Nixon Fires Cox and Abolishes Watergate Office
President Nixon dismissed special prosecutor Archibald Cox and abolished the Watergate task force after forcing the resignations of Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Atty. Gen. Ruckelshaus. He named Robert Bork as acting attorney general and ordered Cox jailed out of the Justice Department. Public reaction grew and impeachment talk rose as the crisis deepened.
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NYT
Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
William Ruckelshaus
House of Representatives
Court of Appeals
Watergate
Congress
Cox
Atty
Richardson
Richard Kleinhinst
Justice Department
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Spiro T. Agnew
Ford
Elliott Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Watergate Task Force
Memphis partners buy City Holiday Inn on U S 31
A Memphis-based partnership bought the Holiday Inn on U S 31 from Holiday Inns of America for an undisclosed sum. Irby Cooper Raymond Shainberg and Louis Sturman of Memphis, who have run Holiday Inns for 14 years, plan extensive remodeling and expanded dining options.
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U. S. 31
Holiday Inns of America
Allen Ownby
Holiday Inn
Gatlinburg
Memphis
Cookville
Newport
Tenn
Kingston
N. Y
Albion
Mich
Irby Cooper
Raymond Shainberg
Louis Sturman
Holiday Inns
Ownby
Tennessee River
U. S. 81
Wilson St
Decatur
See City
Israelis Advance Toward Cairo In Broadening Invasion
Israeli officers said tanks broadened the gateway into Egypt and pressed to within about 50 miles of Cairo amid heavy armored and air battles. Egypt reported heavy losses for Israel, while Syria claimed raids on oil targets in Israel.
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Egypt
Cairo
Suez
Syria
Haifa
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Nahariya
Damascus
Middle East
Mohammed Haidar
Suez Canal
Nile
Bitter Lakes
John Vinocur
Sinai Front
Trinity Resident Sells Wood Lathe in Classified Ad
George Graves of Trinity sold a wood lathe described as like new for $75 and received seven more responses. The ad promotes daily want ads in The Decatur Daily and provides contact numbers 353 6091 after 3 pm and 353-4739 in Athens. The notice invites readers to place ads for selling unwanted items.
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Trinity
George Graves
Trinity 2
Decatur Daily
Athens
Dial
Impeachment talk grows in House leadership
Democratic whip Rep. John J. McFall and Republican Conference chair Rep. John B. Anderson said impeachment resolutions will flood the House when it reconvenes after Veterans Day. They noted impeachment requires a House majority and Senate trial presided by the chief justice, with a threefold path from indictment to trial. In honor of Veterans Day, Morgan County and Decatur schools close and mail stops. many government offices shut as well.
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Richard L. Madden
New York Times
Washington
House of Representatives
Nixon
White House
Justice Department
House
Congress
John J. McFall
California
John B. Anderson
Illinios
House Republican Conference
Senate
United States
Andrew Johnson
Morgan County
Decatur
Collision on Old Moulton Road Kills Two In Lawrence County
A head on crash on the Old Moulton Road near here late Saturday night killed Ronnie Lee Johnson 24 Hillsboro and Larry Dewayne Way 21 Danville. Linda Gayle Johnson 19 Hillsboro remained in fair condition at Decatur General Hospital. Three others were injured. identities not released. The two-car collision occurred 1.9 miles east in a hilly area according to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. Nearby weekend crashes claimed one life in Headland and another in Marshall County.
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Moulton
Moulton Rd
Here
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department
Ronnie Lee Johnson
Hillsboro 1
Larry Dewayne Way
Danville
Decatur General Hospital
Linda Gayle Johnson
Hillsboro
Sheriff's Department
Law Career Ahead For Blind Moulton Native
Billy Jack Rivers, 34, of Winston County, a blind veteran paratrooper, will be licensed to practice law in Alabama. He passed the State Bar Examination and will receive his license with 164 others in a ceremony by the Alabama Supreme Court. Rivers was blinded in 1965 in Jasper. he credits his wife Barbara Gibbs of Miami, Florida, for helping him reach this achievement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Billy Jack Rivers
Winston County
Alabama Supreme Court
Moulton
Rivers
82Nd Airborne Division
Jasper
Heter Lee
Barbara Gibbs
Miami
Fla
Barbara
On This Day 1861 Telegrams Across United States
It notes that in 1861 the first telegrams were sent across the United States. Includes quick weather with highs around 81 82 and a low near 49, winds light and variable. Tennessee Valley pride phrasing appears.
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United States
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Ronald L. Ziegler
West Wing
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Tennessee
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Birmingham
Billy Mitchell
Tony Estes
City Holiday Inn
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Christma
6Th Ave
Lane
Headland
Frank J. Wingler
Marshall County
Scottsboro
William Edwin McCalin
Grant
C. F. Penn Ham
E. Moulton St
William R. Blankenship
Hartselle
Landers
Tennessee Valley
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