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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1973

Page

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Missing Newsman Claims He Was Kidnap Victim

American TV correspondent Jack Began reappeared at a Rome clinic four weeks after vanishing saying he had been kidnapped by the Mafia and transported to the United States before release. He said he persuaded them to free him after vowing not to pursue Mafia stories. detectives cited his accounts and noted a late phone call to his wife confirming safety but not location.

Rome Jack Began United States Begon Janiculum Hill Domenico Scali Scali

Young Kennedy Found Guilty

Joseph P Kennedy III was found guilty of driving to endanger in Nantucket Mass fined 100 dollars and urged to use his illustrious name for good. Sen Edward M Kennedy noted the fair trial and Joe must live with the verdict as relatives and a police witness testified the jeep carried riders on a side road then nearly collided with an oncoming car.

Nantucket Mass Joseph P. Kennedy III Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Joe Robert F. Kennedy D-N.y C. George Anastos William Carlton Kennedy Sapra Peterson

Beach Object Of Body Hunt

Houston authorities plan to use heavy equipment to search a Galveston County beach area after two couples reported seeing men with long wrapped bundles. They described two men resembling Dean Corll and Elmer Henley, linked to a mass murder case involving 27 victims. Police probed a 200-yard stretch but found no bodies.

Houston Galveston Dean A. Corll Elmer Wayne Henley U.S Henley Corll David O. Brooks K. D. Porter Abernathy Porter

Alaska discovery marked in 1741 by Vitus Bering

In Today s DAILY Editorials Horoscope ON THIS DATE In 1741 Alaska was discovered by Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering The weather notes forecast high near 90 tonight mid 60s and another near 90 Tuesday The page also mentions a weather map and river page on page 3 and ends with It s A Privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley

Alaska Vitus Jonas Bering Tennessee Valley

Penn Hamburgers Open New Downtown Decatur Site

C. F. Penn Hamburgers announces its new location at 121 E. Moulton Street in Downtown Decatur with the opening now underway. The move aims to serve customers in a central area, expanding access to the longtime eatery.

C. F. Penn Hamburgers E. Moulton Street Decatur

Rescue Team Nearing Two Trapped In Mine

CASA GRANDE Ariz AP rescue crews hope to reach two men trapped since Friday at a copper mine tunnel end south of town. State mine inspector Verne McCutchan said nine more hours to burrow through wet earth. Heavy smoke and heat hinder efforts as 50 workers reach the 500 foot mark. They must cover 400 more feet to the debris. the tunnel lies 1 200 feet below ground. Rescuers plan chemical foam and fog to quell a fire once reached.

Casa Grande Ariz Verne McCutchan McCutchan

Job Reports Exaggerated in Alabama Growth Claims

Alabama leaders trumpet a record year for industrial growth claiming 682 new industries and 838 million dollars in investment creating 42 878 jobs. Yet the state department reports far fewer new manufacturing jobs, highlighting a clash between a numbers oriented agency and a booster driven office.

Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Department of Industrial Relations Alabama Development Office Department Wallace

Nixon motorcade canceled after Secret Service alert

New Orleans canceled a presidential motorcade amid a Secret Service FBI and police probe into a possible assassination conspiracy during Nixon’s New Orleans visit for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Police sought an armed former officer Edward Gaudet alias Punchy tied to the case. Gaudet had prior arrest in 1970 related to desecrating a flag during a Nixon motorcade. details on Page 5.

New Orleans Secret Service Nixon Florida The Veterans of Foreign Wars White House FBI Edward M. Gaudet Punchy Gaudet Clarence Giarrusso

McGovern presses Nixon tapes impeachment stance

Senator George McGovern says Congress should consider impeachment if Nixon refuses to release White House tapes, while Attorney General Richardson calls Nixon's plea for not turning over tapes a strong, but closely balanced, constitutional case. A Times Gallup poll shows 56 percent want tapes turned over. Cox seeks nine meetings' tapes amid Watergate hearings.

Washington Nixon White House Congress George S. McGovern D-S.d Elliot L. Richardson Watergate Archibald Cox Gallup The New York Times Senate Watergate Committee McGovern CBS Face the Nation U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court United States Richardson ABC Maryland Spiro T. Agnew Cox U.S. District Court New York “Times Times

Nixon Admits Secret Bombing Order In Cambodia

President Nixon acknowledged for the first time that he ordered secret bombing raids in Cambodia soon after taking office in 1969. He defended the actions as necessary to protect American lives and said he would do the same again, noting Cambodian neutrality was violated and the strikes were kept secret to avoid provoking protests and endangering troops.

New Orleans Nixon Cambodia Indochina United States U.S

Supreme Court appeal sought on Alabama reapportionment plan

Huntsville AP reports a state attorney said an appeal to the U S Supreme Court will be filed this week over a court ordered reapportionment plan for Alabama’s Legislature. Birmingham AP notes South Central Bell cancels a $50 million data center project blaming the Public Service Commission. Washington AP quotes Secretary Rogers urging civil liberties not be trampled in the name of security. Illinois Gov Walker denies a headline implying campaign funds from a firm with underworld ties and says contracts came after top management changes.

NYT Montgomery South Alabama George C. Wallace Huntsville Ala U.S. Supreme Court Birmingham South Central Bell Public Service Commission Washington William P. Rogers

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