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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1973
Page
2
Weather for Decatur and vicinity shows a high of 88 today with a 60 percent rain chance and a low of 63 tonight. Cloudy with thundershowers today and mostly fair Sunday with a 20 percent tonight.
The Dow Jones average fell 2.93 to 891.71 as investors stayed on the sidelines amid West Germany’s mark revaluation. Volume was 10.77 million shares with 705 decliners to 645 advancers on the NYSE, while the NASDAQ index slipped 0.18 to 100.98. General Foods traded 212,000 shares at 25. Devon Apparel led OTC activity with a 54 close.
Chicago report says soybean futures dropped after Nixon's embargo on exports of soybeans and related products. Old crop months led the decline with limits reached. soybeans fell 17 cents to 1.51 a bushel and July soybeans near 10.00. Wheat rose modestly as grains overall tumbled and trading was suspended in soybeans, meal, and oil pending order review.
New York based Hoffmann La Roche report shows nutrition ranks second to price in food buying. Breakfast seen as most important meal needing nutritional improvement. Study drawn from panel discussions with diverse homemakers who buy about 90 percent of food and handle family meals.
Decatur Daily provides emergency contacts including Morgan County Sheriff in Hartselle 911 Limestone County numbers 353 0631 353 6256 and 232 1530 9ll 974 8782 for crises. Crisis Call Center number 355 8000 and instructions to dial 0 if unsure. Athens and department lines 353 4612 232 1535 353 4739 734 0342 listed.
Limestone County’s outgoing school superintendent C S Stout Pettus concludes an eight year term and joins the Limestone County Vocational Technical Center staff. Pettus recalls Pettusville roots near Elkmont and a life selling goods before education work. J C Chisholm Athens Elementary principal will take office Sunday.
Sonny Turner Pettus, longtime educator in Limestone County, begins as Adult Continuing Education Supervisor at the tech school after serving as superintendent. He previously led Tanner High for a year and Mooresville-Belle Mina Junior High for several years, and helped push accreditation across county schools.
Dean admitted involvement in procuring funds to silence Watergate defendants and prompting perjury by Magruder. He said he took 4850 for his honeymoon and returned it. He pressed to access White House files to answer questions and warned they may be destroyed. Senate panel pressed Nixon responsibility and urged legislative recommendations to prevent future Watergates.
The government said the ringleader was Col Souper and that rebels belonged to the 900-man 2nd Armored Regiment. Allende was not in the palace during the attack and did not state if the revolt was a coup attempt. The rebel force appeared to lack army backing from Chile’s 23,000-member force.
The scene centers on Dean and Senator Inouye with a tense exchange as Inouye offers a somber statement about answering questions fully. A sudden cheer erupts from a young crowd as the moment ends. Separately a Cullman child, Phillip Thomas, is treated for minor injuries after a downtown auto collision.
Police report said thieves broke into J. and J. Oil Co. at 1120 Canal St. NE on Thursday night and stole tires, oil filters and spark plugs. They damaged the safe door after attempting to open the safe. the rear sliding door panel was removed and the office ransacked.
The Senate accepts a continuing resolution with a post Aug. 15 cutoff for combat funding in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, while Nixon threatens veto on earlier cuts. House Republicans back the compromise urged by Gerald Ford, while opponents call for immediate bombing halt. Senate vote 15-2 with Mansfield and Muskie opposed.
Don J. Jones, training supervisor of Monsanto Co., named director of the budget committee for Morgan County United Way. A Hartselle native with degrees from Florence State University and George Peabody College, he has led local United Way efforts and holds leadership roles in area civic groups. He and his wife Martha White have two children. He also notes long involvement with United Way in Morgan County. In other news, a 14 year old Huntsville girl was injured in a motorcycle truck collision on Mooresville Road. Suzanne Van Dyke was treated and released from Athens Limestone Hospital. Alvis Hastings, 70, was uninjured. A St Bernard College president praises the Postal Service after a New York mailing test shows delivery in two days.
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