President Says Agnew Charges Are Serious
President Nixon called the Agnew corruption charges serious and not frivolous while defending the vice president’s innocence pending proof. He expressed confidence in Henry Petersen's handling of the investigation and avoided contingency plans for a Agnew successor. Nixon discussed foreign policy timing and Kissinger's trip, and said he would not endorse candidates before primaries.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Petersen
Atty
Elliot Richardson
Justice Department
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Peking
Japan
Nixon tax payments and refunds reported for 1970 71
The Providence Journal Bulletin reports President Nixon paid 1670 in federal taxes for 1970 71 and received 131503 in federal income tax refunds for the two-year period. A federal judge in Baltimore urged grand jurors to ignore media stories about Agnew. A bomb threat disrupted the Senate Watergate committee session. Muhammad Ali confirmed a rematch with Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden on February 4.
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Providence
R.I
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Nixon
Baltimore
Spiro
T. Agnew
New York
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
Madison Square Garden
the Garden
Jury Sides With Landowners On Crowdabout Creek Project
A Morgan County Circuit Court jury advising Judge Tom B Coggin sided with landowners opposing the Crowdabout Creek Watershed Project in southwest Morgan County. The decision is advisory. final ruling rests with Coggin after further legal argument.
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Morgan County
Tom B. Coggin
Crowdabout Creek
Flint Creek
Chapman
Congress
Crowdabout Watershed Conservancy District
Crowdabout- Watershed Management District
Coggin
Mobile Editor Shot To Death
Arch B. McKay Sunday editor of The Mobile Press Register was found dead in his parked car on Government Street near the newspaper building with a close range gunshot to the head. Investigators reported McKay was 44.
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Mobile
Ala
Arch B. McKay
Mobile Press Register
McKay
Government Street
Segretti Admits Using Tricksters in 1972 Sabotage Plots
Donald H. Segretti testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he hired saboteurs to disrupt several Democratic campaigns in roughly six states including Florida New Hampshire California Wisconsin and Washington DC He said his actions were wrong but overstated by the media and had little impact on the election while detailing his recruitment by Dwight Chapin and Gordon Strachan
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Washington
Donald H. Segretti
Segretti
Senate Watergate Committee
California
White House
Dwight L. Chapin
Gordon Strachan
Florida
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
D.C
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-Nc
Hie
Meir Predicts Continued Soviet Jewish Exodus
Premier Golda Meir in Jerusalem says she expects ongoing emigration from the Soviet Union despite Austria to shut the Schoenau transit camp 70 miles south of Vienna. She returned after a 90 minute Vienna meeting with Chancellor Kreisky and noted direct Moscow Tel Aviv flights require Soviet approval.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Soviet Union
Austria
Schoenau
Vienna
Jewish Agency
Israel
Kreisky
City Police Sign Letter Demands Higher Pay Increase
Decatur police lodge members sign a protest letter after a 55 percent city council raise, drafted late Tuesday and circulated following Fraternal Order of Police Lodge meetings. About 20 to 30 officers endorse the move, while the FOP avoids formal involvement this time. The drive seeks a larger raise than the one-step increase and cites Sheriff’s deputies’ pay gaps in Morgan County up to 600 dollars monthly as context.
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Decatur ’s*Fraternal Order of Police
F.O.P
Marlon “Owens
Pesseret
of &Y
Sheriff's Department
Morgan County
Hartselle Resident Sells TV Seeks 24 More Ads
Local notice from the Decatur Daily Classifieds shows Willard Varnell of 514 Cedar St Hartselle sold a Zenith black and white console TV and received 24 additional responses. The ad promotes low cost classifieds for items like TVs stereos and baby gear with details on rates and contact numbers for Athens and Decatur areas.
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Willard. Varnell
Cedar St
Hartselle
Zenith
Decatur Daily
Stratford Residents Plan Meeting Over Stratford Road Extension
Stratford residents outraged by Decatur city council action to extend Stratford Rd into Point Mallard Park plan a 7 p.m. Friday meeting at the Decatur Country Club ballroom. A petition circulated opposing the 3-2 vote and talks include hiring a law firm to block the road across Wheeler Wildlife Refuge.
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Stratford Rd
Point Mallard Park
Decatur Country Club
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Park
8Th St. SE
Greenwood Dr
Byron Vann
Charles Martin
Richard Lee
On This Day 1952 British Atom Bomb Test Off Australia
In 1952 Britain detonated its first atomic bomb in a test off the Australian coast. The item notes want ad numbers and a quick weather forecast with highs near 83 to 84 and a low around 64. It ends with a local slogan about living in the See Valley.
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Australia
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St. Paul, Minn
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Miami
Richard Maland
William Jay
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Jay
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Alabama 157
Lawrence and
Cullman Counties
Ed Breland
Gop
By Brooks Jackson
Golda
West Germany
Athens
Dial
Stratfordites
C.F. Penn
E. Moulton St
Decatur
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See Valley
Robinson Ffresture
Downtown
Second Decatur
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