Nixon to name new Watergate prosecutor next week
President Nixon said a new independent Watergate special prosecutor would be appointed by Acting Atty. Gen. Robert H. Bork next week. He refused to name the successor to Archibald Cox and defended confidentiality of presidential documents while pledging total executive cooperation.
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Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Atty
Robert H. Bork
White House
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
C.G
Bebe
Rebozo
Howard Hughes
House Judiciary Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Cox
Bork
ABC
San Francisco
Ruckelshaus
Richardson
Nixon Says Crisis Could Lead To Permanent Middle East Peace
President Nixon said the United States and the Soviet Union moved from their greatest crisis in a decade to a step toward real peace in the Middle East. He noted the cease-fire is holding and announced plans to send cease-fire observers, with a UN peacekeeping force without major power troops.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Israel
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mideast
United Nations
Brezhnev
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
U.N
On This Date Napoleon Occupied Berlin 1806
The note recalls Napoleon Bonaparte's occupation of Berlin in 1806. It highlights a calendar entry and a weather summary with partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain. The item reflects a local newspaper calendar style and regional weather details for Tennessee Valley readers.
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Napoleon
Berlin
Tennessee Valley
Love Turns Sour In Florida Trial For Paroled Husband
Jesse Mae Williams asked Judge Alfonso Sepe to jail Chris Calvin Williams after he refused to care for her and hosted other women. The judge revoked Williams parole, sentencing him to 15 years in Raiford State Prison for dehumanizing his wife. Williams had previously pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder, and the couple had married after her pleas for leniency.
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Chris Williams
Jessie Mae Huffman
Wmiami
Fla
Jesse Mae Williams
Williams
Raiford State
Sepe
Miami
Stagnant Air Mass Should Move Today
Moderate winds should alleviate local air stagnation and rising pollution. Decatur particulate levels rose to 253 micrograms per cubic meter Friday after 237 on Thursday. Health officials urge residents to avoid open burning until the stagnation ends this weekend.
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Gene Saywell
Tri-County District Health Service
Decatur
U.S. Agrees With Russian Proposals On Mideast Cease Fire
President Nixon said the Mideast cease fire is holding and called it a great step toward real peace. Israeli officers claimed almost all of Suez City was occupied and its main oil refinery destroyed while gunfire raged across the canal. U.N. observers arrived. Soviet observers were to aid supervision as Washington and Moscow push for a permanent settlement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Mideast
David Lancashire
Suez City
Suez Canal
East Bank
Lancashire
U.N
Suez
Cairo
Cyprus
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Defense chief halves global alert as Soviets watch
Secretary James R. Schlesinger partially relaxed the worldwide military alert, keeping most forces ready while monitoring Soviet status. Reductions began at two commands in the Panama Canal Zone and Alaska. Strategic Air Command remained on alert. He noted Brezhnev's claim of Moscow observers in the Mideast and said UN teams may be involved.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
U.S
Russia
Schlesinger
Pentagon
Middle East
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Mideast
Anwar Sadat
United Nations
Redistrict Suit Fate Uncertain
The fate of a Morgan County redistricting suit grew uncertain after the death of lead plaintiff Dr. Alfred Quinn of Decatur. The class action argued Decatur’s District One lacks fair representation under one man one vote standards and sought immediate redistricting. The case, before U S District Judge James Hancock in Birmingham, may substitute another plaintiff within 90 days.
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Morgan County Commission
Alfred Quinn
Decatur
Quinn
Commission
Supreme Court
Huntsville
Norman Roby
U.S. District Court
James Hancock
Birmingham
Hancock
Dick Fleming
Morgan County
Hartselle
Falkville
Byron Vann
End of Daylight Saving Time Saturday Night
The nation returns to Standard Time this Sunday as clocks are set back one hour Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Nixon plan to name new Watergate prosecutor denounced
Democratic congressmen broadly denounced Friday night the plan to appoint a new Watergate prosecutor saying there is no assurance the appointee will have a free hand. In Tennessee, Fairview High School’s controversial assistant principal was transferred for the time being to another school under protest.
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Washington
Nixon
Fairview, Tenn
Fairview High School
Parade of Homes features fourteen houses in Decatur event
The Decatur Home Builders Association will stage the annual Parade of Homes this weekend and next weekend. Fourteen homes will be featured with a special section in today's Decatur Daily containing a map and house details. Visitors may register for a $500 drawing on November 4.
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Decatur Home Builders Association
Billy D. Looney
Decatur Daily
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