Morgan County Budget Talks Signal Library Demand Rise
Morgan County Commission heard bids on road repair materials and a proposed Wheeler Basin Library budget increase of 8 800, citing 27 9 percent population growth over 10 years. Bids covered asphalt plant mix stone anti freeeze tires and pipes from multiple suppliers with varied unit prices.
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G. & Ww. Asphalt Co
Trinity
Holland and Woodard Stone Co., Inc
Old Moulton
Trinity Stone Compa
Hillsboro car crash claims child. father works at Decatur Gas
A Hillsboro accident left a child dead with head injuries after a vehicle ran off the shoulder and overturned several times. The driver was unharmed. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Flower Hill Cemetery with Rev. James Smith officiating. Survivors include Cleveland Mason and family of Hillsboro, Neal Mason and Jimmy Mason of Town Creek and Decatur, Elizabeth Ann Mason, and Geneva Jackson of Chattanooga.
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Decatur Gas Department
Flower Hill Cemetery
James Smith
Reynolds Funeral Home
Cleveland Mason
Hillsboro
Cleveland Ma *N Jr
Elizabeth Ann Mason
Neal Mason
Town Creek
Jimmy Mason
Decatur
Geneva Jackson
Chattanooga
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McGovern Plan Sought Tax Reforms and Revenue Gains
McGovern proposed taxing all long term capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income and eliminating depletion allowances for natural resources. He claimed closing loopholes would raise about 22 billion dollars in federal revenue, with welfare reform costing 14 billion plus 10 billion for public works offset by new taxes and defense cuts.
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McGovern
Public Service
Nixon
Physician questions vasectomy risks at blood banks meeting
Dr Henry reported finding antibodies in the blood serum of nine of 12 men who had vasectomies more than a year earlier. He warned the results suggest possible sperm allergy and broader immune defects that could affect future transplants and diseases like multiple sclerosis, though the data are preliminary.
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Henry
American Association of Blood Banks
Navy air strikes continue amid tropical storm and Vietnam combat
Navy and Air Force pilots launched 220 strikes against North Vietnam as weather worsened by tropical storm Cora. In South Vietnam terrorists attacked two bridges near Saigon, with renewed fighting around Quang Tri and Que Son Valley. Vietnamese spokesmen reported 180 enemy KIA, while government losses reached 18 killed and 47 wounded. Meanwhile a will sets estate of dog breeder to Auburn University after canine heirs die. Relatives said a lawsuit drove Miss Ritchey to relocate dogs in 1967 due to neighbor complaints of barking.
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Auburn Research Foundation
Auburn University
Alabama
New York Stock Roundup Sees Banks Back 5% Prime Rate Move
Banks led by Bank of America and Manufacturers Hanover Trust join a shift to a 5% prime rate after the Price Commission rebuffed price-hike requests from Ford and General Motors. Auto stocks fell with Ford down 1% to 66 and Chrysler off to 30. GM slipped as talks of a Wankel engine stirred limited gains for Curtiss-Wright.
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Wall Street in Decline Amid Rate Hikes By Banks
The AP reports price commission denial of auto price hikes and higher bank rates dragging stocks lower. The noon Dow fell 6.39 to 950.56 while the NYSE and AMEX indices slipped. market participants note higher interest rates weighing on equities. Robert Stovall of Reynolds Securities commented that higher rates blanket the market.
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