Decatur council debates garbage incinerator plan with Jared firm
City officials visited Bla City near Memphis to inspect a proposed Jared and Associates garbage incinerator. Owner Allen Jared claimed 95 percent garbage burn and 5 percent landfill, with no odor for nearby residents. The unit would run 24/7, use water spray for the floor, and emit only heat carbon dioxide and water vapor per Jared. Project cost ranges from 3 to 5 million dollars with a $6 per ton disposal rate in year one of a 15-year contract.
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Dukes
Decatur
Dot Montgomery
Memphis
Allen Jared
Jared and Associates
Dagon
Gold Kist
Jared
Southeast
Environmental Protection Agency
Mike Jared
Convicted killer Ray seeks review citing legal conflicts
Ra Kennedy and Rev. King’s murder and a 1968 Memphis shooting loom in a court review plea. Ray’s attorney contends the case raises constitutional issues on voluntariness of pleas, conflict waivers, and defense ethics, arguing Foreman and Hale blocked fair review. Ray, jailed in Tennessee, serves a life term.
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Tenn
London
United States
Arthur Hanes
Aand
Zic Foreman
William Bradford Hale
Foreman
Dr. King
Tennessee State Prison
Rites of Rites Veteran and Community Leader Details
The obituary notes a World War I veteran who served in France 1917 to 1919 in the Army Band and battlefield aid. He studied at Bowling Green College of Commerce, engaged in York Rite Masonry, Shrine Club, and American Legion, and served as a deacon and treasurer at churches in Nashville. He married Nina Florence Hodges in 1966 and was a Gideon. Separate brief items mention a Decatur woman beaten by a neighbor and a theft of barbed wire from a shed valued at $104. no hospital admission records.
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Hospital Corps
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College of Commerce
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American Legion
Woodmont Baptist Church
Nashville
Teller Committee
Nina Florence Hodges
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Decatur Camp
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Gideons International
Kitty Ledbetter
Roger Smallwood
Ledbetter
Kate Hicks
Hicks
Energy priorities shape Carter transition briefing notes
Washington AP reports the incoming Carter team faces unfinished energy policy issues from fuel taxes to offshore oil and gas development. The transition briefing given to Carter’s staff outlines policy questions for future officials, highlighting cost and regulatory concerns in the evolving energy agenda.
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Carter
Ana
Stanley Eet
Sorseesprimaty
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Athens Council Eyes Annexation and Building Code Revision
Athens council may vote tonight on annexing Airport Subdivision along Alabama 127 to the city limits, a move supported by about 100 residents. A library board proposal and a revision to the Standard Building Code are also under review, likely boosting permit fees and annual city revenue by up to 30,000 dollars. Tower Street paving is on the agenda.
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Athens
Alabama 127
Airport
Gilbert Whitt
Dewitt Garrett
Whitt
Tower St
Kissinger weighs paths after Carter on Middle East role
Kissinger argues the United States must move to influence Middle East diplomacy even as he notes Geneva talks may not resume leading to a possible parallel track with Iraq and Syria to sidestep the Palestinian issue. He cautions against overstating gains from past trips and reflects on aides Winston Lord Peter Rodman and Helmut Sonne.
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Carter
United States
Geneva
Kissinger
Syria
Aires
Air Force
Middle East
Peter Rodman
Winston Lord
Helmut
Edde wounded in Beirut and Rhodesia talks drift
Lebanese Christian leader Raymond Edde was slightly wounded by gunfire as he entered a Beirut building. Police and Arab Deterrent Force guards cordoned the area as investigations begin. In Geneva, Prime Minister Ian Smith rejected new British Rhodesia transfer proposals, while diplomatic talks continue with Kissinger aides reevaluating peacemaking efforts in the Middle East.
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Beirut
Raymond Edde
Edde
Geneva
Switzerland
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Rhodes
Presidential Election Is Today in Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama presidential election day unfolds as electors prepare to cast votes for the national candidates. The 538 electors aim to yield 297 for Carter and 241 for Ford with Alabama’s nine votes united for the Democratic ticket after a historically unique display of ballot names and electors bound to support their chosen candidates. The list of Alabama Democratic electors includes Clifford Ford Clarence Price Hicks Shannon Roy Mayhall Mabel Amos Lucius Amerson Bronx Garrett Fuller Kimbrell Pelham Ferrell among others.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jimmy
Shaie Aenes Baggett
Carter
Ford
Democratic Executive Committee
Ae An
Clifford Ford
Clarence Price
Hicks Shannon
Roy Mayhall
Mabel Amos
Montomery
Lucius Amerson
Egee
Bronx Garrett
Brewton
Fuller Kimbrell
Fayette
Pelham Ferrell
Phenix City
Decatur Dear Mr Claus Letter From Crissy
Crissy writes a Christmas list asking for Wilson Staff golf clubs for her daddy to teach her, a Evel Kenevil Chopper, Jaws game, Fonzie doll, Mickey Mouse phone, a Bionic Man and Woman, and candy for Crissy's girlfriend. She wishes Rudolph safe by the fireplace and signs with love, Crissy.
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Decatur
Mr. Claus
Rudolph
Crissy
Christmas Morning Reflections by Tommy Ray Higdon
A nostalgic poem in which the speaker recalls Christmas mornings as a child and shifts to a father’s perspective. The narrator describes rushing for gifts, a worried mother, a laughing father, and family songs while preparing a turkey. Now the speaker, as the father, hopes to recreate those treasured moments for his children.
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Tommy Ray Higdon
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