West Virginia woman stops freight train near stalled car
Margaret Shrout twirled a burning baton at a Montgomery crossing as a freight train bore down on a stalled auto. The trainmen saw her flare and halted just 15 feet away. the car was not hit. In Washington, the Watergate inquiry moved into 7,573 pages of testimony as investigators review possible perjury with a month-long recess ahead.
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West Virginia Tech
Margaret Shrout
Montgomery
W. Va
Washington
Nyt
Senate Watergate Committee
Samuel Cash
Senate Select Committee
Cash
Archibald Cox
Department of Justice
Beard Costs 150 Dollars In Navy Refusal Case
Cpl. Joe Turner, ordered to shave his five year beard aboard the St. Croix, refused and faced Cmdr. Murphy who fined him 150 dollars and sent him to a shore post at CFB Esquimalt until discharge in 26 days. Turner plans to leave the forces over the board issue, calling it a matter of principle. Margaret Carroll sues John Ehrlichman John Caulfield and Anthony Ulasewicz alleging they placed an illegal wiretap on her phone related to the Watergate case.
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Victoria
B.C
Joe Turner
St. Croix
Tom S. Murphy
Turner
CFB
Esquimalt
Armed Forces
Margaret Carroll
Mary Jo Kopechne
John Ehrlichman
John Caulfield
Anthony Ulasewicz
Watergate ties emerge in Gainesville antiwar trial
The Gainesville trial of seven antiwar veterans and a supporter for conspiring to disrupt the Republican National Convention is linked to Watergate figures, undercover informers, and White House actions. Court records and reports show Hunt's alleged plan to hire infiltrators at Miami Beach to embarrass the Democrats, and Haldeman's memo urging a narrative blaming Democrats for demonstrator violence.
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Gainesville
Fla
Nyt
White House
Justice Department
Internal Security Division
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Miami Beach
H. R. Haldeman
Democratic Party
Probe Augmented ITT Investigation in Watergate Probe
The Watergate special prosecution force moved Richard J. Davis to reinforce the three member team probing International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. Davis had led the probe into Donald H. Segretti, linked to a sabotage and espionage campaign against Democratic candidates in the 1972 Nixon re-election effort.
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Washington
Nyt
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Richard J. Davis
Donald H. Segretti
I.T.T
Archibald Cox
Segretti
Nixon
Uganda Move Hit Cats Ottawa? Heath blasts Uganda expulsion
Prime Minister Heath condemned Uganda for expelling over 30,000 Asian residents as callous and racially discriminatory. He cited a Commonwealth declaration recognizing racial prejudice as a dangerous illness, echoed by leaders at a recent Commonwealth gathering.
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Ottawa
Nyt
Heath
Uganda
Bomb Order Downed by Court in Cambodia War Case
A U S Court of Appeals overturned a court order to stop bombing Cambodia. Bombing to continue until Aug 15 unless Supreme Court reverses. Rep Elizabeth Holtzman plans to seek Supreme Court action to challenge presidential war authority beyond Aug 15.
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New York
NYT
Cambodia
United States Court of Appeals
Congress
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Elizabeth Holtzman
Dn.y
Air Force
Reporter barred from flight to Neak Luong after intervention
New York Times correspondent Sydney H. Schanberg was blocked from riding a Cambodian air force helicopter to Neak Luong, the site of an accidental American bombing. He then traveled by boat, 38 miles southeast of Phnom Penh, after clearance from Cambodian officers was halted by U S officials.
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Phnom Penh
NYT
United States
New York Times
Neak Luong
Sydney H. Schanberg
David H. E. Opfer
Richard S. Felker
High Command
Richardson unveils plan to depoliticize Justice Department
Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson orders all DOJ staff to report any conversations about department matters with outside officials including lawmakers. He bans senators and congressmen from announcing DOJ grants to home districts, citing distrust after Watergate and promising to remove improper influences.
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Washington
Nyt
Elliot L. Richardson
Justice Department
American’ Bar Association
Allende to Add Military Leaders to Cabinet in Move
Chilean President Salvador Allende Gossens plans to include three military officers and a police official in his cabinet to end the state of sedition. Reports say a civil military cabinet was agreed and changes could be announced tonight or tomorrow.
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Santiago
Chile
NYT
Salvador Allende Gossens
Carabineros
Police
Communist Party Radio
Allende
Popular Unity Coalition
la Segunda
Suspect Dies After Shootout At Gesu Church Steps
Miami police say 21 year old Harold Earl Stuart opened fire on officers who tried to question him after a reported robbery attempt. He exchanged gunfire with three officers, then ran to the Gesu Catholic Church steps and fatally shot himself. Stuart, of Miami, was on probation from an 18 month sentence for a 1970 burglary.
