
Leo J. Bahler
Brownsville
Matthew
Israel and Egypt Agree to UN Cease Fire Plan
The United Nations cease fire proposal is accepted by Israel and Egypt with conflict paused at 12:49 p.m. EDT on the 17th day of the Arab Israeli war. Syria silent but expected to heed. Iraq rejects the resolution. Fighting near Golan Heights and Suez Canal reported as truce hour nears.
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Egypt
United Nations
Middle East
Cairo
U.N
Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Syria
Mt. Hermon
Bekape
Anwar) Sadat
U.N. Security Council
Cairoras Dio
Security Council
Council
Lex Canal
Lebanon
Wisconsin man named Austin Utilities superintendent
Norman Dietrich, 56, of Marshfield Wisconsin, named new superintendent of Austin Utilities, replacing Harold Lamon who retires January 11, 1974. Dietrich to assume duties January 7, 1974 after long tenure at Marshfield Electric and Water Dept and prior work at Consolidated Papers Inc. in Wisconsin Rapids. He is a registered professional engineer with multiple professional affiliations and community roles. Dietrich and his wife Dorothy plan to move to Austin with two children, having already purchased a home. He led Marshfield projects including a $3 million boiler and turbine addition, new office building, underground aquifer locating technique, and a 3 million gallon reservoir and $4 million expansion. The remainder of the text contains unrelated international war reports.
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Norman Dietrich
Marshfield
Wis
Austin Utilities
Alno
Dietrich
Harold Lamon
Marshfield Electric and Water Dept
Consolidated Papers, Inc
Wisconsin Rapids
Consolidated Paper
Pennsylvania State College
Mechanical Engineering
LCS
Skeptical mood greets call for U N cease-fire in Middle East
Arab and Israeli observers expressed skepticism toward the United Nations cease-fire proposal as government leaders vowed to abide while civilians voiced caution. A Maariv columnist called the plan a trap to shield Arab losses, while Tel Aviv residents weighed the pause against unresolved conflict. In Cairo, Egyptians warned the halt could mirror 1948 errors that allowed Israel to strengthen and win.
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Associated Press
U.N
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Maariv
Tel Aviv
Tami Rosenfeld
Nixon prepares tapes defense
President Nixon weighs his legal options as he readies a defense in the Watergate tapes crisis. Special counsel J. Fred Buzhardt says the case is back in Sirica's court and no White House action is expected before Tuesday. Impeachment talk rose after Cox was fired and Richardson resigned, with Nixon planning a possible summary response rather than a live address.
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Nixon
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Robert H. Bork
Justice Department
Cox
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Bork
Washington
John J. Sivica
Congress
J. Fred Buzhardt
Buzhardt
Archibald Cox
Hutchinson officer wounded in burglary attempt
Hutchinson Minnesota police officer Scott Johnson aged 21 was shot in the back during a burglary attempt. He was treated at Hutchinson hospital and later moved to the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis in critical condition.
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Rochester
Jensen
Sandra
Pennington
Thief River Falls
Minnesota
Dorothy Hedlund
International Falls
Minn
Vernon R. Johnson Sr
Proctor
U.S. 61
Duluth
James Verly
Audubon
U.S. 59
Marshall
Mildred Tieskotter
Preston
U.S. 14
Eyota
Dale Bratland
Willmar
Hutchinson
McLeod County Sheriff's Office
Scott Johnson
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Hutchinson Hospital
Johnson
A's Clinch World Series Crown in Seventh Game Victory
Finley's A's defeated the Mets 6 to 2 on Sunday to win back to back World Baseball titles. AP Wirephoto provides the image of the celebration after the decisive seventh game.
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McLean
Washington
Finley
A’s
Mets
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