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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1973
Page
10
Consumers fighting the bulging food bill suffered another setback in September. An Associated Press market basket survey shows the family grocery bill on Oct 1 averaging about nine percent higher than March 1. Pork chops and eggs fell, but milk sugar butter and cookies kept prices rising.
Vanderbilt sociologist Richard Peterson analyzes the country hit Rednecks White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer cowritten by Johnny Russell and Chuck Neese. He says the song connects with marginalized groups through shared symbols and pride, despite mockery, reflecting identity formation in music and society. The report also notes market basket changes in October with varied grocery price shifts and beef price controls ending in September.
Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire was slightly injured when two youths, aged 14 and 15, beat him with a stick during a jog near his home and Capitol Hill. The assailants were arrested after Proxmire identified them, and they face assault on a member of Congress charges and armed robbery intent under the 1971 act.
Robert Auld, a 35 year old lawyer, cannot move his home away from the 12th hole at Moor Park golf course near London. The council will close the hole until realignment so golfers tee off in the opposite direction. Auld and his family have endured damage and he threatened a court injunction after windows were shattered.
William M. Mooney, already with the FBI in Washington, will become agent in charge of the Mobile office on October 23, succeeding Philip A. McNiff who moves to head the New York bureau's organized crime division. Mooney joined the FBI in 1951 and has served in the inspection division in Washington.
The article notes Mt Waialeale in Hawaii as the wettest place on earth with an average annual rainfall of 460 inches.
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