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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1973
Page
5
Athens officials report elementary and junior high schools have completed transfers and placements for the new middle school. The plan is to use the current junior and senior high complex after the senior high moves to a new site, but delays may prevent full occupancy. A temporary split session is being considered to start the middle school this fall.
Athens Limestone County will crown Maid of Cotton at a banquet at the city recreation center. Nine contestants compete including Karen Pressnell Cathy Wessels and Laura Gay Simmons from Florence State University, Sarah Ann Meadows and Donna Leopard from Calhoun Junior College, Patricia Kay McWhirter from East Limestone High School, Becky Marshall from David Lipscomb College, Patsy Grover from Athens College and Missy Ming of Auburn University.
Lona Hodge of Addison was injured Monday in a collision west of Cullman involving a car driven by her husband James B. Hodge 49 and another vehicle driven by Bevie Thornton 41 of Logan.
The 17 year old Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. sobered in a Houston jail cell after confessing to killing Dean Allen Corll and guiding police to burial sites with David Brooks. Brooks described slayings including a boy named Billy and Johnny. Henley’s minister portrayed him as no different from other boys, though headlines note his frail, frightened condition and history of nervousness.
Pocketbook prices in two cities held steady then fell, while one city reported unavailability. From July 31 to August 13 pork chops rose 3 percent in Atlanta from 1.85 to 1.91 dollars per pound, and 10 percent in Philadelphia from 2.05 to 2.25 dollars. Beef and nonfood items stayed mostly steady.
Services are planned Wednesday at 2 p m at Valhermoso Holiness Church with Rev Melvin Brown officiating and burial in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing Survivors include Mr and Mrs Joe West and a sister and a brother all of Valhermoso Springs Pallbearers named Wayne Smith Jimmy Price Jimmy Scott Wayne McCutcheon David Balch and Dennor Brown The body will remain at the residence until taken to the church for services The article also covers statements by attorney Charles Melcher and comments by Elmer Wayne Henley regarding mental health and an insanity defense plus Henley’s past juvenile record
American B52s and fighter bombers pressed nonstop strikes around Phnom Penh on the last day of U S air attacks in Indochina. With a break in monsoon overcast, F-4 Phantoms and Corsairs joined the mission to drop maximum tonnage on insurgent targets near the capital.
Two workers died when a painting machine collapsed or malfunctioned on a job site. Gray had been with the firm less than a year and is linked to Prismo officials. Fenton, son of a Prismo executive, had been working in Alabama during the summer. Strong was thrown 40 feet down an embankment. Funeral plans for Strong were announced, while Gray’s services were not yet arranged. The fatalities bring Morgan and Cullman counties’ total since Saturday to five, with recent deaths in Cullman County and a separate Friday automobile fatality there.
Parents of missing youths allege police missed links among neighbors who knew Henley. The city schedules a briefing to end at 11 a.m. Wednesday. In Indochina news, Khmer Rouge pressure around Phnom Penh grows as U S air support ends.
Vice President Agnew's staff advisers expect he will turn over personal financial papers soon as prosecutors seek them. In Baltimore investigators pressed Maryland government contract corruption inquiries and Agnew lawyers planned meetings with prosecutors.
New York reports that the National and Massachusetts Audubon Societies unveiled plans to demonstrate solar heating and cooling in an office building. A $750,000 structure will be built by the Massachusetts group as an addition to its Lincoln, Massachusetts headquarters.
The Arab states urged the Security Council to confront Israel’s defiance of UN and international law after Israel forced an Iraqi Airways charter flight to divert to Israel. Lebanon called the act a grave air piracy, while Israel said the motive was to halt bloodshed by Arab terror groups.
A special court martial was ordered for 56 Navy officers charged with attempting to hijack the fleet and coerce the government. Athens commander Maj. Gen. Rafaelakis also indicted 13 others including former foreign minister Averoff Tessizza and industrialist Stratos for complicity. The indictment probes possible ties to exiled premier Caramanlis and 17 other officials and generals.
Archibald Cox argued in a federal court brief that President Nixon cannot fairly decide if tapes of White House conversations should be turned over to a grand jury. He noted top aides have testified before Sen. Ervin's committee and warned disclosure could affect them and Nixon. The tapes may also be material to public accusations against Nixon himself.
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