Nixon Rejects Tape Subpoenas in Watergate Clash
President Nixon refused Senate Watergate committee subpoenas and Archibald Cox requests for White House tapes and documents. He said he will abide by a Supreme Court decision, while Cox sought court orders and Sirica set a deadline for White House reply. The case centers on executive privilege versus congressional subpoenas.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Gerald L. Warren
John J. Sirica
White House
Congress
Cox
Sirica
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Watergate
Executive
Committee
Senate
Morris Daily Herald July 26 1973 Thursday Afternoon Briefs
Local newspaper brief from Morris Illinois reports daily happenings and community notes for Thursday afternoon. Includes short items on residents events and civic notices typical of mid 1970s small town papers.
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Morris
Illinois
Grundy County Board Backed Corridor Study For Illinois 47
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission voted to recommend to the County Board a two phase Illinois 47 corridor study to guide land use from Grundy County northern border to 113 and from 113 to the southern boundary. The first phase would cost about 8700 dollars and the second about 3500 dollars.
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Grundy County
Illinois 113
Trayser
State of Illinois Department of Planning and Research
John Hynds
Continental Illinois National Bank of
Chicago
Aux Sable Township
Zoning Board of Appeals
New librarian to lead Morris Public Library children’s area
Miss Carol Wilken becomes Morris Public Library’s first children’s librarian and will oversee a new 2,700 square foot downstairs children’s facility for kindergarten through sixth grade. She earned a master’s in library science from the University of Illinois and joins from Elmwood Nebraska with prior roles in library processing. The project includes listening booths, storytelling space, magazines, art prints, and an Aug. 6 bid opening for construction with the downstairs area expanding adult programs and local history storage.
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Tim Meidroth
Carol Wilken
Morris Public Library
University of Illinois
Nebraska Wesleyan
Elmwood, Neb
American Librarians’ Association
Illinois Librarians’ Association
Morris Theatre Guild
Gordon
Ethel) Gregg
Gregg
Weather Outlook With Warm Weekend Hints
The forecast calls for partly sunny skies and warm temperatures with a chance of a few showers and a slight thunderstorm risk. Highs in the mid 80s, partly cloudy and cooler tonight with some showers, and Friday mainly cloudy with brief showers and upper 70s. Morning temps ranged from 68 to 78 degrees with 0.02 inches of precipitation reported.
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Dresden Island
Morris
AEC signs breeder reactor agreement in Oak Ridge
The Atomic Energy Commission and power industry sign to build the nation's first full scale breeder reactor beside the Clinch River in Oak Ridge Tennessee. The 700 million dollar project will be funded largely by government and more than 350 electrical firms will provide about a third of the cost. The reactor would convert unused uranium into plutonium promising threefold fuel supply gains.
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Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Clinch River
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Glenn T. Seaborg
Soviet Union
West Germany
France
Belgium
Scotland
Institute For Public Information
Commonwealth Edison of Chicago
Tennessee Valley Authority
Project Management Corp
Morris Community High Board Adopts Tentative Budgets
The Morris Community High School Board of Education adopted a tentative educational budget for 1973-74 of 1,046,798 and a building budget of 265,900. Superintendent Harold Sutter noted potential increases if state funding shifts, with state aid guaranteed for three years under a new formula. The educational budget shows 973,309 in revenue against 1,046,798 in expenditures, a 12,000 reduction from May projections and a 168,561 increase over 1972-73. The building fund rises to 265,900 in revenue and expenditures, up 35,647 from 1972-73. The board amended the building budget for a 5 cent live-safter code levy, will display the tentative budget for 30 days, with a hearing set for Sept. 13. Larry Vahle was hired as a first-year science and math teacher, and the board will reconvene Aug. 22.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Sutter
Larry Vahle
Vahle
Eastern Illinois University
White House fund cut by House panel over use questions
The House Appropriations Committee eliminated the 1.5 million Special Projects fund from the White House budget after questioning how the money was spent and who benefited. The Rock Island Railroad subsidy and Watergate details are noted among related budget items and disclosure concerns.
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Washington
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Howard Hunt
Hunt
Iran's drug laws yield executions for large opium and heroin cases
In Teheran police report that Iran's death penalty for possession of more than four pounds of opium or 10 grams of heroin morphine or cocaine has claimed 114 lives since the law began two years ago.
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Teheran
Iran
Coop elected state legion commander for 1973 74
Ralph J. Coop of rural Minooka was chosen as state commander of the American Legion for 1973 74 at the Chicago convention. The grain farmer and cattleman will visit Illinois posts to advance policies and resolutions benefiting 186 000 Legionaires.
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Ralph J. Coop
Minooka
American Legion
Palmer House
Chicago
Illinois
Woman abducted on interstate in Crestwood found unharmed
Rita Margaret DeNunzio a 22 year old New York woman told police she was abducted on a stretch of interstate highway where three people were slain last month. She was released in Crestwood after an eighty minute ride through southern suburbs. Her two abductors threatened her but did not touch her.
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Crestwood, Ill
New York
Crestwood
Chicago
Rita Margaret de Nunzio
Vincent
Six Milwaukee youths nabbed in auto theft case
Police stopped six suspects near a car on U. S. 66 south of Gardner at 7 05 a m. They include Thomas Johnson 25 Jerry L Harris 20 Curtis S Scott 23 Robert L Lawrence 25 Betty Peavey 20 and Lynette Jones 18. A gun was found under the front seat.
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St. Louis County
Grundy County
Milwaukee
Dennis Dodwell
Thomas Johnson
Jerry L. Harris
Curtis S. Scott
Robert L. Lawrence
Betty Peavey
Lynette Jones
Dodwell
Johnson
U.S. 66
Gardner
Wisconsin
Missouri
District 5
Joliet
St. Louis
Illinois
Robert Malmquist
Richard Wilder
Couple shot in field by farmer mistaking them for rabbit
In SLOUGH England a young courting couple was shot by farm worker Raphaele Darienza who said he mistook them for a rabbit after seeing a white patch moving in tall grass. They were rushed to a hospital by a passing motorist.
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Slough
England
Raphaele Darienza
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Laurie
Eagle Discount
Sycamore Drive
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Russ May
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Frank Kozack
Don Shockley
Pat Petitti
Walter Watchinski
Bobby Lynn Cargill
Lockport
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Illinois 47
White Willow Road
Mrs. Johnson
Harold Sutter
Dan Walker
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago-Peoria
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Langhorne Bond
Illinois Department of Transportation
Coop
Josephine Lindsay
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James O
Evelyn) Johnson Sr
Plainfield
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