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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon proposes a rigid 268.7 billion dollar 1974 budget and urges Congress to end dozens of federal programs. He warns higher spending means high taxes and inflation, while defense would reach a record 81.1 billion, with no South Vietnam reconstruction funds.
The deaths of Theo Word, 65, and Charlie Collier Jr., 23, were reported after a head-on crash on Alabama 20 near Decatur and a drowning in a Cedar Lake Community creek. Word died at the scene. Hayes, the other driver, was hospitalized in fair condition. Collier was found head first in the creek near Central Ave after reportedly crossing a dark bridge. An autopsy was planned by Dr. Vann Pruitt.
Saigon and the Communist side accuse each other of widespread cease-fire violations as observers prepare to deploy. A U.S. soldier died from wounds, the first fatality since the truce began, with troop withdrawals continuing to reduce the American force to about 22,700. Casualties since the cease-fire announcement total 6,133, with 3,322 enemy and 575 government troops killed.
Reports mark the 1969 floods in southern California that claimed 95 lives. The page also lists local ads contact numbers and weather details with highs in the 30s and lows in the teens.
Budget in brief shows total outlay 168.7 billion up 18.9 billion from current year. Revenue projected 256 billion, up 31 billion. Full employment concept guides spending vs receipts, with a 12.7 billion deficit under less than 4 percent unemployment. Defense set at 81.1 billion, domestic cuts cited. 1975 outlook pegs spending at 288 billion with further terminations and reductions.
President Nixon's plan to end federal impacted area funds could severely affect local schools and hospitals reliant on those dollars. City School Superintendent Dr. Curtis Sellers warns the termination would be a serious blow to a financially strained system already dealing with rising teacher salaries.
Relatives of Air Force Capt. Terry Geloneck in Decatur received a phone call from Arnold Research Engineering Center in Tullahoma Tenn confirming Terry’s name on the POW list released by North Vietnam. The 29-year-old Decatur High School graduate was captured when his B52 was shot down over North Vietnam shortly before Christmas. See GELONECK On Page 5.
The Tennessee Valley Authority seeks 250 000 for design work to alter the Southern Railway bridge at Decatur as part of a 1974 budget request totaling 43.2 million for non power programs. The plan aims to address a growing navigation hazard from barges and oil tows on the Tennessee River and could complete by 1976 with an estimated 4.1 million cost. TRVA urges Congress to fund construction as well as design and to consider a second Pickwick Landing Dam lock at 50 million, though TVA does not seek funds for that project.
Washington AP report says Judge John J. Sirica expects testimony to end today and the case to reach the jury within hours. Remaining witnesses to be called before lunch. closing arguments scheduled for the afternoon. Craft workshop details follow.
An attorney for former Mayor Charles Guntharp asks circuit court to allow a lie detector test as proposed by state officials earlier. The case involves Guntharp and policeman Stewart Weaver charged with first degree murder in the Dec 12 slaying of James F. Davis in Decatur. Snow flurries and a cold front move through North Alabama with subfreezing temperatures and a brief easing forecast for Huntsville and nearby areas.
Want ad line promises cash for unwanted items. Includes phone number 353 and a code 4612. Brief, fragmentary notice typical of classifieds.
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