Oust Agnew and the Next Step in Power Politics
The Gadsden Times discusses Spiro Agnew facing impeachment or resignation rumors and a defense arguing the vice president cannot be tried in court until impeached. It explores potential consequences for Nixon’s administration and the search for a replacement, amid party and legal maneuvering.
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Gadsden Times
Alice
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington
Maryland
U.S
Congress
Agnew
Nixon
America
John Conally
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Watergate links tied to Fountainbleau Rooms Plot
May 1972 actions show Timmons asked for a hotel suite at the Fountainbleau during the Democratic convention. Names changed from Louis Emmett to Edward J. Hamilton and finally to Edward D. Failor as the operation moved through bank officials and Nixon re election staff. Failor calls the scheme above board and a listening post on delegate sentiment.
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Justice Department
The
Times
Gerstein
the Times
William D. Timmons
White House
Congressional Liaison Office
Michael Thompson
Florida
Fountainbleau
Thompson
Timmon
Gail L. P. Govaert
Miami Beach
Miami
Hamilton
Washington
George Smathers
McCord
Watergate
Fountainbleau Reservation
Edward D. Fairler
Committee
Stephen D. Nostrand
Spa
Failor
Commerce Department
Powell Moore
Sylvia Panarites
G. Gordon Liddy
Nostrand
Miami Area
Nixon Re-Election Committee
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Nixon Finance Committee
First National Bank
Fontainebleau
Bernard M. Barker
Democratic
Liddy
Residents seek access road to Point Mallard amid council vote
Stratford Hames notes residents of 8th Street Greenwood Drive and Stratford Road should unite to press for a suitable access road to Point Mallard Park. He warns disunity could threaten the park's goals and urges a citywide, practical solution.
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Hames
8Th St
Greenwood Dr
Stratford Rd
Point Mallard
Stratford
Agnew probe moves under statute limits pressure mounts
Federal prosecutors led by George Beall press ahead on bribery kickback and tax cases tied to contracts awarded during Spiro Agnew's Maryland governorship. A 22 member jury, impaneled in December, labors as the five and six year limits loom. Judge Walter Hoffman's inquiry on leaks and judge disqualifications shapes the case.
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U.S. Atty
George Beall
Agnew
Maryland
Beall
U.S. District Court
Walter E. Hoffman
Justice Department
Hoffman
Norfolk
Wallace hosts music event with banjo bows and dancing crowd
Wallace offers 13 music making categories including old time banjo harmonicas jews harps guitars and back dancing. The event draws over 4000 yearly with a record crowd expected this year. Governor played Wild-Wood Flower. Mrs Wallace attended Kay’s party at the Governor’s Mansion in Montgomery.
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Wallace
Kay
Montgomery
Stock Market Prices Soar as Dow Hits Five Month High
The Dow Jones rose 15.35 to 971.25 on Friday, its highest close since March, with the NYSE composite at 59.34 as volume reached 18.82 million shares. Brokers linked gains to signs of easing monetary policy and cooling inflation.
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New York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Soybean Futures Decline Across Chicago Markets
Soybean and grain futures fell on the Chicago Board of Trade over the week with soybeans down 37 to 51 cents a bushel to 5.95 in November while wheat and oats also declined. Livestock futures rose with live hogs up 1.50 to 3 per hundredweight and live cattle about 3 higher. pork bellies gained 200 to 300 points. Shell eggs held steady as weather and harvest influenced prices. a note mentions Peru's potential resumption of fish meal operations. Newfoundland forest land estimate noted as 33,862 square miles.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
New York
CBOT
Peru
Confederation era Canada four provinces named
Fragmentary news snippet references 1867 confederation four provinces Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario. Contains stray weather data and unrelated political musing about impeachment and presidential timing.
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Confederation
Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Weather snapshot for Friday evening to Saturday night
Temperatures for 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday are listed. Sunrise tomorrow is 6:45 a.m. and sunset tomorrow is 6:24 p.m.
Teenager Makes Good On Promise
Everett Thornton, a Paradise Trailer Park youth on U S 31 South, bought a motorcycle with earnings from two summers of work. He recalls earning one dollar daily for lunch and gas, and ten dollars for grass cutting, planning to seek more work and even shop car lots next summer.
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Brother
Anthony
Anthony Thornton
Paradise Trailer Park
U.S. 31
South
Young Thornton saves for Yamaha 175 Enduro motorcycle
Anthony Thornton, 13, after school and summer work at his father Charles “Buddy” Thornton’s mobile home park, saves for a Yamaha 175 Enduro. He works at a fruit market and with his mother Betty keeps time and money records, buying the bike on sale for 630 dollars from an original 750.
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Everett
Anthony
Charles
Buddy) Thornton
Betty
U.S. 31
Decatur High School
Dennis Light
Daddy
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