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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1973
Page
5
James Reston argues Nixon should be held to Watergate promises and ideals while facing Ervin hearings. He notes Nixon's low approval, urges concrete reforms on campaign finance, White House staff oversight, and protections against spying, and contends the president will survive amid calls for accountability.
The piece argues Nixon is right that aides can face courts but wrong to claim the Ervin committee exploits Watergate. It notes Bible Sam’s point that Americans did not elect Nixon to run dirty tricks or defy the Constitution. It urges the President to act on a call for decency and integrity and support new laws.
Mary West, mother of Dean Corll, writes to parents and friends of missing youths urging truth and prayer. She condemns the alleged actions of David and Wayne, defends her son, and calls for divine guidance, school reform, and public searching for souls through faith.
Rescue crews in Casa Grande Arizona battled intense heat and smoke to reach two miners trapped over 24 hours in a copper mine 1200 feet underground. One identified as David Deeder from Casa Grande. the second unnamed awaiting relatives. Two other workers escaped with minor injuries as crews drilled a new shaft amid a tunnel development.
Mary West says her son Dean A. Corll was innocent and not a sex maniac or sadist. She details a phone call four days before his death, claims he feared exposure in the Halloween moonlight killings, and recalls family turmoil and long estrangement before his funeral on August 10 in Houston.
In Montgomery, education officials work to craft a plan ahead of a Tuesday 9 a.m. Senate subcommittee report. With only about 110 million of 207 million in bond issues funded, educators must apportion roughly 69.6 million to elementary and secondary schools, 15.6 million to junior colleges and vocational schools, and 34.8 million to senior colleges, matching the prior share while staying within revenue forecasts.
The Southern Baptists use computers with spiritual methods to identify likely sites for new churches outside the South. Growth outside the South rose over 10 percent last year while the region stayed at about 2 percent. Computer data guide mission work, with 50 churches already aided and expectations of broader use as data improves. Some areas yield poor results, and some preexisting churches influence decisions. A 70 member Chappaqua New York church thrived after relocating from Valhalla and buying a former synagogue for 110000 dollars.
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