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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1973
Page
5
This guide outlines selling your current car to fund a new 1974 purchase. It weighs dealer trade-ins versus private sale, explains how to price, advertise, and negotiate, and warns on financing impacts and the value balance between wholesale and retail estimates. It advises getting multiple quotes and using written offers.
Polish evacuees describe a terrible tragedy after Israeli jets struck Damascus. Mrs. Marta Servic, wife of a Polish embassy official, says she saw many dead and injured as 20 Polish women and children arrived at a border post hours after the raid on downtown Damascus.
Embassy staff with S Hodorek recount doors and windows blown in after a bomb hit nearby. Stefan Bozhym lightly injured by flying glass. The attack damaged nearby Soviet and Soviet adviser buildings while Nixon adds three new and reappoints three members to the environmental quality advisory committee as energy conservation efforts continue.
In a week of upsets and tie games Camp clinched a weekly pool victory, narrowly beating Decatur and Coffee with a key win over Tulane. He noted future odds had little impact on his picks, and he and his wife Carolyn share the prize.
The article notes Blair, aged 45, appointed United States District Judge in Baltimore in July 1971 on the Vice President's recommendation as Agnew's federal court dispute heads into a climactic week amid tense legal developments.
An armed Israeli soldier stands guard on Tuesday at the Wailing Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, photographed for AP Wirephoto.
Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka and Soviet leader Brezhnev press for a World War II peace treaty. They echo differences over terms yet pledge to improve relations. Tanaka attends three days of discussions with Kosygin and other officials on Siberian development projects and Asian collective security concepts.
President Nixon has exchanged messages with Soviet leader Brezhnev as Washington seeks Moscow backing for a major peace initiative in the Middle East. White House officials say the talks aim to mobilize all nations with an interest in peace, with no details released on the messages.
Beijing voices strong support for Arab states after the Middle East conflict. Jenmin Jih Pao cites an Israeli surprise attack on Egypt and Syria as the largest Israeli aggression since 1967, while denouncing the Soviet Union for backing Israel and allowing mass Soviet Jewish emigration to Israel.
Howard R. Hughes gave $10,000 to C. Stanley Blair's 1970 Maryland gubernatorial bid, a secret contribution confirmed in a California lawsuit. The gift was acknowledged as nothing illegal by Blair's former campaign chairman.
The Senate backed a proposal to set an annual civilian workforce cap for the Defense Department a move that could cut many jobs. The House bill lacked the ceiling requiring a conference to resolve the difference. Defense officials oppose the ceiling saying it would hinder programs and missions.
New Delhi blames Israel for current fighting, with a government spokesman saying sympathies lie with the Arabs and accusing Israel of provoking the war by rigid peace talks. The Hindustan Times quoted the stance on Monday.
Paris reports Gabriel Marcel a leading Christian existentialist philosopher died at 83 from a heart attack. Known as founder of a French Catholic existentialist movement, his 45 year body of work included philosophical writings and plays shaping 20th century thought alongside Sartre Jaspers and Heidegger.
Chile pledges to permit Amnesty International to conduct an on-site probe into charges that the junta’s opponents are arrested, tortured, and executed without trial. Foreign Minister Ismael Huerta Diaz announced the agreement in New York during the General Assembly.
General Gustavo Leigh Guzman, Chile's air force head and junta strongman, declares no discussions or debates now as he seeks to pull the country from chaos and remove unwanted elements, rejecting Bay as a free press for the time being.
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