Statehouse Deadlock Shifts as Ethics Bill Advances
After day 31 of the session lawmakers moved Tuesday, with the Senate passing a comprehensive ethics bill requiring candidates to file full financial statements to appear on the ballot. The House also sent to the Senate a liquor and beer sales measure for cities over 2,000, subject to local voter approval, while Governor Wallace could veto it. A judicial reform bill to create a statewide district court system also passed the Senate, unifying 81 municipalities and 330 courts under fulltime, lawyer judges.
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Senate
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Tuscaloosa
Sage Lyons
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Lurleen B. Wallace
Colbert County
Jefferson County
Common Cause
House of Senate
Inflation shows six month rise, food rules update set
The six month index through July climbs with a 7.4 percent rate, while non food commodities including clothing fall 0.2 percent in July. New food industry regulations replace Phase 4 rules, effective around Sept 12, allowing firms to include justified cost increases in prices following the July 18 price freeze lift.
Fund Raising and Newspaper Bingo Rules Revealed
The Decatur Daily outlines continuing fund raising through dollar coffees garage sales bake sales car washes and auctions of political memorabilia for the telethon. It also explains Newspaper Bingo where players match numbers on cards to those in THE DAILY and submit winning cards by 5 p.m. Tuesdays.
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Lindsey
P. O. Box
Decatur Daily
Lawmakers Debate Definition Of Convenience Store Term
Lawmakers discuss refining the definition of a convenience store and consider a bill in the final days of the session to impose a $1 fee on all documents handled by probate judges. The revenue would support the operation of community mental health programs.
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House
Nixon tapes dispute before watergate court
Lawyers debated if the president must surrender the White House tapes as Cox argues the duty to produce is a firm legal obligation. Wright warned a ruling could set a nationwide precedent for all district judges to demand presidential documents in criminal cases. Sirica promised a decision within a week as the high stakes case could reach the Supreme Court.
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Sirica
Nixon
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District Court
Cox
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
United States
Supreme Court
Cauthen Opposes Decatur Mental Health Measure
Cauthen blocks proposed probate fee funding for mental retardation services saying the plan lacks government oversight on how raised funds would be spent. Decatur mental health officials devised the measure, which faces opposition over expenditure control concerns.
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Cauthen
Decatur
Rock Festival Decision Due
A federal judge will decide whether the Labor Day weekend rock festival near Benton Tennessee should return to state court Gov Dunn backs the denial of a permit Promoters say state actions violate constitutional rights Fisher argues the festival would be a nuisance Health department refused a health permit Officials seek evidence from past festivals to justify the injunction challenge The hearing paused a state court hearing on the injunction request by Dist Atty Fisher and the Health Department
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Winfield Dunn
Benton
Tennessee
U.S. District Court
Frank Wilson
Dist. Atty
Richard Fisher
Fisher
State Health Department
D. C. Manifest, Inc
Evansville
Ind
United States
C. Hayes Cooney
New York
Georgia
Cooney
Skylab 2 crew to replace gyroscope during spacewalk
Skylab 2 astronauts plan a Friday spacewalk to replace a failing gyroscope system that keeps the station stable in orbit. Flight director Neil Hutchinson said deterioration over weeks prompted the fix, with Bean Garriott and Lousma prepared to stabilize the lab if the gyro fails before the unmanned gap between Skylab 2 and 3. The crew of three is completing a 59 day mission, having observed a solar prominence eruption and studying solar radiation effects on Earth.
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Hutchinson
Bean
Garriott
Robert MacQueen
High Altitude Observatory
Boulder, Colo
Earth
Police use ruse as mob gathers at Lower East Side station
A rumor spread that police had captured a sadistic killer of a 7 year old boy, prompting a mob to surround a Lower East Side station. After hours of denials, officers released a man in civilian clothes to prevent violence as rumors linked him to three East Harlem child killings. Reinforcements secured the building as two officers escorted the man away.
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New York
Lower East Side
East Harlem
Steven Cropper
Base Closings May Hit Before 1974 Elections
Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger told the armed services to prepare for possible new base closings and cutbacks before next year’s congressional elections. The move would be a second wave after 274 facilities were altered last April to save $3.5 billion over 10 years. Congress has trimmed defense requests and one committee voted to cut armed forces by 156,000 below Nixon plan. Schlesinger ordered reviews for expendable bases with no specific guidelines, with hundreds possible including overseas sites. Announcements likely in early 1974, effect after the November election.
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James R. Schlesinger
Armed Services
Pentagon
Congress
Nixon
Schlesinger
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Capitol Hill
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Decoy Arrest in Brooklyn Heist Plot
A civilian decoy lured a crowd as suspects fled in a panel truck. Two hours later Luis Alberto Gonzalez, 22, was captured wearing a police uniform and taken into a patrol car. He was questioned in Brooklyn and released after initial inquiry.
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Luis Alberto Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Brooklyn
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