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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1975
Page
5
In Highfield township, Salisbury, about 2,000 black protesters faced white police who opened fire Sunday afternoon. Eleven were killed and 15 wounded as rival black factions clashed while the ANC executive council met to discuss settlement plans with the government.
Four first degree murder suspects were moved to Bryce Hospital for competency and mental status evaluations due in September. Transfers occurred May 2 May 19 and May 27 with hospital officials to review behavior in jail and potential safety concerns.
The report notes pesticides were undetectable or minimal in most supplies and traces found in a few wells. It surveys atomic plant site characteristics, mineral resources, land subsidence from groundwater use, and coastal erosion. Aerials over 37 years and maps to 1776 show Martha's Vineyard losing about 16 acres annually to waves.
Russellville excavation firm J W Long Excavating submitted a bid of 19 775 for Big Nance Creek channel clearing at Courtland. State Soil Conservation Service contracting officer Ed Holiday said notification to proceed will come within a week to 10 days, with work to start 10 days after notification.
A teenaged driver and four children were hurt when a Taft Tennessee pickup left a county road nine miles north of Athens. James W. Deakins 15 Susan Deakins 9 Henry Deakins 7 Monico Clark 3 Dewayne Gary 8 were treated at Athens Limestone Hospital. Trooper B G Faulkner investigated the Sunday collision.
General Ariel Sharon was named adviser to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Jerusalem cabinet meeting. The post's scope was not defined but likely military, provoking opposition from several ministers led by Defense Minister Shimon Peres. The appointment did not require cabinet approval.
Mrs. Gary Felis of 625 Sherman St SE finished fourth runner-up at the Alabama Chicken Cooking Contest in Birmingham with her Chicken 75 recipe smothered in gravy. She won a silver tray a ribbon and a free weekend at a Birmingham motor hotel.
California schools eye absorption of thousands of Viet Namese and Cambodian school age children as districts are urged to plan for entry. State Superintendent Wilson Riles supports a federally funded program to teach English to refugees in four processing camps at a cost of about 400 dollars per student, a saving over post camp instruction.
Conservationists won a pledge for stronger environmental review while losing on Fraser Island as export permits for sand mining were approved. They also secured a cabinet pledge to scrutinize all projects, after Prime Minister Whitlam defended Fraser Island action amid backlash from conservation groups.
Lawmakers propose salary and expense increases for county officials led by coroner and county judge, with changes aimed at parity with peers and local control. Additional bills push for a three member board of equalization, a tax collector and assessor referendum, and moves to allow county education offices to relocate.
Former official Edward G. Lansdale hinted at Kennedy intermediaries but denied orders to assassinate Castro. He traced planning to 1962 after intelligence flagged Castro’s missile threat. Rockefeller Commission reportedly has Aug 10 1962 cabinet meeting minutes discussing Castro’s possible assassination.
In Bellagio Italy representatives from six faiths concluded a meeting on hunger urging religious communities to take a stronger role in solving global food problems. Attendees included Cyrus Vance Norman Borlaug Henry Siegman and Cardinal Arns among 34 participants from Roman Catholic Protestant Orthodox Jewish Moslem and Hindu groups.
Pravda editorial harshly criticizes Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger for ignoring U S government efforts to reduce Cold War tensions. The blast marks one of the strongest rebukes by the Kremlin against a top American official in recent months.
Letter from Joel Odum of the University of Alabama School of Law argues to lower Alabama's legal adulthood age from 21 to 18. He cites education, responsibility, and interstate comparisons, urging state leaders to allow full rights and reduce second class citizenship.
A religious reflection by Jim H. Atkins warning that humanity faces a choice between moral regeneration and Armageddon, urging repentance, spiritual strength and adherence to Christian teachings to avert disaster as atomic power rises.
Foreign policy focuses on partnerships for peace. The House considers extending the voting rights act until August 1985 and making permanent the literacy test ban for voters while extending protections to foreign language minorities. A $15 billion GI education benefits appropriation is stalled as the Senate blocks a $700 million railroad repair item.
Morgan County investigator Keith Russell said three Decatur men were slightly wounded in a running gunfight Saturday on Chapel Hill Road. Lonnie Lee Layman 23 and Calvin Mason Powers 48 were treated at Decatur General Hospital after the 4 45 p m incident. Laymon was hit in the right lower leg by shotgun pellets and Powers was shot above the right elbow with a .22 caliber revolver. No charges have been filed. The wounds occurred near the Laymon residence on Chapel Hill Road.
A 19 year old Limestone County man identified as Daniel Jarrett was critically injured in a one car crash near Jennings Chapel Road close to Johnson Junior High School. He was trapped for several minutes and hospitalized first at Athens Limestone Hospital then Huntsville Hospital in critical condition. No further details were immediately available.
Trade data show new factory orders rising sharply while inventories keep falling. Stock prices move higher helped by gains in LTV, Babcock & Wilcox, Charter and Monsanto as the Dow climbs to 832.29 and volume increases on the NYSE.
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