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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1973

Page

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Ehrlichman Indicted in Watergate Case Ties

Former presidential adviser John Ehrlichman is indicted by a grand jury in the Ellsberg psychiatrist break-in probe. The charges include perjury and other counts linked to the Watergate affair. Also named are Egil Krogh Jr and G. Gordon Liddy, with arrest warrants delayed to allow surrender. Bond is set at 500 each.

Los Angeles John D. Ehrlichman Daniel Ellsberg Los Angeles Times Washington Post Ehrlichman White House Egil Krogh Jr David Young Henry A. Kissinger G. Gordon Liddy Kolts Dist. Atty Joseph Busch Joseph Ball Senate Watergate Committee Ellsberg Krogh Young

Grant St Housing Project Faces Delay in Decatur

Grant St project in Decatur sits in limbo with over 100 sub standard homes blocked from clearance. The $3.4 million urban renewal plan depends on Nixon lifting the public housing subsidies ban and HUD housing unit allocations before planning can resume. Authority executive director Bob Neill says clearance and home ownership goals are on hold.

Lee Sentell Nixon Grant St Decatur Housing Authority Bob Neill Authority Department of Housing and Urban Development Decatur

Judge orders Watergaters to stop lectures

In Washington a federal judge barred James W. McCord Jr and Jeb Stuart Magruder from public speaking after ruling it disgraceful they could profit from their Watergate crimes. Magruder claimed financial hardship while Magruder planned lecture tours and McCord had earned 2000 for a Illinois university talk last week.

Washington James W. McCord Jr Jeb Stuart Magruder McCord Illinois Magruder Sirica Bernard Fensterwald

Plan Readied to Ration Home Heating Oil This Winter

Washington White House adviser John A. Love orders a standby plan for rationing home heating oil if severe shortages occur this winter. Drafted at the Interior Department, the plan would be used only as a last resort, officials said. Abitibi Paper resumes three Ontario mills as rail service restarts, a Manitoba mill stays closed, worsening US newsprint shortages and potential price hikes.

Washington WSN White House John A. Love Interior Department Toronto Abitibi Paper Co. Ltd Ontario Manitoba United States

Gunmen Seize Hostages at Saudi Embassy in Paris

Three Arab gunmen stormed the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Paris taking at least five hostages. They demanded transport to an unnamed Arab capital and the release of Abou Daoud, threatening to blow up the embassy if no bus arrived. They claimed ties to a Palestinian splinter group and handed a demand letter to journalist Nawaf Adwan.

Paris Abou Daoud Hussein Jordan Nawaf Adwan Baghdad al Thawra Adnan Jean Bucheton al Scab Beirut

Boat Registration Decision Overruled by State Official

Conservation Commissioner Claude D. Kelley overruled a subordinate and canceled plans for a centralized boat registration system. Gov. George C. Wallace reportedly ordered the change after statewide criticism. The original July order came from Tom Shackleford, head of the Water Safety Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Claude D. Kelley George C. Wallace Tom Shackleford Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural

Munich 1972 Olympic attack remembered in brief report

The prompt describes the Munich 1972 Olympic Village siege in which 11 Israeli athletes, 4 Palestinian guerrillas, and a West German police officer were killed. It notes weather outlook for the area and cites Alabama boat registration policy debates involving Morgan and Lawrence counties, Shackleford and Cauthen, with potential legislative changes and local revenue implications.

Olympic Village Munich

Fish battles anglers in Pacific near Honolulu

AP report from Honolulu describes Bob Silverman and Tom Prentice trolling when a 100 to 150 pound marlin leaped into the cockpit. The fish knocked both men down, cut Prentice’s face and hands, and then pulled free. Silverman required neck surgery after the marlin’s bill punctured his throat by a hair’s breadth, narrowly missing a main artery.

Honolulu Pacific Bob Silverman Tom Prentice Prentice Silverman

No Winner In Bingo Contest

No winning cards were turned in during last week's Newspaper Bingo contest leaving the Bingo Bucks jackpot at 200 for the final week. Blue cards are available at over 100 participating merchants and 44 local players have won Bingo Bucks in 12 weeks.

Decatur Daily the Daily

Daily Want Ad Sells Baby Items and Furniture

Mrs. M. E. Shindlebower lists mesh playpen baby car seat two end tables and coffee table for sale at 10 dollars for mesh playpen and car seat each, six dollars for all three tables. The ad notes 48 replies and promotes September daily want ad bargains with 14 day price of four dollars.

M. E. Shindlebower North St Decatur Daily Want

W M Hays Locksmith and Electrical Address Ad

W M Hays, locksmith and electrician and acetylene welding. 1018 6th SE, Decatur Alabama. Same location for 30 years. Dial 3501793. Ad copy notes long-standing service and local presence.

W. M. Hays Decatur Ala

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Morgan County Commission Thornton Dick) Fleming Frank Gresham Fleming Robert Abercrombie Leon Nelson Jack Maddox Gaynell Hall Mike Moebes R. L Hundley Tom B. Coggin Charles Howard Cleon Yates Bobby Herbert By Linda Deutsch Times Watergate Archibald Cox Cox Superior Court James G. Kolts James Doyle James Duffy Coes Pond Worcester Mass Daniel Robert Jefferson Duffy Grant St. Housing Project Neill Grant Tom Raum Robi Furniture Second Avenue By John Vinocur Resources Morgan County W. J. Lee Lawrence County Yates Lee Shackleford David Cauthen Alabama State Conservation Department Cauthen House Senate Conservation Committee Senate Wallace Orly France Bucheton Landers Ee Ee Financial Dial Athens THE
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