Food price trends show middle costs drive inflation
Economists note spiraling living costs affect farmers and consumers with farm to market costs rising mainly in labor. Department of Agriculture data show labor up 42 percent over a decade, cutting 29 cents from every dollar of food. Shoppers spend more, 16 cents per dollar, versus 20 cents in 1960, while beef demand remains strong amid higher prices. Government forecasts expect food prices to stabilize for the year as initial figures support the outlook.
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Department of Agriculture
Decatur Native To Play With Alabama Guard Band
Decatur native William Ronald Clemmons 26 a University of Coemeeete grad student will join the 151st Alabama Army National Guard Band on a two week state tour for its summer encampment. He plays clarinet, has three years in the guards, and will perform at Gateway Shopping Center at 10 a.m. The free concert visits Cullman Florence Huntsville. Clemmons is married with a 17 month old son and teaches music education as his master's degree focus.
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William Scott
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National Guard
Gateway Shopping Center
Cullman
Florence
Huntsville
Oscar Levant remembered as pianist and wit in film era
Autopsy notes Levant wrote little serious music yet produced the hit Lady Play Your Mandolin and the Oscar winning Until Today. A Information Please panelist for a decade he spoke of pills over liquor and hypochondria shaping his books Memoirs of an Amnesiac A Smattering of Ignorance and The Unimportance of Being Oscar. He acted in several films including a Gershwin biography where he played Oscar Levant. He married dancer Barbara Smith in 1933, then June Gale in 1939 with three daughters.
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Oscar Levant
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President holds third Mountaintop retreat in a week
A White House spokesman says the president is reviewing economic policies and considers a 10 percent import surcharge and dollar delink from gold. He pledges to cut inflation by half as advisers claim success. Shultz cites four month inflation under 2 percent, compared with 6.1 percent in 1960 and 5.5 percent in 1970, as Weinberger warns Congress is on a dangerous spending path.
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Morgan County Approves Road Work Funding and Grants
The Morgan County Commission voted $45 850 for a State Highway Department project linking Alabama 157 to the Lawrence County line with federal matching funds. They also awarded 40 000 tons of crushed stone bids and granted 8 000 to the North Alabama Mental Health Association. The Wheeler Basin Library reported 416 682 books read with the Bookmobile traveling over 13 000 miles in Limestone and Morgan counties.
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State Highway Department
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Danville
Lawrence County
Decatur
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Burgreen
Athens
Ashland Oil Inc
Birmingham
Commission
Trinity Stone Co., Inc
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Wheeler Basin
Rachel Pride
Limestone County
Morgan
Sheriff’s Impeachment Case Opens With Testimony From Bonner
Bonner, a key witness, testified about an alleged illegal beer and whisky operation linked to Cullman County Sheriff Buzbee. He described meetings, payments, a fishing camp base, and protected by the sheriff, with several arrests and grand jury involvement.
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Cullman County
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Vinemont
Mobley
Smith Lake
Missouri
Sylacauga
Luke Brewer
Talladega County
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Huntsville
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Pete Chambers
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Julian Bland
Sheriff's Office
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Barbee
Buxbee
Arizona
Protests at the 1976 Republican National Convention
Witnesses at the Platform Committee session included Secretary of State William P. Rogers defending Nixon era policies and Nixon loyalists amid criticism from McGovern and Shriver. Dissenter Rep. John Ashbrook condemned 1968 budget promises, while defense secretary Melvin Laird treasury head George Schultz and Peter Peterson testified. The Rules Committee weighs broader representation and delegate allocation amid liberal and conservative clashes over quotas and population-based voting power.
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United States
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Shriver
Vietnam
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Ohio
McCloskey
Ashbrook
Charles Percy
Illinois
David B. Kennedy
Wyoming
Camp described by Clark as four long dormitory blocks
Clark witnessed a prisoner camp with four single story buildings forming a quadrangle. He noted a basketball court a 150 seat auditorium and a dining room bull session. Guards with rifles stood at the end of an alley and pilots described traumatic questions about bombing repercussions.
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Voice of America
Air Force
Kenneth J. Fraser
Selma
Ala
Fraser
United States
Clem Backs Councilman Moore in Runoff
Athens politics sees Robert V. Clem endorsing incumbent Malcolm Moore for the September 12 runoff after Clem placed third with 651 votes in a five candidate race. Moore led with 896 votes while Harry Dale Patterson, seeking Place Four, had 366 votes.
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Robert V
Bob) Clem
Malcolm Moore
Lem
Moore
Harry Dale Patterson
Patterson
Jury Sequestered as Mobley to Stand in Larceny Trial
Prosecutors will call Mobley to testify today in a case where evidence indicates funds were diverted to pay the sheriff. In opening, the defense asserts Mobley is the convicted party in a grand larceny case. Judge Roy Mayhall ordered a 10 man 2 woman jury sequestered during the proceedings.
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St.pe
Roy Mayhall
Cerebral Palsy House Drive Seeks Donations Today
Nearly 600 Cerebral Palsy volunteers will canvass homes from 4 to 9 p.m. aiming to raise between 3000 and 3500 dollars. Janice Quarles Peggy Winton and Shelby Morris participate with adult volunteers youth groups and Boy Scouts. Mrs Winton chairs the local Women’s Committee.
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Janice Quarles
Peggy Winton
Shelby Morris
Wall Street slips after two days of gains
The Dow Jones average fell 4.67 to close around 1044 amid stronger declines in blue chip and auto stocks. Decliners led gainers 7 to 5 on the New York Exchange as Kissinger prepared to visit South Vietnam for a general review of the Vietnam problem. Royal Dutch Petroleum led volume at the Big Board with significant block trades.
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New York Exchange
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Royal Dutch Petroleum
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Decatur Market Prices and Commodities Report
Decatur markets show milk and grain prices with dairy and corn listings. Notes mention Middling cotton, mills and milling goods, and reference securities and land value amid fluctuating retail and commission markdowns.
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Woods Pioneen S. Vcord
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