City Eyes Suit on One Man One Vote
City council weighs legal action against Morgan County Commission to adopt one man one vote representation. Council member Byron Vann argues Decatur residents lack equitable county influence despite contributing over half the county population. He contemplates suing to add Decatur and Hartselle seats, citing Phenix City vs Russell precedent.
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Ben Windham
Morgan County Commission
Byron Vann
Morgan County
Decatur
Vann
Hartselle
Alabama
Phenix City
The
Russell
Warner
Russell County
Astronauts Prepare Return From Moon
Apollo 17 mission wraps as Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt prepare to depart the lunar surface. They logged 22 hours on the moon with 334 pounds of samples and an orange dust discovery. Evans remains in orbit aboard America awaiting splashdown on Dec 1.
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Harrison Schmitt
Moon
Taurus-Littrow
Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Challenger
Ronald E. Evans
America
Schmitt
John F. Kennedy
Apollo
Cernan and Schmitt
Earth
Pacific
Manned Spacecraft Center
Aspronauts
Davis Murder May Have Been At Shopping Center
Police now believe James F. Davis was shot to death in a Westgate Shopping Center parking area rather than at Guntharth Funeral Home. Charged with murder are former Mayor Charles Guntharp and Stewart Weaver. preliminary hearings are set, with grand jury options possible. Davis, father of six, worked at Brown’s Ferry plant and had ties to local politics. Witnesses are being sought as investigators review evidence and autopsy results.
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James F. Davis
Decatur
Bob Hancock
Charles Guntharp
Stewart Weaver
Davis
Guntharp
Weaver
Morgan County Court
Dist. Atty
Mike Moebes
Moebes
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Westgate
Hancock
Guntharp Funeral Home
Beltline
Moulton Roads
Gunthorp
Morgan County
C. Bennett McRae
Brown’s Ferry
Troopers Toss Tear Gas in University Clash
An AP brief notes the special investigating committee found troopers fired the first tear gas canister in a clash with Southern University students, and the fatal shot came from sheriff's deputies. The report mentions Nixon and Kissinger discussing Vietnam talks, and Harry S. Truman's doctors call his condition very serious.
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Baton Rouge, la
Southern University
Sheriff's Deputies
Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Alabama Becomes 22nd State In Union In 1819
Today’s date on this date notes Alabama joined the United States as the 22nd state in 1819. Weather outlook lists highs in the upper 40s to low 50s, lows around 40, with a 60 percent rain chance today and 70 percent tonight and Friday. River map pages referenced on D-3.
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Alabama
Union
Nixon Faces Hard Choices After Kissinger Paris Visit
President Nixon weighs options as Kissinger returns from nine days of talks with Hanoi's Tho in Paris unfinished. Possible moves include signing a cease fire behind Thieu's objections, sending a new mission to Saigon, or returning Kissinger to Paris for further North Vietnamese concessions. Porter and Sullivan to continue liaison with Xuan Thuy group.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Nixon
Paris
Hanoi
LegDuc
White House
Kissinger
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Tho
Pate
U.S
Ehind
Thieu
Saigon
William J. Porter
William H. Sullivan
State Department
Beary
Ancg
Red
Xuan Thuy
Porter
Tragedy Strikes Davis Family After Fatal Shooting
In Decatur Alabama on a Tuesday a man named James F. Davis was shot four times in the chest after a hurried phone call. Police later arrested former Mayor Charles Gunthorp and officer Stewart Weaver on first degree murder charges. Davis left home to meet a loan call and was killed before reaching the Westgate Shopping Center.
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James Floyd Davis
Beltline
Davis
Linda Parham
James F. Davis
Credit Union
Jann
Westgate
Lillyene
Decatur
Charles Gunthorp
Stewart Weaver
Jay
Alabama Country Music Association
Timmy
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U. S&s. District Court
Montgomery
Robert Warner
Gibson’s Department
van Pruitt
Robert Straub
Noble Russell
Ralph Slate
Decature
Dial
Athens
Sancts Landers
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
Jay Micheal
Joyce Blaige
Patt Annette
Barry Duane
Jann Denese
Timothy James
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