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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1975
Page
1
Morgan County plans to enforce existing truck weight limits after purchasing portable weighing scales. Overweight trucks have damaged county roads, and officials consider stricter limits. The move aims to protect roads and curb heavy traffic.
Morgan County commissioners study Shelby County style limits on trucks using county roads with a goal of 18 000 pounds per axle amid reports of overweight vehicles tearing up Fields Road and other routes. Portable scales may be deployed once legal thresholds are confirmed. Local officials note weak bridges and varied posted limits of five to ten tons per axle.
Time magazine reports say two White House staffers nicknamed Fiddle and Faddle had affairs with John F Kennedy and accompanied him on travels. A third staffer from the National Security Council was described as always available, with an incident in the Lincoln Bedroom noted by Time. Judith Campbell Exner’s disclosures and Newsweek commentary are also cited as part of the broader saga surrounding Kennedy’s alleged private life.
The FTC alleges the AMA and state local medical groups violate antitrust laws by prohibiting advertising and price competition. The complaint names AMA, Connecticut State Medical Society, and New Haven County Medical Association, seeks hearings set for Feb. 9, with potential appeals to higher bodies.
In 1941 American garrison on Wake Island surrendered to Japanese forces. Daily feature notes the historical event with brief context and a nod to Vietnam era era memory. Weather snippet forecasts high 40s and low 20s with cold night ahead.
One Tuscaloosa Skeleton: Annie B. Blankenship of Morgan County aged 61 who disappeared in 1970 while at Bryce Hospital. Barbara Bailey of Dekalb County and Georgia Robertson of Hale County are the other two identified from skeletal remains found Nov 25 on hospital grounds.
In Dallas AP report, Rev. Patrick Hanser led Advent Masses for Holy Trinity Catholic Church children to mark Christmas. A final session asks who is coming, answered by a chorus shouting Santa Claus.
President Ford signed a six month extension of this year's tax cuts blocking an increase that would have cost a worker up to six dollars a week starting January first. The extension saves taxpayers about 6.4 billion in withholding in the first half of 1976 and allows the planned 395 billion fiscal 1977 budget.
Kissinger said the United States will resist Soviet and Cuban support for Angola's MPLA while backing a coalition solution in Africa. He warned Moscow against expansion and noted strained ties even if grain sales continue. He also urged Israel to curb Golan settlement plans and discussed aid and austerity for Israel.
Cooper Industries Inc. plans to buy the Monogram plant in Cullman Alabama and employ up to 800 workers in the latter half of 1976 for manufacturing. The Nicholson File Manufacturing division will consolidate Philadelphia and Anderson Indiana plants there. Governor George Wallace welcomed the move.
Sandra Good 31 a former Fromme roommate and Susan Heather Murphy 28 a former nurse were indicted for conspiring to mail 171 threats to business and government leaders. Fromme named as an unindicted co conspirator.
Washington Congress remains within its new 1976 federal spending ceiling as six months remain in the fiscal year. The budget cap stands at 374.9 billion with a 74.1 billion deficit and a 1.7 billion cushion, though early next session actions could erase the margin.
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