Today in History highlights from August 3, 1973
AP notes key anniversaries and events on this date including Columbus sailing in 1492, Henry IV’s rise in 1589, battles in 1975 Sicily, Suez occupation in 1881, World War I actions in 1914, West Point cheating dismissals, Rusk's 1963 Soviet visit, Vietnam peace quotes, a Britain dock strike and related port shutdowns.
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Associated Press
Christopher Columbus
Spain
America
Henry of Navarre
France
Henry III
Bay of
Palermo
Sicily
Suez
Germany
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Yorty Returns To Law Practice
Former Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty resumes legal work focusing on international law after 12 years in city office. He left office following a May 28 runoff defeat to City Councilman Tom Bradley. Actor Tony Curtis born Bernard Schwartz in New York on June 3, 1925.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Tom Bradley
Tony Curtis
Bernard Schwartz
New York
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Talmadge Heads Special Probe Into Bellino
The Senate Watergate committee will form a special subcommittee to investigate chief investigator Carmine S. Bellino. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge will lead, with Sens. Daniel Inouye and Edward Gurney as members. The move follows accusations by George Bush alleging Bellino bugged Nixon's hotel room or phone in 1960. Bellino denies the charges as lies and says he conducted only surveillance to locate a source of an anti Roman Catholic speech.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Carmine S. Bellino
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Bellino
George Bush
Bush
Richard M. Nixon
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Ervin
North Carolina
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
Senate
Carnival proceeds top eight thousand dollars at Round Hill
The Round Hill Community volunteer fire company carnival wrapped a week of activities with proceeds totaling 8811.34 dollars. General chairman Gerald Hepner thanks Charles Boswell for chair duties Ruth Steele for cashier duties and James Carr for maintenance work Didawick's Mobile Home donated a trailer as office space during the event.
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Round Hill Community Volunteer Fire Company
Gerald Hepner
Charles Boswell
Ruth Steele
James Carr
Didawick
Scali Opens One Month as UN Security Council President
Ambassador John A. Scali, appointed U.S. chief delegate to the United Nations in February, begins his first month as president of the UN Security Council at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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United Nations, N.Y
John A. Scali
U.S
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
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MGR
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Henry M. Cline
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Howard H. Haymaker Jr
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Charles R. Duvall
Jean Barnes
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dick Lineburg
Valley Mortgage Company
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Firestone
Valley Ave
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Talmadge
Formnee Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Kennedy
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