Nixon releases Watergate tapes shifts impeachment debate
House Democrats press ahead with an impeachment inquiry as Nixon, within hours of the House decision, releases the Watergate tapes to the court. He fires Special Counsel Cox and places the probe under the Justice Department after resignations by Richardson and Ruckelshaus, with Ford as a possible vice president successor.
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Nixon
House
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
John J.mcfall
California
Archibald Cox
Justice Department
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Cox
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Ford
Congress
Albert
John B. Anderson
Illinois
House Republican Conference
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
Thompson
Local plants announce expansions and new facilities
About 100 workers at Sweet plant, formerly Florida Poultry Co., with plans to expand to 130 employees in six months on a 12 acre site producing similar products to the Athens operation. Jefferson Electric Inc of California to start producing transformers with about 150 jobs. Mueller Co of Decatur plans a $13 million water hydrant plant in the city’s industrial park employing up to 350 after two years.
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Florida Poultry Co
Athens
Sweet Sue
Jefferson Electric Inc
Litton Industries Inc
California
Mueller Co
Decatur
Ill
Sandifor Rd
Decatur Police Seek $47 000 LEPA Grant for 1974
Decatur Alabama police plan grant requests totaling nearly 47000 dollars to LEPA in 1974. Mayor Russell Bolding notes the estimates, prepared by Police Chief Pack Self, show LEPA funding 90 percent and the state 5 percent for specified equipment and nine patrol cars. Decatur lies in Region One based in Huntsville.
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Decatur
Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency
LEPA
Rusell Bolding
Bolding
Pack Self
Alabama
Huntsville
J C Pettey Life Remembered At Hartselle
J C Pettey a former educator and coach with a Peabody trained master’s degree served 12 years as basketball and football coach and was principal at Danville High and Morgan County High. WWII Navy veteran member of AEA NEA Kappa Phi Kappa and past president of Hartselle Rotary Club. Survived by widow Beula Frances Young Pettey formerly of Moulton.
City Man Indicted in Fatal Shooting Case
Morgan County Grand Jury indicted Will White 31 of 726 Cashin St NW on second degree murder charges. White was arrested Sept 1 for the fatal shooting of John L. Collier 23 of Decatur after a minor traffic accident. Collier was shot in the throat with a .22 pistol.
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Will White
Cashin St
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Mike Moebes
White
John L. Collier
Decatur 5
Collier
Decatur Knight and kin listed for funeral details
Decatur Knight Moulton and Mrs Ella Sutton Russellville three brothers Wesley Tyler Arkansas Leonard Tyler Decatur ACL Moulton 10 grandchildren Pallbearers named Tommy Lester Clifford Cameron Herman Cameron Lavon Wallace Mitchell Knight Rayburn Pierce Body to lie in state one hour before burial Still hospitalized are Sarah E Dutton 58 Moulton and Evelyn Landrum 54 Ovett Miss injured in the mishap Driver Robert L Brown 31 Delmer not injured State troopers said Sanders was
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Robert L. Brown
Delmer
Sanders
Nixon to surrender Watergate tapes amid impeachment push
The House kept its impeachment inquiry ongoing as President Nixon agreed to provide the Watergate tapes to a federal judge. Officials noted optimism over Nixon’s reversal, while Judge Sirica prepared to review nine private conversations.
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U.S
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Archibald
Washington's failing dentition and lost tooth relics
Sognnaes notes Washington’s dental issues caused dentures to press on gums and shape his appearance as depicted by Stuart. He cites a Smithsonian magazine piece describing a lone tooth eroding and leaving the White House. Greenwood kept the tooth on a watch chain and later donated it to the New York Academy of Medicine.
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Stuart
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Greenwood
New York Academy of Medicine
New York
South America
Cease fire appeals intensify as Syria signals acceptance
The Security Council pressed a new cease fire appeal on Tuesday while Egypt said its reply arrived at 5 45 a.m. and Syria said it was studying the first resolution. Waldheim later announced Damascus accepted the resolution on withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories occupied in 1967 and Palestinian rights guarantees.
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Israel
Syria
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Damascus
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Waldheim
Brasco Indicted on Mail Contract Conspiracy Charge in NY
Rep Frank Brasco a Democrat from New York indicted on federal charges alleging he conspired to award two million dollars in mail hauling contracts to a mobster figure. He allegedly received twenty seven thousand five hundred dollars in cash. Brasco denies wrongdoing. Jordan lifts Amman blackout after tense day with no clashes between Jordanian forces and Israel. Palace aide cites reduced threat of airstrikes.
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Frank Brasco
D-N. Y
Justice Department
Brasco
Amman
Jordan
NYT
Syria
Israel
Riley appointed chief executive of Firestone Co fact
Richard A. Riley, president of Firestone Tire and Rubber, will become chief executive officer on November 1. He succeeds Raymond C. Firestone who remains chairman. Riley, 57, has served 13 months as president and 34 years with the company. Firestone, 65, has led as CEO for a decade and is the last of the founder's five sons active in the business.
