State And Local Master Painter Left His Mark
Florence sign painter Hamm, 70, has spent 48 years painting in North Alabama, creating 10 foot water tank letters and gold leaf signs. He learned from Fred Barker in 1933, now warns gold leaf is a dying art. most work is free hand, with signs seen across the state.
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Tommy Stevenson Moulton
North
Alabama
Birmingham
Hamm
Moulton
Florence
Florida Boons
Fred Barker
North Alabama
Here
Lawrence County
Ed Hamm
Moulton. Hamm
Country Storekeeper Recalls Bygone Years
Mrs. J. R. Edwards runs a River Rd store for 24 years opening before six each morning. She recalls a time when neighbors gathered for socializing and shopping, recognizing customers by car sounds before roads changed and new residents arrived.
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J. R. Edwards
River Rd
Rural store endures as town shoppers shift to centers
Mrs. Edwards runs a family store started in 1949 in a 20 by 24 foot frame building now evolving into a convenience shop. She recalls Mussel fishermen and local musicians of the past, notes life speeded up with new residents, and that customers come for cigarettes and gas to dodge city taxes. Her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters help as she continues a small hardware and grocery offering in a 1962 concrete block building with a lingering stove and tables.
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Edwards
Tennessee
Joe
Deloris
Paige
Jo Carrie
Decatur Couple Injured In Sunday Car Crash
A Decatur couple, Joyce White and Will White, were hurt early Sunday when their car struck an unoccupied vehicle at 721 LaFayette St NW. The other car, owned by Robert Lewis, was knocked 37 feet from the initial impact. Both victims were treated at Decatur General Hospital. A separate report notes tools valued over 160 dollars stolen from a shed on Adams Drive, with missing items including an electric saw, tin snips, a caulking gun, a rivet gun, and a tape measure.
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Decatur
LaFayette St. NW
Joyce Maree White
Will White
Cashin St. NW
Decatur General Hospital
Robert Lee Lewis
Adams Dr
Wesley Rush
Seaborn Smith
Morgan Beautiful To Receive Honor
Morgan Beautiful Inc. will be honored in New York City Thursday night with a Distinguished Service Citation for countywide trash pickup and beautification efforts in Morgan County. Col. Jack Quarles said the Keep America Beautiful chapter notified the Decatur group. Rosemary Powell plans to travel to accept the award.
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Morgan Beautiful Inc
New York City
Jack Quarles
Keep America Beautiful Inc
Rosemary Powell
New York
Morgan County
Albert Brewer
14Th St. S
Madison County
Keep
Theft charge tied to Decatur tire heist at Big 10 Tires
A 24-year-old Decatur man was charged with grand larceny after tires valued at 260 dollars were stolen from Big 10 Tires of Decatur Inc on August 25. The suspect, Lester Cross of 206 Church St NW, was transferred to Morgan County Jail with bond not yet set. Police said the theft involved a person posing as a Jay Thomas Volkswagen employee.
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Decatur
Big 10 Tires
Decatur, Inc
Hwy
Lester Cross
Church St. NW
Morgan County
Jay Thomas Volkswagen
Minor Cotton Mill Fire Sparks Smoldering Heat
Cotton seed hulls at the ConAgra mill on Market St were ignited by spontaneous combustion officials said. Jim Sailors reported no major loss of hulls and noted a smoldering blaze. A tractor and mower at Perry's Body and Paint Shop on 1st Ave NE also damaged. cause undetermined.
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ConAgra
Market St
Jim Sailors
Sailors
Perry
1St Ave. NE
Emergency Crisis Numbers And Guidance Card
A short notice lists the Crisis Call Center numbers 355 8000 and 353 4612 2325 1535 4739 for personal crises and possible poisoning. It advises calling 0 to reach an operator if unsure and to contact a hospital or family physician for medical emergencies.
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Mrs Edwards recalls hours of operation shifting to earlier closing after dark. She enjoys interactions with friends and patrons, noting the pleasure of meeting people she loves to talk with as community life changes.
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Mrs. Edwards
Pioneer page teaser on space probe and fuel worry
A Pioneer article continues from page 1 describing a space probe transmitting color photos of a distant planet and performing measurements before Jovian gravity slingshots it outward. A Congress Democrat Rep Wright Patman of Texas each offer views on fuel shortages blamed on the Arab oil cutoffs.
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Solar System
Rep
Wright Patman
Texas
Vacaville inmate tied to 1971 farm workers murders
Prison officials found a small hobby knife near inmate Corona's cell at the Vacaville facility, which housed 1,950 inmates 45 miles northeast of San Francisco. Corona, a farm labor contractor, received 25 consecutive life terms for the murder of 25 farm workers whose bodies were unearthed from shallow graves in Northern California in 1971. He is eligible for parole after seven years.
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Garcia
Corona
Vacaville
San Francisco
California
Nixon to transfer San Clemente estate to the federal government
The White House plans to disclose that Richard Nixon and his wife will donate their San Clemente California estate upon death, a move to set a public use precedent. Documents reviewed by The Associated Press show Nixon's federal income taxes for 1969 72686 dollars 1970 789 1971 878 1972 4298 and state taxes of 7351 dollars for 1968. no further state or local taxes have been paid since.
