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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1972

Page

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Heat Burns Up New Yorkers From Power Outage

New Yorker heat wave relief arrived as power returned to Brooklyn and Queens after seven feeder cables failed. Con Edison blamed heat and heavy rains. city officials criticized reliability. Traffic, stores, and street life were disrupted yet some calm returned as ice and fuel lines reopened.

New York Brooklyn Queens National Weather Service Consolidated Edison Co Aqueduct Race Track Ajamaica Jamaica Bay Con Edison Milton Musicus Harry Sipress Janice Eckel Chicago Broad Channel

Paratroopers Fight Through Citadel in Quang Tri Siege

About 400 South Vietnamese paratroopers broke into the Quang Tri Citadel amid heavy North Vietnamese fire. Saigon claimed Citadel control and recapture of Quang Tri City, but fighting continued as officers warned some areas remained under enemy resistance. An air strike preceded the advance through two breached walls as the battle stretched into the afternoon.

Quang Tri Vietnam Saigon Do Dang Bo U.S

McGovern Accuses Nixon of Begging Hanoi War Claims

Vice President Spiro Agnew warns against a crusade against progress as Sen. George McGovern accuses the administration of begging with bombs in Hanoi. A Louis Harris survey places Nixon ahead of McGovern as Wallace’s second choice, with crime rated top issue in a Republican campaign poll.

Washington Spiro T. Agnew United States George S. McGovern Hanoi Louis Harris George Wallace Nixon McGovern Republican Party Custer North Vietnam Gov. Wallace Wallace Miami Beach John J. Rhodes R-Ariz

Demo Raid Suspect Tied To GOP Calls

The article links Bernard L. Barker to calls placed from his Miami home to the Nixon reelection committee regarding the June 17 Watergate break in. It notes Barker’s ties to McCord and Liddy, with many calls to the committee’s unlisted numbers and later to its finance office. Barker, a former CIA employee, led the Watergate team, but direct contact with the Nixon campaign is not established beyond these calls.

New York Times Washington Nixon Democratic National Committee Bernard L. Barker Central Intelligence Agency G. Gordon Liddy Federal Bureau of Investigation Glenn Sedam Jr Nixon Committee Liddy Barker Miami Committee James W. McCord Jr Watergate McCord The C.I.A

Breakin probe links Liddy to committee lawyers in FBI inquiry

The Miami based traffic between his home and office and the committee included nine calls to the legal offices and six to a disconnected number now routed to the finance office. The FBI is widening a broad break in investigation and has asked questions about the committee's attorneys. See DEMO On Page 5.

Miami Committee F.B.I Liddy

Ex Mate Held Knife On Me in Domestic Tragedy

Imogene Dalton testified in a circuit court that her former husband Thomas Wayne Dalton threatened her with a knife at their Lacey's Spring mobile home on November 23 1971, prompting her brother Larry West to fatally shoot Dalton as he approached with the weapon amid a prior separation and reconciliation.

Lacey Imogene Dalton Larry West Thomas Wayne Dalton Dalton Mrs. Dalton van Pruitt Pruitt West Ralph Slate

Big Day Lollipop Trip Highlights Visitor Family in Decatur

Alison Lole 12 of Bedworth England part of a 158 member British group visiting Decatur enjoys a return trip with her hosts. The scene centers on a domestic disturbance ending with a shooting. witnesses describe a knife threat and two gunshots firing at Dalton, killing him as Larry and another youth intervene.

Alison Lole Decatur Alison Derek

British Visitors Tour Space Center in Huntsville

A group of 158 British visitors toured Huntsville's Space and Rocket Center on Monday, viewing Apollo mockups, the Von Braun room, and space exhibits. They enjoyed Space Bar snacks, shopped, and also toured Decatur’s First Baptist Church, praising American hospitality and the local people.

Decatur Huntsville Alabama Space and Rocket Center First Baptist Church Space Center John Barker Coventry Bowers Leamington Spa England Deep Space Astro Bar von Braun Miss Baker Squirrel Monkey Alvin Hopson Wilson

Reventlow Dies In Plane Crash

ASPEN Colo AP Lance Reventlow 37 race driver son of Barbara Hutton was killed in a plane crash Monday evening. Three others all Aspen residents died when a single engine Cessna went down in a box canyon during a thin fog.

Aspen Colo Lance Reventlow Woolworth Barbara Hutton Sheriff's Office

Former Priest Named Drug Education Consultant in Alabama

Dr Malachy Shanaghan a former Catholic priest has been appointed drug education consultant for North Central Alabama Alcoholism Services filling the post vacated Sept 1 by Randall Burns who heads to teaching in the Decatur School System Burns who helped found youth led drug education in Decatur will teach 11th grade American history and senior government and economics and will also teach psychology part time at Calhoun Junior College Burns is a former English instructor at St Bernard College in Cullman and Shanaghan is a Notre Dame graduate and Ireland native who plans to strengthen existing programs and continue learning.

Malachy Shanaghan North Central Alabama Alcoholism Services Shanaghan Randall Burns Decatur Notre Dame University Ireland St. Bernard College Cullman Burns Calhoun Junior College

Nixon says federal land holdings are ridiculous statement

Washington AP says President Nixon called federal ownership of large Western land areas ridiculous. Aides later indicated White House has no plan to dispose of public domain lands. Detroit AP notes Mickey Lolich irked at not starting in All Star game will not play for AL manager Earl Weaver per Detroit News.

Washington Nixon White House West Detroit Detroit Tiger Mickey Lolichn Earl Weaver Detroit News

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