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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1973
Page
5
The Daily Mirror offered 2500 reward for information leading to the arrest of a kidnapper who took 7 week old Kristen Bullen from a Bromley street. Kristen was found in woodland in critical condition with pneumonia after a 36 hour disappearance.
Local groups sponsor health clinic free polio shots and measles vaccines for children. TOPS meeting at 7 p m. Mizpah Chapter 19 meets at Masonic Temple. Jones Group of CWF meets at 9 45 a m. Postal Workers Union auxiliary meets at First National Bank. library bookmobile suspended today. bazaar at West End United Methodist Church funds church building. gospel singing at Piney Grove Church with Joymasters Quartet. revival at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Moulton through Friday nightly services at 7 30 p m. car wash proceeds benefit Christian education fund.
The Aug 15 fund cut off compromise averted a government stalemate as Nixon vetoed a rapid military funding halt for Indochina and faced House opposition. For the first time in eight years antiwar majorities formed in both chambers, prompting cautious talk on a Cambodian settlement and a continuing negotiation track.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield stood apart in debate over Asian wars as he warned against renewed conflict while colleagues like Fulbright and Church urged compromise. The stalemate centered on a Nixon proposed August 15 bombing cutoff for Laos and Cambodia amid Vietnam peace claims.
Lawmakers back a compromise 236 to 169 in the House and 63 to 26 in the Senate. It would halt bombing after August 15 with congressional authorization for any action thereafter, while Nixon vows to veto bills demanding an immediate end.
Public disclosures show 266 representatives report outside earnings in 1972 including stock holdings, law practices, and income from banks and real estate. Many list incomes over five thousand dollars and report substantial relationships with regulated firms, with 53 freshmen among the group.
Reports detail several traffic accidents near Somerville and Town Creek with injuries. A funeral service is listed for Mrs. Smith at Waldermose Church with burial at Valhermoso Cemetery. survivors and pallbearers named. body to residence before church. Additional text notes lawmakers’ honoraria disclosures.
President Nixon argued scarcity requires a short export embargo on soybeans to ease feed grain shortages and lower meat and dairy prices. He urged Congress to grant broad authority to regulate farm exports as a temporary measure.
The Athens Fire Department reports a mobile home owned by Mrs. Claudie McClung and occupied by Steve Pylant was heavily damaged Saturday night. The blaze began about 9 30 p m at the Wheeler Floyd corner and the cause is under investigation.
The piece notes June 17 break in at DNC remains under review as hearings pause for July Fourth, with John Mitchell to testify July 10. Attorneys like William Hundley defend Mitchell’s testimony, while Buzhardt and Colson dispute Dean’s statements and Nixon’s level of informed truth.
New York AP report quotes physician astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin saying sex in space travel is not mandatory. He argues long expeditions have been conducted by men without female companionship and says women astronauts are not essential.
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