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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1973

Page

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Gasoline price controls to stay under Phase 4 rules

The Nixon administration extended the petroleum price freeze to Aug 19 and will implement Phase 4 of a tight regulatory regime for gasoline and No 2 heating oil. New pump signs will show price and octane. Ceiling prices on crude and auto fuels, a two tier crude system, and monthly automatic adjustments for heating oil costs are outlined along with existing retail markups. The move signals continued strict control of energy prices amid inflation concerns.

Washington Nixon John T. Dunlop Cost of Living Council FHA Council

Subpoena Seeks Agnew Records From Maryland Years

Federal investigators order records from Spiro Agnew's Maryland governorship and campaign files dating to 1962. About 130 boxes of documents are stored, with inspectors to begin review Monday. Some 1962 county executive reports likely destroyed. officials confirm current state holdings cover 1966 campaign records only.

Baltimore Agnew Maryland Morris Radoff Willard A. Morris State Board of Elections Baltimore County Morris Charles Prior Wolff Agnew’ S State Road Department J. E. Greiner Co., Inc Radoff U.S Grand Jury Annapolis I. H. Hammerman Lester Matz John C. Childs Sr J. Walter Jones

Louis Washkansky dies after heart transplant

Obituary notes Louis Washkansky died in Cape Town 18 days after becoming the first person to receive a heart transplant in 1968. The piece mentions related archival records, Maryland campaign contributor names, and a broad federal probe into vice president Agnew’s campaign finances.

Louis Washkansky Cape Town South Africa

Texas Body Count At 23 By James P Sterra

Police unearthed four more badly decomposed bodies bringing to 23 the victims allegedly sexually assaulted tortured and slain over three years by Houston utility worker Dean Corll and two teenage accomplices Elmer Wayne Henley 17 and David Owen Brooks 18 Henley claimed he killed Corll after threats Brooks confessed to observing and helping dispose of bodies The trio lured youths for parties at Corlls house offering food and drugs then abused tortured and killed them with pay for recruits and grisly methods described by investigators

Elmer Henley High Island Tex Henley and David Brooks James P. Sterra New York Times News Houston Elmer Wayne Henley David Owen Brooks Henley Dean Allen Corll Corll Brooks Breck Porter Houston Police Homicide Squad Porter Corll’s James Tucker

Cullman Man, 31 Killed In Wreck On Welts Rd

James Larry Baucum 31, a Mississippi native living in Baileytown, died Friday when his panel truck left a sharp Welts Road curve east of Cullman. He worked for a Louisville trucking firm. Survivors include his widow and two children. Funeral plans not available Friday night.事故发生于12:45 p.m.

Cullman Cullman County Here Welts Rd E. D. Grimmett James Larry Baucum Mississippi Baileytown Grimmett Baucum Louisville Miss Moss Funeral Home

Landmark Farm Measure Inked

President Nixon signed a four year farm bill aimed at boosting production and stabilizing prices. It creates target prices for wheat corn and cotton with federal payments to cover shortfalls when market prices drop. The law seeks to curb inflation and reduce taxpayer costs while protecting farmers.

Washington Nixon Congress

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