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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1973

Page

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Man Found Alive After 30 Foot Well Rescue Near Capshaw Rd

James Edward Loggins a 25 year old Decatur man was found alive after more than an hour of rescue work at about 3 am by the James Clark family near Capshaw Road Limestone County authorities said he had been in a narrow 30 foot well for several hours before being pulled out at about 5 am. He was not injured and told authorities he did not know how he ended up in the well with an investigation ongoing.

Athens Limestone County Decatur M. W Buddy) Evans James Edward Loggins James Clark Here Capshaw Rd Loggins Evans Athen A. E. Bumpus Huntsville Edward Loggins Sonny Turner

Kalmbach Calls Fund Raising a Criminal Act

Herbert W. Kalmbach testified that his fundraising for Watergate wiretappers was improper and illegal, done at the direction of Dean and Ehrlichman. He said he trusted the aides and did not inform the President, noting $220,000 was raised to buy silence. He acknowledged furtive calls, code names, and secret transfers, and now agrees the activity constituted wrongdoing.

Washington (Ap Herbert W. Kalmbach John W. Dean III John D. Ehrlichman Dean Kalmbach Senate Watergate Committee Sen Daniel K. Inouye Hawaii Inouye

Young Beggar Afraid Mom Will Beat Him

In Saigon a frail three year old girl Nhan lies on a dirty sidewalk while her ten year old brother Hoang begs nearby. The siblings are part of a family of seven living in stalls around the Saigon market as South Vietnam faces economic decline and hardship. The boy fears his mother’s beatings as he tries to feed his sister and himself.

Saigon Nhan Hoang Tran Thi Danh Saigon Central Market South Vietnam Young

Powell Jury Deliberations Continue in Pathologists Slayings

Cobb County jurors resume deliberations in the May slayings of Dr. Warren Matthews and his wife Dr. Rosina Matthews at their Marietta home. Defendants Hoyt Powell Larry Hacker Alton Ruff and Billy Jenkins face murder charges. Two co-defendants Creamer and Emmett were previously convicted with outcomes including a death sentence and life imprisonment.

Marietta Cobb County Superior Court Decatur Hoyt Powell Larry Hacker Alton Wayne Ruff Billy Richard Jenkins Warren Matthews Rosina Matthews Kennestone Hospital Piedmont Hospital Atlanta James Edward Creamer George Emmett Creamer Emmett

Nixon's Phase 4 plans inch toward final decisions

Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz said President Nixon will reveal Phase 4 economic controls on Wednesday. Nixon, healthy enough to leave hospital quarters by Friday, conferred with Shultz on final Phase 4 details. Senate approves Alaska pipeline bill aimed at speeding North Slope oil development, a setback for environmentalists.

Washington Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz Nixon Senate North Slope

Transportation trouble threatens life saving dialysis

In Courtland, Geneva Crumbough requires twice weekly kidney dialysis in Birmingham. Medicaid covers the treatment but transportation is failing, leaving her car useless and the family strained. Social worker Mary Louise Garrett urges a permanent fund to hire weekly transport for years, as earlier efforts by agencies barely met last minute needs.

Courtland Geneva Crumbough Birmingham Medicaid University Hospital Wheeler Dam Mary Louise Garrett Moulton Pensions and Security Department Community Action People Crumbough Geneva Crumbaugh Tim

Nixon Won't Release Tapes to Watergate Panel

President Nixon refuses to release tapes of private conversations to the Senate Watergate committee. Press secretary Ziegler says the tapes are presidential papers and will not be turned over.

Nixon Washington Senate Watergate Committee White House Ronald L. Ziegler Bethesda Naval Hospital Leonard Garment J. Fred Buzhardt Ziegler Sam J. Ervin Jr D-N.c Ervin

On This Date In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh Arrested

The 1603 calendar notes Sir Walter Raleigh’s arrest amid suspicions of involvement in a plot to depose England’s King James. The brief item places the event in the day’s historical highlights.

Sir Walter Raleigh England James

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