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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1973
Page
1
AP reports Chilean military junta confirms Marxist President Salvador Allende killed himself as tanks surrounded the presidential palace. Communique cites death by own action at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral held with family. burial in local cemetery. Officials describe ongoing clean up while snipers threaten violence.
A Morgan County grand jury indicted Charles E. Cottingham, 48, on second degree murder charges in the August deaths of three road striping crew members after Cottingham's truck collided with their machine on Trinity Mountain. He also faces driving while intoxicated charges and posted a $5,000 bond. Victims included Jack Thomas Gray of Atlanta and Wayne E. Strong of Baileyton, both 38, plus a 19-year-old English youth identified as Arthur Lee.
Salvador Allende, Chile's socialist leader, won in 1970 after a long campaign, then died amid a military coup in Santiago ending his presidency three years early. Police said he killed himself, fulfilling a prior vow to be carried out in a pine box.
A Huntsville motorist reports gasoline at Billups Service Station on Wilson Ave NW was mostly water after a wife bought fuel there. Police say thousands of gallons spilled when a running hose was placed in a storage tank, causing a large cleanup by Decatur Fire Department and prompting a BBB contact.
Belle Mina Gin welcomed area's first cotton bale produced by James W. Troupe amid a season of adverse weather. Growers in the Tennessee Valley foresee below average yield and a crop several weeks later than prior years due to troubling growing conditions.
ConAgra president J Allan Mactier and Morton Sosland editor of Milling and Baking News will attend the Rooster Club breakfast at the Decatur Inn Thursday morning. Sosland, long associated with his milling publication, will speak at 7 28 am during a coffee event sponsored by ConAgra. Machier arrives today for a Decatur division HQ inspection and will be honored at a Decatur Inn dinner tonight.
Six winners shared this week’s $200 jackpot in THE DAILY’s 13th and final Newspaper Bingo contest. Winners Luther Standridge Madgie Roden Beverly Cubitt Anna Cordle Oscar Tudor and Mack Vinson collected cards from Chandler’s Fabric Shop J C’s Jewelry John’s Pipe and Tobacco Eckerd’s Drug Store and other merchants.
Washington reports President Nixon nominated Rep. John Buchanan of Alabama to serve as a United Nations delegate. The five member U S delegation will attend the 28th regular session opening Tuesday and running through December 18. The Senate Watergate committee set six weeks for remaining hearings from Sept. 24 to Nov. 1.
Jim Bohannon of Hartselle sold his Welsh Pony and received 74 responses from buyers. The listing notes low cost and a Decatur Daily advertisement inclusion. The high interest implies multiple local residents seeking ponies or similar livestock opportunities.
NC Robinson Furniture advertises service for all major apps at Downtown Ave Decatur with contact number 353-2370.
Sherri Rogers, a Lawrence County High School junior, was named Miss Lawrence County at the Morgan County Fair defeating Pam Sims and Lynn Coffey. Sims and Coffey are also juniors at LCHS and are daughters of local residents. The Miss Lawrence County pageant opens a week of fair contests leading to a county winners showdown at the Tennessee Valley Exposition.
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