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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1973
Page
2
Mrs Baldomero Meersohn and her family moved to Decatur four months ago with ConAgra. She notes government-run hospitals with long wards, Sundays for visits, and changes in daily life. Local high school students tutor them in Spanish as they learn English. She finds Decatur peaceful and hopes to stay longer.
Mrs. Meersohn describes adapting to life in Decatur with two maids and three children Veronica ten Violena eight in Walter Jackson School learning English. She notes differences in family life, domestic work, and city sizes between Chile and the United States.
Mrs. Mary Love Eyster, new member of the Decatur board of education, begins a seven week tour of district schools. Today's stops include Austinville and West Decatur Elementary Schools with Dr. Curtis P. Sellers, city school superintendent, joining on the inspections.
A 20 year old Millbrook man was stopped on 2nd Ave and charged with possession of marijuana after a small amount was found by police.
Instructions for contacting the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 for personal crises and possible poisoning. It advises calling a hospital, family physician, or dialing 0 for operator assistance if unsure of the emergency number.
Television commentator Nancy Dickerson discusses guilt felt by Washington officials over Johnson's Vietnam handling and the broader shift after Nixon's Vietnam troop withdrawal. She addresses press critique, Great Society cuts, Congress war powers, and her own career move to syndicated columns. She speaks at the Austin High Chamber dinner Thursday.
Decatur's Vietnam veteran Richard Dickie Butler arrives at Huntsville Decatur Jetport after the cease-fire. He embraces his wife Lynne and greets family amid a warm homecoming hours after news of the peace. Butler recalls long service in Saigon and predicts a cautious but hopeful future. A Red Cross mini blood drive and Junior Achievement open house accompany local community events.
Officials from the USDA will join state and local rural development committees in Cullman Lawrence and Morgan counties for a 10 a.m. seminar on organizing county rural development commissions. A 1 p.m. panel will discuss planning with local commissions and a 2 30 p.m. regional planning panel will follow. About 50 attendees are expected. Morgan County formed a rural development committee earlier this month naming Guy Roberts permanent chairman with Charles Rutledge as secretary.
A morning fire gutted the rented home of Mrs. Beatrice Petty at 1015 Newcomb St NW Decatur. Firemen traced it to a faulty living room flue. No injuries were reported though clothing and appliances were lost. The frame dwelling is owned by George Joseph.
Prosecution resumes in federal court as Southern Airways and nine former employees face charges of conspiring to sell defective artillery shells to the Army. The Delaware corporation and 12 former employees were indicted in 1970. three defendants to be tried separately. Judge Clarence W. Allgood presides.
Athens Police Chief Richard Faulk reports burglars broke into McLemore's Garage on Railroad Street around 2 a.m. stole a .410 gauge shotgun a .22 caliber rifle and a small amount of change then set the office on fire but failed to crack the safe. The fire caused heavy damage and a torch was used to try to open the safe.
Sheriff Dan Ligon with Chief Investigator Edsel Moore and Deputy James Jett led a Lawrence County operation that destroyed a 1500 gallon whisky still in a rural area. The raid marked the second large capacity still known to be removed in a week.
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