Stop The Slaughter: Reassess Automobile Driving Rights
Guest editorial argues that driving privileges have become a near rights in America and cites Alabama licensing laxity as a core problem. It urges strict driver examinations, long-term license suspensions for chronic violators, frequent police checks, and annual vehicle safety inspections to curb rising traffic fatalities. The piece calls for targeted safety standards and accountability to reduce road carnage.
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Alabama
Times
Huntsville
State Senate
Weather Forecast Highlights for Friday Weekend
Friday record high 87 at 3 p.m and low 72 at 6 a.m. Forecast calls for today high 88, low 70, Sunday 89. Partly cloudy with 30 to 40 percent chance of thundershowers later. Climate data show month total 34.43 inches year to date above normal by 2.83 inches. Sunrise 6 01 a.m. Sunset 7 41 p.m.
Former Baseball Yankee Archie Wilson Retired in Decatur
Archie Wilson a former Yankee minor leaguer and occasional big leaguer now makes his home in Decatur after a 17 year baseball career. He played with Joe DiMaggio Hank Bauer and Mickey Mantle among others and spent seven seasons in the International League plus time managing in Pensacola Raleigh and the Carolina League. Wilson notes the minor leagues have declined with television and major league focus and reflects on his 1951 World Series share and post playing career.
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Wilson
Los Angeles
New York Yankees
Yankees
Bronx Bombers
Decatur
University of Southern California
USC
Joe DiMaggio
Hank Bauer
Gene Woodling
Jackie Jenson
Bob Cery
Mickey Mantle
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
Norm Seibern
Jerry Lumpe
Washington
Boston
Toronto
Pensacola
Fla
Raleigh
N.C
Selma
Apollo 15 astronauts praise rover and lunar samples
Scott, Worden, and Irwin described the mission’s most impressive sights on Hadley Delta and the Apollo 15 rocks. They noted thin topsoil, potential bedrock, and a rover that proved stable though bouncing in one sixth gravity as they returned a 175 pound cargo of lunar material.
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Col
Scott
Hadley Delta
Falcon
Col. Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Worden
Lunar
Moon
Irvin
IRS Post Goes To State Man
William H. Loeb, a former Alabama assistant attorney general, is named deputy commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Sec. of the Treasury John B. Connally announced the appointment, making Loeb the second highest official under Commissioner Johnnie M. Walters.
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Washington
Alabama
William H. Loeb
Internal Revenue Service
Sec. of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Loeb
Montgomery
Ala
IRS
Johnnie M. Walters
Senate
Sec. Connally
Treasury Department
Apollo 17 debate over scientist crew and rover eclipse note
NASA management weighs adding Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt a geologist astronaut to the Apollo 17 crew. Some officials prefer a test pilot only. The rover camera overheated breaking during a planned eclipse shot as astronauts push endurance on the Moon.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Harrison H. Schmitt
NASA
Moon
Earth
Soviet Union
Salyut
Emergency numbers and crisis contacts listed in Decatur Daily
The page compiles emergency lines for county sheriff offices in Morgan Limestone and Cullman, fire department and 911 numbers for Athens and surrounding areas, plus crisis call center numbers 355 8000 and hospital or doctor referrals. It advises dialing 0 to reach an operator and notes holiday and night coverage.
Suit Continues Over Athens Garbage Dump Near Big Creek
A Limestone County Circuit Court hearing continued a suit filed by 10 residents against the City of Athens alleging pollution of Big Creek from a city dump and debris from trucks. The city agreed to halt dumping until resolution but no future hearing date was set.
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Athens
Big Creek
Limestone County
Elderly Woman Attacked in Limestone County Field
An elderly 61 year old woman was assaulted from behind Friday morning in a cotton field near her Limestone County home. She fought off the attacker as police dogs from Huntsville searched the area, but the suspect remained at large late Friday night.
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District of Columbia
House
Congress
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Copeland
Limestone County
Huntsville
Judge Lentz Seeks School Closure Retention Plan
Judge Jorney Gene Lentz drafted the request to keep the school closed. Lawrence County High, the county’s largest, will retain the same grade composition as last year, with other Moulton area schools following suit.
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Jorney Gene Lentz
Lawrence County High
Moulton
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