Kuwaiti oil embargo and Middle East diplomacy shift
The Kuwait meeting tied lifting the Arab oil embargo to Israel's withdrawal from occupied lands while Saudi Arabia signaled a conditional stance in a NBC interview. Arab cuts aimed to pressure a peace settlement, with 5 percent production reductions in January and December and exemptions for Japan and most of the EEC. Dayan denied U S pressure for concessions as Kissinger planned an Arab tour to press middle ground. Jordanians in Jerusalem and the West Bank were expelled for urging cooperation with guerrilla groups.
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Kuwait
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Ahmed Zakir Yamani
Washington
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Meet the Press
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Japan
Moshe Dayan
Cbs-Tv
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Geneva
Henry A. Kissinger
NATO
Brussels
Takeo Miki
Tokyo
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Emergency numbers and local lines from The Decatur Daily
The notice lists Crisis Call Center numbers 355 8000 and local Athens phone lines 353 4612 232 1535 353 4739 for emergencies and poisoning. It advises dialing 0 if unsure and telling the operator the emergency, applicable to nights and holidays.
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Decatur Daily
Athens
Nixon tax disclosures raise questions on profits and payments
A national auditing firm said Nixon earned taxable profit while a Senate panel grapples with how to rule on the findings. The disclosures show rising net worth from 1969 to 1972, real estate gains, pre-presidency securities sales, and large deductions that reduced federal taxes. Republican leaders urge that the disclosures end speculation of illegal activity or personal gain.
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Senate House Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Nixon
California
San Clemente
New York City
White House
Key Biscayne
Fla
Senate subcommittee eyes breaking up oil giants
Miller urged breaking up major oil companies as a Senate panel discussed fuel resource control. Executives argued competition exists and concentration aids economical exploitation. Nine of the top twenty firms held interests in oil, gas, coal, uranium, and oil shale, led by Exxon and Texaco.
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Miller
Exxon
Texaco
Gulf
Shell
Continental
Atlantic Richfield
Sun
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Marathon
Court narrows obscenity standard in Supreme Court ruling
Supreme Court eases obscenity burden for prosecutors by shifting focus to lack of a serious value rather than social value. Majority says only hard core pornography faces criminal sanctions. Jenkins argues Georgia law equates any sex portrayal in films with obscenity, and that the law bans protected First Amendment ideas and commercial exploitation. The Georgia Supreme Court upheld Carnal Knowledge as obscene in a 4 to 3 decision. film by Jules Feller and Mike Nichols, shown nationwide, with star Ann Margret later Oscar-nominated.
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Warren Burger
Jeakins
Georgia
Jenkins
Georgia Supreme Court
Jules Feller
Mike Nichols
Successfonty
City Plans Safety Program For City Employees
City and Easter Agency officials will meet at city hall to outline a basic safety program for city employees under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Mayor Russell Bolding Administrative Assistant Bill Dukes and department heads will attend the 10 a.m. meeting to review safety practices and training.
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City Hall
Insurance Company
Larry Holt
Easter Agency
Russell Bolding
Bill Dukes
Workman's Compensation
Easter
Holt
Decatur High School Chorus Holiday Concert Tonight
Nearly 100 voices from DHS will perform annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium directed by Jimmy Cantrell. The program features carols and contemporary holiday songs.
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Decatur High School
Jimmy Cantrell
Accidents In Area Injure Five
Two area auto crashes Saturday left five people injured, troopers reported. A two vehicle collision on Alabama 101 north of Town Creek injured Billy R. Allen and Shirley Smith, both of Russellville, plus Larry Butler and a third passenger. A second wreck involved Vivian Moebes of Somerville as a passenger in Keith M. Hughs’s car. all injuries were non life threatening.
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Town Creek
Alabama 101
Billy R. Allen
Courtland
Shirley Smith
Annie Smith
Larry Butler
Russellville
Robert J. Smith
Vivian Moebes
Weekend Accidents Claim 19 Lives Across Alabama
At least 19 people died in weekend traffic crashes across Alabama including two Mobile fatalities when a car hit a flatbed truck carrying steel, killing Francis E. Caine 21 of Fairhope and Lester Griffith 19 of Eight Mile. East Tallassee resident William Daniel Taylor 63 died in a two vehicle crash near Kent in Elmore County. In Etowah County a car truck collision killed Billy Parker Matthews 48 of Hokes Bluff.
