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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1973

Page

5

Harris presses LEPA funding details and funeral bill concerns

Alabama senator Harris challenged LEPA funding by demanding line by line spending details and warned the $450 000 LEAA share needs a state appropriation before grants. He also opposed parts of a funeral home licensing bill he says could create a monopoly and urged price regulation.

Harris Alabama Robert H. Wilder Dadeville Aubrey Carr Guntersville Carr

Nixon meeting details emerge in Dean testimony

Dean testifies that at a White House meeting Nixon seemed to understand the Watergate cover up and praised his work. He recalls discussions of the seven indicted in the Watergate case, civil suits over wiretapping, and possible House inquiry. The session lasted 30 to 40 minutes. The Senate convenes at 11 a.m. and may adjourn after July 4.

Gurney Dean Bob Haldeman Ehrlichman House Nixon Harris Senate

Bookout Pushes No-Fault Insurance Measure in Alabama

Alabama Insurance Commissioner John Bookout urges no-fault coverage to speed payouts for accident victims with medical bills up to 1000 dollars or lost wages up to 1000 dollars, while larger claims remain court-reivable. Gov. Wallace backs the bill as lawmakers debate funding and tort reform.

Montgomery Ala John Bookout Alabama Bookout House Insurance Committee Robert D. Timmons Jefferson County George C. Wallace House Senate Timmons

Bingo Winners and Jackpots in Decatur Daily Ad

Mrs. Evelyn Yarbrough won by playing seven cards at 2208 11th St SE. A $100 Bingo Bucks prize awaits weekly winners. If no winner the jackpot adds to next week for a $200 merchandise prize. Green card color. match all numbers shown on a Bingo Bug in ads. Entries due by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Each week runs Monday through Sunday.

Evelyn Yarbrough 11Th St. SE Decatur Daily

Deans Testimony Ties White House to Watergate Enemies List

Dean testified before the Senate Watergate committee that the White House kept an enemies list of politicians, newsmen, union officials, and businessmen. He said he helped raise money to silence Watergate burglars to avoid direct ties to the President. Colson memos referenced targeted actions against figures like Harold Gibbons, Jack Anderson, Chet Huntley, Robert Strauss, and J Erwin Miller, with notes about wiretap room associations.

Gurney Dean Nixon Watergate CIA Bob United States Senate Committee White House Senate Watergate Committee Charles W. Colson Harold J. Gibbons Teamsters Union Colson Jack Anderson NBC Chet Huntley Robert Strauss Columbus Ind

Alabama Bills Move on Expenses Tax and Government Consolidation

The Senate Judiciary Committee approves a plan to raise state travel expense allowances from 15 to 25 dollars a day. A separate bill would exempt water pollution equipment from the 4 percent state tax. A constitutional amendment proposes merging Montgomery area city and county governments. In Tuscaloosa the Partlow State School inquiry seeks progress since last year’s reforms. Harriet Tillman’s group questions mortality at Partlow after Judge Johnson’s 1972 order.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Charles Grainger Madison County Birmingham Partlow State School Tuscaloosa Harriet Tillman Partlow School U. S. District Court Frank Johnson Jr

Luxury townhouse complex planned at Beltline Cathey Ln

The plan calls for 30 three bedroom townhouses on a 9.26 acre tract with a pool clubhouse tennis courts and a sauna. Units include ground floor access with no stairs and an Old English design. Construction is to take nine months with completion targeted for May 1974 after M1A site approval and frontage road requirement. A psychiatric hospital was announced earlier at the same intersection.

Bailey City Planning Commission Beltline-Cathey Ln

TVA seeks 43 million for bridge and other programs

TVA requests 43.2 million dollars in fiscal 1974 for programs beyond electric power including funds to redesign the navigation portion of a railroad bridge as part of broader bridge alteration efforts.

TVA

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