25 May 1973
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1973
Page
1
The Kingsport Times News invites free notices of local events submitted to the City Desk at least three days before the event. Submissions cover community activities and will be published as space allows.
Local groups chart rummage sales pancake suppers and a women’s festival across Five Points Kingsport and Pactolus for Friday May 25 and Saturday May 26. Activities include bake sales, beef barbecue, country music and cakewalks at various community venues.
Country music star Leroy Van Dyke head a cast of pros and amateurs on the 1973 Cancerama telethon airing on WKPT TV starting at 1 00 p m Saturday May 26 and continuing throughout Sunday.
Mary Carr Witt soprano and Janice Carrier Wilcox pianist present a recital on May 27 at Apa Mafair United Methodist Church. Bill and Julie Crowther offer a father daughter recital May 27 at 3 pm in the Fine Arts Center with no charge.
Kingsport Fire Department was called at 3:26 a.m. Friday to Holston Valley Community Hospital where a defective light fixture caused smoke. No damage reported.
Defense Secretary Elliot Richardson ordered the Navy to end practice shelling on Culebra within two years and relocate its gunnery range to uninhabited islands off Puerto Rico. Residents, led by Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon, have long pressed for the move due to noise and disruption.
Stanford University censured Phi Delta Theta after a rush party featured five topless dancers and a raffle, with university officials describing the event as out of hand and the local chapter lacking control.
President Nixon told over 600 Vietnam War POWs that leaks would have kept prisoners in Hanoi if secret negotiations had not protected their release. He criticized publishing leaked Pentagon Papers and defended confidentiality in talks with the Soviets and North Vietnam while admitting past security actions tied to Ellsberg.
Senate Watergate Committee chair Sam Ervin injects folksy humor during questioning of Gerald Alch, a Boston attorney, prompting audience laughter as Alch faces pointed, brisk interrogations over McCord, Johnson, and book plans in a tense session.
Emperor Haile Selassie hosted 1,500 guests at a grand banquet marking the 10th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity. Heads of state from over half the member nations attended as chefs served an eight course meal on golden plates, while dancers performed with bongo drums.
Edward R. Sanders a 25 year old Army deserter from Detroit testified at a congressional hearing in Washington after living underground for three years He bade his mother goodbye and asked a Capitol Police lieutenant to call military authorities He appeared with his attorney as reporters followed and warned he might be taken away before finishing his statement.
The Kingsport Times and Kingsport News are published by Kingsport Publishing Corporation with address 301 Lynn Garden Dry, Kingsport Tennessee. Publisher Scott Truale oversees weekend and holiday schedules with separate editions and varying delivery options. Home delivered subscriptions cost 23.40 per year for any city within 100 miles. morning and Sunday rates differ by day and format.
President Nixon weighs a counterattack to Watergate disclosures amid Senate probes and leaks. He signaled acceptance of some covert security actions while denying guilt, stressing national priorities and the need to avoid compromising CIA or Special Investigations Unit operations.
Report notes a foundation for a counter-attack if a final decision goes ahead. Nixon told cheering former prisoners he would protect national secrets by any means. House and Senate Republicans hint at strategy after meetings, citing highly secret negotiations with PRC and USSR.
Rep. William C. Mills of Maryland was found dead from a shotgun wound described as apparently personal safety related. He carried seven notes, including a claim of death by own action related to a pending scandal over a $25,000 secret Nixon reelection funding.
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