Roussel Plans Mutual Savings Home Office Complex
Louis Roussel announces Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co will build a new two story home office with escalators and employee amenities on a 15.8 acre site chosen as optioned property near a major highway. Construction to begin early next year pending surveys and title checks.
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LEE Sentell Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Louis Roussel
Bank St
Roussel
Mutual Savings
Alabama
Birmingham
Bank St. Roussel
Apollo 17 lifts off after computer glitch delays mission
Apollo 17 roared from Cape Kennedy into space after an earlier countdown delay caused by a stubborn computer that failed to heed a manual signal. Commander Eugene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, and Ronald Evans formed the crew as Mission Control reported a smooth flight despite minor alarm-system glitches.
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Cape Kennedy
Jack Schmitt
Earth
Moon
Cernan
Mission Control
Marshall Spaceflight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Space
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt Cousins Celebrate Apollo 17 Lift Off
Athens area relatives of astronaut Harrison Schmitt Jr. watched the Cape Kennedy liftoff with pride. Mobley cousins, including Larry Mobley assistant fire chief, received personal invitations to attend the launch. Schmitt is a geologist with a key role in lunar sample analysis and is part of the Apollo 17 moon landing and 75 hour surface exploration plan.
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Athens
Harrison Schmitt Jr
Cape Kennedy
Schmitt
Larry Mobley
Mobley
Earth
Mobleys
Eugene A. Cernan
Roy Mobley
First Lady Targeted in Knife Incident During Awards
First Lady Imelda Marcos was rushed by a unidentified man with a knife while handing out awards at a beautification contest in Pasay City. Guards shot and killed the assailant. Marcos was not seriously hurt. The event was televised live.
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Imelda Marcos
Pasay City
Manila
Prisoner Beaten in Huntsville Jail Drunk Tank
James King 56 of Town Creek was found unconscious in Huntsville area drunk tank after a severe beating Tuesday night. He was admitted to Decatur General then transferred to Huntsville Hospital in critical condition with doctors and nurses reporting near death as a suspect in the beating is being questioned.
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Huntsville Hospital
James King
Town Creek
Perenne Naan
Decatur General Hospital
King
AAA Southend Ambulance Service
Pack Self
Primary Bill To Be Filed In Alabama Primaries Reform
State Sen. E. C. Foshee said a bill to move the Alabama primaries from May to September and runoffs from June to October will be introduced in the 1973 regular session. Qualifying would start in August, easing yearlong campaigning. The change follows years of discussion and a committee report on election reform.
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Winford Turner
Alabama
E. C. Foshee
Red Level
Foshee
Bob Harris
Decatur
Monsanto President Hanley to Visit Decatur Plant
Monsanto chief John W. Hanley arrives for a two day tour of the Decatur facility starting today. He will inspect the technical center and conduct a general plant tour on Friday. Hanley, formerly with Procter and Gamble, was elected president and CEO last month.
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Monsanto
John W. Hanley
Decatur
Hanley
Proctor and Gamble Co
Monsanto Co
Truman Improvement Continues Amid Critical Condition
Former President Harry S Truman remained on the critical list at Research Hospital and Medical Center in Kansas City as doctors cited age and risk of sudden change. A morning bulletin noted fluctuating temperature around 102.8 and ongoing heart failure concerns while stating vital signs were previously stable.
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Kansas City
Harry S Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
John Dreves
Medical Bulletin
O Ae
Nixon aides fret as wholesale price rise accelerates
The November wholesale price surge unsettles officials, dampening hopes Nixon has reined in inflation. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho resume secret talks amid talk of possible setbacks in final peace negotiations. Volpe named ambassador to Italy with Brinegar tapped as his cabinet successor. McAshan will miss Live Bowl game against Iowa State in Memphis on December 18 per coach Bill Fulcher.
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Washington
Nixon
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Eddie McAshan
Iowa State
Memphis
Bill Fulcher
MSFC Cited For Efforts
A NASA official credited Marshall Space Flight Center engineers for keeping Apollo 17 on its moon mission launch window. A 75 cent relay caused a 1 million dollar snag and was bypassed using a breadboard model, with teams at Kennedy Space Center and Houston assisting Huntsville.
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Huntsville
Ala
Space Agency
Marshall Space Flight Center
Fletcher Kurtz
Aigh
The
Space Center
Cape
On This Date in 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Noted
The item notes Pearl Harbor’s attack by Japanese planes marking the start of the Pacific war. It also provides local weather outlook with highs in the upper 30s and mid 40s, and rain chances of 20 percent tonight and 60 percent Friday.
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Pearl Harbor
Guaranteed Frigidaire Service Ad at Robinson Furniture
Advertises Frigidaire appliance service by Robinson Furniture in downtown Decatur on Second Avenue. Provides phone 353 2370 and mentions adjacent location.
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Service Robinson Furniture
Second Avenugly
Decatur
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Mutual
Russell Bolding
Byron Vann
Decatur Housing Authority
Paul Recer
George Wallace
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cornelia
Harris
MSFC
A& Landers
Tennessee Valley
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