Gray Admits Lying About Secret Papers
Former FBI chief L Patrick Gray admitted he read secret documents before burning them then lied about the event for months amid the Watergate cover up. He told the Senate Watergate committee he warned President Nixon 19 days after the break in that staff tried to mortally wound him using the CIA and FBI.
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Washington
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
CIA
Vernon R. Walters
White House
Intelligence Agency
Gray-Walters
Mexico
John Dehrlichman
E. Howard Hunt
Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Dean
Stonington, Conn
It Felt Like An Earthquake Collapsed Broadway Central Hotel
A section of the Broadway Central hotel near Greenwich Village collapsed on a Friday, with 23 tenants in the affected wing. Fourteen tenants were unaccounted for, eight injured, and officials noted the building’s century-old condition. Fire officials later said no explosions occurred despite prior reports.
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New York
Broadway Central
Greenwich Village
Joseph Cooper
Glen Warner
Warner
John T. O'Hagan
Decatur Faces 30 Percent Revenue Sharing Cut
Decatur officials learned Friday the city’s revenue sharing allocation for 1973-74 drops from 907000 to 650050 a 30 percent reduction. Officials plan an appeal in October while Morgan County gains over 80000. Calculations hinge on a revised tax base and census figures with educational bonds cited as a potential cause.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Bill Rascoe
Bob Jones
Rascoe
Office of Revenue Sharing
Gary Voketz
Voketz
Bureau of the Census
Russell Bolding
Bureau
Morgan County Commission
Commission
Hartsille
103 Year Old Womanizer in Stockton Divorce Suit
Solomon Fegion, accused by wife Johnnie Lee Fegion in a Stockton divorce filing, is said to chase other women and under a court order must pay $6 weekly for groceries until the four month finalization. The wife, 100, and husband, 103, each show prior divorces in county records.
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Stockton
Calif
Solomon Fegion
Johnnie Lee Fegion
Beef Panic Amid Shortage Talk Tested by Officials
Shoppers at a Virginia commissary scrambled for beef as wholesalers reported tight supplies and a government spokesman downplayed a shortage. Industry voices warned of fat trims and rationing while prices remained frozen under Phase 4. Some consumers stocked up, others doubted the crisis, even as a government panel said adequate supply would hold until the red meat price freeze ends.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Kathleen Wolff
Glen Ellyn
Chicago
New York
Cost of Living Council
William N.walker
State Will Appeal Reapportion Ruling
A federal panel rejected the Alabama legislature plan for reapportionment and ordered the court plan in effect for 1974 elections. The state will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The panel cited racial nondiscrimination concerns and questioned the plan's population accuracy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Bill Baxley
George C. Wallace
U.S. Dist
Daniel Thomas
Mobile
Frank Johnson Jr
Rives and Johnson
Thomas
Henry Moore
University of Alabama
Six Killed In South Alabama Tragic Anniversary Crash
In Kimbr ough Alabama a car wreck killed six people from two northern families during a 50th anniversary visit. The victims include Rev Milton Smith and his wife Novello Bumpus Smith and their four year old son, plus Earl and Deborah Bumpus and their one year old son James Jr. The collision with a tractor trailer occurred on Alabama 5 near Arlington, 20 miles west of Camden. The truck driver Frank Fleman of Sylacauga was only mildly hurt. Willie Barron, funeral director, noted the families were returning from visiting former teachers and attending the celebration with Ben Bumpus in Lower Peach Tree.
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Kimbrough
Ala
Alabama
Milton Smith
Providence R.I
Novello Bumpus Smith
Keith
James
Earl Bumpus
Uniondale
N.Y
Ben Bumpus
Lower Peach Tree
Bumpus
Alabama 5
Camden
Wilcox County
Burapus
Frank Fleman
Sylacauga
Lizzie Borden Arrested in 1892 Hatchet Murders
On this date in 1892 Lizzie Borden was arrested in Fall River Massachusetts for the murder of her father and stepmother. The item notes weather in Athens with highs around 85 and 86 and lows near 62, plus a prompt to see weather map on page 2. It closes with a Tennessee Valley slogan about living there.
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Falkville
Eva
Rascoe
Decatur
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Mass
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Senate Committee
Broadway Central Hotel
Decatur Share Fund
Flint
Somerville
Trinity
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
By Mike Duffy
American Meat Institute
Herrell DeGraff
Providence
R.I
Walker
Charlotte
Ann Hardis
By J. Paul Till
Moore
South
Athens
Tennessee Valley
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