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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1977
Page
5
Ralph Nader and a 95 member coalition launch a lobbying drive to persuade undecided congressmen to back a Consumer Protection Agency. Voters in 78 districts urged to send nickels and letters while Nader plans district visits to swing votes.
The Federal Election Commission ruled Jane Fonda's $400000 donation to a California Senate candidate was legal since her husband Tom Hayden is part of a community property estate. The decision upheld no per candidate limit under state property rules and followed a complaint from John Tunney backers.
French singer Charles Aznavour was found guilty of tax evasion on undeclared income before 1972 and fined 720000 dollars, with a suspended year jail sentence and a dropped 3 million-dollar claim. Maneka Gandhi accused Indian officials of bugging homes and tailing Sanjay Gandhi. Singer Jeannie Seely in Nashville hospital after a car crash with a broken jaw and ribs.
Gallup poll findings show 65 percent aware of CPR and 54 percent of those would take a course, with 80 percent favoring CPR being required before high school graduation. Women show more interest while men more often have taken a course.
Today activities include a 7 p.m. Single Adult Fellowship at First Baptist youth center and a 7 p.m. reception for Howell Heflin in Decatur with a talk by the judge afterward. Weekend schedules list church services, bake sale, softball tournament registrations due today, and various musical performances around Morgan and Caddo counties.
A reader recalls Mrs Graves Pettey and her Decatur dry cleaning service on Vine Street. Community items include revival dates at Jones Chapel and Austin High School band rehearsals, church notes, nursing home praise, and a Christian manifesto by Jim H Atkins. The piece ends with the Supreme Court Hyde amendment ruling on abortion funding and state policies.
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