Watergate Hearings Open With Public TV Focus
The Senate Watergate investigation opens at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Russell Senate Office Building, running through February 28, 1974. Chaired by Sam Ervin with Howard Baker as vice chair, the panel aims to uncover facts about the break in and broader campaign espionage while preparing possible anti corruption legislation. The staff plans extend to about 50, with 100 plus witnesses anticipated under subpoena, and a budget around 500000 dollars.
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Washington
Russell Senate
Senate Watergate
Select Committee On
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
North Carolina
Select Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Baker
Congressional Quarterly
Martha Mitchell
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Senate Select Committee
Samuel Cash
Fred D. Thompson
Ervin
Alabama moves to reinstate death penalty across states
Editorial argues the death penalty should be reinstated nationwide with Alabama poised to join about a dozen states. It notes governors and attorneys general support, cites recent restorations in Connecticut and Nevada, and discusses bills expanding crime categories eligible for capital punishment.
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Alabama
Wallace
Florida
Montana
Nebraska
Georgia
Connecticut
Nevada
Arkansas
Wyoming
Ohio
Utah
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Texas
Pennsylvania
House Law and Justice Committee
Gov. Wallace
Atty
Bill Baxley
Baxley
U. S
Capitol Hill
Montgomery
Chinese Aliens Tied to Rising Heroin Smuggling
A secret Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs report notes an uptick in ethnic Chinese entrants into the United States along port areas where they carry heroin strapped to their bodies. The probe describes ship jumpers and infiltrators, some found in New York City wearing police uniforms and badges.
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Washington
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
USA
Immigration Service
New York City
U.S
United States
BNDD
Hong Kong
Ghost Shadow
Boston
San Francisco
Vancouver
B.C
Asia
British, Columbia
Washington State
Seattle
Portland
Chicago
New York
Latin America
Sea Land
Canada
Issac del Castillo
Sam Fuda
Fuda
Toronto
John F. Kennedy
New Jersey
Virgin Island
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Bible as a transformative, authoritative guide and its critics
A concerned speaker defends the Bible highlighting its life changing power through forgiveness, its historical explanations of humanity, its claim of Jesus as the greatest figure, and its status as ultimate authority. A second section reports on covert tunnels and drug smuggling by Chinese and Latin American migrants, noting narcotics trafficking, Ghost Shadow gang links, and border entry challenges with immigration and enforcement context.
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God
Jesus Christ
John
E. T
Bertha Timberlake Honored at Decatur Bertha Awards Banquet
Decatur celebrated Bertha Timberlake with the first annual Bertha Awards Banquet honoring local actors from the Decatur Civic Theater and applauding her decades of civic work. Mayor Boldings proclaimed Friday as Bertha Timberlake Day at the Old Bank Building.
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Decatur Civic Theater
Arts Council
Decatur
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
American Legion, Auxiliary
Debate Over Sunday Sales and Blue Law Enforcement in Decatur
James A. Anders Sr of Decatur criticizes The Free Press Blue Law coverage and warns of selective enforcement. He questions warrants affecting gas stations clubs restaurants and hotels and accuses Grace Baptist Church and Rev Willard Stallcup of political motives linked to a church project.
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Free Press
Willard Stallcup
Point Mallard
Grace Baptist Schools
2Nd Avenue
W.S. U
Grace Baptist Church
James A. Anders, Sr
Sth Ave
Decatur
Alabama
Blue Law Sparks Warrants Against Decatur Merchants
A reader laments Alabama blue laws after Rev. Stallcup issues 18 warrants for Sunday business closures in Decatur. The piece notes police, merchants, and families feel blue as warrants are served and worship is interrupted, arguing the law is antiquated.
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Rt. 2
Trinity
Ala
THE
Decatur Daily
Stallcup
Decatur
Mr. Straub
Rev. Stallcup
Cecil A. Wardell
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John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Caesar
Welly
Sally
Anderson
Billy Graham
Jack Anderson
Ghost Shadow Gang
W. R. Shelton
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P.O
Associated Press
Bertha
Frederick G. Bonfils
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