Alabama HUD Funds Shelved for Water and Sewer Projects
Alabama faces a large backlog of water and sewer grant requests totaling about 17 million dollars as HUD has allocated 2.65 million for fiscal 1972 to the state. John Will Pitts says many applications wait while broader rural needs are unfunded amid Nixon administration funding freezes.
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Alabama Water and Sewer
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
John Will Pitts
Alabama Hud
Atlanta
Alabama
Pitts
Birmingham
Morgan County
Decatur
Northwest
Nixon
Rep
Jamie Whitten
Mississippi
Congressional
Whitten
Congress
Senate Nears Passage of Price and Wage Control Extension
The Senate moved toward almost-certain passage of a bill granting President Nixon power to control wages and prices through April 30, 1973, and providing retroactive payment for wage increases blocked by the pay freeze.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Fedders to close Decatur plant within three months
Fedders Corp will shutter its Decatur facility within three months after purchasing the plant from Climatrol Industries. About 244 workers were informed via bulletin board while top managers learned of the toll-gate decision at a meeting with the Edison, New Jersey office.
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Winford Turner
Fedders Corp
Decatur
Decatur Daily
Fedders
Climatrol Industries
Edison, N.J
Milwaukee
Wis
John Szuchan
Doll House for Sale in Decatur Daily Want Ads
Fully furnished 8x12 doll house with front porch, carpet, paneling, lights, and windows. Ready to move. Call 353-7047 for fast cash and to place a 3-line, 10-day classified ad for $4. Nights and holidays 353-4739. Athens 232-1535.
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Decatur Daily
Buck Martin
Decatur Daily Want
Athens
Guaranteed Frigidaire Service Ad at Robinson Furniture
Robinson Furniture on Downtown Second Avenue Decatur offers guaranteed Frigidaire service. Call 353-2370 for details and service appointments.
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Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Decatur
Amendment shields ten million workers from wage rules
Brief notes that a Phase 2 economic bill amendment would exempt 10 million state and local government employees from wage and price controls after April 30. In Washington AP reports the EEOC submitted a report supporting its 1970 charge that AT&T and its associates engaged in pervasive discrimination against women, Blacks, and Spanish-surnamed Americans.
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Washington
Senate
U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph
Three Auburn Stars To Lead Decatur Christmas Parade
Auburn football standouts Dick Schmalz Terry Henley and John Hayworth were named grand marshals for Decatur’s Christmas parade Friday at 5 30 p m Schmalz an SEC end from Birmingham also starred with Pat Sullivan at John Carroll High School Henley from Oxford and Hayworth of Decatur Ga both started for Auburn’s 9 1 season with Henley ranking high in receptions and SEC honors
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Auburn
Dick Schmalz
Grand Marshalls
Decatur
Don Ford
Schmalz
Birmingham
Terry Henley
Oxford
John Hayworth
Health Care Package Review Set Thursday
A 1972 package of health care projects totaling 7 582 208 will be reviewed here Thursday as Appalachian Regional Commission officials visit the Tri County Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission. Dennis Opheim notes the meeting will cover progress reports and expansion plans for ten North Alabama counties with representatives from state health agencies and the commission. Continuation projects totaling 3 781 511 will be reviewed, and new projects totaling 918 563 with most Appalachian funded will be examined in the afternoon, though not all may be approved. The day includes discussion of regional significance projects totaling 2 102 134 with 1 781 548 from Appalachian funds and 780 000 in proposals.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Tri-County
Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission
Dennis Opheim
Tri-County Commission
Alabama Development Office
Alabama Public Health Service
State Public Health Service
Alabama Office of Comprehensive Health Planning
Tri- County
North
Alabama
Opheim
Alabama Tri-County
Appalachian
Tri-County District Health Service
Athens
Lawrence County
Calhoun Junior College
Ophiem
Decatur Hosts Alabama's Friendliest Shopping Area
On this date in 1941 the Civil Air Patrol was organized to aid air search and rescue. Local weather notes show a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and 60 percent Thursday with highs near 49 and 47 degrees.
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Decatur
Alabama
Civil Air Patrol
Committee approves use-based property tax assessment plan
The rural-dominated House Ways and Means Committee in Montgomery Alabama approved a plan to classify property for tax assessment by use and set aside bills that would require all property to be taxed at the same rate. The action was reported from Montgomery with the committee favoring targeted assessments over uniform rates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Nixon Accused of Using Conference Politics
The White House Conference on Aging faces claims it was used to spotlight a crackdown on substandard nursing homes. Health Secretary Richardson warned 37 states and the District of Columbia risk $3.4 billion in federal Medicaid funds without rapid corrective plans and improved inspections by Feb. 1.
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Washington
White House
James G. Haughton
Chicago
Elliot L. Richardson
District of Columbia
Richardson
HEW
Nixon
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