No Bids Offered To Fill Decatur's Gasoline Needs
The city of Decatur faced a six month shortage as Gulf and Standard Oil did not bid for 45 000 gallons of regular and 90 000 gallons of premium gasoline. Texaco held the prior contract and officials planned to negotiate to secure a quotation amid nationwide fuel allotment limits.
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Decatur
Gulf and
Standard Oil Companies
Texaco
Bill Dukes
Duke
Birmingham
Charles Pylant
Pylant
Proviso eyed as store Sunday opening law repeal moves forward
Sen. Bob Harris proposes a proviso to let local governments restrict Sunday openings if the repeal of Alabama blue laws passes. Rep. David Cauthen says the repeal removes an archaic law, with Rep. Richard Dill backing the measure. If approved, four employees or fewer stores could operate on Sundays, nullifying existing local blue laws in Morgan County and elsewhere. The bill, requiring four weeks of advertisement, heads to committee with hopes for quick passage and a year trial to gauge success.
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Montgomery
Bob Harris
Harris
David Cauthen
Cauthen
Richard Dill
Birmingham
Morgan County
Hartselle
Pompidou and Nixon discuss NATO amid European forces warning
In Reykjavik the French president Georges Pompidou told President Nixon that unilateral cuts of the U S Europe force would pose great danger. The leaders held a wide ranging summit on NATO while their ministers tackled Middle East Vietnam and Cambodia issues in separate talks.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Georges Pompidou
France
Nixon
America
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
William P. Rogers
Michel Jobert
Mideast
Vietnam
Cambodia
Pompidou
Decatur Daily Raises Home Delivery and Sunday Rack Prices
Effective June 1 1973 the Decatur Daily increases home delivered subscription to 3.25 per month while daily rack prices stay the same and Sunday rack price rises to 25 cents. Carriers receive a share of the increase.
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Decatur Daily
Cullman Woman Shot To Death On Tuskegee Campus
Eloise Benefield 49 of Cullman was shot once in the left ear and once in the throat on the Tuskegee Institute campus while possibly checking a road map after pulling off Alabama 126. Police sought a slender Black man with earrings. two men detained for questioning.
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Tuskegee
Cullman Junior High
Tuskegee Institute
Charles Johnson
Eloise Benefield
Cullman
Johnson
LEPA Must Seek Senate Backing To Get Federal Grants
Alabama Sen. Bob Harris demands LEPA detail a $450,000 state match before receiving federal funds. The Finance committee blocked LEPA’s appropriation, ordering a full Senate briefing on spending plans and a possible amendment to the appropriation bill. Harris cited past scrutiny after LEPA rejected funding a police academy at Calhoun Junior College. He warned the agency would lose grant-disbursing power if money isn’t restored, urging a clear spending outline.
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Bob Lowry Montgomery
Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency
LEPA
Alabama Senate
Bob Harris
Harris
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
SEPA
Senate
Calhoun Junior College
Harris rails at LEPA cuts over Calhoun academy funds
Sen. Harris says no uniform stance on the SEPA issue and cites political divides in Alabama. He notes North Alabama opposition to LEPA’s funding cutoff for the Calhoun academy, naming several lawmakers who joined in the criticism. LEPA Director Bo Davis was in Mobile and unavailable for comment.
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Harris
South Alabama
Robert Wilson
Jasper
Finance and Taxation
North Alabama
Lepa
Calhoun Academy
Robert
Bo) Davis
Decatur
Mobile
Senate
Alabama Senate set for Mobile filibuster over budgets
In Montgomery lawmakers head toward Mobile for a weekend of fun as the Senate threatens to filibuster again to stall budget measures needed to keep state government functioning. In Washington the Pentagon reports a one third cut in B52 bombing raids over Cambodia due to Congress not approving a transfer of funds between military accounts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mobile
Senate
Washington
Pentagon
Cambodia
Congress
Nixon
Jay Eisen
Gateways Unlimited
God Bless
Washington Post
Morgan Man Gets Life
A 33 year old Fred Goodman of Falkville was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of first degree murder in the shooting death of 52 year old Frank D. Luker outside a Cullman County store. The jury reached the verdict around 10 p.m. after a trial that began Monday.
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Cullman
Morgan County
Fred Goodman
Goodman
Falkville
Frank D. Luker
Lee Morgan
Nixon's The One becomes popular again as Watergate souvenirs
A flood of Watergate related items appears as the scandal's impact endures. Gold pins shaped like an elephant bug cost about 225 dollars with 75 dollars in silver, bumper stickers revive campaign lines, and buttons proclaim Nixon's The One while tees sell out at times.
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New York Times
Washington
Basil Theologus
Watergate Jewelers
Watergate Mall
Medicare Premiums Jump 50 Cents Monthly July 1
Medicare Part B premiums rise from 5.80 to 6.30 monthly starting July 1, with a $60 annual deductible after a $10 increase. The Nixon plan to add $700 million yearly faces Senate opposition and House resistance. Part A enrolls about 23.1 million with $8.2 billion cost. Part B about 22.5 million at just over $3 billion.
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Washington
Medicare
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hew
Eichmann Executed in Israel as War Crimes Trial Concludes
In 1962 Adolf Eichmann was executed in Israel after a war crimes trial. Weather notes forecast mid 80s today with low 60s tonight and 40 to 50 percent rain chances through Friday.
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Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Tragedy at Indy frames 500 finish with fatal crash
The Indianapolis 500 ended in tragedy as pit crewman Amando Teran was struck and killed by a fire truck while rushing to the Swede Savage wreck. Savage is listed in critical condition. Decatur Dixie Youth Baseball pursues program upgrades and awaits a late Friday decision on a 1973 World Series bid.
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Amando Teran
Swede Savage
Decatur Dixie Youth Baseball
DDYB
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