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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1973
Page
4
Nixon urged Congress to act on a prioritized set of bills including trade, tax and pension reform energy measures and school funding while avoiding direct reference to Watergate. He questioned why the Senate alone moved to establish a reform study commission and warned the public may doubt progress.
The report describes multiple bomb incidents and hoaxes across London and smaller towns including Kings Cross, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Manchester and Paris. A middle aged Japanese man was killed near a diner bomb, with six injuries at Kings Cross. A caller claimed another bomb would explode in Queen Street Sutton Coldfield though it did not. Police link the campaigns to the IRA. The piece also covers a separate U.S. political address by President Nixon urging budget discipline and congressional cooperation.
Nixon lawyers urge appeals court to overturn a Watergate subpoena ruling, arguing confidentiality claims protect presidential conversations and that upholding the decision would disrupt the balance among government branches and impair the presidency as a functioning institution. The brief says the public’s demand for more disclosures is sharpened by Watergate and that the court should ignore the broader Watergate phenomenon in ruling.
Firefighting crews battled five major blazes across NorCal from Whale Gulch to Dos Rios. Over 500 personnel and 100 pieces of equipment supported by air tankers fought the Apple Tear Ridge and Mt Vaca fires, with containment around 40 percent and 14 miles of line secured. No injuries or structures threatened, officials said as winds eased.
In widespread action many stations closed this weekend to protest Phase 4 price rules. Detroit Mobil owner preached to customers after closing. Some regions reported lines at open stations, while others remained stocked. Gas dealers blamed price hikes on oil companies and noted mixed compliance nationwide.
A grandfather, his son, and his grandson were arrested and arraigned on charges of growing more than a ton of marijuana valued at about $400,000. Police found three fourths of an acre of ready marijuana behind the family home. Names not released pending arraignment.
A 20-year-old Chinese swimmer Tsang Kai-shing was killed by a shark while escaping China by swimming across Mitts Bay to Hong Kong. Two other Chinese swimmers with him were uninjured. a police launch recovered Tsang's body and rescued the others.
New York reports Stephen B. Bull, White House aide, told Senate investigators he delivered eight to ten Watergate tapes to President Nixon on June 4 and later retrieved them fully unwound. He described five playback machines in Nixon's Executive Office Building suite and a 12 hour hold period with all tapes unwound.
Sulphur Well Kentucky reports three men died while cleaning an underground septic tank as fumes overcame them one by one. Babe Furter, 63, Duke, and Ricky Jessie, 17, all residents of Glasgow, were identified among the dead. two men from Metcalfe County were hospitalized.
An 18 year old Wilmington man Larry Douglas Keith was killed when his car left a private road near the Haynes Steam Plant south of Westminster Avenue and north of Seal Beach. Passenger Margaret McQueen, 18, was treated for multiple cuts at Kaiser Hospital Bellflower and released. Two male passengers were uninjured.
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