City council weighs parks and recreation director choice
Decatur faces a pivotal decision as the new city council and Point Mallard Authority prepare to fill the director posts for the Parks and Recreation Department and Point Mallard. The city’s reputation for strong facilities under Jimmy Brown’s looming departure guides the search for qualified internal or external candidates.
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Decatur
Parks and Recreation Department
Jimmy Brown
Brown
Montgomery
Gilmer Blackburn
Point Mallard
Harry Rice
Point Mallard Authority
Alabama sheriffs to open girls ranch near Auburn
The Alabama Sheriffs Boys and Girls Ranches announce groundbreaking for the first girls ranch on 200 donated acres near Auburn. The joint effort with the Business and Professional Women's clubs seeks funds from Alabamians to support operations, following the successful boys ranches near Selma and Decatur.
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Decatur
Alabama
Selma
Auburn
Alabama Sheriffs Boys
Sheriffs
Hughes's Airwest in bizarre extortion plot
A phantom Howard Hughes airline Airwest staged a satchel drop extortion scheme over the Southwest to ransom $100,000. A plane circled awaiting a signal to drop the cash satchel though the plan failed. The incident spurred safety and transparency calls from airline unions and officials.
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Hughes
Jack Anderson
Washington
Howard Hughes
Airwest
Phoenix
Fraternal Association
FBI
FAA
James Sparling
Congress
Labor Department
Thieu
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Nixon
Donald A. Nixon
White House
Bahamas
Robert Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
Young
Vesco
John Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Conservationaal
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
John Dingell
Dmich
Apollo 17 Moon Mission Ends an Era in Spaceflight
NASA prepares for the final manned lunar landing Apollo 17 with Cernan Evans and Schmitt. The mission aims to collect rocks and test long moon stays, ending the US moon program and shifting focus to orbiting and space stations.
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Duncan Spencer
Washington Star-News
Washington
United States
Earth
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H
Jack) Schmitt
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
South Pacific
Samoa
Cape Kennedy
Fla
South Carolina
Cuba
National Aeronautical and Space Administration
U.S
Florida
NASA
Soviet Union
Sea of Serenity
Moon
Albert Einstein
Neil Armstrong
Decatur Daily publishes notices from local press
The Decatur Daily announces founder editor W R Shelton era and Tennessee Valley Printing Co. address P O Box 1527 Decatur Alabama. It notes AP membership, misstatement policy, grievance redress, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including trade zone pricing.
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W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P O. Box
Ala
Opinion Decatur Principal Thanks Local Press
Harold M. Lee announces his departure from the Decatur City School System and thanks the Decatur Daily staff for twelve years of favorable coverage of school programs. He commends reporters for helpful, considerate visits and rapport with city schools.
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Decatur
Alabama
Decatur Daily
Decatur City
Harold M. Lee
Somerville Road School
Why violence blooms from the human heart and faith can heal
The piece argues violence stems from the human heart rather than external causes. It cites World Series incidents and public attacks, then recalls Jeremiah 17 9 about the deceitful heart. It suggests sociological explanations but asserts faith can replace hate with love.
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Tenace
Stor McGovern
George Wallace
Abel
Cain
Jeremiah
Israel
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