Nixon weighs White House shakeup amid Watergate crisis
President Nixon, at a private Bahamas island estate with two close friends, plans a major staff shakeup after an investigation into the June 17 Watergate bugging. Top aides and figures like Haldeman Ehrlichman Mitchell Dean are under grand jury scrutiny as the White House faces the worst scandal of Nixon's tenure. The trip followed Easter in Florida and a Key Biscayne church service addressing sin and redemption.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
National Democratic
Washington
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
John W. Dean III
Robert H. Abplanalo
Key Biscayne, Fla
C. G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church
John A. Huffman Jr
Jesus Christ
Death of Arminda Pickering 78 in Brighton
Arminda Frances Pickering 78 died at Washington County Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Church of God Brighton with Rev. Ralph Draper and Rev. Hobart Coberly officiating. Burial in Antioch Cemetery. Gould Funeral Home in charge. Born June 17 1894 in Jefferson County to Ogden and Arminda Lambert. Married Jesse L. Pickering December 25 1912 in Fairfield. he died May 7 1999. Survivors include daughter Mrs Albert Hanshaw and son Cloyce Pickering of Pleasant Plain, ten grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Preceded by four brothers and two sisters.
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Washington County Hospital
First Church of God
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Hobart Coberly
Antioch Cemetery
Gould
Brignton
Pickering
Jefferson County
Ogden
Arminda Coop Lambert
Fairfield
Jesse L. Pickering
First Church of God At
WCSC
Albert Hanshaw
Cloyce Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Storms Drive Floods and Tornadoes Across Southern Plains
Heavy rainstorms swept from eastern Oklahoma to the Ohio Valley with tornadoes, hail, and flash floods. A light plane crash near Austin killed six. The Mississippi River rose to record crests in St. Louis and other cities, while guards and volunteers prepared for levee work. Showers cooled the coast as 60s and 70s lingered along the North Atlantic.
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United Press International
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Ballinger
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Roby
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Illinois National Guard
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Rock
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Arkansas
New England
North Atlantic
Tornado Strikes Parnel Holbrook Area Causing Damages
Iowa counties report a weekend tornado that hit the Parnell Holbrook area inflicting 300000 to 500000 dollars in damage across at least 15 farms. Five houses and seven barns were damaged with one minor injury.
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United Press International
Iowa
Parnell - Holbrook
Holbrook
Oxford
Iowa City
Johnson County
Johnson
Court weighs reservists in Congress in national office
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if members of Congress violate the Constitution by holding military reserve commissions. The case centers on two DC rulings deeming the practice unconstitutional, with the Defense Department appealing. The court also agreed to rule next term on whether a firm with a policy of refusing to employ aliens violates the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Charlotte Maule
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Congress
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Defense Department
Firmin G Waldschmidt Dies at Riverside at 80
Firmin G Waldschmidt 80 died at his Riverside home Sunday after a long illness. A retired brick mason and World War II veteran, he formerly worked at Oakdale. Funeral services are Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St Marys Catholic Church Riverside. burial Mt Olivet Cemetery. Rosary Tuesday at 8 p.m. Sorden and Adams Chapel Riverside. Survived by seven sisters and five brothers, all of Riverside.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
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Agnes Fecker
Dubuque
Harold
Verena) Ryan
LeClaire
Theresa Waldschmidt
William
Edwin
Charles
Richard
Robert
Mrs Ida Lemberger Called to California by Ill Sister
Mrs Ida Lemberger of Washington travels to San Francisco by train to be with Eva Jones who is critically ill in a local hospital. Lemberger's Sacramento home is noted as her residence.
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Washington
California
Eva Jones
San Francisco
Sacramento
Real estate transfers in Washington district filed
L A Duncan and wife transfer to Coordinated Estate Services the south 61.1 feet of Lot and north 22.8 feet of Lot 2 Block 1 in Win Smouse's North Side Addition to Washington. Fred Merrifield and wife transfer to James C Soukup the west half of the northeast quarter of section B76.
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Win Smouse
North Side
Washington
Fred Merrifield
James C. Soukup
Local residents find early mushroom spot
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Beal and Dave Tapley found six elephant ear mushrooms Sunday in about 30 minutes. They reported one sponge mushroom among the haul. The largest specimen with root stood about six inches tall and four inches around.
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Roger Beal
Dave Tapley
Board seeks two cent cigarette tax to fund hospital
The Citizens' Advisory Board of Health and Environmental Quality urges the Alabama Legislature to raise the cigarette tax by two cents per pack. If approved, the measure would generate about $6 million annually for the Lurleen B. Wallace Memorial Cancer Hospital to be built in Birmingham in memory of Gov. George B. Wallace's first wife, who died of cancer in 1968 while she served as Alabama's first female governor.
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UPI
Citizens’ Advisory Board of Health and Environmental Quality
Alabama
Lurleen B. Wallace Memorial Cancer Hospital
Birmingham
George B. Wallace
Livestock Market Reports From Des Moines and Joliet
JOLIET market notes show cattle steady to higher on high grade steers and heifers with prime lines at 47.00 to 47.50 and 45.50 to 45.75 respectively, hogs 700 head steady to weak, no canners or cutters, with various grades priced 25.50 to 36.75, while DES MOINES reports a slow trade in interior Iowa southern Minnesota hog markets, butchers steady to 25 cents higher and sows up, with prices listed across weight classes, today’s estimate 90,000, actual receipts 30,000 Friday, 92,000 last week, and 73,000 a year ago.
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UPI
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Minnesota
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U.S
Actuual
Don Robertson and Bev Janecek Find First 1963 Puffball Mushrooms
Don Robertson and Bev Janecek found the season's first sponge mushrooms, the earliest the reporter has seen or heard about for 1963.
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Don Robertson
Bev Janecek
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