GOP strategists forecast hold in 1974 elections despite Watergate
Top Republican campaign strategists met with President Nixon saying inflation unemployment and the energy crisis would drive next year’s races. They expected only a small role for Nixon in campaigns and warned Watergate would cause limited erosion if economic conditions worsen.
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UPI
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GOP
George Bush
Oval Office
Bush
Congress
William Brock
Tennessee
Senate
Brock
Robert H. Michel
Illinois
Michel
Gerald R. Ford
Anne Armstrong
Bryce Harlow
Ford
Obituaries of Several Gulf Coast Residents Readied for Services
Multiple obituaries list Danna Randall 25 Ocean Springs, Owens Bullock 62 Ocean Springs, Guy Matheny 80 Shreveport, George Beaugez 59 Biloxi, Viola Cospelich 66 Gulfport. Funeral homes in Pascagoula Bay St. Louis Biloxi Gulfport handle remains with services scheduled or pending.
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Danna Randall
Danna V. Randall
Rt. 8
Ocean Springs
Singing River Hospital
Pascagoula
O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home
Owens Bullock Owens M. Bullock
Rt. 5
Howard Memorial Hospital
Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home
Guy E. Matheny
Mansfield Rd
Shreveport
Hancock General Hospital
Riemann- Fahey Funeral Home
Bay St. Louis
Rose- Neath Funeral Home
George Leroy Beaugez
Race Track Rd
North Biloxi
Veterans Administration Hospital
Biloxi
Bradford- O'Keefe Funeral Home
Bradford-O'Keefe Swetman Chapel
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Viola Cospelich
14Th Ave
Gulfport
Gulfport Memorial Hospital
Riemann Funeral Home
Moss Point Man Promoted to Finished Products Supervisor
Moss Point resident John V. Coggins of 150 Lakeview Dr. has been promoted to finished products supervisor at International Paper Company's Moss Point mill. He will oversee the first four of the mill's five paper machines. Coggins, a Pascagoula native, joined the company in 1984 and previously served as paper mill tour foreman.
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Moss Point
John V. Coggins
Lakeview Dr
International Paper Company
H. C. Herring
Coggins
Pascagoula
Unnamed Sender Sends $100 Mail Payment to Lake County Clerk
Lake County Clerk Don Molitor received a $100 bill in the mail with a note claiming it was the final payment owed to the county. The envelope had no signature or return address and Molitor expressed confusion over the unexplained payment.
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Lake City
Mich
UPI
Don Molitor
Lake County
Molitor
Disarmed Bomb Defused by Baptist Minister in Pennsylvania
Rev. William E. Davis, 48, a Baptist pastor and state explosives inspector, disarmed a homemade bomb at the Blue residence in Washington County. The device, found after William Blue reported a bomb threat from his son Charles, contained gunpowder and various components but no detonator. Davis recalled past feats including removing a bank dynamite bomb and tackling explosives at a sporting goods store.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
William E. Davis
First Baptist Church
Bridgeville
Pennsylvania
Division of
Davis
William Blue
Charles
Mayview State Hospital
Vietnam
Mayview
Uniontown
Gasoline Spill Causes Fire at Local Garage
A gasoline spill from a dropped tank ignited a fire at Jackson County Wrecker Service on Shortcut Road. Firefighters from Pine Island and Kreele stations fought the blaze about 45 minutes. Damage to the building and contents totaled $25,000, with a car and two motorcycles among the losses. No injuries were reported.
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Moss Point
Miss
Jackson County Wrecker Service
Pine Island
Kreele
Murder charge filed against gang member in Mobile
Mobile police charged James Luther Stroud with first degree murder for the knife slaying of Charlie Lane 34 of Mobile at a local night spot. Stroud also faces assault with intent to murder Ronald Adams 31 critically wounded. Adams’ wife Betty Jean and Bill Eugene Fields charged with brawling in public with 16 others from the Bandidos gang arrested as witnesses.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
James Luther Stroud
Charlie Lane
Stroud
Little Rock
Ark
Ronald Adams
Lane
Harrison County Sheriff's Office
Gulfport
Memorial Hospital
Adams
Betty Jean
Bill Eugene Fields
Bandidos
North Gulfport
Kater Wiliams
Nixon signs bicentennial bill creating 1976 celebration body
President Nixon signed a bill creating the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration to run the 1976 celebration. The act replaces the bicentennial commission with a full time administrator and deputy, an 11 member board, and a 25 member advisory council. It authorizes annual appropriations of 1.375 million dollars for grants and up to 25 thousand dollars to each state bicentennial commission.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Warmer Weather Ahead For Mississippi Regions
Mississippi forecasts expect partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures through Thursday. South Mississippi highs in the mid 70s with overnight lows near the mid 50s, winds southerly 8 to 12 mph. North Mississippi highs will reach upper 60s with overnight lows in the upper 40s, same southerly winds. Central regions show near 70 highs, lows about 50, and similar winds, while South Central expects low 70s and Friday night near 50.
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Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Gulf Coast
Jackson
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Saxbe confirmation eyed after Senate panel hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans a one day hearing on William B. Saxbe's nomination as attorney general with Eastland forecasting possible Senate confirmation by week’s end. Leaders Scott and Mansfield push for timely action before adjournment as Saxbe faces questioning and a potential swift report from the panel.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
James’ C. Eastland
D-Miss
Saxbe
Eastland
Senate
Tion
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Scott
Bill Saxbe
Mansfield
Sirica to turn over Nixon Dean tapes to Jaworski
UPI reports Judge John J. Sirica will hand the subpoenaed March 21 Nixon Dean tapes to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski at a closed 10 a.m. session. Sirica has monitored the tapes and found no national security content. Jaworski will decide if any material should go to the Watergate grand jury.
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UPI
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
White House
John W. Dean III
Todd Christofferson
Sirica
Jaworski
Christofferson
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Special Prosecution Task Force
Dean
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
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