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NYT
Richard A. Riley
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Raymond C. Firestone
Harvey S. Firestone
Riley
Firestone
Leonard K
Chile Refugees Begin Flight to Sweden Under UN Aid
The first group of 70 political refugees left Santiago for Sweden under a United Nations backed relief program. A 1,665 refugee safe conducts have been issued, mainly Brazilians Bolivians and Uruguayans. Sweden Switzerland Holland Australia Canada Austria and Peru have offered to take exiles. About 10,000 refugees are expected to seek asylum abroad in coming months.
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Chile
NYT
Sweden
National Committee For Help
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Holland
Australia
Canada
Austria
Peru
Samuel Nalegach ~ Pons
Richardson says White House aides urged Cox firing
Former Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson said White House aides urged firing Archibald Cox days before Cox refused Nixon order to stop seeking Watergate tapes. Richardson spoke to Justice Department staff days after resigning rather than dismiss Cox, citing oath to Senate and authority to challenge executive privilege.
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Nyt
Elliot L. Richardson
White House
Archibald Cox
Cox
Nixon
Richardson
Justice Department
Department
Senate
Coeds Convicted Of Rocking Chair Theft Appeal Pending
Two West Georgia College students Cathy Hess and Eva Pearson 19 and 20 are free on appeal bond after being sentenced to a year in prison for stealing a $5 rocking chair. They claimed they believed the chair came from an abandoned house and were shown to the chair by a resident. A new trial motion is set for Jan. 22 before Judge Lamar Knight.
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Carrollton
West Georgia College
Superior Court
Lamar Knight
Carrie Duffey
Lucy Neblett
Pearson
Neblett
Knight
MPs oppose Parliament closure over royal wedding
Prime Minister Hamilton said he would be joined by other MPs in objecting to shutting Parliament during the royal wedding, arguing for continued sessions and oversight.
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Hamilton
M.P
Richardson for South Carolina Seat Faces Possible Run
Former Yankees second baseman and USC baseball coach Bobby Richardson is courted as a Republican candidate to replace retiring Rep. Thomas Gettys. Richardson says talk is early but has been approached by state leaders including Harry Dent and is considering a bid. The race reflects party strategy amid Gettys retirement and Richardson’s public profile.
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Thomas Gettys
South Carolina
Bobby Richardson
New York Yankees
University of South Carolina
Richardson
Harry Dent
White House
Computer Pact Inked Between CDC and Soviet Union
Control Data Corp and the Soviet government signed a 10 year cooperation pact to jointly develop advanced computer technology and services. The Moscow agreement marks a rare long term US company accord with the USSR and could lead to joint manufacturing in a planned national data network.
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New York
Nyt
Control Data Corp
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Court Divides Over Obscenity Standards in Obvious Ruling
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 on obscenity definitions, reaffirming local community standards as the measure of criminal obscenity. The decision follows renewed objections by argued legal figures.
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Washington
NYT
Supreme Court
Alabama Grants Bar License to Second Blind Lawyer
The AP Wirephoto notes Rivers becomes the second blind individual licensed to practice law in Alabama, marking a historic milestone in the state's legal profession.
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Rivers
Alabama
Distinguishing Continual and Continuous in Word Use
Reader Jack H Fisch of St David s Pa asks for clarity on the terms continual and continuous. Bernstein offers guidance noting continual means repeated and ongoing, while continuous denotes no interruption.
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Jack H. Fisch
St. David’s
Inmate Students to Open Prison College in Bedford Hills
Trustees of the State University of New York plan to approve a fully accredited two year college at Bedford Hills Westchester County where all students will be inmates. Officials say it will be the first prison-education program of its kind in the United States with inmates enrolled as full-time students. The tentative name is the State University.
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NEW York
NYT
State College
State University of New York
The
State University
State Department of Correctional Services
Bedford Hills
Westchester County
Arab losses described as great in 17 days of fighting
Defense officials told the House Armed Services Committee that Arab forces suffered about 15 000 killed and wounded while Israeli casualties were just under 5 000 in the 17 days of fighting before the proposed cease fire.
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Washington
Nyt
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Syrians Dig In Near Mt Hermon Officials Release Photograph
Syrian sources released a photograph Tuesday showing soldiers dug in near Mt Hermon. A foreground officer wielding a rocket launcher is visible in the image.
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Mt. Hermon
Syria
Community College at Bedford Hills Opens Next Year
A new community college planned for Bedford Hills is set to open next year may begin operations as early as February. The project involves local officials and promises expanded access to higher education in the region.
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Community College
Bedford Hills
Market Rallies On Nixon Tapes News
Stocks rallied sharply in late trading after President Nixon agreed to turn over the Watergate tapes to Judge John Sirica. The reversal came as trading had been slow and nervous amid impeachment talk affecting investor sentiment on Wall Street.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
House
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Robert Strauss
Wall Street
New York
Nyt
John Sirica
White House
America
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