Songwriter Still Hopes For Automotive Reward
Claude Cates of Athens, a 70 year old former North Alabama songwriter, says Henry Ford promised him a Ford touring car in 1926 for a song titled Henry Ford at Muscle Shoals. Now 50 years later he believes Ford Motor Co may owe him the car as a token of appreciation.
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Claude Cates
Athens
North Alabama
Decatur Daily
Henry Ford
Mike Wright
Cates
Muscle Shoals
Ford Motor Co
Baxley seeks probe of Medicaid abuse and budget needs
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley told lawmakers his office needs a $100000 annual boost to pursue Medicaid fraud investigations. He warned without more funds the effort remains limited and highlighted indictments in Jefferson and Mobile counties. He proposed consolidating legal work under the AG to save money and said a larger budget would also cover rising appeal costs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bill Baxley
House
Senate
Baxley
Gil Kendrick
State Committee On Public Health
Jefferson
Mobile
Daily ad sells household items for James Schuman
James Schuman of 902 Towerview SW sold over 130 in merchandise through a low cost daily ad and received 14 additional responses showing interest from others wanting items like these.
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Daily-ad
James Schuman
Towerview
Mayor vows to resist tax suit in Morgan County
Decatur Mayor Russell Bolding pledged to vigorously oppose a suit filed by Concerned Citizens of Morgan County seeking repeal of the city police jurisdiction gross receipts and license tax. The group alleges taxation without representation and arbitrary tax base setting.
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Decatur
Russell Bolding
Concerned Citizens of
Morgan County
Bolding
North Alabama
James Whitmire
Citizens Group
Mao Dismisses Premier Teng
Mao Tse-tung ousted Teng Hsiao-ping from all party and government posts and elevated Hua Kuo-feng to premier and first vice chairman. The move follows months of anti-Teng campaigns and large protests in Peking, with Hua seen as Mao’s heir apparent. Teng loses army chief and vice chair roles but retains party membership to “see how he will behave.”
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John Roderick Tokyo
China
Mao Tse-tung
Teng Hsiao-ping
Hua Kuo-feng
Teng
Peking
Hua
Mao
Central Committee
Hsinhua
Tien An Men — Gate of Heavenly Peace
Chou
Martyr's Monument
First successful long distance television demo 1927
On this date in 1927 an audience at Bell Telephone in New York witnessed the first successful long distance television demonstration. The note appears in a dated calendar listing with weather and ads for local commerce.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York
Carter Wins Wisconsin Jackson Takes New York
Jimmy Carter edged Wisconsin while Henry M. Jackson won New York in a split Democratic primary. Udall’s bid faltered, Humphrey looms as a potential late factor if no clear leader emerges after Pennsylvanias April 27 vote. Ford beat Reagan in Wisconsin for the Republican primary.
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Carter
Wisconsin
Jackson
New York
Walter R. Mears
Jimmy Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Morris K. Udall
Washington
Sen
Pennsylvania
Humphrey
Minnesota
NBC
Udall
Georgia
Dall
Venezuelan government seizes Owens-Illinois holdings
Caracas says Owens-Illinois violated the law by funding a kidnapped manager’s manifesto in major newspapers. The action follows demands by leftists who abducted William F. Niehous, manager of the Venezuelan operations, from his Caracas home on February 27.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Toledo
Ohio
New York Times
Times of London
le Monde
Paris
William F. Niehous
Owens-Illinois
Carter Plans Alabama visit to woo delegates after Wisconsin win
Democrat frontrunner Jimmy Carter will visit Alabama within a week of the May 4 primary to court delegates from Gov. George Wallace. Campaign manager Bill King said Carter would stop at the Huntsville Decatur Jetport for a press conference and make a whistle stop tour possibly including Birmingham Mobile Tuscaloosa and Montgomery.
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Tommy Stevenson
Jimmy Carter
Alabama
George Wallace
Bill King
Carter
Pennsylvania
Huntsville-Decatur
King
Atlanta
Georgia
Pennyslvania
Jetport
Birmingham
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Wallace
Wisconsin
City Students Win Merit Scholarships From Corporations
Two local seniors Ernie Schlangen of West Morgan High and Kell Ryland of Austin High won renewable four year corporate sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards. Schlangen received the Amoco Foundation Merit Scholarship tied to Amoco affiliated employer children and is valedictorian and NHS president with multiple clubs. Ryland earned the Monsanto Merit Scholarship.
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Ernie Schlangen
West Morgan High School
Kell Ryland
Austin High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Schlangen
Amoco Foundation
Standard Oil of
Indiana
NMSC
Amoco
West Morgan
Howard Hughes Funeral Held in Houston Secret Graveside Rites
Billionaire Howard Hughes was buried in a brief, private service at Glenwood Cemetery west of downtown Houston after dying Monday from kidney failure. Episcopal Dean Robert Gibson delivered last rites from John 14, noting humility and mortality as five women and about 15 to 20 mourners attended the tres-minute ceremony kept secret from the public.
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Houston
Howard Hughes
Robert Gibson
Christ Church Cathedral
Howard
Glenwood Cemetery
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Westinghouse Electric
Decatur Daily Want AD
Dial
Landers
Martha Ann‘s
Valley
Tennessee Valley
ABC
Arizona
Carter Harris
Reagan
Top of the
Moro
Rome
Socialist Party
Francesco de Martino
Aldo Moro
Christian Democratic
Italy
de Martino
Bandits
Wells Fargo
Citibank
Manila
The
Philippines
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Eugenio Lopez Jr
Ford Administration
New York City
Ryland
Monsanto
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