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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1973
Page
6
Funds approve moving the old city hall Mock Distributing Co and a bottling plant into the renewal boundary for clearance. Housing authority director Bob Neill notes a one-block pedestrian mall before the Old Bank Building and revised traffic, with Bank St through traffic rerouted onto Canal St. Work could start once city construction finishes.
Iewell Borden, a Town Creek native and 1967 Hatton High School graduate, died and will be taken to the residence before church services. Survivors include parents Evilee and unnamed father, four sisters Neather Faye Berryman Carol Ann Roberts Betty Lee Muston Sibley Dean Borden, two brothers Alton Earl Borden J C Borden, and grandmother Mrs Lillie Borden Russellville. Pallbearers named Tommy Lane W T Lane R C Lane Fate Quillen Dempsey Cornelius Gary Cornelius.
The article notes that a lease has not yet been signed but negotiations are ongoing. Cowart states progress on the center could lead to a signed lease. Grimmer believes the southwest region will become a growth hub if the project proceeds.
A Decatur civil case seeks 250000 in damages from former Mayor Charles E Gunthorp and ex-policeman Stewart Weaver over the death of James F. Davis. The complaint cites wrongful death. Gunthorp and Weaver have prior murder and manslaughter convictions and are appealing. Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell will preside.
Cauthen accuses the highway department of not enforcing truck weight laws as weighing stations built last year are not being used. He says the department aims to pressure the Legislature to pass higher weight limits by promising enforcement. Bass unavailable for comment.
Dean tells Senate Watergate panel he acted as messenger not mastermind. He rejects knowledge of White House involvement and cites memos about efforts to use federal power against political enemies. Frederick LaRue pleads guilty to one conspiracy count to testify against others.
Arnold M. Picker, described as public enemy number one, says he was flabbergasted by the label and notes a government message he failed to understand. Picker, a fund raider for Sen. Edmund Muskie and executive of United Artists, laughs at his prominence in the list.
The Nixon administration imposes an immediate embargo on high protein soybeans and oilseed exports to curb livestock feed costs. Agriculture Secretary Butz says the move is drastic but not costly to U.S. supplies, with an estimated saving of about 30 million bushels worth around 300 million dollars.
Buzhardt says Dean was the prime mover in the Watergate cover up alongside Mitchell and Magruder while Mitchell’s testimony is postponed to July 10. Dean counters that top White House leaders directed the cover up and questions Gurney’s loyalty amid questions over his campaign fund use for personal expenses.
Senators Eagleton and Mansfield warned President Nixon must decide between halting bombing in Cambodia and providing funds for federal operations as the government risks shutdown without timely debt ceiling and continuing resolution passage. The first vehicle for anti bombing action faced uncertain fate despite Tower's statement.
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