Counteroffensive Begun By Egypt Claims Israel
Israeli military says Egypt launched a strong air and armored attack on the Suez front as U.N. truce observers moved to enforce a second cease fire. Israel claims 15 Egyptian planes were shot down and that its forces now dominate key supply routes from Cairo to Ismailia and Suez. Syria accepted the truce on condition that Israel withdraw from territories occupied in 1967.
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Suez
U.N
Middle East
Cairo
Suez Canal
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
U.N. Security Council
Suez City
Ismailia
Security Council
Ake Bendrik
Sweden
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Argentina
Austria
Chile
Finland
France
Ireland
Dayan
West
Canal
Port Suez
Adabiya
Nixon cancels national address to handle Middle East crisis
President Nixon cancels a planned Watergate speech to focus on Middle East developments. The House moves forward with impeachment inquiries as calls for a new independent prosecutor grow after Cox was fired. Nixon works from Camp David and White House to arrange a cease-fire while debate over subpoenas intensifies.
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Washington
Camp David
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon
House Panel To Continue Probe Into Nixon Impeachment
The House will press forward with the inquiry into grounds for impeachment of President Nixon despite his release of the Watergate tapes. Rodino and the Judiciary Committee discuss possible use of subpoenas to obtain records while preserving Archibald Cox files for future use.
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Washington
Carl Albert
House
Nixon
Peter W. Rodine Jr
New Jersey Democrat
Archibald Cox
Cox
Rodino
D-N.j
White House
Charles Alan Wright
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Daily Want Ad Sells 67 Mercury with Low Cost
Flora Mays sells a 1967 Mercury Monterey for 350 dollars after placing a daily want ad in Decatur. The ad notes multiple responses, indicates the car is in perfect condition, and provides a contact phone for after 3 pm. The offer runs for ten days at four dollars.
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Daily Want
Mercury
Flora Mays
Faye St
Decatur Daily
Monterey
Classified Ad Classified Ad Lines from Decatur Daily
Classified ad snippet from The Decatur Daily featuring phone numbers 353-4612 353-4739 and a note about Nights SunDays and HoliDays in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Dial
Decatur Daily
Prices Collapse on New York Stock Exchange in 1929
Daily On This Date notes a stock market collapse on the New York Stock Exchange in 1929. The item includes ad lines with telephone numbers for classifieds in Athens and weather forecasts. It closes with a Tennessee Valley pride line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Sweet Sue Plans Major Athens Plant Expansion
Sweet Sue Kitchens Inc announces expansion at its Athens plant adding about 125 workers and a new shift. Beasley states a 50 percent production boost within six to eight months, lifting total employment to roughly 425 and payroll to about 1 million dollars. The plant opened in the 1960s and remains locally owned.
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Athens
Sweet Sue Kitchens Inc
Jim Beasley
Sweet Sue
Pryor
Conagra Poultry Co
Beasley
Conagra
Red Hat Poultry Co
Washington's False Teeth Sought in England and Argentina
Washington's missing lower right denture half, from a third set made by John Greenwood, is sought by Dr. Reidar F. Sognnaes of UCLA. He notes the piece likely traveled via Baltimore’s first dental school dean’s family links to England and South America.
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Birmingham
Ala
Adolf Hitler
George Washington
Reidar F. Sognnaes
University of California At Los Angles
Washington
University’ of London
Medical College Hospital
England
First
Dental School
The
United
Baltimore
Sognnaes
Chapin Harris
Brazil
Argentinia
South America
Paul Revere
John Greenwood
Gilbert Stuart
Stuart
J C Pettey Former Morgan County Schools Superintendent dies
J C Pettey died at Pineview Hospital at age 69 in Hartselle. He led Morgan County Schools as superintendent from 1963 to 1970. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Peck Funeral Home. he studied at Florence State University and did graduate work at Peabody College and the University of Lee.
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Hartselle
J. C. Pettey
Morgan County Schools
Pineview Hospital
Peck Funeral Home
Pettey
Florence State University
Peabody College
University of Lee J.C
Decatur Marine Wreck Victim Dies in Huntsville Hospital
A 20 year old Decatur Marine Thomas W Sanders died at Huntsville Hospital after injuries from a Sunday automobile crash near Huntsville. Funeral services for Travis Eugene Tyler 66 of Town Creek are set for 2 30 p m at Union Hill Baptist Church with burial at Mountain Springs Cemetery. Survivors include a widow and several children.
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Decatur
Thomas W. Sanders
18Th Ave
Huntsville Hospital
Huntville
Brown Service Funeral Home
Travis Eugene Tyler
Town Creek
Alabama
Moulton
Tyler
Decatur General Hospital
Margaret Tyler
Kissinger China trip back on for November
Kissinger's trip to China, postponed due to the Middle East crisis, now rescheduled for November. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced a public hearing next Monday to hear Archibald Cox testify about his ouster as special Watergate prosecutor. Cairo radio reported Egypt urged the U S and Soviet Union to deploy troops to the Suez front to enforce the cease-fire.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
China
Middle East
Senate Judiciary Committee
Archibald Cox
Nixon
Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Egypt
United States
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
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Sara Masks
Pike County
Fayette County
FBI
Associated Press
Frank Hughes
6Th Ave
Billy Smith
Mideast
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Warren
House Judiciary Committee
Edmond le Breton
Tennessee Valley
Landers
Jones Financial
Plant City
Fla
Florida
SWEET
J.C. Pettey
C. F. Penn Ham
E. Moulton
Pecatur
Decatur Marine Wreck
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