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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1973
Page
1
A blazing fire at The Up Stairs Lounge in the French Quarter killed 29 people in under 20 minutes. Fire Chief William J. McCrossen called it the worst loss of life he had seen in 31 years. Eighty-seven firefighters and 21 apparatus battled the century-old blaze as authorities recovered bodies stacked by barred windows on the occupied floor.
The United States and the Soviet Union ended a week of talks with a joint pledge to pursue arms curbs, peace in Cambodia, expanded trade, and an early European settlement. Brezhnev heads home as Nixon calls the meeting a step toward world peace.
At Seach Avenue a topless nightclub hosted a Sunday revival led by Rev. J. N. Quigley of Ocean City Baptist Church. About 200 attendees, including strippers and regulars, heard evangelist preaching as paintings and liquor filled the room. King Carmichael welcomed the service and even played religious records outside.
John W. Dean III testified at the Senate Watergate hearings that he believes President Nixon was involved in the scandal but did not realize the full implications. He cited Haldeman Ehrlichman actions in covering up the wiretap and destroying materials.
Scattered storms pelted the Tennessee Valley causing crop damage in Morgan County including cotton replantings. Hail golf ball size stripped cotton and tomatoes and injured watermelons while some Athens areas lost power. Extension agents planned surveys to assess losses.
On this date in 1950 the Korean War started with North Korea’s invasion of the Republic of Korea. Classifieds and editorial notes accompany the date line with weather forecast for today and regional notices.
In Dublin AP reports English born Erskine Childers was inaugurated as Ireland's fourth president, a figure linked to a family history tied to the civil conflict nearly fifty years ago.
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