Editorial warns against raising homestead exemption before tax equalization
The Tuscaloosa News argues that House action to raise the homeowner exemption from 2000 to 5000 dollars will cut 8.4 million from the Education Trust Fund. It urges delaying the increase until ad valorem tax equalization bills pass to protect school funding.
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House of Representatives
House
Joe McCorquodale
State General Fund
Education Trust Fund
McCorquodale
Weather summary for Decatur and vicinity Friday
High reached 86 at 4 p.m with a 61 degree low. Forecast calls for highs 83 to 86 and lows 56 to 60 through the weekend. Fair skies with cool nights and warm afternoons, Saturday and Sunday highs 83 to 87. Precipitation none today, month 2.91 inches, year 37.29 inches. Sunrise 6:17 a.m., sunset 7:17 p.m.
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Decatur
Area Service Man Completes Basic Training at Fort Campbell
Pvt. Phillip R. Henry son of Mr and Mrs Harley H Henry Mobile Court completed eight weeks of basic training at the U S Army Training Center Fort Campbell Ky.
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FT. Campbell
Phillip R. Henry
Harley H. Henry
Highway 20
Mobile Court
U.S. Army Training Center
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Army Pvt Kenneth D Pearson completes Ft Polk basic training
Pvt Kenneth D Pearson son of Mr and Mrs Floyd E Pearson Cullman 10 finished eight weeks of basic training at the U S Army Training Center Infantry Ft Polk La His wife Linda resides on Guin
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FT. Polk
Kenneth D. Pearson
Floyd E. Pearson
Cullman 10
U. S. Army Training Center
Infantry
Linda
Guin
Britain imposes unprecedented controls on pound dealings
Britain announced new measures to curb pound sterling dealings by nonresidents as Japan floats the yen and signals a shift in international currency tensions. The rules, effective after the Monday bank holiday, bar outside money from earning interest and ban investment in short term securities to damp speculation during the monetary crisis.
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London
Britain
Japan
Nixon
Sterling
Doria Storm Spurs Warnings and Hurricane Aftermath
Navy planes monitored the storm as disaster teams moved into coastal zones. Tornado-like winds 50 miles north of Wilmington toppled power lines and damaged mobile homes in Onslow County. No injuries reported.
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Navy
Wilmington
Onslow County
Japan maintains limited yen float amid dollar protection
The Bank of Japan plans a controlled yen float with intervention inside limits and possible dollar purchases if the yen rises. Private bankers expect a 5 percent ceiling, while officials offer no exact trigger. The U S Treasury and White House call the move a step toward realignment and expect calmer markets. European dealers welcome the decision hoping for clarity in global currencies.
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Japan
Nixon
Bank of Japan
Tadashi Sasaki
U.S. Treasury
White House
Victory in currency war tests dollar defense moves
Victory dragged into a broader dollar defense effort as Washington aims to cheapen the dollar to spur US exports. Japan resisted early, buying dollars at the 360 rate before Japan’s central bank exhausted funds. Tokyo traders gauged the yen’s value uncertainly, with guesses of 5 to 12 percent gains.
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Washington
United States
Europe
London
Tokyo
No-Credit for the Right to Vote in School Taxes
A reader from Decatur argues against county school taxes and bus routes claiming government overreach and loss of local control. He calls for taxpayer input on school location and curriculum and urges voters to choose officials who truly represent them.
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County Board of Education
Mr Fix It Curtis Produces Wood Pieces From Scraps
Neighbors say Curtis, nicknamed Mr Fix It, crafts wood items from his farm workshop near Hartselle. After 30 years in the grocery service, he patterns and turns legs rounds and rockers and now supplies a local crafts shop with about 60 pieces daily.
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Curtis
Stephen J. Curtis
Hartselle
Hartselle Crafts
Bourke-White the Pioneer War Photographer in Soviet Moscow Era
The text recounts Margaret Bourke-White as the lone foreign photographer in the Soviet Union during the 1941 Battle of Moscow. It notes her high-profile subjects including Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and the pope, mentions her belief in professional independence, and sketches her life from New York birth in 1906 through her rise as a photographer in Cleveland and Ithaca.
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Soviet Unions
Moscow
Miss Bourke-White
New York
Joseph
Minnie Bourke White
Cornell
Everett Chapman
Erskine Caldwell
Ithaca
Cleveland
Henry Luce
Fortune Magazine
Ife
Curtis crafts woodwork and repairs in home shop
Curtis, who began as a blacksmith in the 1920s and later ran a grocery, now runs a 1953-built shop on Highway 36 where he carves fruit dishes and wooden trays, repairs buggy parts, turns gunstocks from red cherry, and fixes items for neighbors.
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Curtis
Mina
Highway 36
Emergency Numbers For Alabama Counties And Agencies
A formatted list of emergency contact numbers for Decatur Morgan Limestone Athens Lawrence Cullman and other counties. It includes Fire Department Sheriff and Crisis Call Center numbers with guidance to dial 0 if unsure and to call nearest hospital or physician for poisoning or personal crises.
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