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TYLER--U-S ATTORNEY RICHARD E. MARDEE IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY HE HAS PEEl FIRED BY PRESIDENT RICHARD :IXON. IIARDEE HAS SET A NEWS CONFERENCE FOR TEN O'CLOCK THIS 1%ORNI NG. THE NI: CONFERENCE IS EXPECT D TO CLIMAX A FEUD BETWEEN 1-1ARDE' S UNCLE, U-S SENATOR DEZIOCRAT RALPH w. Y BOROUGH AND THE OTH?.Ir TEXAS SENATOR, EiUPLICAN JOHN TOWER. MARDEH2 HAS HUNG ON TO HIS JOD AS U-S MARSHALL AFTER THE NIXON ADI:IISTRATION HAD INVITED 11111 TO rESIGIY. IN AUSTIN, TOWER'S OFFICE SAID THAT HARDER HAD BEEN IIFOJUED BY TELEPHONE THAT IS 2?,CO DOLLARS A YEAR JOB WOULD END THURSDAY A'D THAT A TYLER, ATTORNEY ROEY r ADDEI, WOULD BE APPOI-TED TO TAE HIS PLACE. TOWER'S OFFICE ALSO SAID T'HAT ALL THE HOLDOVER DEMOC 'ATIC U-S NARSIALLS FOR TiE SOUTHERN AID WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HAVE ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED THEY WERE BEI",G REPLACED DY REPUBLICANS. THE OFFICE SAID THAT JESSE DOBBS OF SAN TANTNIO UULD ~ REPLACED BY COLONZ SPY ROBERT OF AUSTIN FOR THI WESTERN DISTRICT AgTh N.h. MALE IS To :z R ,LACrD ", :ACtSHAl ROUSSEAU IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT -EADOUARTTRS IN HOUSTON.