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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1973
Page
11
Norman Chandler, longtime Los Angeles Times publisher, died Saturday after a lengthy illness. He was 74. AP Wirephoto shows him in a formal portrait.
Queen Elizabeth inaugurated the Sydney Opera House, a 150 million dollar project, in a ceremony simulating a ship launch. Nylon streamers stretched from the sail towers to tugs as hundreds of harbor vessels blew whistles and 60 000 colored balloons rose into the sky.
Two Grenadian sisters died after being thrown from a sixth floor window at the Hotel Windsor in New York. Police seek Jenny Gibbs’s boyfriend John Montgomery Williams, a Trinidad native, as a suspect in the double homicide following a room dispute. The sisters were June Gibbs, 26, a British West Indies Airlines stewardess, and Jenny Gibbs, 29, a Grenada Tourist Board employee and former airline stewardess.
The Institute of Planners opens with a major focus on planners' evolving roles under shifting national priorities. James T. Lynn, secretary of HUD, will present the Nixon administration's view of New Federalism on Monday.
Floods across southern and southeastern Spain on Friday left 93 confirmed dead and more than 100 missing. Officials warned the toll could reach 200 as waters swept away homes with families inside, marking the worst flooding since 1962 near Barcelona.
Revival continues through Friday at Deer Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Williams speaking at 7 and 7 15 p m on weekdays. Various meetings follow at churches, clubs, and civic groups across Morgan County with a mix of luncheons, programs, films, and tours.
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