Illegal Night Hunting Surges in Morgan County Area
Alabama wardens report a record night hunting year in Morgan County with a rising statewide trend. Four men faced 22 charges after a deer shot incident near Florette. officers describe mostly car-based hunting with deer and rabbit as targets and warn landowners to call wardens rather than confront night hunters.
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Tony Estes
Alabama Conservation Department
Elliott Montgomery
Joe Wright
Morgan
Madison
Jackson
DeKalb
Limestone
Marshall
Morgan County
Montgomery
Wright
Montgomery and Wright
Florette
Cotaco
Ment
Pines
Aaron Beavers
No New Special Session Expected In Alabama Politics
Gov. George Wallace appears unlikely to call a fifth special session this year as legislators and aides report resistance to another session. Bob Taylor, Wallace aide, said no plans for more sessions this year or soon after. Rep. Tom Drake noted timing issues with January possibilities as Wallace campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination ahead of July conventions.
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Tommy Stevenson
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Bob Taylor
Taylor
Montgomery
Cullman-Morgan County
Tom Drake
Drake
Billy Pitts Wins Final Daily Gridiron Forecast Contest
Billy Pitts of Route 2 Elkmont is the season’s last Daily Gridiron Forecast winner earning 50 dollars plus a 10 dollar Daily subscriber bonus. No second prize due to Alabama and Auburn finishing their seasons. Pitts missed four games on the winning entry, one of only two to do so.
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Billy Pitts
Route 2
Elkmont
Pitts
Alabama
Auburn
Discovery of first nuclear chain reaction at Chicago team
In 1942 scientists at the University of Chicago demonstrated a nuclear chain reaction for the first time as part of a secret project. The note also mentions local weather and a county river page on A-2 with a Tennessee Valley closing line.
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University of Chicago
Kirby Named City Purchaser by Decatur City Council
Bill Kirby, city supplier and storage manager, was named purchasing agent for Decatur by the city council on Monday night. The appointment follows the resignation of administrative assistant Bill Dukes who plans to open a clothing discount store next week on W. Moulton Street. Mayor Russell Bolding did not recommend a new administrative assistant.
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Bill Kirby
Decatur
Bill Dukes
Dukes
W. Moulton St
Russell Bolding
Bolding
Kirby
Mao Receives Ford in Peking Talks Endorsed by Both Sides
President Ford met with Mao Tse-tung in Peking this afternoon for discussions with Mao and aides. The White House called the talks constructive and beneficial on a wide range of international issues. Separately in Laos, Pathet Lao moves toward abolishing the monarchy and ending the coalition government, with plans to aid the royal family in the fields.
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Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Ford
Mao
Temple of Heaven
Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Savang Vathana
Israel Air Strikes Hit Lebanese Camps Reported
F action spread across northern and southern Lebanon with Israeli jets targeting Nahar al Barid and Baddawi refugee camps near Tripoli and Nabatiya. The blasts were confirmed by the Lebanese government amid regional tension.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Nabatiya
Beasley urges delay on Pizitz state office plan
Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley urged the State Building Commission to pause action on buying the Pizitz department store for state offices. He criticized rushing the lease purchase amid ongoing state real estate reviews and suggested using Kilby Prison land for new space. The examiners will file preliminary findings next week with a final survey due early next year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jere Beasley
State Building Commission
Beasley
Department of Examiners of Public Accounts
House Senate
George C. Wallace
Pizitz
Kilby
Highway Department
Public Safety Departments
Capitol
Examiners
Birmingham
Walter Johnsey
Johnsey
Wallace
Lee Beasley
City Seeks 750000 For Vine Street Modernization Funds
The Decatur city council seeks 750000 in Community Development funds to modernize Vine Street NW area. City planner Gary Voketz says Decatur, the state's largest eligible metro, could win points for poor housing and related factors. A second public hearing is set for December 15, with eventual HUD submission and council approval anticipated.
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Paul Foreman
Vine Church St. NW
Gary Voketz
Decatur
Vine St
Voketz
South Alabama
North Alabama
Harold Harris
National Association For the Ad
City Hall
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Birmingham
North Alabama Legislative Council
Montgomery
Bill Levin
Cousteau Warns Mediterranean Faces Deadly Pollution
Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau at the United Nations warns only massive coordinated effort can halt pollution threatening the Mediterranean. He cites coastal depopulation risks, high mercury levels, untreated sewage from hundreds of millions, and contamination from pesticides and heavy metals.
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Samuel Koo
United Nations
N.Y
Mediterranean Sea
Jacques Cousteau
Cousteau
Barcelona
Marseilles
Nice
Genoa
Naples
Europe
Mediterranean
International Conference For Scientific Exploration
European Oceanic Association
Monte Carlo
Ural Mountains
Soviet Union
Lake Victoria
Central
Africa
World Health Organization
Hijackers seize Dutch train with casualties
Five hijackers seized a local train near Beilen in the Netherlands with about 50 aboard and attached dynamite. Two people were reported killed, the engineer and an unidentified passenger. Police sealed the area as commandos arrived by navy helicopter to resolve the crisis.
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Beilen
Netherlands
Justice Ministry
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