County eyes lawsuit over gasoline tax split in Morgan County
In Morgan County the city of Decatur seeks a court approved plan to rebalance gasoline tax revenues after Decatur received about 98 000 of 1.3 million and residents note 49 percent of vehicles are city registered. Officials discuss reapportionment and residency rules amid a long standing dispute with the county commission.
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Decatur
Alabama
Commission
Dick Fleming
Hartselle
Falkville
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Byron Vann
Robert Varner
U. S. District Court
Montgomery
Phenix City
Russell County Commission
Varner
Vann
Supreme Court
Ex Secret Watergate figure Ulasewicz describes cash drops
Ulasewicz recounts delivering seventy five thousand one hundred dollars in staged drops to Bittman and Mrs. Hunt during the Watergate era. He details using coin phones, brown bags, and a luggage locker key dropped at a Washington area airport as the scheme escalated.
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Douglas Caddy
Kalmbach
Ulasewicz
Bittman
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Airport
Washington
Decatur Week Wins Jackpot Split With Roll-Over
The week’s jackpot is shared if won. if not, the prize adds to next week’s 100 Bingo Bucks to total 200. Bingo Bucks are redeemable at 110 merchants and limited to one card per visit while players may use multiple cards.
Nixon approves Phase 4 controls from hospital stay
President Nixon, after a day at the hospital marked by his illness from viral pneumonia, received approval for Phase 4 economic controls. Doctors said his condition improved with no lung congestion and normal temperature, allowing increased work. He plans to go to Camp David Friday to begin weekend recuperation and return to the White House Monday.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Camp David
White House
Jordan Ends Relations with Tunisia Over Arab State Clash
Lebanon and New York Times report Jordan severed diplomatic ties with Tunisia after President Bourguiba described Jordan as artificial and proposed an Arab Palestinian state. Amman cabinet chaired by Premier Zayd Rifai announced the move as the ambassador returned home.
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Lebanon
NYT
Jordan
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Amman
Zayd Rifai
Tunis
Wajih Kailani
Administration to phase in price controls over 60 days
John T. Dunlop of the Cost of Living Council said the new controls will be fairly tough with staged lifting by industry. A congressional source noted processors and middlemen can raise prices dollar for dollar to cover higher wage and material costs, while wage increases are capped near five and a half percent annually.
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John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Powell Star Witness Immunized in Cobb County Slaying
Debbi Kidd, once indicted, received immunity for testimony in the Cobb County murder case. She cried as she testified she was forced to shoot Mrs. Matthews while the victim prayed for help. Defense sought to prove she was in Greenville to sign a divorce document dated the murders. Kidd claimed she signed in advance and that she was with Creamer’s group as his “old lady.” Police described the killings as among Cobb County’s most brutal.
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Debbie Kidd
Miss Kidd
Mrs. Matthews
Greenville
S.C
Creamer
Cobb County
Nixon Tapes Evidence Sparks Senate Clash Over Privilege
Senate members argued there is no constitutional or legal basis to withhold the tapes as Alexander Butterfield revealed a voice activated system recorded Oval Office and Camp David conversations. The panel seeks these records to test John Dean III’s claim that Nixon knew of Watergate cover up details as early as last September.
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Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R Conn
Weicker
Alexander P. Butterfield
Federal Aviation Administration
Butterfield
Oval
Executive
Camp David
San Clemente
Calif
John W. Dean III
JFK Made Tapes Too
The JFK library director says Kennedy secretly taped telephone calls and staff meetings in the White House. Archives show 68 dictabelts of conversations and 125 magnetic tapes of meetings, disclosed amid Watergate context and Nixon LBJ disclosures.
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Cambridge
Mass
Nyt
John F. Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Getty III kidnapping ransom prospects emerge in Rome
Mrs. Getty says she awaits ransom instructions after receiving a letter from J. Paul Getty III stating he is in good condition and asking for payment. The family seeks police noninterference as talks reportedly proceed, while the grandfather opposes ransom payments.
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J. Paul Getty III
London
Getty
Martine
Marie Zacher
Paul
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