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Miami
Harold Earl Stuart
Stuart
Gesu Catholic Church
Agnew’s swift denial contrasts with Nixon’s Watergate silence
Washington AP reports Vice President Spiro Agnew moved quickly to rebut accusations of kickback bribery linking him to government contractors. Nixon, facing Watergate scrutiny, remains largely silent as aides say there is no parallel situation. Nixon plans a Camp David statement after reviewing briefing materials.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
White House
U.S
John W. Dear III
Dean
Senate Committee
Camp David
Calendar Of Events Brims With Revivals And Music
A packed day of church revivals, concerts, and meetings across Alabama towns. Highlights include Release at Maranatha Baptist Church with no admission, gospel singing at Basham Methodist and Oak Grove Church, revival services led by Rev. W L Cole and Rev. John Hogan, plus a Counts family reunion in Spring Park, Tuscumbia noon gathering and a free Spirit of America stage concert at Point Mallard.
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Barabas
Maranatha Baptist Church
Summer Players of Tennessee Temple Schools of
Chattanooga
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Moulton
John Hogan
Hillwood Baptist Church
Huntsville
Steve Hall
Moulton Baptist Church
Summer Players of Tennessee Temple School
Barabbas
New Moulton Rd
Basham Methodist Church
Decatur
Danville Rd
Oak Grove Congregational Methodist Church
Lawrence County
West
Point Mallard
Spirit of America
Oak Ridge
Decatur Civic Theater
James Vanderford
Lebanon Baptist Church
Falkville
Bellview Baptist Church
Thomas Counts
Spring Park
Tuscumbia
William G. Counts
Monticello
Counts
Computer Tricked Westinghouse Manager Embezzled Nearly $1 Million
The federal government charged Billy Hudgins, operations manager for Westinghouse appliance sales in Greenvale New York, with manipulating a self devised computer system to steal about 1 million dollars. Auditors at the Pittsburg center traced a $1000 company draft cleared while Hudgins was away and flagged an unfamiliar creditor David Taylor. The investigation was led by Robert Morse U.S. attorney for the eastern district of New York.
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New York
Nyt
Westinghouse Corporation
Greenvale
N.Y
Billy Howard Hudgins
Bethpage
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Accounting Center
Pittsburg
David Taylor
Hudgins
Robert A. Morse
U.S
Eastern District of
Nine East Germans Escape to West Berlin via Secret Tunnel
Nine East Germans including five children escaped to West Berlin through a tunnel dug beneath the Berlin Wall. The mass flight occurred on July 27 but details were kept secret for security reasons. Refugees traveled from Potsdam district to the American sector of Wannsee using a pipe system built under East German border fortifications.
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Berlin
Nyt
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Wannsee
Potsdam
East Germany
DeCarlo Fails Deadline on $20,000 Extortion Fine
Angelo DeCarlo known mobster did not pay a $20,000 fine from a 1970 Newark extortion conviction by Tuesday. He was freed last year after executive clemency but officials said they would seek return to jail if the debt remains unpaid.
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Angelo
Gyp
DeCarlo
Newark
N. J
Brown Writer Dies at 70 in New York
Richard C. Boyer, 70, biographer of John Brown and former New Yorker profile writer, died Tuesday from cardiovascular causes. He lived in Croton-on-Hudson. His book The Legend of John Brown received critical acclaim for portraying Brown within the broader pre Civil War era.
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New York
Nyt
Richard C. Boyer
John Brown
The
New Yorker
Croton-on-Hudson
Boyer
Alfred A. Knopf
Godfrey Hodgson
New York Times Book Review
Lost Child Signals Fade in New Mexico Mystery
In Albuquerque area the seven year old boy’s distress calls weaken as rescue teams using citizen band radios and an Army search plane sweep the Manzano Mountains. An earlier report traced the boy, who said his father died in a truck crash while rabbit hunting, to Fontana California.
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Albuquerque
N.M
ACRA-19
Manzano Mountains
Citizens Band
Linda King
ACRA
Manzano Mountain
Darlene Ross
Fontana
Calif
New Mexico
Larry
Civil Air Patrol
National Guard
Church groups set meetings across city this week
The Madonna Unit of Ninth Street United Methodist meets at 7 30 at Mrs Lorene Lakey 1604 12th St SE for a business session. Elkmont United Methodist Church hosts Friday meetings at 7 30 nightly. Rising Sun Lodge 29 F and AM holds a 7 p.m called meeting for work in charts BA degree. First Presbyterian combines morning circles at 10 a.m. at 2520 Sherwood Dr SE and night circle at 7 30 p.m. at Miss Mary Louise Garrett 319 4th Ave W Brook Hopkin American Legion Post 310 meets 7 45 p.m. at Turner Funeral Home with special awards for new members.
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Ninth Street
Rising Sun Lodge No. 29
F&am
First Presbyterian Church
Dan Lansing
Sherwood Dr. SE
Mary Louise Garrett
4Th Ave. W
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Decatur Inn
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Roger Tankersley
Oneonta
West End United Methodist Church
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Willis
Ruth School
Kingdosh Aires
Happy Six
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Bobby Britt
Birmingham
Sages Baptist Church
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
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Freewill Baptist Church
Danville Road
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Massey
Mitchel Owens
Hill’s Chapel
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Joyman
Cotaco United Methodist Church
Tootie Jones
Don's
Alabama
God of Creation
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Ellis Coats
Florence
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Old Moulton Rd
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Marvin F. Bryant
Flint Church of Christ
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Chapel Baptist Church
James L. Long
Calvary Baptist Church
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Gateman
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Jack Grissom
Falkville United Methodist Church
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