No Killing Like Verdun By Rodney Angove
A reflection on World War I battlefields in Flanders and Verdun recounts sights of trenches and shell-destroyed landscapes. The piece notes the 1914 German push toward Paris, French counterattacks led by Gallieni, and subsequent costly battles at Ypres and Verdun with emphasis on the scale of casualties and the evolution of trench warfare.
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Rodney Angove
Verdun
France
Flanders
Paris
Josep
Simon Gallieni
Marne
Aisne
Ypres
Belgium
Passchendaele
Six Hydro Sites Picked for Tallapoosa Basin
Six sites along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama and Georgia are named for potential hydroelectric development. Oakfuskee, Crooked Creek, Malone Ferry, Emuckfaw, Wallahatchee and Bridgeview could add about one million kilowatts with expansions at three existing plants and two pumped storage reservoirs. Only Oakfuskee, Crooked Creek, Emuckfaw and the dam additions are economically feasible, at an estimated cost of $154 million for 617,000 kilowatts.
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Washington
Tallapoosa River
Alabama
Georgia
Power Commission
Oakfuskee
Crooked Creek
Malone Ferry
Emuckfaw
Wallahatchee
Bridgeview
Powe
Tallapoosa Basin
Mountain Brook Rejects Birmingham Merger Proposal
Mountain Brook votes 3,171 against and 2,923 in favor in a special election, making it the fourth suburb to reject a proposal to merge with Birmingham. Fairfield Midfield and Irondale had rejected similar mergers, while Homewood approved the merger earlier this year.
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Birmingham
Mountain Brook
Fairfield
Midfield
Irondale
Homewood
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City Finance
Decatur
CLI
A&h Insurance
Second Ave
B‘ham
ROY Payne Motors, Inc
Decatur, Alabama
Mec
Towncraft
Penney's
Boys’ Cotton Oxford
Oxford
Cadet
Taper
Sani
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