Shine's 300 Gift Could Grow To 20 Million In 2126
Albany scene founder Frank D. Shine Peebles Jr donates a $300 certificate of deposit to the city’s time capsule for the tricentennial. At 7.5 percent quarterly compounding over 150 years the sum could exceed $20 million, with no specified use set by the donor. Peebles hopes the fund becomes self perpetuating to provide yearly city capital.
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Paul Foreman
Frank D
Shine) Peebles Jr
Peebles
Albany Heritage Society
Hill Ferguson
Decatur
Hartselle
Morgan County
Dalton Guthrie
First State Bank
Guthrie
Decatur’s 150th Birthday Plans and History Map
The Decatur sesquicentennial marks rush of events from a 1888 Glover map reproduction to a steam train ride on the Best Friend of Charleston. Activities include free rides at Amtrak depot, coin sales, birthday tree judging, a city hall party, and a torch lit birthday parade concluding with a time capsule burial.
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Southern Railway
Charleston
Amtrak
The
Antique Dealers Association
Bank St
Decatur Art Guild
City Hall
Decatur Christmas Parade Draws Thousands For 10 AM Start
Jaycees parade chairman Garlin Cheatam says the 1976 Decatur Christmas Parade will open at 10 a.m. with more than 120 units including 10 bands and the Alabama A&M ROTC. Mayor Bill Dukes and Tommy Counts will serve as grand marshals, while about 53 sponsors and 17 donors of $100+ help fund prizes and transport.
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Decatur
Garlin Cheatam
Jaycees
Alabama A&m
Cheatam
Santa Claus
Winnie the Pooh
Grand Marshall
Bill Dukes
Chamber of Commerce
Tommy Counts
Roups
We South Central Bell
Jimmy Carter Drink Featured at Fond du Lac Inn
Fond du Lac chef Vic Cappelle serves a $1 cocktail named the Jimmy Carter blending white creme de cacao and peanut butter for a creamy, peanut flavored drink. Patrons vary the hard liquor to taste, with the only fixed ingredient being good grade peanut butter.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Jimmy Carter
Fond du Lac Restaurateur
Vic Cappelle
Anchor Inn
Beltline 4 Lane Bid Approved for 3.1 Million
A $3,103,964.94 bid by Ledbetter Brothers Inc of Rome Georgia was accepted by the State Highway Department for widening a five mile Beltline Rd stretch to four lanes. Construction expected to start within 45 days. The project covers 4.8 miles from L N Railroad overpass to Southern Railway overpass with overpass approaches guiding traffic into remaining lanes.
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Paul Foreman
Beltline Rd
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Piney Creek Bridge
Mooresville
Alabama 20
Sharon Snider
Ledbetter Brothers, Inc
Rome
Snider
Decatur
Larry Terry
U.S. 31
C. F. Camp
State Highway Department Division
Piney Creek
Police raid reveals Children of God cult in Buenos Aires
Neighbors reports trigger a raid on a Buenos Aires suburb commune of the Children of God sect arresting 20 youths including 10 Americans and one West German. Authorities say obscene and subversive literature found. several dozen members held with diplomats allowed access.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Au Pinochet
U.S
Children of God
Americas
United States
Latin America
San Jose
Costa Rica
UPS Strikers Okay Terms
Washington AP tentative agreement reached between the Teamsters and UPS after more than two months of regional shutdowns. The pact will be reviewed by local union officials early next week as operations resume across 15 states.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
United Parcel Service
Gilmore stay of execution granted by US Supreme Court
Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore received a stay of execution from the U S Supreme Court in a 6 3 ruling after his mother filed a petition asking for clemency Utah must respond by 5 p m EST Tuesday with a possible review that could delay the case for up to a year or more Gilmore’s execution was set for Friday but remains uncertain as the high court weighs further action and possible full review The delay could push next in line Texas death row inmate Robert Excell White closer to execution if Gilmore’s delay extends long enough
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Ron Barker
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Gilmore
Supreme Court
State of
Utah
Atty
Robert Hansen
Hansen
Robert Excell White
Texas
United States
White
U.S
Ope Wees Gilmore
Leon Hatch
Bessie Gilmore
Milwaukie
Ore
Utah Supreme
S. Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
End of River Ten youths raft 500 miles to New Orleans
End of the River Ten youths from the Camp of Dallas pass the steamboat Natchez as they prepare to dock in New Orleans after 42 days on the Mississippi and Red rivers. The youths, aged 13 to 16, built the raft from scratch for the 500 mile trek amid family or national problems. Meanwhile Utah Supreme Court heard arguments on whether news media may interview Gilmore at the prison, with ABC-TV News and KTVX contending the interviews would inform the public about the condemned killer and not glorify him.
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Dallas
Natchez
New Orleans
Mississippi
Red Rivers
Utah Supreme Court
Gilmore
Attorney General’ S Office
Utah
Abc-Tv News
KTVX
Patty Hearst Remains Secluded After Release
Two weeks after her prison release Patricia Hearst stays inside her Nob Hill apartment. Friends say she has ventured out two or three times but fear of phoned bomb threats curtailed plans to visit the Top of the Mark.
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Linda Deutsch
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Nob Hill
Miss Hearst
Top of the Mark
Washington resigns as commander in chief at Fraunces Tavern
On this date 1783 George Washington ends his role as Commander-in-Chief and attends a farewell dinner with his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York. The item also notes a weather forecast and a furniture advertisement in the same page fragment.
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George Washington
Fraunces Tavern
New York
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