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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1973
Page
1
Secret Service agents seized about 2000 imported coffee mugs in downtown San Rafael California this week. The mugs depicted a Nixon likeness replacing the Washington portrait on a dollar bill prompting the seizure.
A Decatur Daily course titled America and the Future of Man begins Sunday with an article by Harvard sociologist Dr Daniel Bell. Bell, noted educator writer and author, has become managing editor of The newspaper program outlines lectures and aims to explore gender and society.
The Senate voted 48 to 36 for a 23 percent reduction in US land based troops overseas amid objections it would weaken U.S. negotiating leverage with the Soviet Union. This followed earlier tentative cuts of 40 percent overturned on later votes.
A federal judge in Birmingham verbally barred Colbert and Lauderdale County growers from honoring 1973 cotton contracts and ordered delivery of cotton. Judge J Foy Gunn Jr said he would sign the injunction next Tuesday after lawyers for growers and buyers review details. The ruling mirrors a prior Georgia case where a similar injunction would bind those aware of it to deliver.
Washington AP report that the Agriculture Department urged New York Cotton Exchange to restrict October 1973 futures trading to liquidation only, with possible board recall by Oct 2 if progress stalls. Prices near 90 cents per pound, highest since Civil War, with exports of 6 million plus bales planned for foreign delivery in 1973-74.
Vice President Spiro Agnew declares he will fight charges in court and appeal to Congress for a full hearing. He says resignation is not an option and asserts he is innocent despite a Baltimore grand jury indictment and public pressure.
A Texas International airliner carrying 11 aboard vanished Thursday night during a torrential rainstorm over southwest Arkansas. Fog hindered search efforts, with responders still seeking the craft today.
In Today's Daily On This Date the two U S Army planes finished the first round-the-world voyage in 175 days. The feature notes the historic feat and the era context for aviation progress.
Somerville resident Joe Maxwell sells 21 pigs and garners 19 additional responses as part of a Decatur Daily want ad promotion. The notice invites readers to place livestock or unwanted-item ads at low cost, offering a September special for 14 days. Contact numbers are listed for Athens and Decatur readers.
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