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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1973
Page
2
The narrator recalls anxiety and horror about extracting four wisdom teeth with colleagues recounting brutal experiences. Vivid anecdotes include deep-embedded teeth, army dentistry, gas questions, and worries about pain, contrasted with cautious expectations from a private dentist.
A federal sale of Gulf sea bottom leases along the Mississippi Alabama and Florida coast faces a court challenge by environmentalists who warn of offshore spills and ecological damage. The suit filed in Tampa seeks to halt bids as 147 tracts sit 14 to 80 miles offshore while officials brace for a high-stakes, wire- delay final decision.
A suspended State Highway Department employee, Robert O. Wilson, posted 170000 bond after being indicted on false pretense grand larceny and forgery alongside three others including State Purchasing Agent Howard White and W E Richey. The case involves Machinery & Supplies Inc public funds and a civil suit seeks 94736 dollars.
Two councilmen oppose the initial Sunday closing ordinance for Decatur stores while a third remains undecided. The proposal, by Bill Levin and Richard Lee, would allow exemptions for shops with at most two workers on Sundays, with amendments sought to raise that to four including the owner.
Jessie James McGuire of Twin Creek was released from Draper Correctional Center but was immediately arrested on an old warrant for unlawful marijuana possession. He had been serving a three year burglary sentence and was returned to Decatur by sheriff's deputies. A Decatur man named Ewell David Ratliff posted bond and was released on a 300 dollar bail for carrying a concealed weapon.
An application is filed with the State Board of Health to annex Cullman County into the Tri County District Health Service joining Morgan Lawrence and Limestone. The move aims to expand services and funding for Cullman health programs while planning regional health delivery.
APH meter valued at 207 dollars and a fire extinguisher worth 23 dollars were stolen from a small camper used as a laboratory near Dow Industrial Service on Alabama 24 W over the weekend. A separate police report cites a cashbox stolen Monday from the city board of education building containing 59.64 in cash and checks over 250 dollars, plus IBM cards, though officials had estimated under 50 dollars.
This notice lists the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 for personal crises and poisoning, plus guidance to call the Crisis Center or nearest hospital or family doctor. If unsure of the number, dial 0 and explain the emergency.
S-75 a Limestone County Holstein owned by C H Moore of Athens delivered triplet heifer calves weighing 60 pounds each. Farm operator Jerry Long of Freeman Brothers Farm recounted finding the three with one nearby, noting he had never seen triplets born in 17 years of farming. The eight year old cow had produced five to six gallons daily. the owners plan to gift the calves to Mrs. Moore for Christmas.
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