Federal Grant Opens Major Sewage Plant Upgrades
Washington reports a 1.406 million federal grant for Decatur to modify and expand its sewage plant and add a Baker's Creek pumping station, plus 835,560 for Athens to upgrade with interceptor sewers. Rep. Bob Jones notes EPA funding to curb area water pollution and potential state credit support. George Godwin says the project aims at secondary treatment increasing waste removal to 95 98 percent.
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Washington
Decatur
Baker’s Creek
Athens
Bob Jones
Environmental Protection Agency
George Godwin
Decatur Water and Sewer Department
Godwin
Dry Creek
Alabama 20
Soviet India Pact Eases Asian Tensions for 20 Years
India and the Soviet Union sign a 20 year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation to stabilize Asia and deter third party aggression. The pact limits automatic military aid and calls for mutual consultations to maintain peace and security as Swaran Singh announces to Parliament.
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Myron L. Belkind
Associated Press
NEW Delhi
India
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Asia
Andrei A.gromyko
Israel seeks US sale of Lance field missile
Israel asks Washington to sell the Lance tactical field missile for potential use by Israeli forces. Nixon administration sources indicate the weapon has not yet been supplied to U.S. Army units and could be paired with a warhead designed to destroy Soviet SAM sites along the canal’s western bank.
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New York Times
Washington
Israel
United States
Nixon
Miles
Israelis Press For Missile Runway Deterrence Plan
Administration officials cautious say the proposal was first raised months ago and pressed by Israelis in Washington and Jerusalem during Assistant Secretary Joseph J. Sised's visit. Israeli officials argue the missile would deter a resumption of fighting along the Suez Canal, with Lance missiles boasting a range over 50 miles.
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Washington
Jerusalem
Joseph J. Sised
Suez Canal
Nixon Signs $1 Billion Emergency Jobs Act
President Nixon signed a $1 billion emergency employment act to create jobs for about 150,000 unemployed workers in economically distressed areas. The Agriculture Department estimated the 1971 cotton crop at 10,931,700 bales an 8 percent rise from last year and the highest since 1965 with Alabama forecast at 1.2 million bales.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Astronauts Return To Houston After Apollo 15
Apollo 15 commander Colonel David R. Scott along with James B. Irwin and Alfred M. Worden landed at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston at 9 10 p m CDT after an eight hour flight from Hawaii. They carried about 100 pounds of lunar rocks including the Genesis Rock and 75 pounds from the Hadley Apennine region stored in sealed boxes. The trio were greeted with cheers as thunderclouds rolled away and families embraced on arrival.
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New York Times
Houston
Space Agency
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Ellington Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Hawaii
Coul
Moon
Earth
theadley-Apennine
Ellington Air Force
Maine Spacecraft Center
Walking Catfish Touted as Food Source by Local Man
In Boynton Beach Florida Walter Dutch a local real estate man promotes walking catfish as a food source amid ongoing efforts to eradicate the species. He hosts occasional walking catfish fry events and claims the fish taste delicious and resemble catfish with a delicate flavor.
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Boynton Beach
Fla
State Game Commission
Walter Dutch
Walking Catfish Fight Spurs Florida Officials
Florida officials battle the walking catfish as Walter Dutch pushes the fish as a commercial food. Vernon Ogilvie, a Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission biologist, cautions that the species has invaded many Floridian waters and stresses eradication efforts. The fish, Clarias batrachus, originated in Southeast Asia and arrived about a century ago via tropical fish dealers.
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Florida
Walter
Dutch
Vernon Ogilvie
Water Fish Commission
United States
Southeast Asia
Ogilvie
Decatur Daily Calendar and Weather Briefing
Warm and partly cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon and evening. Highs near 95, lows around 70. Rain chances 20 percent today and 30 percent tonight. Historical note recalls Franklin D Roosevelt contracting polio in 1921 at Campobello Island. Local sections include classified, comics, editorials, entertainment, finance, horoscope, obituaries, sports and on this day.
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Landers
TNA Eas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Campobello Island
Canada
Five-Member Forrest County Family Drowns In Mississippi Boating Accident
Five members of a Forrest County family drowned in a boating accident at a gravel pit near Glendale Mississippi. A 14 year old daughter Helen survived after clinging to a seat until help arrived. The boat capsized in wind or current and the father Mack Mizell 38 could swim and died while attempting to rescue others. Helen was towed to safety after a Glendale youth swam to reach her.
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Point Mallard Park
Florida
Texas
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Decatur
Georgia
Southeastern
W. E. ‘Bubba’ Brasher
Hattiesburg
Miss
Forrest County
Glendale
Here
Helen
Art Spencer
Health Careers By 1975 Hospital Jobs to Grow
The head of the American Hospital Association predicts hospitals will be the largest source of new health worker jobs by 1975. The forecast appears in Sylvia Porter’s five part Health Career series, aimed at high school students and job seekers. The Decatur Daily notes panel for today covers part one.
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Heal
Americ Hospital Association
Sylvia Porter
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A. E. McKnight
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U.S
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Moon Voyagers
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Tennessee Valley
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Jackie
Mack
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Robinson Furniture
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