Cox Defies Order in Watergate Tapes Probe as White House Reacts
Special prosecutor Cox says the President’s plan to edit tape summaries creates insuperable difficulties for his criminal investigation. White House officials brief reporters while President Nixon discharges Cox and shifts Watergate duties back to the Justice Department to avoid a constitutional confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Cox
National Press
Senate Watergate Committee
Grand Jury
Court of Appeals
Richardson
Ziegler
Gerald Warren
Special Watergate Force
Watergate
Department of Justice
Nine Cars Damaged In Villa Fontaine Vandalism
Decatur police investigate at least nine car vandalism cases at Villa Fontaine Apartments on Carradale Ave. A flashlight was stolen from one vehicle but no other items. Residents say damage occurred between midnight and dawn with broken windows and dented cars, likely malicious. Det. Bill Regnis said the probe continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Police Department
Villa Fontaine
Carradale Ave
Bill Regnis
Det. Regnis
Blind law student overcomes odds at Alabama college
Rivers, a 27 year old freshman in 1966 at St Bernard College Cullman, graduated valedictorian, then Cumberland Law School Birmingham, passed the State Bar, aided by his wife Barbara reading questions in an isolation room. He works in the Legal Aid Society Ensley and aims for private practice. He rejects self pity deeming blindness an inconvenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
St. Bernard College
Cullman
Cumberland Law School
Birmingham
Barbara
Ensley
Legal Aid Society
Impeachment Moves Gain Steam After Watergate Tapes
Rep. Robert F. Drinan introduces a resolution for Nixon impeachment over Cambodia bombing. Rep. Sisk plans a measure to form a House select committee. Sen. Kennedy and Muskie condemn Cox firing. Ervin supports summary tape access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Drinan
Massachusetts
Nixon
United States
Cambodia
House Judiciary Committee
Agnew
Rep
B.F. Sisk
D-Calif
House Rules Committee
House
Sisk
Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Archibald Cox
Watergate
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
House of Representatives
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Cox
Ervin
Asheville
N.C
Daily Records admissions and dismissals from Decatur area
The list records admissions and dismissals for multiple individuals across Decatur and nearby towns including Athens Moulton Hartselle Hillsboro Trinity and Somerville. Names appear with partial locations such as Decatur Athens Moulton and Hillsboro. some entries include spouses or titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Admissions
Jessie B. Sloan
Athens
John J. Smith Jr
Decatur
Milan Burwell Morrow
David Whitten
Hartselle Carl
Edward Ogle
Leeds
Laura Jane Garth
Donnie Lynn Green
Nathan Marion Pryor
James Lewis Roberts
Moulton
Henry Clifton
James Odas Morgan
Curtis Over Jonson
William Henry Stewart
Madison
Wilburn
Arthur Blackwood
Leona Goree
Somerville
William Smith
Carl Riggs
Luda Mac ‘Hill
Simon Pointer
Hillsboro
Charles Alfred Moler
Terry Bates
Cullman
Tammy Annattee
Adamson
Hartselle
Charles Edwin Cutts
Elizabeth Parish
Rogersville
James Stanley Kee Decatur
Newt Hardy
Lawson Gillespie
Wendell Eugene Pitt
Trinity
Alyona
Dawn Pylant
Pasquale
Frank Albano
Guy Earl Habersom
Delmar
Newton Kilmer
Tennessee
Grant-Lee Terry
James Robon Martin
Speert
George Glenn Tucker
Eugene Speegle
Herbert Black
Eva Delmer
Wayne Sparks
Thomas Nahum Kitchens
Gregory Glenn Aldridge
Melvin Wendell Key
Catur Rayburn
Kenneth Sandia
Arthur
Gilbert George
Martha Gayle Murphree
Tommy Draper
Hartsette
Donnit-Ear Clem
Israelis Press Advance Toward Sinai and Syria Fronts
Reports say Israel faces no plan to enter the Nile Delta city as forces move north on the canal’s western bank. Dayan states a push to outflank Egyptians in Sinai while targeting anti aircraft systems to free jets. Egyptian observers warn of casualties as strategy favors high losses over land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Moshe Dayan
Sinai
Egypt
Dayan
Cairo
Associated Press
Hugh Mulligan
Mt. Hermon
Kangaroo Court Planned Tuesday for United Way Solicitors
A Tuesday breakfast at Decatur Inn hosts a playful Kangaroo Court for United Way solicitors as Morgan County’s Do It in October drive nears its end. Dr George Hansberry and Whit King unveil a Halloween themed program with surprises and tricks or treats for delinquent reporters, plus Calhoun Chorale entertainment. Reservations for the $2 meal are via United Way director Ira Lay. The campaign began Oct 1 and reached one third of its $367,661 goal by the first report breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Way
Decatur Inn
George Hansberry
Whit King
Morgan County
King
Calhoun Chorale
Ira Lay
Wheeler Basin Library Bookmobile Schedule Week
The Wheeler Basin Regional Library announces a weekly bookmobile route with Tuesday stops at East Limestone School Johnson Jr High Ardmore School Carrolls Home and Wednesday stops at Wood School Piney Chapel Schools Elkmont High School Pleasant Grove Looneys Grocery and Cairo with times ranging from morning to afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Basin
East Limestone
Johnson, Jr. High School
Ardmore
Carroll’s
Wood School
Piney Chapel
Elkmont High School
Pleasant Grove
Looney’s Grocery
Cairo
Cleveland's Grocery Thursday School Transit Route
Schedule notes bus stops at Antioch Mooresville Belle Mina Reid Tanner Jones Crossroads with times from 9:00 to 2:15 and school assignments for each stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleveland’s
Antioch
Mooresville
Belle Mina
Tanner Sr. High
Reid School
Jones Crossroads
Camp figures show more campers despite fewer camps in 1973
In 1973 the American Camping Association recorded 7,500 boarding camps but 10,660,000 campers, indicating growth in participation despite a smaller number of facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Camping Assn
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Hund
Ralph
Weinman
Weahy
Arvenarey
Diamond Jewelers
Ownby
Partnership
Newport, Tenn
Post
Holiday Inn of
Gatlinburg
Chattanooga
University of Tennessee
Robert Graves
Bookmobile
Oak Park
Jack Freeman
Brent O’hara
Pastor Feev
A. Ray Lee
First State Bank of Decatur
Johnston Street
Federal Deposit Innurance Corporation
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