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Congress
White House
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Associated Press
New York State
Manhattan
Pathet Lao cadres openly operate in Vientiane and Luang Prabang
Reports describe Pathet Lao political cadres in Vientiane discussing issues such as rising food prices with residents. They are seen on Mekong riverfront verandas and are reported to be building a medical dispensary, helping with homes, schools, and the rice harvest in Luang Prabang. An AP Wire photo shows Melvin Maniman and driver Ronald Wright handling a gasoline shortage solution.
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Vientiane
Laos
VLN
Pathet Lao
Caoties
Mekong
Luang Prabang
Ben Gurion lies in state in Jerusalem crowd pays tribute
Israel mourns as David Ben Gurion lies in state at the Knesset entrance. Officials estimate over 200000 people pass the flag-draped bier, reflecting on the short violent history of the state and Ben Gurion's role in founding it. He died Saturday at age 87.
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Jerusalem
Nyt
Israel
David Ben- Gurion
Knesset
Ben-Gurion
Ben- Gurion
Cairo hints at refusal to attend Geneva peace talks
Egyptian officials and state media signaled a possible refusal to join the December Geneva conference if Israel does not begin troop withdrawals before then. The move followed President Sadat's talks with Ambassador Eilts and Vladimir Vinogradov, urging a joint and separate push by the superpowers to secure compliance with the UN cease-fire resolutions of October 2 and 23.
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Cairo
NYT
Egypt
Geneva
Israel
Anwar El-Sadat
Hermann F. Eilts
U.S
Vladimir Vinogradov
Soviet Union
Security Council
Oil Push Rusty Dallas
Oil and natural gas drillers face shortages of drilling pipes labor and fuel slowing domestic exploration. Contractors report rigs scarce skilled workers diesel fuel scarce even with high priority. An Oklahoma oilman laments the lack of adequate tools to continue drilling.
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Dallas
Nyt
Tulsa
Greek leaders face uncertain path after bloodless coup
One week after the coup Greeks and diplomats say the new rulers lack a clear plan to restore democracy. Police shut down the rightist Vladyni after an editorial criticizes the leadership for not fixing a timetable for parliamentary return and a former officer urges a quick transition to democracy.
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Athens
Nyt
George Papadopoulos
Vladyni
China Trade Leaps As US China commerce soars
Washington officials say this year’s trade with China will surge tenfold from 1972. Exports to China reach 840 million and imports total 60 million by year end. Officials cite economic factors a poor grain harvest and demand for Western technology. Leaders expect economic ties to advance largely apart from politics.
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Washington
United States
China
White House
State Department
Commerce Department
Baggett Seeks Third Term as Alabama Secretary of State
In Montgomery Agnes Baggett state treasurer and the second woman elected to statewide office says she will run for secretary of state next year. She is finishing her third term as treasurer and cannot seek reelection to that post. Baggett began as a secretary of state stenographer and later served Sibyl Pool, the first woman appointed and later elected to statewide office in 1946.
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Montgomery
Ala
Agnes Baggett
Alabama
Baggett
Sibyl Pool
Miss Pool
New Imaging Combines Mars Mapping Tech With X Rays
A combined Mars mapping method and X ray technique offers doctors a new view of arterial hardening. Researchers say the approach could become a key tool in studying atherosclerosis, widely seen as the nation’s top health problem. National Heart and Lung Institute officials back the work.
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Washington
Nyt
Mars
National Heart and Lung Institute
Israel Syria clashes on Golan Heights injure two soldiers
Israeli and Syrian forces fired tank, missile and mortar rounds on the Golan Heights for four hours. A military spokesman said two Israeli soldiers were wounded with no casualty estimate for Syria. In Jerusalem a UN force commander failed to reopen disengagement talks at the Suez front as Egypt and Israel maintain a wide gap. Fighting centered in Hurrah and Mizrat Beit Jihan, the most volatile area since the October cease-fire.
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Tel Aviv
Nyt
Golan Heights
Jerusalem
U. N
Suez Canal
Israel
Egypt
Syrain
Hurrah
Mizrat Beit Jihan
Those Mean Lawyers in Watergate Gap Case
Rosemary Woods is upset about how White House lawyers handle the 18 minute tape gap and her role in it. Her attorney Charles S. Rhyne says the White House team acted improperly and reports calls from lawyers nationwide who are incensed by the White House legal team.
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Washington
Nyt
Rosemary Woods
White House
Charles S. Rhyne
Miss Woods
Tough On LA economy of postwar California faces gas rationing risk
Transportation experts warn national gasoline rationing could cripple mobility in Los Angeles and other postwar cities like Phoenix and Houston if it ignores regional differences. The era’s car ownership and cheap fuels enabled sprawled development, making uniform cuts damaging to existing life patterns and industries.
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Los Angeles
Nyt
California
Phoenix
Houston
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