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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1973
Page
5
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at dedication ceremonies for the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. A bust honoring the late president will be placed in the administration building, according to AP Wirephoto.
Federal Judge Winston E. Arnow denied defense motions to dismiss the case against seven antiwar veterans and a supporter accused of plotting an assault on the 1972 Republican National Convention. Defense lawyers argued the government failed to prove an agreement, any overt acts, or that a plastic bottle chemical mix constituted a bomb.
Chilean cabinet induction was postponed amid signs the armed forces oppose the Allende government. A third cabinet crisis in three weeks coincided with nationwide strikes and violence as the 31 day truckers strike paralyzes the country. Health workers joined in sympathy and shopkeepers began a 24 hour nationwide walkout. Doctors and dentists also extended strikes.
Chase Manhattan Bank, the nation's third largest, raised its prime lending rate Monday to 9 percent from 9.2 percent. The change did not trigger immediate new hikes at other banks, though members of the banking industry expect reductions later in the year. One spokesman warned rates may not fall until the prime reaches 10 percent or more, possibly up to 10 percent.
Three Democratic governors say President Nixon worsens public confidence in government by blaming others for Watergate and by defending wiretaps and burglaries. Pennsylvania Gov Milton Shapp criticizes his tendency to shift blame and defend past actions, calling the defense ruinous to politics. Ohio Gov John Gilligan adds that such tactics reflect badly on all of them.
Libyan leader Muammar El Qaddafi reportedly rejected Egypt's merger formula in an Al Nahar interview. He said consensus between his revolutionary command council and the Egyptian regime was not possible and that no agreement exists on how merger questions will be presented to voters amid upcoming referendums in both nations.
The Sierra Club urged the federal government to curb industrial expansion in pristine and select metro areas to cut air pollution as EPA begins public hearings on air quality standards after the Supreme Court ruling that the Clean Air Act bars significant deterioration.
Washington reports that James H. Quello, formerly WJR Detroit vice president and general manager, has become the leading contender for the Democratic seat on the Federal Communications Commission. Consumer activists, spurred by a congressional defeat earlier, have begun targeting Quello, who would replace Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, a longtime critic of the broadcast industry.
U.S. Attorney William Clayton said Carter Camp of Ponca City Oklahoma president of the American Indian Movement is wanted in a shooting that critically wounded AIM leader Clyde Bellecourt on Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A bench warrant was issued for Camp’s arrest in the case.
The World Council of Churches voted to raise funds to aid Portuguese draft evaders and deserters opposing Angola Mozambique and Guinea military actions. It issued a list of companies doing business in white-ruled African countries and moved toward forming a church run development bank during its eight day Central Committee meeting of 263 churches in 90 countries.
The Carnegie Commission of Higher Education urged four year colleges to increase enrollments by admitting adults veterans transfers and even 10th and 11th graders to offset declining freshman numbers. The 165 page report titled continuity and discontinuity higher education and the schools was released by chairman Clark Kerr and calls for high schools to raise programs so graduates have roughly a lower division college education.
The Soviet ambassador to Washington Anatoly Dobrynin names Armand Hammer, head of Occidental Petroleum, as his favored choice for U S ambassador to Moscow after meeting him in Palm Beach. Dobrynin says he is 100 percent behind Hammer.
President Nixon plans to fly back to Washington toward the end of the week and spend Labor Day weekend at Camp David in Maryland. Deputy press secretary Gerald Warren said Kissinger would meet with Nixon at the Western White House after returning from meetings in Washington.
Washington reports that North Vietnamese forces have transformed the former U S base at Khe Sanh into a major military complex. Pentagon officials say new roads lead south and west, large storage and repair facilities have been built, the air field enlarged, and Khe Sanh now boasts an air defense shield comparable to Hanoi’s.
Belgrade dispatch reports Croatia’s supreme court ordered Plavi Vjesnik of Zagreb to pay 5,000 dinars to world chess champion Bobby Fisher. The payment compensates for a series of articles titled My Life about Fisher that were attributed to him but actually written by journalist Dimitrije Bijelica.
David Eisenhower, son-in-law of President and Mrs. Nixon, wrote weekend sports columns for the Philadelphia Bulletin this summer. As he prepared to drop the column for law school, sports editor Herb Stutz said he did fairly well given his lack of background, with some columns very good and overall satisfaction expressed.
Former Chief Justice warned at the Sixth World Conference on World Peace Through Law in Abidjan that modern technology can invade privacy as well as spread knowledge. He urged rulers to distinguish between bugging and broadcasting and cautioned that UN efforts to curb satellite TV could hamper world communications and the right to free access to knowledge.
A US Army spokesman in Heidelberg said Maj. Gen. Harold R. Aaron, head of Army intelligence in West Germany, will be transferred to Washington next month to serve as deputy chief of staff for intelligence. The move follows a West German probe into allegations of illegal wiretapping and civilian surveillance tied to dissidence among American soldiers in Europe. Col. Erik G. Johnson Jr. announced the transfer.
Commuters at London's Waterloo Station encounter notices warning of letter bombs during peak hour. The advisory appears on the city’s busiest terminus as authorities urge vigilance and follow safety procedures amid the scare.
The Decatur bus project faces costly maintenance and insecure storage as only three of seven buses run. Volunteers and students like 17 year old Sandy Dawson rely on the service to reach school, with daily fares about 35 cents per round trip funding maintenance.
Northwest Decatur faces cuts in school transportation aid for extracurriculars. Last year over 11,000 was spent sending bands, choirs, and teams to events. Decatur and Austin schools may lose booster-supported trips unless funds are raised. Huntsville subsidizes transit to help students and bands travel.
In Tonazintla near Puebla the quake caused serious damage while Mexico City saw no major injuries. Hundreds of tourists, mainly Americans, fled hotels and waited outside the U.S. Embassy as power outages affected parts of the capital. Seismologists note Mexico City records over 2,000 tremors yearly with past quakes in 1957 and 1968 causing deaths.
A $10,000 reward was posted by the Lakeland Public Supermarket chain through the Poke County Sheriff's Office in Bartow for the arrest of burglars who stole 720 cases of smoked ham from the Public Supermarket in Lakeland. Each case held a dozen three pound hams.
Olsson and Olofsson seized four hostages in Kreditbanken last Thursday after a failed bank robbery and demanded 650000 dollars and safe conduct out of the country. Police describe Olsson and Olofsson as human beasts while a vault was bugged and hostages monitored amid reports of assaults on the women.
A commissioner questions a voting line as unjust though bound by law. The resolution adopted Monday was sent to the federal court, the attorney general, and the board of elections for action.
Lawrence Burlington and Joe Alexander along with Phillip and Sam Alexander, all of Moulton, are identified with grandparents status to Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wade of Moulton, and a step grandfather Walker Barker of Moulton is also listed.
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