Daylight Time Backed By Lawmakers For Year-Round Use
Washington debates year-round daylight time as energy savings proposals surface in both houses. Advocates led by Sen. Adlai Stevenson III cite Rand Corp. studies suggesting 0.5 to 1.5 percent winter energy reduction, while opponents warn of more driving and higher heating fuel use.
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New York Times News Service
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Sen
Adlai Stevenson III
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Stevenson
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica
Calif
William R. Harris
Rand
Social Sciences Department
Harris
John H. Gibbons
Interior Department
Office of Energy
Transportation Department
Senate Commerce Committee
Gibbons
Town Creek Blaze Claims 3 Children
Three children died in an early morning fire in a mobile home west of Town Creek Alabama 20. Malena Allen age two and twins Terris and Teras Allen age one perished after neighbors and volunteer firefighters arrived. The cause was not known though authorities suspected a gas heated explosion. One child was pulled alive from the flames but died of smoke inhalation. The parents and grandfather owned the property. See further details on Page 5.
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Lawrence County
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Walter Allen
Malena Allen
Terris
Teras Allen
Mobile Home
L. W. Sanderson
Sanderson
Royal Terry
Robert Allen
Hershel Boyles
Carl Harrison
Senate Committee To Hear Cox Story
Fired special says he sought more than presidential tapes and would testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Debate over appointing a new prosecutor centers on access to White House materials amid Watergate investigations. Cox argues the tapes were a first step for broader evidence from the White House.
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Robert Bork
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Miso
Bork
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U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Indiana
Birch Bayh
First Winter Chill Bites Tennessee Valley
Temperatures drop to mid 30s tonight as cold weekend rains bring the area's first winter chill. A north Georgia snowfall of up to six inches was reported at Fort Mountain State Park, with traces in northeast Georgia and at Signal Mountain Tennessee.
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Decatur
David Nelson
Tri County District Health Service
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Fort Mountain State Park
Tom Winklery
Georgia
Signal Mountain
Georgia Line
Winklery
Egyptians Get Relief Despite Air Warfare
Israel said its air and ground forces shot down three Egyptian helicopters near the Sinai southwest coast as emergency aid to the 3rd Army continued. U N trucks with Egyptian drivers ferried food water and medicine across the Suez Canal despite Red Cross access disputes.
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Israel
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Suez Canal
U.N
East Bank
Suez
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Red Cross
Stock Market Crash Darkens 1929 Day Of Plunge
In Today's Daily On This Date 1929 the New York Stock Market collapsed triggering the worst financial crisis in U S history. Weather notes include highs in the mid-50s and lows near the mid-30s with a Tuesday forecast low around 60s.
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New York
Dial
Athens
Coffee Heart Attack Link Declined by California Study
A California study finds no link between coffee intake and heart attacks, countering earlier Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program results. The prior studies reported higher risk with one to five cups and six or more cups daily, not fully explained by smoking or obesity.
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Jane E. Brody
New York Times News Service
New York
California
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program
Ford nomination to be voted on by both houses
Democratic leaders said they hope Rep Gerald Ford’s nomination as vice president can be voted on in both houses this year. In Istanbul two passenger buses collided injuring 4 and killing 22 near Bolu between Istanbul and Ankara. The United States will send a carrier task force to the Indian Ocean in response to Soviet naval buildup in the Mediterranean. Chicken and dumplings special 26 cents per pound.
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Lowry Cited At Awards Fete
Bob Lowry received the Publisher's Award for Journalistic Excellence at the first annual competition for reporting and photography for THE DECATUR DAILY. He also won spot news for coverage of the murder trial of former Decatur Mayor Charles E Gunthorp.
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Tommy Stevenson
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Bud Stallworth
Alvin Benn
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Bobby Herbert
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George Wallace
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