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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1975
Page
5
Sen Hubert H Humphrey Minnesota becomes debt free from his 1976 presidential run after lenders accept four cents on the dollar in a settlement. Court action in California remains to approve the agreement while other settlements are complete.
Medgar Evers oversees a multi-faceted project in Fayette that funds clinics, housing for seniors, a mobile health unit, and a new bank, drawing private donations and federal matching funds. The effort draws professionals to the area, expands construction, and mirrors the pace in Pace Bolivar County as black leadership broadens economic activity.
The Army says it is unfair and inaccurate to call the Wounded Knee killings a massacre. A new study found restraint by authorities and noted that both sides fired, with no indiscriminate killing. The report accompanies debate over a proposed $3,000 heirs’ payment for 146 Sioux killed or injured in 1890.
William E. Schaufele Jr. travels to Senegal Gabon Ivory Coast Cameroon and Zaire to win support for Kissinger plan to end outside involvement in Angola Civil War as OAU meeting approaches amid ongoing covert arms aid debates.
In Charleston South Carolina Judge Hugo M Spitz ruled a November ordinance forcing horses to wear diapers as unreasonable and invalid. He dismissed charges against carriage driver David Fuller who refused to diaper his horse. The city council had rescinded the rule earlier that month but kept carrier duties to remove droppings.
Decatur attorney Tom Caddell asks the city Zoning Board of Adjustment for a 10 foot south side yard variance to build The Omelet Shop at 601 6th Ave NE. Preliminary plans for the Birmingham based chain were shown to the board.
Time Magazine names a dozen women including Betty Ford Billie Jean King Ella Grasso Carla Hills Barbara Jordan Susie Sharp Jill Ker Conway Alison Cheek Carol Sutton Kathleen Byerly Susan Brownmiller Addie Wyatt as women of the year. Dorothy Kirsten will sing Tosca at the Met on New Year s Eve and plans future appearances and a concert tour. Kathryn Kuhlman undergoes open heart surgery in Tulsa and recovers in hospital. She hopes to resume public work while downplaying the label of healer.
David and Julie Eisenhower left for a visit to Peking invited by Chinese Premier Chou En Lai. The Iran Airlines jetliner carried the couple from Tokyo as Nixon’s 1972 China visit is cited as context for the invitation.
An AP Wirephoto shows a train crew resting during an overnight layover while en route to Peking, the capital of the People's Republic of China, documenting travel as part of a broader coverage.
Factory shutdowns for holidays and year-end vacations reduce operations at various industries. Blood collection dips in the three heaviest low days of year, creating a temporary shortage described as critical. A plane loss in cabin pressure sickened ten of 183 passengers, later released after treatment as the flight resumed to Chicago.
Ford ends an eight day vacation and will decide on 27 bills awaiting his signature or veto. He skied at Vail Mountain and slipped Friday for photographers to capture. He earlier fell on an airplane ramp in Salzburg, Austria, and said every skier falls once in a while. cabin depressurization has not been determined.
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