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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1976

Page

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Carter Faces Record Deficit as Budget Talks Begin

President elect Carter faces a likely near sixty billion dollar deficit for fiscal 1977 and could push the deficit above the 1976 record if he enacts a 15 to 20 billion dollar jobs and tax cut program. Advisers warn Congress may balk, while Carter weighs stimulus steps and an anti inflation plan to be unveiled after his swearing in.

Washington Carter Ford Sugges Congress Congressional

Scientists Drill Antarctic Ice Cap

Scientists drill into the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Sound to sample bottom sediments and study the history of the shelf and when it was joined to open sea. The project explores how West Antarctica may destabilize and surge into the ocean, affecting global ocean circulation and food chains.

Walter Sullivan N.Y.T. News Service Mcmurdo Sound Antarctica Mobole Ross Ice Shelf Antarctic Ronne Ice Shelf Atlantic Spain Texas Here Ross Shelf Marge Byrd Land Ross and Ronne Shelves West Antarctica Hemisphere East Antarctic Pacific Marie Byrd Land West Antarctic

Cultist Jesus Claim Draws Followers in New York and Los Angeles

Mystic Oric Bovar, 59, led a two month long campaign claiming to be Jesus Christ. He drew up to 200 adherents including Bernadette Peters and Carol Burnett, who attended Los Angeles seminars at Peters home. The group sought to resurrect a Greek national, Sinos Hatzitheodorou, dying Oct 9 in Manhattan.

Robert McG THOMAS _N. Y. T New York Oric Bovar Newark City Los Angeles Jesus Christ Bovar Bernadette Peters Seers Carol Burnett Miss Peter Miss Peters Miss Lane Sree Bovar Miss Perected The New York Times Sinos Alexandros Hatzitheodorou Manhattan

Sugar Plum Time Comes to Cotaco Elementary School

At Cotaco Elementary School teachers Joanne Routt and Belita Hyche guide their special students in a Christmas crafts session. From left, Sandra Curbon, Mrs Hyche, Darryl Light and Kennedy Toney help create holiday items amid candy canes and gingerbread figures.

Santa Cotaco Elementary School Joanne Routt Belita Hyche Sandra Curbon Mrs. Hyche Darryl Light Kennedy Toney

Reed Jury Deadlock Triggers Mistrial In Alabama Bribery Case

The Alabama Circuit Judge William F. Thetford declared a mistrial after an eight to four juror vote showed deadlock in the bribery trial of state Rep. Thomas J. Reed of Tuskegee. The panel failed to reach a verdict amid reports of a pact to decide later and potential retrial discussions continue with prosecutors returning from Hawaii.

Jon Bixby AEE William F. Thetford Thomas J. R Tuskegee Thetford Suprs Ra Eres Ed Carnes Reed Dudley Perry Macon County Rohan Boail Mae Dorey Jay Room Nne House Alabama Perry Macon Entoy Racing Racing Commission Bama

Beethoven Takes First Music Lesson From Haydn

On this date in 1792, 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven paid 19 cents for his first music lesson from Franz Joseph Haydn. Weather today in Athens shows a high near 50 with a small chance of rain this afternoon, and a low around 30. River and weather map details appear on A-2.

Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Joseph Haydn

County seeks 500000 grant for Morgan CD funded projects

Morgan County Commission may approve a 500000 Community Development grant for recreation as its top priority. A public hearing at 10 a.m. Monday on the fifth floor courthouse discusses spending while HUD requires two hearings.

Morgan County Commission Leon Felts North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments Department of Housing and Urban Development Alabama Birmingham Jackson County Decatur Bob McWhorter Allen Hamilton Itment of Pensions and Security Marilyn George

Morgan County Adult Gifts Program Falls Short

About $455 has been raised for Christmas gifts for 600 local clients, less than half of last year's total of about $1,000 by this date. Grace Crowe of the Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security notes 14 clients are sponsored so far. donations or sponsorships can be arranged through the welfare office at 353-8181.

Grace Crowe Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security Department

Christmas Need Drives Hillsboro Family to Seek Stove

Mrs. Dorothy McDaniel and her two children live in Hillsboro on $118 monthly welfare with no car or kitchen table. They cook on a wood stove in a small five room house and lack basic clothing and shoes for Randy and Jennie. Neighbors report the old stove is worn, and the family asks for help with a replacement stove and holiday support.

Hillsboro Dorothy McDaniel Clyde Dutton Wee Road Decatur East Acres

Tanner 1 Resident Sells Color TV With Daily-Ad

Tanner 1 resident L. L. Crow sells a RCA 25 inch color console TV in good condition for 150 dollars via a daily advertisement. The ad notes cheap rates and a phone contact 353 6230 and urges readers to place want ads for various items.

Tanner 1 L. L. Crow Mr. Crow

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