Nixon Refuses To Release Watergate Tapes
President Nixon rejects subpoenas for Watergate tapes as the Senate committee and Archibald Cox move to court. He turns over two documents to Cox while demanding specificity. Cox seeks a court order. Sirica sets an August 7 deadline. A separate note identifies a railroad victim as James Campbell of Gurley.
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Nixon
Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
White House
Congress
Watergate
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Cox
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
Gerald L. Warren
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Amendment Aiding Academy Approved
The Alabama Senate approves an amendment forcing LEPA to fund a police academy at Calhoun Junior College if other state academies are funded. The measure, by Sen. Bob Harris, awaits House action and could boost LEPA funding to 500000 with a 50000 grant to Calhoun if others receive support.
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Bob Lowry Montgomery
Alabama Senate
General Appropriations
Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency
LEPA
Calhoun Junior College
Bob Harris
Calhoun
House of Representatives
Cauthen
House
George C. Wallace
Harris
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
SEPA
Decatur Hosts APA Meeting for Three Day Convention
The Alabama Press Association gathers about 200 members in Decatur for a three day summer convention. Dean Mort Stern of the University of Alabama speaks at 8 p.m. at Decatur Country Club. Registration opens at 1 p.m. at the Decatur Inn. Events include receptions, dances, golf at Point Mallard, and a Friday ban at the motel. Saturday features Sen. Alem and Gov. Wallace representation, with a bus trip to Opryland USA.
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School of Public Communications
University of Alabama
Alabama Press Association
APA
Mort Stern
Decatur Country Club
Decatur
Decatur Inn
Point Mallard
Stern
James B. Alem
George C. Wallace
Billy Joe Camp
Nashville
Opryland USA
Train Kills Madison Man
An elderly Madison County man named James Campbell in his 60s from Gurley, a Southern Railway maintenance employee, was struck by an eastbound train about 200 yards east of the Freight Station. Police say he may have tripped and fallen onto the tracks around 12 25 p.m.
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James Campbell
Gurley
Campbell
Southern Railway
Decatur
Madison County
Former Alabama Senator Joe Goodwyn Dies at 52
In Birmingham, Joe Goodwyn of Montgomery, a former state senator, died at University Hospital after months with Gehrig's Disease. He was 52. In Washington, the Nixon administration announced a reduced federal budget deficit for fiscal 1973 at 14.4 billion dollars.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe Goodwyn
Montgomery
Gehrig
University Hospital
Washington
Nixon
Fidel Castro begins revolt in Cuba in 1953
On this date in 1953 Fidel Castro led a raid against a Cuban army barracks in Santiago signaling the start of his rebellion. The item notes atmospheric weather near 90 with rain chances increasing through today and tomorrow. It closes with a regional motto about life in the Tennessee Valley.
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Fidél Castro
Cuba
Santiago
Inch Of Rain Falls Locally In Decatur Thunderstorm
More than an inch of rain fell on Decatur Wednesday night causing minor flood damage and power outages. Streets stayed passable with isolated outages in Cedar Lake and southeast areas. The storm, with hail up to half an inch in Birmingham, moved east ahead of a cold front from the northwest.
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Tennessee River
Decatur
Birmingham
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Tony Estes
Magnavox
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