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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1973
Page
5
Italian health officials inspect mussels on sale in Bari as the cholera death toll rises to three in the region. Authorities seized shellfish linked to polluted Gulf of Naples waters and warned the epidemic may have begun from eating the shellfish.
A convoy of 15 river boats reached the encircled provincial capital Kampong Cham 45 miles northeast of Phnom Penh with supplies. Despite this, travelers say the situation grows direr and helicopters may struggle to land or evacuate the wounded. Heavy fighting persists along Route 4 as government forces push to reopen the main supply link from Phnom Penh to Kompong Cham.
In Rome one man died and another was found to have cholera as officials note the epidemic spread. An 88 year old man died and contact tracing and vaccination reassured locals. In Naples the mayor said there is no longer an epidemic as nine deaths in the city and three more in Bari over the weekend push Italy's toll higher.
Federal investigators in Baltimore scrutinize the J. K. Greiner Co. over an $8 million 1967 bridge design contract awarded by Maryland governor Agnew for a Chesapeake Bay crossing. Contractors attack the plan as inadequate.
In Vientiane officials say Chinese communist troops have manned anti aircraft positions along a northern Laos road for years. They have occasionally shot at stray American planes but largely avoid direct combat unlike North Vietnamese forces, with one editor praising their "gentlemanly" conduct.
New York Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan lauded the Nixon administration for benefits to workers during commencement for Empire State College Center of Labor Studies' first graduating class. He cited lower unemployment, job opportunities, and higher take-home pay, and expressed hope that Congress will sign a bill raising minimum wage to 2.20 dollars an hour in two stages.
TEL AVIV NUT The secretariat of the governing labor party Monday approved a controversial four year program for the administration of the Arab territories occupied in the 1967 war. The plan still has to be endorsed by the party s central committee.
The American Petroleum Institute released a report arguing that federal deregulation of natural gas prices would cause only minor increases for the 39 million U S residential customers. It cites an average 155.73 dollar annual bill last year with regional variation from 90.57 in the west south central to 205.83 in New England. For heating and cooking, bills soar as high as 381.70 in New York City in 1971 72 versus 229.89 in Chicago. Also covers Indiana prison inmate demands after a 36 hour takeover ending with three hostages released.
Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba received a warm welcome in Georgetown Guyana on his way to the nonaligned nations conference in Algeria. He toured a monument to the founders of the third world group and planted a tree, then visited a bauxite mine before proceeding to Trinidad en route to Algiers.
Illinois allows foreign banks to open branches after joining New York and California. Barclays already announces a Chicago branch with plans for up to ten more within a year, while Chicago banks react with mixed anxiety to the new freedom.
Soviet sources reported three killed when a homemade bomb exploded inside the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square last Saturday. The blast caused no material damage, but official media remain silent on the incident reflecting the system’s stance.
Venezuela plans to renew diplomatic and trade relations with Marxist Cuba, a shift forecast by Foreign Minister Aristides Calvani and expected to be announced by President Rafael Caldera before the December election. The move signals a dramatic reversal and strains U S policy of isolating Havana. It marks a break with past Caracas stance when Venezuela condemned Cuba in 1967.
Wildcat strikes hit Germany's top factories in Ford and Opel plants amid inflation unrest. Up to 50,000 workers stayed away on various days, sparking government concern as major union contracts near renewal at year end.
The Soviet government accused an American financed station beaming into the USSR of broadcasting statements by physicist Andrei Sakharov. Izvestia claimed US support for Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe violates any easing of East West tensions and reflects Moscow’s hard line.
In eastern Canada two importers Belarus Sales of Canada and Belarus Equipment of Canada, both tied to the Soviet Agency, plan to capture part of the U S 8 5 billion farm machinery market with rugged Belarus tractors priced from about 2 400 to 6 400 dollars. Walter L Fitzpatrick says the machines eschew luxuries for durability.
A 306 foot freighter laden with 126 tons of calcium carbide burst into flames and remained out of control on Sunday. The crew abandoned ship due to explosion risk. The vessel was beached on a sand bar near a river levee 50 miles south of New Orleans, as a Coast Guard helicopter dropped a chemical extinguisher package to combat the fire.
The calendar lists meetings for the auxiliary to the American Postal Workers Union at 7 p.m. at First National Bank. Christian Women's Fellowship at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Gertrude Denson’s home. Mizpah Chapter 19 at the Masonic Temple. Parents Without Partners at St. John's Episcopal Church. the Priceville Homemakers Club at 1:30 p.m. at Mrs. Robert Snyder’s home. girls’ volleyball team formation at Aquadome Recreation Center from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.. Southeast Decatur Homemakers Club at 2017 Magnolia St. SE. the Friendship Club at Summer Manor at 10:30 a.m.. dog obedience classes registration at 6:30 p.m. at the TC Almon Center sponsored by the German Shepherd Dog Club of Decatur. film on dog training. fall story hours for four and five-year-olds at the Youth Branch Library. fall personnel administration symposium at Ramada Inn. Brewer Athletic Booster Club meeting at 7 p.m. at the high school. Decatur Cotillion Club at City Hall. Red Cross Bloodmobile donation at 305 Cain St. from 1 p.m.. Decatur Pilot Club meeting at Decatur Inn at 7 p.m.. and dance classes at Aquadome taught by Jack Saxon with contact 353-5012.
City hall will open bids Friday for a pickup truck to serve at the countywide sanitary landfill. Decatur will provide the truck after Hartselle tabled participation, with the landfill under construction at Deer Springs on U.S. 31 south of Flint.
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