City Schools End Elementary Physical Education Program
Budget pressures force Decatur city schools to terminate 43 paraprofessionals and end the elementary physical education program by December 19. Superintendent Byron Nelson says four staff will transfer to teaching posts, but overall curriculum quality will decline and recess supervision will rise.
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Welf
Byron Nelson
Alabama
Nelson
Somerville Rd
Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Decatur Schools
Elkmont New Town, Bridge Revamp Tied to TVA Budget
The TVA budget final version includes 5.6 million dollars to restructure the Southern Railway bridge over the Tennessee River and 2 million for the Elkmont rural village near Limestone County. Rep. Bob Jones helped reinstate the Elkmont project after earlier removal, with final approval expected soon.
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Lee Sentell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Southern Railway
Tennessee River
Elkmont
Limestone County
Bob Jones
Jones
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
TVA
Ford
House of Congress
Corps of Engineers
Decatur
Elk River Valley
Office of Budget Management
Elk River Development Agency
Morgan County Revenue Boost Seen as Small Surplus
Morgan County faces a modest revenue rise from reappraisal finishing by Oct 1 next year. Chairman Dick Fleming says increases likely yield surplus funds, mainly aiding schools, with limited county general fund impact. County aims to expand recreation but will not spend until funds are confirmed.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Morgan Commission
Dick Fleming
Fleming
Morgan
General Fund
Auditing Task Force Formed To Probe Education Dept
Interim legislative committees create an eight member auditing task force to handle special investigations and launch a study to trim the Education Department budget. Senator Joe Fine faced protests over a leadership selection as part of the education flap.
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Montgomery
Ala
Education Department
Joe Fine
Russellville
Chances Of Overriding Tax Cuts Grow In Congress
Congress moves toward overriding President Ford on temporary tax cuts with growing Democratic support and a two thirds vote goal. The Senate Finance Committee approved a six month extension and the bill heads to the full Senate, while the House version extends some cuts for one year.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democratic Caucus
Finance Committee
Woman Sues For Job As Trooper
In Montgomery two women sue the Public Safety Department alleging sex discrimination in hiring for Alabama law enforcement. They seek equal hire of women to 45 percent of troopers, while officials defend privacy and physical standards for prison guards. Staton argues correctional staff must be physically capable to handle violence and notes no women patrol male prisons.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Board of Corrections
Thomas,Staton
Alabama
Staton
Public Safety Department
State board approves purchase of former District One TB hospital
The State Mental Health Board voted 12 0 at Searcy Hospital Mt Vernon to buy the former District One Tuberculosis Hospital in Flint for 465000 to create a regional center. They will sell some equipment back to Joe Alexander who bought it at auction last year and model the facility after Grief Memorial Hospital in Montgomery opening August 1974. Patients would have short stays under two months and not be as severely disturbed as at Bryce Partlow Searcy and Bryce.
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District One
Flint
State Mental Health Board
Searcy Hospital
Mt. Vernon
James Crow
Joe Alexander
Sheffield
Crow
Hardin
Bryce, Searcy and Partlow
The
Mental Health Board
Bryce
Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Appeals Court
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Jones weighs city council bid amid expanding field
Joe Jones Austin High School basketball coach says he may run for a city council seat next summer. He has been contacted by supporters but calls the decision premature. Other potential candidates include Robert Milam Ray Nixon Leo Wenzler. Four council members will not seek re election, fueling early interest in the August election. Jones expects a decision by January or February.
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Joe Jones
Austin High School
Jones
Coxneil
Decatur
Robert Milam
Ray Nixon
Leo Wenzler
Contempt finding in Hoffa inquiry shocks New Jersey union links
In Detroit a New Jersey Teamster, Stephen Andretta, was found in contempt after refusing to answer a federal grand jury about Hoffa's disappearance. The testimony, given under immunity, lasted under ten minutes as he insisted on speaking to his lawyer. News reports also finger CORE in Angola mercenary plans and United Airlines halting flights during talks with machinists.
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Detroit
New Jersey
Stephen Andretta
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Andretta
Ralph M. Freeman
Robert C. Ozer
U.S. Organized Crime Task Force
William E. Bufalino
Ozer
Washington
United Airlines
International Association of Machinists
United
National Airlines
On This Day War Declares in World War II Context
In 1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. Weather notes forecast high in the 60s and a low tonight in the upper 30s with a high Friday in the mid 60s. Complete weather map and river page referenced on A-2. It's a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Germany
Italy
United States
Tennessee Valley
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