City Council Delays Ice Rink Funding at Point Mallard
The council postponed action on funding a Point Mallard ice skating rink amid criticism of the park board for not securing a new executive director. A $150,000 pledge with a 50 percent matching grant was urged, with Harry Rice's potential consulting role uncertain as the board debated leadership and fiscal plans.
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Ben Windham
Point Mallard Park
Point Mallard
Harry Rice
Rice
Charles Martin
Martin
Russell Bolding
Park Board
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Federal Economic Control
Decatur
Roberts and Son Co
Sanitation
Joe Money Machinery Co
Thompson Tractor Co
Jack Cole Gmc, Inc
Mills Dodge
Kissinger Paris Talks Resume Amid Cancellation Confusion
AP reports Kissinger and Hanoi and Saigon negotiators planned to meet again Wednesday after a canceled session. Officials noted a nine day recess ended Monday with five hours of talks under a news blackout. Tho Xuan Thuy and Nguyen Thi Binh led the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong teams with Kissinger and Pham Dang Lam meeting separately.
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Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Nixon
Hanoi
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Kissinger
Washington
Tho
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
State House Redistricting Sparks Call for Special Session
A joint committee asks Gov. Wallace to convene a special session early next year to consider reapportionment. They promote The Cherner Plan, aiming to exceed federal one person one vote rules while preserving counties. Legislators express cautious support but offer no firm timing.
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Winford Turner
George Wallace
Hugh Merrill
Anniston
Wallace
Decatur Daily
Cherner
Ben Cherner
Jefferson County
Billy Joe Camp
Camp
Morgan Ty
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Cullman
Winston
Walker
County
Marshall County
Decatur
Federal Court
Montgomery
Limestone
Lauderdale
Madison
Colbert County
Franklin County
Lawrence
Morgan
Bob Harris
Bob Wilson
Jasper
Browns Ferry Nuclear Unit 1 Receives AEC Safety Endorsement
The Atomic Energy Commission advisory committee on reactor safety backs issuing an operating license for Browns Ferry Unit 1, northwest of Decatur, as TVA aims to start commercial power next August. The plant will have three 1,152 MW units with Units 2 and 3 due in 1974. Alabama seeks a hearings on the license amid water quality concerns.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Browns Ferry
Decatur
AEC
South Limestone County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Aeg’s
Alabama
TVA
Weather snapshot for Athens with rain chances
High today in the upper 60s and a low tonight near 60. High Wednesday in the low 60s. Rain probability 30 percent today, 50 percent tonight, and 70 percent tomorrow. Includes note about a complete weather map on page B-4.
Kidney Aided Victim's Son
Mrs. Ruby Dotson died in a one car crash and had donated a kidney to her 19 year old son Herbert Don Dotson three months earlier. Doctors at Veterans Hospital in Birmingham removed the kidney on Sept 6 for the transplant. Her daughter Faye Looney said Don had been doing well until the accident.
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Trinity
Ruby Dotson
Dotson
Veterans Hospital
Birmingham
Herbert Don Dotson
Don
Faye Looney
Sacney
Court orders delay on airbags safety standards test rulings
In Cincinnati a federal court told the U.S. government to delay airbag like safety device standards testing while 6th Circuit reviews refine the passives. Belfast reports say British troops killed two men and wounded two others including bystanders. Beirut notes Syria cancels leaves and warns of possible Israeli strike within two days. Washington sources say Nixon selected a new HUD secretary in his second term.
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Ohio
U. S
6Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Beirut
Syria
An Nahar
Washington
Nixon
Commerce
George Roma
Housing and Urban Development
Apollo 17 mission to moon readies for night launch
Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt prepare for Apollo 17 as launch pad activity accelerates toward an 8:53 p.m. liftoff. Systems checks proceed on time with minor fixes, while crews anticipate a 13 day, half million mile journey.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Space Agency
America
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