Warner Buys Two Grand Paintings for Yacht Club
New York AP reports Jack Warner of Tuscaloosa Alabama purchased Rosa Bonheur’s King of the Forest and Edwin Landseer Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveller from the Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge estate. Warner paid 20 000 and 22 000 dollars respectively. Proceeds from Sotheby Parke Bennet sales total 585 700 and support a Madison New Jersey stray dog shelter.
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New York
Jack Warner
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
Warner
South
North River Yacht Club
Rosa Bonheur
Christie’s
London
Edwin Landseer
Sotheby Parke Bennet
Sellers to Take UA Post as Assistant to President
Dr. Curtis Sellers former Decatur City schools superintendent and current UA administrator will soon assume an executive role at the university. He will take a six month leave from the College of Education to focus on coordinating the legislature as assistant to the president or a similar title.
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Tommy Stevenson
Curtis Sellers
Decatur City
Department of Administration and Higher Education
University of Alabama
Sellers
College of Education
Mathews
Richard Thigpen
Tuscaloosa
Thigpen
University of Alabama Presidents University Board of Trustees
John Caddell
Caddell
Law
Hoffa Death-Drum Theory Emerges In Detroit
Federal grand jury probes Hoffa disappearance and considers a 55 gallon drum body in a trucking terminal in Detroit. In other news, Ford calls U S a Pacific nation during toast to Suharto, a San Francisco crowd faces a fatal fire engine collision, and Senate halts filibuster on a New York City default loan bill with a 70 to 27 vote.
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N.Y
Jakarta
Indonesia
Ford
United States
Asia
Southeast Asia
Suharto
Washington
Senate
New York City
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Superman Creators Seek Pension From the Man of Steel
Two aging creators Joseph Shuster and Jerry Siegel, who sold the Superman copyright decades ago, press for a financial settlement or annual stipend from Warner Communications after decades of struggle. Siegel, now a California clerk, and Shuster, living on sparse means, hope a pension will ease old age hardship.
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Mary Breasted
N.Y
Shuster
Siegel
Federal Court of Appeals
Coudert Brothers
Supreme Court
National Periodical Publications, Inc
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Robin Hood
Schuster
Cleveland
Earth
Superman
Detective Comics,Inc
Action Comics
Superman Comics
Siegel and Schuster
Detective Comics, Inc
Jay Emmett
Warner Communications, Inc
National Publications
Siegel and Shuster
Superport Plans Dropped Temporarily In Gulf Coast
Alabama and Mississippi suspend a $187 million monobuoy superport project off the Mobile Pasagoula coast due to oil price spikes from OPEC. State Sen. L W Noonan says crude costs rose three to four times since proposals began, making contracts for crude import infeasible. Louisiana Gov Edwin Edwards aims for a Louisiana offshore superport within three years, citing federal permit timelines and a first mover advantage.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
L. W. Noonan
Ameraport Corp
Noonan
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Roosevelt appeals to Hirohito for peace in 1941
In 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt made a personal appeal for peace to Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Pearl Harbor attack followed the next day. The article notes weather and river pages and ends with a regional Tennessee Valley line.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Hirohito
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Golden Bears and Golden Eagles win state titles in two classes
James Rich stars on the sidelines as Athens Golden Bears beat Andalusia 35-15 to clinch 3-A state title. Hazlewood Golden Eagles dominate Hokes Bluff 53-0 to win 2-A championship, Coach Larry Bishop pictured signaling victory. See page seven for more on the games.
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James Rich
Athens Golden Bear
Andalusia
Larry Bishop
Hazlewood Golden Eagles
Hokes Bluff
Chamions
Bobby Herbert
Gary Lidyd
Decatur hosts 150th anniversary parades and torchlight march
Decatur kicks off its sesquicentennial with a 10 a.m. parade starting at Gordon Drive and Lee Street then Bank Street, featuring Santa Claus Ronald McDonald and floats. A Monday torchlight march from Gordon-Bibb School to city hall lights 150 candles.
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Yale
Santa Claus
Ronald McDonald
2Nd Ave
Decatur
Gordon Dr
Lee St
Bank St
Gordon-Bibb School
City Hall
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Yacht Club
Gulf State Paper Co
West Alabama
Jacquelene
S.E
Hoffa
San Francisco
Allen
Frank
Joe Shuster
Jerry Siegel
Superport
Monobuoy
Pascagoula
Edwards
Dial
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Eens
Eneereee
Hazlewood Triumph
Loren Koslowsky
Tennessee River
Rhodes Ferry
Robinson's Furniture
Second Avenue
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