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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1975
Page
1
Three gunmen tied two attendants at a South Side service station and robbed the cash from a safe while a third manned pumps. Motors arriving after the getaway helped themselves to gasoline at nine unattended pumps as about 45 minutes passed.
Sara Jane Moore declared in federal court that she willfully attempted to murder President Ford with a handgun and now pleads guilty. She read a 500 word statement asserting she was not insane on Sept. 22, 1975, while a housewife and former FBI informant, and linked her radical activity to the case.
In Sudbury England the mayor and rector rebury a 300 year old cat found beneath a demolished building. locals hope the animal’s remains avert further misfortune as a building history ties to fires and structural flaws. the ceremony was led by Canon peter schneider.
Montgomery AP report says Dr. John Porter, executive director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, announced enrollment in Alabama public and private colleges totals 108000, a 12 percent rise from last year. Freshmen rose 2.1 percent. gains mainly from higher retention and junior college transfers.
In 1781 a day of prayer and thanksgiving marked the end of the Revolutionary War in the United States. The calendar notes weather with increasing cloudiness and a chance of showers, highs mid to upper 60s and lows mid 50s.
In Fuerth West Germany 400 residents will attend a ceremony at the city theater to honor Henry A Kissinger on his Nobel Peace Prize legacy. His father Louis and mother Paula travel from New York to attend as German officials also participate. The event includes a banquet and tour of the old Jewish neighborhood.
The Senate approved by a large margin a major reform of banks savings banks and savings and loan associations. The measure would allow interest to be paid on checking accounts and is expected to pass the House and become law next year.
An 83 year old former Hollywood stuntwoman Helen Brodeaux pulls a Volkswagen with her teeth near her home in Ephrata Pennsylvania. She says she first pulled the car as a stunt years ago.
Philadelphia police said one suspect surrendered after the slaying of newspaper heir John S Knight III. A second suspect was found shot dead in a New Jersey woods. A third remained at large as details emerged of robbery as the motive and a detective stakeout at Philadelphia homes.
A computer malfunction and data relay breakdown led to a near collision of two jumbo jets over southern Michigan on Thanksgiving Eve. Twenty four aboard the American Airlines flight were injured as one airliner dived 2000 feet to avoid the other.
Workers drill a grid on Highway 79 near Pinson to locate a buried metal mass linked to a 1947 green Ford and the March 3 1956 disappearance of Robert Early Dye Billy Dye and Dan Brasher. Navy researchers reported a metal mass about 25 feet deep and officials pledge round the clock effort until the object is removed.
Knightstown Indiana funeral firm Jacobs Casket Co offers a patriotic casket with red blue and white trim named The Spirit of 1976 The model targets veterans Legion members and DAR members with about 400 sold in eight months The average cost for a funeral with the casket runs 1200 to 1300.
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