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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1971
Page
1
In Los Angeles rescue teams probe a 5.5 mile tunnel after a natural gas blast trapped 18 workers. Twelve deaths confirmed as a wall of flames and water hindered access near Olive View Hospital. Scuba divers aided searches amid smoke and coal blackened scenes.
Four US Senators observed a 16-year-old buy five heroin bags for 10 dollars from a Harlem pusher outside Harlem Hospital. The boy delivered the bags to Sen Hughes as part of a demonstration by Mrs Martha Davis to show accessible drugs on street corners. They then visited a so called shooting gallery where six addicts prepared injections in a dark basement nearby.
Attorney General John Mitchell spoke at the Alabama State Bar Association about restraining printing of the Pentagon Papers and urged Congress to reform habeas corpus to curb endless appeals. He discussed Hoover’s effectiveness, school desegregation, and proposed federal review options while citing a $57,000 LEAA grant to Madison County.
Carol Medders Miss Point Mallard competes tonight in the 26-contestant Miss Alabama Pageant at Birmingham Southern College. The event airs statewide after starting at 8 p.m. and expected to conclude about 10 30 p.m. Final rehearsals were completed Friday. Judges include Harold Hunt John Ross and Marilyn Tate McDowell. The winner receives 38000 in scholarships and will represent Alabama at Miss America in Atlantic City on Sept 11. Reigning Miss Alabama Suzanne Dennie will crown the winner.
News media executives testified to a House subcommittee that prior restraint is illegal when not in war. They defended publishing parts of the Pentagon Vietnam study and denounced government secrecy. J Edward Murray urged protection of press loyalty and public interest.
The Supreme Court, in a 5 4 decision, blocked uncensored Washington Post publication of Pentagon study excerpts and set a 10 a.m. hearing on arguments over national security. Other papers gained limited access while reports from Newsday and Times continued mentions of Johnson’s memoirs and McNamara’s 1966 memorandum.
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A 21 year old Decatur soldier Pvt John Byrd died at Huntsville Hospital from a brain abscess linked to a sinus infection. He had been on 15 day leave when illness struck and he died Wednesday afternoon. Funeral set for Sunday at Reynolds Chapel with burial Spring Hill. Byrd had been stabbed in the heart during a Jan 5 Decatur fight while on unauthorized leave. authorities did not confirm a link to the death. James Thomas Birt, 17, indicted for assault with intent to murder.
FBI said it is keeping an open mind about whether more than one man was involved in a $30,000 extortion attempt against Walter Ridder publisher of the Gary Post-Tribune. John Ward, 57, was shot by an agent after firing a shotgun and is in critical condition in Gary.
Federal agencies under the Fair Labeling Packaging Act publish rules to clarify price per unit and size for drugs cosmetics and household commodities. Economy size must offer lower price per measure and introductory offers are limited to certain products with specified price terms.
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