Appalachian Funds Eyed For 13 County Expansion
Donald Whitehead, federal co chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, said Congress may provide 20 million dollars to extend Appalachian programs from Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties into 10 additional North Alabama counties. He noted possible reductions in the original three counties if the expansion proceeds and praised North Alabama for its early Appalachian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Regional Commission
North
Alabama
Donald Whitehead
Athens Rotary Club
Congress
Morgan, Limestone, and
Lawrence Tricounty
North Alabama
Whitehead
Athens
Decatur
Tri-County District Health Service
Calhoun Junior College
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Nixon
Bob Jones
Rotary
Jones
House
Jennings Randolph
Senate
Branum Named Boss Of Year By National Secretaries
Donald R. Branum executive vice president of Willo Products Co. was chosen Boss of the Year by the National Secretaries Association. He serves in numerous organizations including Civitan Club Troop 60 Chamber of Commerce and Salvation Army Advisory Board and holds a mechanical engineering degree from Auburn. He is a Decatur High School and Auburn graduate and longtime community volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Branum
National Secretaries Association (International
Branum
Willo Products Co
Civitan Club
Troop
Church of God
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Original Decatur Park and Recreation Board
Decatur High School
Auburn University
Decatur High Pta
Central United Methodist Church
Alabama Historical Society
Martha B Puckett
Sunday In The Park Set By Decatur Arts Council
Decatur Arts Council plans a Sunday in the Park festival with art exhibits on Gordon-Bible School lawn from 2 to 6 pm. Art works by 300 plus students and adults plus performances by four school ensembles. Admission is free. The event highlights city wide competition winners to be announced Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Arts Council
Gordon-Bible School
Decatur Art Guild
Helen Johnson
Arts Council
Clocks Jump Forward as Daylight Saving Time Arrives
Time shifts ahead this Sunday as clocks move from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Congress announced DST begins on the last Sunday in April and Standard Time ends on the final Sunday in October, affecting most of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Dachau Liberation Highlight of War Anniversaries
On this date in 1945 American troops liberated 32000 Nazi victims at Dachau in Germany. The brief item notes the historical moment and its place in wartime memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dachau
Cleanup Goes Rain Or Shine In Morgan County
Morgan Beautiful's cleanup proceeds today with Scouts collecting along highways and civic groups aiding military drivers. Call 355-5062 before noon to arrange pickup of junk and appliances. 750 volunteers expected as National Guard and Army Reserve provide trucks. Landfills open free for today’s waste disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Beautiful
Service Club
Decatur
Charles Mathias
Morgan County
National Guard
Army Reserve
Soviets Doubling Arms Shipments to North Vietnam
Pentagon officials said the Soviet Union has doubled ships delivering arms ammunition and gasoline to North Vietnam. Two Soviet minesweepers sailed from Vladivostok signaling possible Soviet response if Haiphong Harbor is mined. The Haiphong fleet reportedly rose from about 12 to over 24 vessels, some carrying surface to air missiles. Estimates show North Vietnam fired 600 to 800 SAM-2 missiles at U S and South Vietnamese aircraft recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Beecher Washington
NVT
Pentagon
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Vladivostok
Soviet Far East
United States
Haiphong Harbor
Moscow
South Vietnam
Haiphong
Nixon admin weighs mining Haiphong to choke North Vietnam
Nixon administration officials consider the option of closing North Vietnam to sea supply by mining or blockading Haiphong if Hanoi maintains its offensive. Commanders have moved extra mines but experts deem the move unlikely and risky against the Soviet Union, given ongoing diplomacy and bombing.
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Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Hanoi
Soviet Union
U. S
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnamese push to old capital near Saigon
North Vietnamese assaults Saturday drove South Vietnamese troops from an outpost and the major base guarding the approaches to Saigon as fighting intensified around key positions near the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Hue
Bastogne
Quang Tri
Miss Point Mallard pageant forms due tonight
Midnight is the deadline to mail entries for the May 13 Miss Point Mallard Pageant. Open to Morgan and adjoining counties, contestants compete for over 40 000 in gifts and scholarships plus about 38 000 from the Miss Alabama Pageant.
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Decatur Daily
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Colbert
Franklin
Marshall
Blount
Walker
Jackson
Etowah
Fayette
Lamar
Kathy Webb
P.O. Box
Decatur
U.S
Guerrilla Bombings Hit Northern Ireland Centers Wounded Eighteen
In Belfast and another Northern Ireland city guerrillas bombed shopping centers. Eighteen people were wounded. President Nixon faces a Senate defeat on welfare reform as the Finance Committee rejects the family assistance plan and backs a work oriented program. Preston Hornsby, Macon County probate judge and former sheriff, was indicted on charges of purchasing stolen cattle. He denied the charges.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tuskegee (Ap
Macon County
Preston Hornsby
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
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Appalachian
Appalachian Chief Tours
G.W
Pete’ James
Tri
County District Health Service
Health Service
Bobby Herbert
Big E. W.T. Grant
Gibson's Discount Center
Doug Warren
W.T. Grant
Warren
Big E
Gibson's
Elizabeth Glasgow
Teague Rd
Hartselle
C-1
the Decatur Daily
Billy Smith
GO Im Power
Tennessee Valley
North Viets
Old Capital
Edwin Q. White
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
Ady
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