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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1975
Page
1
Construction of new houses and apartment complexes remains strong in Decatur with a sharp rise in commercial industrial projects. Building permits sold in 1975 cover more than a half million dollars for 16 residential permits and enable the department to operate without city tax funds.
Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Senator Church plans to fight Bush confirmation though opposition is slim. Bush declined partisan activity and left open possible Republican vice presidential consideration and future CIA support for foreign coups.
More than 1 million in disaster payments will go to area farmers this year to help cover losses from the worst cotton crop in a decade. Payments are coordinated by ASCS under the Federal Crop Insurance Corp program and depend on shortfalls from a three year average yield. Limestone County faces the largest payments, with Morgan and Lawrence counties also heavily affected. Wallace Steele notes payments hinge on 12.7 cents per pound under two thirds of average yield, with numerous variables.
The House sent Congress eight months of individual tax cuts to a conference committee to finish differences with the Senate. The aim is to present final action by Wednesday and seek an override of President Ford's veto threat, tied to a federal spending ceiling of 395 billion dollars, a demand White House officials say is non negotiable. The conference committee has broad leeway on tax cuts but cannot link them to the spending cap.
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees may appoint a single chancellor to oversee all three campuses Huntsville Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and the Gadsden extension center within weeks The likely candidate is Dr Joseph Volker current president of UAB Officials quoted called the report premature and declined comment
The piece recalls the 1773 Boston Tea Party when colonists disguised as Indians boarded a British ship in Boston harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard. It notes the tax protest as a landmark in American history.
The Senate debates ending U S intervention in Angola with a push to bar funds for military actions there. Sen Dick Clark proposes cutting off U S funding while Sen John Tunney seeks to restrict defense appropriation money to intelligence work in Angola.
Wallace State Technical Community College director James C. Bailey says his all white staff already shows integration progress after a federal court order to reach 25 percent black staff. Cullman County’s black population is under 1 percent and Bailey notes only one minority member, an Egyptian, on campus. State officials report five junior colleges and two trade schools remain all white five years after the Johnson court order.
Birmingham investment broker Hugh Morrow Jr. is free on $10,000 bond after allegedly offering $51,000 to Greene County legislator George Clark to influence a dog racing commission appointment. A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 22. investigation included stakeout at a motel room rented by Clark.
A heavyset black man wearing a stocking and wielding a revolver robbed the Union 76 station at 19th St SE and Olive St SE in Decatur, taking more than $800 in cash from a local bank. Manager Dale Cottingham said the bandit demanded money and warned of shooting, then fled with the loot after forcing Cottingham to stay in the storage room for five minutes. This marked the third armed hold-up in five days, all seemingly unconnected.
Dale Cottingham the Union 76 station manager at 19th Street and Olive Street SE reports being robbed of more than $800 as he opened the station. A heavyset Black man wearing a stocking over his head and wielding a revolver demanded the cash. Cottingham was not harmed.
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