Nixon to speak after Watergate hearings end
The White House said President Nixon will address Watergate issues in an appropriate forum after the Senate committee finishes its current phase. The panel plans weekday hearings through August 3 and has 20 witnesses listed to testify next week.
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Brian B. King
Washington
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
San Clemente Complex
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Office
Samuel Cash
Congress
San Clemente
Ziegler
Ervin
Howard H. Baker Jr
GOP
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Administration weighs mandatory fuel allocation plan
Washington officials say a compulsory fuel allocation program is under consideration to address the gasoline shortage, while rationing is not being pursued at this time. They also discuss limits on business costs used to justify price increases under Phase 4 anti inflation. A Navy Army officials suspend charges against seven service members held as war prisoners in North Vietnam. Attorney General Richardson orders DOJ probe into sterilizations of young Alabama girls under federally funded birth control.
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Washington
Ap) — Administration
Cost of Living Council
Army
Navy
North Vietnam
Elliot L. Richardson
Justice Department
Alabama
Old Decatur Hotel Faces Demolition
The Cornelian Court Hotel in Decatur is set for demolition as real estate developer Paul Collier plans redevelopment. He bought the three story brick structure with no definite plans for the 6th Ave property. The hotel, once a major local site, housed travelers and construction workers but has declined with nearby newer hotels.
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Cornelian Court
Decatur
Paul Collier
Morgan County
6Th Ave
Johnston St
Collier
E. C. Payne
New Decatur
Bank St
Lyons
Decatur makes it happen in Alabama shopping area
Local page teases a feature on Decatur's vibrant shopping district as the area markets itself as friendly and thriving. The item references calendar listings, editorials, horoscopes, obituaries, and weather notes for the Tennessee Valley.
Spirit of America Festival Displays In Decatur
The Spirit of America festival at Point Mallard Park marks the nation's 197th birthday with an all day program. A ninth a.m. anvil shot opens events including a beauty contest, sports, art show, watermelon eating, sack races, and horseshoe pitching. Gov George C Wallace to receive the Audie Murphy Patriotism Award from Sen Edward Kennedy after a 6 p.m. speech with Robert Strauss and lawmakers in attendance. Archie Campbell hosts the beauty pageant. Becky Marshall, Miss Spirit of America 1972, will crown her successor.
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Decatur
Point Mallard Park
America
Audie Murphy
George C
Wallace
Bob Harris
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Johnny Cash
National Democratic Party
Robert Strauss
Alabama
Bob Jones
Tom Bevill
Archie Campbell
Hee Haw
Miss Spirit of America
Becky Marshall
Spirit
Cancer Claims Betty Grable
SANTA MONICA Calif AP lung cancer has claimed actress Betty Grable the WWII pin up girl with the famous legs. She died Monday night at St John’s Hospital aged 56. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and she leaves two daughters a sister and four grandchildren.
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Betty Grable
California
Miss Grable
Santa Monica
Calif
St. John's Hospital
Melbourne
Australia
20Th Century-Fox Studio
Treasury Department
Coca Cola plans 900000 expansion in Decatur
Frank Troup, president of Coca Cola Bottling Co, announced a 900000 expansion at a Decatur meeting. A new 12 acre Ratliff Industrial Park plant is planned with modular construction and future growth. The existing plant will run for years while leasing and annexation steps proceed.
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Decatur
Coca-Cola
Frank Troup
Industrial Development Board
Troup
Ratliff
6Th Ave
Exchange ‘Security Bank of Birmingham
First State Bank of Decatur
Pire
Eouwcil
COCA
Food Prices Under Study by Advisory Committee
Washington AP The administration's Food Advisory Committee met in a closed session to draft Phase 4 price controls intended to replace the current 60 day food freeze. Kay Ryan urged action to curb inflation, proposing across the board ceilings adjusted for shortages and economic pressures.
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Washington
Kay Ryan
Food Advisory
Ryan
European Conference Meeting In Finland Sets Peace Agenda
In Helsinki 35 nations led by US Canada and Europe adopt an agenda to widen East West contacts and affirm postwar borders. U N Secretary General Waldheim foresees a new Europe while Geneva talks may begin in September and a 1974 summit could follow with Soviet acceptance of contact measures in exchange for frontier inviolability.
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Helsinki
Finland
United States
Canada
Europe
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Soviet Union
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Tony Estes
Old Decatur
Landers
Republic of
Algeria
Athens
Tennessee Valley
By Ben Windham
Finlandia Hall
Ahti Karjalainen
Albania
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Downtown
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