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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1968
Page
1
Dateline checked the Better Business Bureau in New York which labeled the firm a typical mail order house with occasional delays in shipping or refunds. The BBB said there is nothing unusual about the company and noted it cannot be reached by phone.
Edwin C Gardner of Decatur asks for help after a December 1966 GE phonograph failed within the 90 day warranty. It was sent to Birmingham service twice with no fix and a Decatur factory inquiry a year earlier went unanswered. Company says it replied July 5 after a June 29 letter but no record of the prior letter exists and asks for specific details to resolve the issue.
Yes. Contact Walter S. Houseal, Commissioner of Insurance, at the Alabama state insurance department in Montgomery for regulatory inquiries.
In July 1967 a reader ordered a one year Good Housekeeping subscription and has not received a first issue. Despite letters and notices promising delivery, a move occurred since the last February notice. The subscription service will process the order and contact for proper adjustments.
City candidates at a Decatur rally attacked the $2 monthly garbage charge and several called for its repeal. Mayor hopefuls Gunthorp and Odom pledged progress and economy. Gunthorp favored city takeover of garbage collection, while Odom urged studying city finances and traffic priorities.
Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford said North Vietnam shows no restraint and is expanding the war in South Vietnam. He noted Johnson's limited bombing and will report findings to President Johnson in Honolulu before a July 20 conference with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu. Clifford has made his fourth Vietnam visit.
US B52 bombers struck from the Cambodian border and near Tay Ninh and Mu Gia areas as allied ground sweeps around Saigon aimed to deter a major assault. Intelligence notes suggested another capital attack around July 20, tied to Geneva accords anniversary. Saigon remained relatively quiet except for urban gunfire.
A slow moving thunderstorm hit Birmingham with heavy rain high winds hail and flooding. Motorists were stranded and some residents trapped as water reached eight to ten feet in an underpass. Red Cross Civil Defense police and fire crews rescued stranded people with no injuries reported.
Two late Saturday collisions due to slick roads sent four people to area hospitals. Mrs. McClendon and her son escaped serious injury after a Beltline and Danville Road crash while Presswell was hospitalized for observation. A Cullman woman and a Courtland woman suffered minor injuries in a second mishap near Camp Ground in Morgan County.
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