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Mobile
Francis E. Caine
Fairhope
Lester Griffith
Eight Mile
William Daniel Taylor
East Tallassee
Kent
Elmore County
Etowah County
Billy Parker Matthews
Hokes Bluff
Randall W. Jordan
Greenville
Butler County
Jerry Bearden
Asheville
Selma
Curtis Henderson
Dallas
0. J. Stokley
Larry Rowland
Port City
Cecil Lee Johnson
Opelika
Birmingham
Maurice Peeples
Henry Streety
Associated Press
Two Charged In Vehicle Strip Near Good Springs
Limestone County authorities charged two Elkmont men Sunday with petit larceny for stripping parts from a 1964 automobile that broke down along the highway near Good Springs in West Limestone county. Bond not set.
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Athens
Limestone County
Elkmont 1
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Good Springs
West
Evans
Gerald Bates
Eighteen held without bond after Mobile stabbing
GULFPORT Miss AP eighteen persons detained pending charges in a Sunday stabbing tied to Mobile Alabama left one man dead and another seriously wounded. Arrests at a North Gulfport residence of Roy Dedeaux followed a tip from Mobile authorities. Six pistols a shotgun and 10 knives seized. One suspect hospitalized for gunshot wounds. The group surrendered without resistance. TUSKEGEE Ala AP Montgomery Advertiser reports Tuskegee Institute security force of 20 suspended after refusing to guard a campus basketball game without weapons. Officials would not comment.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Harrison County
Banditos
Roy Dedeaux
Tuskegee, Ala
Montgomery Advertiser
Tuskegee Institute
Why is Aquadome Gym Closed Often This Year
Decatur readers ask why the Aquadome gym is closed to the public and why hours seem limited especially at night. Charles Martin, supervisor of the Decatur parks and recreation department, explains free time is allotted in each of the four seasonal schedules. Plans to renovate the old armory could provide more space for recreation programs.
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N.C
Decatur
Decatur Parks and Recreation Department
Charles Martin
City
Power Rate Hike Before Council
Athens city officials weigh absorbing a 14 percent TVA rate increase set to take effect Jan 1 for homes and higher for large users. TVA cites rising coal costs. small municipalities may offset part of the hike. Moore says action likely tonight as city seeks to limit impact.
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Athens
Tennessee Valley Authority
Malcolm Moore
TVA
Decatur
Huntsville
Joe Wheeler Electric Co
Bobby Higgins
Moore
TVA Power System
TVA Power
Gasoline Shortage Sparks Talk Of Sports Walking Return
The piece argues a gasoline shortage could revive long neglected walking as a practical transport. It notes walking declined in two car America and may rebound as drivers face fuel limits late this week under government supply regulation.
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America
Walking Downtown Makes Case For Short Trips And Parking
A Decatur businessman recalls a five block noon walk from office to a restaurant. He notes street life, storefronts, new paint, and sidewalks as proof that walking reveals more about the city, saves gasoline, and reduces parking friction. He cites lawyers who walk to nearby offices and predicts a shift back to The Walk as gas gauges dip.
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2Nd Ave
Decatur
Civic Center
AEC Study Finishes Browns Ferry Review for TVA Units Two and Three
The Atomic Energy Commission technical advisory subcommittee completed its review of TVA Browns Ferry license applications for units two and three. AEC will publish a written recommendation this week to the full board. On site inspections by AEC staff will occur next year ahead of public hearings on the second and third phases.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Browns Ferry
AEC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Limestone County
TVA
Safeguards
Harold Mangelsdorf
Exxon Oi Co
Energy Crisis Dims Zimmer's Tree Without Donated Watts
Athens resident W. J. Zimmer plans a 60 foot Christmas tree display lit by 5 000 bulbs but will not glow unless 30 neighbors volunteer to switch off a 100 watt bulb during the 15 day period 5 30 to 10 p.m. to save power per President Nixon energy guidance. He first displayed the tree in 1969 and hopes to light it by coordinating light schedules to reduce total wattage from 6 000 to 3 000 watts each evening.
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Athens
W. J. Zimmer
Hiiager
Nixon
Zimmer
NASA
Elderly Meal Growth Okayed
ATHENS The Limestone Council on Aging Nutrition program will expand to serve 75 persons five days a week at the city recreation center effective Saturday. Coordinator Ameda Heath says the county would have lost the program to another county without expansion. the program now serves 60 persons three days weekly. The TARCOG region operates the program with 25 current volunteers needing 25 more. churches are asked to help locate volunteers and apply for meals.
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Athens
Limestone Council
Ameda Heath
Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Gunmen Attack Details From Page One
Gunmen ransacked the scene but did not deter possession. Lt. Det. E C Bowman said Deweese may have surprised the men. The incident is under investigation.
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E.C. Bowman
Deweese
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