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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1973
Page
1
Police and AAA ambulances searched the area near Red Hat Road off Alabama 20 after a report of an aircraft crash from Colonial Rest Home. Dispatch occurred shortly before 2 p.m. No further details were released.
Dr. Thomas O Paine former NASA head and GE vice president urges a balanced energy program for the 1980s and 1990s avoiding an expensive crash plan. He supports considering distant ideas like Gulf Stream harnessing as part of new R D efforts. The interview appears in New York with policy suggestions from Paine.
A misdirected U S B52 strike hit the Mekong River base at Neak Luong southeast of Phnom Penh killing about 100 and wounding many. Another strike near Prek Eng killed at least a dozen civilians. The base houses 3,000 soldiers and guards navy gunboats aiding convoys from South Vietnam.
Former acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray III testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he warned President Nixon on July 6 1972 that staff actions could harm him by using the FBI and CIA to hinder investigations. He said he did not receive an order to report to Nixon last March 21 as Nixon had claimed.
Athens Greece AP reports two Arab men opened fire with grenades and pistols in a crowded Athens airport. Both suspects refused to answer police questions as investigations began into the terrorist attack that killed three people.
In a 1945 World War II incident at a transit lounge, two Arab gunmen killed two Americans and an Austrian and wounded 55 before surrendering after four hours, with police disarming a time bomb found in a letter box. Witnesses described hostages cowering behind a marble bar as the attackers fired and grenade was dropped amid tense surrender negotiations.
Fulgencio Batista the Cuban leader toppled by Fidel Castro in 1959 died early today at a Spanish resort near Marbella. He was 72, suffered a heart attack after a family meal at his Guadalmina villa. Funeral services planned for Tuesday in Madrid with burial in San Isidro cemetery.
Skylab 2 astronauts Dr. Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma started a planned 3.2 hour space walk to load film, unfurl a sunshade, and search for air conditioning leaks while Skylab orbits 271 miles above Earth. Commander Alan Bean monitored from inside as ground teams address jet engine leaks and prepare a potential rescue flight for the Skylab 3 crew.
The White House disclosed military spending of about 6 million dollars on communications and security installations at Nixon homes in California and Florida. Nixon also signed legislation authorizing 3.2 billion in crime fighting funds for the next three years to reduce crime.
A young mother Kathaleen Mooney and her father-in-law Joe Mooney were found shot to death in a frame house two miles south of Brewer Vocational and High School. Coroner said it looked like a slaughter pen. Sheriff noted murder suicide as a possibility. four children were at home. Blood splattered the house. investigators released no formal statement.
A Decatur area food chain tightens as higher costs press from pasture to plate. Local ranchers say cattle flow remains steady with good prices, while stockyards report normal sales. ConAgra notes sharp hoof prices and rising costs, squeezing margins along the supply chain.
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