Ice drilling effort ends in failure at Ross Shelf site
An international team drilling into the sunless sea beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf halted with 27 hours left to reach the sea below. The 12 inch hole closed under plastic glacier ice, dashing plans to observe life and collect samples, as scientists plan new efforts for next year.
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Walter Sullivan
N.Y
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo
Here
Japan
Norway
Denmark
Switzerland
Australia
Germany
United States
B. Lyle Hansen
Hansen
Marie Byrd Land
Greenland
Spain
Ross Sea
Pacific Ocean
RISP
Ross Ice Shelf Project
Christmas party gratitude from Decatur School Patrol group
The Decatur Daily thanks the Federal Order of Police for lending their lodge and entertaining the citywide Christmas party hosted by the School Patrol. A public letter from Lawrence County citizens to Mr. Ray Bass of the State Highway Department complains of a dirt Bushy Road off Highway 36, urging improved grading and right of way. Signatories include Carl Welborn and multiple local families.
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Decatur
City of
Federal Order of Police
Walter Jackson
West Decatur West Lawn
Gordon Bibb
St. Ann’s
Austinville
Lawrence County
Ray Bass
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Decatur Daily
Ala
Bass
Alabama
Carl Welborn
John Moses
D. J. Yeager
Edgar Sparks
Maxcine Newsome
Thomas Smith
Curtis Wilburn
Donnie Smith
Louis Gibson Cooper Smith
Ira Wilburn Co
George Wallace
Walker McCulloch
Moulton Advertiser
Washington
House
Robert Fulton
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fulton
Public letters urge more ETV funds and decry show repeats
Readers at 1205 Eleanor Dr SW and elsewhere urge Alabama Educational Television to receive more funds and curb repeated preschool fare. They praise educational programming yet warn against overfamiliar reruns while calling for broader content selection and staff to address scheduling.
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Eleanor Dr
Decatur
Ala
The
Decatur Daily
Alabama Educational Television Network
Electric Company
Masterpiece Theatre
Crocket
Victory Garden
Schmidt appeals domestic policy in parliament amid pension delay
In a two and a half hour speech Schmidt admitted errors in policy and conceded delaying a promised 10 percent pension increase. He noted public concern over nuclear plant safety as Japan and allies push to cut oil dependence amid economic strain.
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Schmidt
There is no hope for the satisfied man.
Frederick G. Bonfils offers a stark observation on contentment, suggesting that fulfillment can breed complacency and block further drive or ambition. The aphorism reflects a philosophic critique of ease versus aspiration.
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Frederick G. Bonfils
Free Skating Party at Finland for V F W members
The VFW Post 4190 sponsors a free skating party at Finland from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. for VFW members and their families. A bake sale at Gateway Shopping Center starts at 9 a.m. and a benefit singing for families who lost their home to fire is at Corinth Baptist Church at 7 p.m. featuring Sonny Jones and the Cavaliers.
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V. F. W. Post 4190
Finland
First Free Will Baptist Church Auxiliary
Gateway Shopping Center
Lou Allen
Borden
Corinth Baptist Church
Moulton
Sonny Jones
The
Cavaliers
Church Concerts Near Hartselle and Trinity
New Center Baptist Church east of Hartselle hosts a 7 p.m. concert featuring the Motes Family the Dobbs Family and the Devotion Singers. Union Baptist Church Trinity also at 7 p.m. presents the Christian Singers for a separate church music event.
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New Center Baptist Church
Hartselle
Motes
Dobbs
Devotion Singers
Union Baptist Church
Trinity
Rockefeller seeks $80,000 for inauguration costs
West Virginia Governor elect Jay Rockefeller faces a shortfall as a special $80,000 request may be needed to cover inauguration expenses after Moore era funds run out. Rockefeller is set to be inaugurated January 17, with $100,000 originally allocated for swearing in and Moore papers, now exhausted by transition costs.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Tom Craig
Moore
Witness of the Year: Peggy Williamson Testifies in Robbery Trial
Prosecutors in Sacramento California praise Peggy Williamson 29 for her witness in a robbery trial despite five months of intimidation and terror she endured. The article notes her courage and impact on the case as a key witness.
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Sacramento
Calif
Peggy Williamson
Pat Nixon Named Most Admired Woman Worldwide
Good Housekeeping magazine picks Pat Nixon as the world’s most admired woman for 1976 after reader polling. The list includes ten women and notes a sympathetic reaction to Pat Nixon’s stroke and the presidency’s end following Richard Nixon’s resignation.
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New York
Pat Nixon
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Mrs. Nixon
Betty Ford
Pat
Church concert schedule with multiple groups listed
The evening gospel program lineup includes Unionaires Pleasant View Holy Church of Christ at 7 p.m. with the Devotion Singers and the Dobbs Family. Holy Missionary Baptist Church Athens at 7 p.m. features the Gospel Four and Watwood Family. East Acres Community Center 1012 18th Ave. SE hosts regular monthly singing at 7 p.m. Conway Baptist Church at 7 p.m. features the Calvary Crusaders. Lacey's Spring Holiness Church at 7 p.m. with the Crow Family and the Gospel Tones. Full Gospel Holiness Tabernacle north of Moulton at 7 p.m. featuring the Galatians and Serving Echoes.
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Pleasant View Holy Church of Christ
Devotion
Dobbs
Holy Missionary Baptist Church
Athens
the Gospel Four
Watwood Family
East Acres Community Center
18Th Ave. S.E
Conway Baptist Church
Calvary Crusaders.of
Lacey
Spring Holiness Church
Crow Family
Gospel Tones
Full Gospel Holiness Tabernacle
Moulton
Vietnam to start large population redistribution next year
Premier Pham Van Dong announced at the fourth Vietnam party congress in Hanoi that a major population redistribution program would begin early next year. The plan includes moving workers from the southern regions to other provinces.
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Hanoi Radio
Dong
Saigon
Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Vietnam Party Congress
Hanoi
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Huntsville
Rhonda Hudson
Higdon Rd
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National League of Cities
National Committee For Decriminalizing
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Ricky E. McAbee
Nixon
United States District Court
Richard M. Nixon
Morton Halperin
John Lewis Smith Jr
Halperin
White House
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
Bonn
Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
Paris
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Senate
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Chile
Iran
South Korea
Federal Power Commission
FPC
James G. Watt
Don S. Smith
Miki
Tokyo
Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic Party
Conservative
Hartselle Aarp
Chapter 1831
Lebanon Baptiste
Sparkman Community Center
West Morgan School
West Morgan
Ilon Zeta Chapter
Beta A. Sorority
Mud Tavern
Old Moulton Road
National Association of
Decatur Inn
Trinity United Methodist Church Sanctuary
Austinville United Methodist Church
Parkway Building
Central Parkway
Shirley Hughes
First United Methodist Church
Jimmy Richey
Aquadome
Betty Johnson
Scottish Rite
Woman's Association
Scottish Rite Temple
Bob Wallace Ave
Child Evangelism Fellowship of
Carolyn St
First Baptist Church
Parents Anonymous
Child —— Fellowship of Decatur
Gospel Singings
Jay
Henry the Globetrotter
Henry A. A
Harlem Globetrotters
Harris
Kissinger
Globetrotters
Rosalynn
Americus, Ga
Rosalynn Carter
Carter
Georgia
And
Unionaires
Don Q
David Gantz
Sancho
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