Four Names Mentioned For Council Race
Four prospective candidates surfaced this week for Decatur city government with three businessmen Leo Wenzler Harry Hames and Ray Nixon and Decatur attorney Robert Milam cited as possible contenders. Milam could not be reached but his wife confirmed talk of a run. Wenzler said financial know how is needed in city leadership and may seek a council post while Hames and Nixon said they are still weighing their options.
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Paul Foreman
Leo Wenzler
Harry Hames
DAILY
Ray Nixon
Monroe’ Business Equipment
Robert Milam
Decatur
Milam
Wenzler
The
Telephone Service Co
Huntsville
Memphis
Hames
Fire devastates SCI Systems plant. 75 percent damaged
Firefighters battled for over two hours to contain a blaze at SCI Systems Inc on Brooks Street SW destroying about three quarters of the facility. No injuries were reported among 35 workers at the plant though damages could force layoffs while the cause remained undetermined.
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Russ Roberts
SCI Systems Inc
Brooks St
Jim Reekie
Lee Campbell
Campbell
Don Horvath
AAA Southend
Reekie
Huntsville I-65 Spur Okayed Expected Soon
Alabama highway officials anticipate federal location approval for the I-65 spur through Limestone and Madison counties early next year. The 21 mile route from I-65 north of Mooresville to Huntsville would traverse Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge with rights of way to follow.
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Sonny Turner
Athens
Limestone
Madison
Federal Highway Administration
Alabama
Ray Bass
Highway Department
Bass
Federal Administration
Washington
Huntsville
Mooresville
State Highway Department
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Fire Chooses Path Through SCI Plastics Building
Elsie Davis, a materials handler at SCI plastics in Decatur, reports seeing fire and smoke as crews stood outside the building. The rear warehouse held flammable plastic material used for ice box insulation, raising concern of spread if flames reach that area.
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Gay Barber
SCI
Elsie Davis
SCI Plastics
GM Begins Production at Alabama Plant as Wallace Cancels Visit
The first hydraulic steering gear pump built in Alabama rolled off the line at 11 22 a m as GM Limestone County began production. About 100 leaders attended the ceremony and Ellis Ivey accepted the pump for Saginaw Steering Gear. Governor Wallace canceled his Decatur visit due to state business and spoke by telephone at the luncheon. Production aims for 4 800 units daily, with 150 workers now and 800 expected by late 1976, expanding to gear and hose assembly for cars and trucks. The pumps will be shipped to GM plants in Georgia Tennessee Texas Missouri Kansas and California.
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Lee Sentell
Alabama
General Motors
Limestone County
Ellis Ivey
Saginaw
Decatur
Huntsville Skycenter
R. C
Wallace
Montgomery
Tennessee
Wallace W. Wilson
Mich
Automotive
Georgia
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
California
Newspaper Heir Robbed Slain in Luxury Philadelphia Flat
John Shively Knight III editor and Knight empire heir was found bound and stabbed five times in his 23rd story apartment overlooking Rittenhouse Square. A house guest was also stabbed while fleeing the robbers. Police believe three men conducted a lengthy search before escaping.
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Julie Dunlap
Philadelphia
John Shively Knight III
Knight Publishing
Knight
Rittenhouse Square
Donald Patterson
Homicide
Nations declare war on Japan on eve of World War II
Daily on This Day notes the 1941 declaration of war by the United States and Britain against Japan. Weather forecast lists highs in the 50s and rain likelihood at 36 percent with lows in the 40s.
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United States
Britain
Japan
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Blackmon
Robinson's Furniture
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