Hearing Set Tuesday On State Oil Possibilities
Public hearing begins Tuesday in Tallahassee to weigh Interior Department plans to lease 159 seabottom tracts off Mississippi Alabama and Florida for oil and gas. The sale could bring $86 million in underwater acres with an estimated 2 to 3.2 billion barrels of oil and 2.4 to 3.9 trillion cubic feet of gas, but environmentalists fear spills and long term seawater damage.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Interior Department
Louisiana
Texas
Nixon
Richard A. Boykin
McIntosh
Ala
Action Advice and Local Help for Decatur Readers
A Decatur Daily reader column offers help with writing to Jack Anderson and Ralph Nader, locating a mobile home frame repair in Decatur, and understanding price freeze rules. It notes Copper Mobile Home Service Center in Decatur as a repair option and outlines that price controls shift weekly with guidance to report concerns to the IRS Stabilization Unit.
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Jack Anderson
Ralph Nader
Decatur Reader
United Feature Syndicate
East 42Nd Street
New York
N. Y
Public Interest Research Group
P Street
Washington, D. C
Decatur
J. T. H. Town Creek
Copper Mobile Home Service Center
Wolverine Dr. SE
Ala
E. S
Internal Revenue Service Stablization Unit
P. O
Birminghaih
Four Mobile men indicted in extortion scheme
A federal grand jury in Mobile indicted Walter Buddy Clewis Noble Beasley James Finley and Maynard Ricky Williams on extortion charges related to coercing promoters of black stage shows from 1970 to 1973. Promoters faced boycotts and picketing of ticket outlets. The defendants are free on bond.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Municipal
Walter ‘Buddy’ Clewis
Noble Beasley
James Finley
Maynard
Ricky’’ Williams
Emergency Numbers and Spill Warning From Local Papers
The Decatur Daily lists emergency contact numbers for Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties with a Crisis Call Center number for personal crises and poison cases. It also notes a federal Interior Department warning about oil spills since 1964, predicting major spills will occur even as minor ones accumulate. Huntsville Times photographer Jimmy Tuten, a Decatur native, provided an AP wirephoto image.
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Huntsville Times
Jimmy Tuten
Decatur
D-Day and Bulge Echo at 214th MP Co Reunion in Decatur
World War II memories surge as members of the Army's 214th MP Co gather at the Ramada Inn in Decatur for a reunion highlighted by a Key to the City plaque. Attendees from 15 states reflect on Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and postwar life, with 21 members present and plans for annual gatherings.
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Tommy Stevenson
Decatur
Normandy
Ramada Inn
U.S. 31
Omaha Beach
Battle of the Bulge
Army
214Th MP Co
412Th Mp
Lee Collins
North Alabama
City of
Russell Bolding
Brooklyn
USA
Lennie Abramowitz
Collins
Alabama
Joe Brubaker
Abbeville
S.C
Brubaker
Ellis Hoffenburg
214Th
1St Army
2Nd British Army
18Th
Burbaker
Bulge
France
Rhineland
Europe
Elbe River
Germany
Veeton
Sity
TVA pioneers and the Decatur mill projects in 1933 rise
In spring 1933 Congress created the Tennessee Valley Authority to revitalize a distressed region. Franklin D Roosevelt warned Decatur that the TVA would put the valley on the map. Workers like Tip Slaten and Boots Gilchrist cleared land and stumps near Wheeler Lake, preparing for dammed waters and industrial growth.
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Congress
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tip Slaten
Boots Gilchrist
Wheeler Lake
Reunion urged for TVA river pioneers and stump-choppers
By Lee Sentell a reminiscence chronicles Tip Slaten and others who cleared backwaters along an untamed river, facing snakes and mud to create power and development. He invites old colleagues to reunite during TVA’s 40th anniversary and share memories of the early river era.
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Tip
TVA
Boots
Tip Slaten
TNA
Wallace Sees South as Last Frontier for Growth
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace told Samford University graduates that the South remains development’s final frontier and urged solving inflation and pollution with middle-ground policies. He praised the South’s economic comeback after prewar discrimination and criticized foreign aid as wasteful, citing $246 million since 1964.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Samford University
Alabama
Judges Push Remap Plan for Alabama Elections 1974
A three judge federal panel orders Alabama county officials to fully implement a court ordered legislative reapportionment plan by October 1 for the 1974 elections. The panel rejects a May legislative redistricting plan and entrusts the state attorney general to coordinate steps with county officials, requiring a progress report by September 20.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S
Richard T. Rives
Frank Johnson Jr
Daniel Thomas
F. E. Leonard Jr
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Decatur Daily
Dr. Wallace
Gov. Wallace
Cornelia
Florence State University
Edward Laroe
Naples
Florida Audubon Society
U.S. Geological Survey
Highway Patrol
Morgan County
Hartselle
Limestone County
Lawrence County
Athensica
Athens
D-Day
Cecil Greer
Albertville
John Swint
Montevallo
S. C
New York City
George Dexter
Ll Years
Tennessee
By Lee Sentell
Southland
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