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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1973
Page
3
A wounded South Vietnamese soldier is carried to the rear on an improvised stretcher near Kien Duc, about 90 miles northeast of Saigon. North Vietnamese troops seized Kien Duc last Tuesday. South Vietnam says it counterattacked Friday but withdrew Sunday after stronger than expected resistance.
Scientists advise Judge Sirica on whether Watergate tapes were altered and use a method from Enrico Caruso recording restoration to assess the 18 missing minutes. State the need to decide if erasure was accidental or deliberate as part of a panel of six experts.
Washington The Senate will begin debate this week on three bills aimed at guaranteeing independence for the Watergate Special Prosecutor to prevent a recurrence of the Saturday Night Massacre. Senator Philip A Hart of Michigan, a leading sponsor, urged colleagues that the effort responds to the public loss of trust in government and criminal justice.
Detroit reports the energy shortage reshapes the auto sector with executives calling it a whole new ball game as gasoline dependence threatens product usefulness. In Washington the Army plans a $200 million program to develop a safer nerve gas to modernize chemical warfare, costing about the same to destroy the old munitions, totaling over $500 million.
Admissions list includes William D Gray Mrs D C Kennedy Mrs John Terry Caldwell Bickel Jessie Ranson Alvis Vinson Joyce Fowler Bogle Goodwin Randolph Nave Copeland Waters Hill Waters Childers Hood Haley Scott Cooper Bibb Grubbs Matthews and others. Dismissals note multiple patients leaving Decatur area hospitals including Hartselle Athens Russellville and Decatur. Births record new sons and daughters at Decatur General Hospital with families named.
A busy calendar of Decatur area events includes church circle meetings at multiple homes, a Christmas concert at Cirous High School, a Decatur Firefighters auxiliary gathering, a Rising Sun Lodge session, Take Off Pounds Sensibly activities, PTA programs, and lunch events. Also noted are choir performances, club meetings, and a Bible study, with venues including First Christian Church, Decatur High, and local schools.
River and weather summary from Keller Memorial Bridge this morning lists readings for river at 16.81 feet and sea level at 551.11 feet. TVA lake stages include Chickamauga 675.5, Pickwick 410.5, Guntersville 592.9, Whitesburg 555.2, Wheeler 554.2, Wilson 505.5. High Sunday 48 at 3 pm, low 32 at 5 am. today expected mid 40s, tonight cold, high Tue in 50s. Forecast calls for partly cloudy today, colder tonight, sunny and warmer Tuesday. Climate data cite Sunday: high 48, low 29, avg 39, 5 below normal. Precip none for day, month 42 inches, year 59.19 inches, 11.04 above normal. Fastest wind 16 mph W. 24 hr temps show 10 am 40, 2 pm 47, 8 am 37. extended forecast lists fair and cold Wed, warming Thu-Fri with highs 60s and lows 20s-40s.
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