Nixon Defends Presidential Immunity in Records Fight
Nixon released a letter supporting continued presidential resistance to House Watergate requests. He cites Truman 1953 precedent and argues cooperation is extensive yet subpoenas threaten the presidency. The White House has handed over logs and papers, while Dean testifies about access and document handling. safes were moved to the Executive Office Building basement.
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Nixon
Truman
House Committee On UN
Congress
House Committee
Ervin
Washington
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
John W. Dean III
Senate
Dean
Truman Letter Refuses to Testify Before Watergate Committee
President Truman writes Nov 12 1953 to Harold H Welde declining to appear before the House Committee on American Activities. He cites constitutional duty and a long precedent of presidents resisting subpoena and asserts limits on investigating acts during his presidency. He offers to testify about acts as a private individual if unrelated to his presidency.
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Harry. Truman
Harold H. Welde
House Committee On An American Activities
Nixon
Are Select Watergate Committee
Washington
United States
George Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
Jackson
Tyler
Polk
Fillmore
Buchanan
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Coolidge
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Charles Warren
House of Representatives
House
House Judiciary Committee
House of Congress
Senate
Cneeay
FTC study critiques oil price policy and refinery profits
The report argues that allowing crude oil profits to be the lowest taxed phase of majors operations pushes prices up until refinery profits vanish. It warns such a system endangers independent refiners while noting import controls limit foreign competition and that voluntary allocation fails to fix shortages.
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FTC
Nixon
Commerce Department
Teen victim stabbed in holdup. suspect arrested
Gentry was stabbed and beaten during a struggle as the holdup man fled with more than $100. Within an hour, police arrested Foster at Vine and Washington Streets NW while he rode in a truck with a companion. Detectives recovered most of the stolen money and confiscated a Bowie knife believed used in the robbery. The victim described the assailant as black, short and fat. He was taken to Decatur General Hospital then transferred to Huntsville Hospital. Decatur police investigators include Det Sgt. David Smith and Lt. E. C. Bowman.
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Gentry
Foster
Vine
Washington St. NW
Decatur General Hospital
AAA
Southend Ambulance Service
Huntsville Hospital
Decatur
David Smith
Doyle Ward
Brooks Ashcraft
H. L. Jeffreys
James Steenson
Michael Durbin
J. B. Adair
Magruder Hidden Among Celebrities at Beverly Hills Dinner
In Beverly Hills a private Le Bistro dinner honoring Huang Chen drew 48 guests including Kissinger, Jill St. John, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas, Otis Chandler and William Thomas. Jeb Stuart Magruder, involved in Watergate, dined with his wife nearby on business.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
China
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Huang Chen
Henry A. Kissinger
Huang
West Coast
Nixon
Kissinger
White House
Magruder
Los Angeles
Washington
le Bistro
Jill ‘St. John
Bob Hope
Danny Kaye
Cary Grant
Kirk Douglas
Otis Chandler
William Thomas
The
Los Angeles ‘Times
Vienna Waltz Concerts Sell Out at Imperial Palace
All 24 summer waltz concerts by the newly founded Vienna Waltz Orchestra at the Imperial Palace sold out in May. The summer series was proposed by vice mayor Gertrude Frohlich-Sandner who cited Vienna’s popular New Year’s Day waltz and suggested adding it to the city’s summer musical offerings.
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Vienna
Vienna Waltz Orchestra
Imperial Palace
Gertrude Frohlich- Sandner
State Mishaps Take 5 Lives
A series of weekend crashes in Alabama left five people dead including 2 year old Dutton resident and motorcyclist, Billy Ray Anderton, 22, and Prattville resident Lurine Smith, 25. Others include Troy resident Tom Caldwell, 58, in Pike County and Marie Wiggins, 5-year-old? in New Orleans fleeing a minor crash.
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Dutton
Alaman
Alabama
Billy Ray Anderton
Jackson County
Lurine Smith
Prattville
Autauga
Tom Caldwell
Troy
U. S. 231
Pike County
Marie Wiggins
New Orleans
Listening Fancier and Silent Ears in a Poem
A Reflective Piece by Mattie Anders on choosing silence over interruption. The speaker praises quiet listening, avoiding disruption, and compares self restraint to an umpire staying out of a game.
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Mattie Anders
Government wage rules aim flexibility despite tight controls
Despite tough price control rhetoric, the program seeks flexibility to raise wages beyond limits while steering the economy out of controls. June wholesale prices jumped 24 percent, the steepest in 22 years, as unemployment fell to 4.8 percent. The dollar’s drop puzzled Treasury officials who expect a rebound. In another note, a weekend traffic death near Troy claimed 19 year old Gail Jones of Troy after a Frisco City incident.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Treasury Department
Paul A. Volcker
Department
Monetary Affairs
Monroe County
Frisco City
Gail Jones
Troy
Associated Press
Arab Man Makes Fiddle Finals
SMITHVILLE Tenn AP The second annual Folk and Old Time Fiddlers Jamboree drew 170 entries with finalists from Georgia Tennessee Alabama and Alabama among five finalists Wally Bryson Frayser Moss Bobb Douglas J T Perkins and Mack McClain The event drew crowds swelling Smithville's population and offered over 1200 in prizes amid 13 music categories and crafts displays around the courthouse square
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Smithville
Tenn
Wally Bryson
Chickamauga
Frayser Moss
Cookeville
Bobb Douglas
Chattanooga
J. T. Perkins
Arab, Ala
Mack McClain
Danville
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Indiana
Texas
Illinois
North Carolina
Ohio
Emma Crabtree
Huntsville
Sid Harkreader
Nashville
WSM
Main Street
Courthouse Square
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Steve Rodgers
Jim Moses
Eddie Smey
Dave
Georgia International Life Insurance Company
Tanner Heights Shopping
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Pat Thornton
First State
Pat
First State Bank
Jehervston
Gateway
Peck Gunn
Pathe
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Statesville
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