Basketweaver Ends Long Career Amid Health Woes
The aging craftsman, Alexander, recounts decades of basket weaving including seven times leaving town to rest with relatives in Pennsylvania. He plans to quit due to health and age, noting the demanding work and the lack of successors. He mentions making cotton baskets and supplying local gins, and fears future basketmakers will be scarce as his grandsons show little interest.
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Pennsylvania
Alexander
Puerto Rico
Aet Lawrence
Morgan Counes
County tax plan eyed as cities and county schools explore 2 percent levy
Sailors and local officials discussed sharing revenues from a proposed 2 per cent tax among Decatur, Hartselle, and the county school system. Historic shares for Decatur’s schools varied 43, 40, and 37 percent from 1974 to 1976, while Hartselle’s portion for 1976 could not be learned. The county commission and school board considered options, including rescinding existing municipal gross receipts taxes, with Decatur Mayor Bill Dukes calling the proposal a bolt from the blue.
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Cording
Decatur
Dot Lorenzo
Hartselle
Sailors
Bob Harris
Bill Dukes
Morgan County Board of Education Seeks Countywide 2 Percent Sales Tax
The Morgan County Board of Education resolves to ask Alabama legislators to adopt a countywide 2% sales tax replacing municipal taxes, with proceeds first supporting Morgan County schools in year one and future increases funding the county system and equitable to municipalities. It also approves school bus field trips, a certified operator for sewage plants, and engineering and expansion plans at several schools.
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Morgan County
J. V. Sailors
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
Priceville
Cotaco
Brewerate School
Toy safety watch list exposes risky products and safety claims
Swartz cites numerous toys with potential hazards from swallowed darts to choking risks and flammable clothing. Mattel Playco Hasbro Woolworths and others respond with defenses or store removals while officials urge parental caution and stricter safety oversight.
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Swartz
Tom Mayfield
Mattel
Hawthorne
Calif
Herae
Beverly Stinnett
Playco Products
Torrance
Hasbro Industries
Pawtucket
R.I
Hasbro
Donald Robbins
Oklahoma City
School bids for furniture roofing and partitions
The district accepted the low bid of Interstate School Suppliers for furniture and accessories at Decatur High School totaling 5,454.30. Heads Office Furniture bid 52,729.40 was not chosen. Babco Roofing Co. won reroofing at Austin High School for 6,462 with other bids higher. Haworth Delta Inc. won partitions for the central office at 5,424.88, with Monroe Business Equipment offering 7,200 and 5,421 alternates.
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Fice
Eugene Drugger Co
Office Supply Co
Decatur High School
Babco Roofing Co
Austin High School
Bill Mears Roofing Co
Messensmith Roofing Co
Haworth/Delta, Inc
Monroe Business Equipment
Swine Flu Program May Be Abandoned
ATLANTA AP Federal officials acknowledged it would be hard to restart the suspended nationwide swine flu immunization program even if studies show no link to Guillain Barré syndrome. They note a higher rate of the syndrome in vaccinated individuals among 94 cases, with 4 deaths, while stressing no proven vaccine link. The program could resume quickly if a swine flu epidemic emerges.
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Atlanta
William Foege
National Center For Disease
Foege
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Oege
Cooper
Rome
Colorado
Alabama
New Jersey
Minnesota
New York speech patterns traced to Southern roots
Dr. Berger suggests Brooklynese may originate from Southern pronounciations passed to New York merchants before the Civil War. The example "the worm has turned" traces from planter talk to urban slang, with notes on how patrician tones morphed into lower-class speech and a few sample phrases.
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Dr. Berger
Constitution
New York
Charleston
Newark
Berger
Flatbush
A Ian Bel
TVA plant fuels lower utility purchases and delayed rate hike
TVA officials reported the electric plant now supplies about 15 percent of TVA power after a March 1975 fire, reducing purchases from other utilities and coal plants during peak demand. Last week TVA directors postponed a general rate increase until at least next spring. The article also references political corruption investigations and a collection of urban slang.
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TVA
No meters in Douglasville taxis negotiate fares
In Douglasville Georgia taxicabs lack meters and fares are often negotiable. Driver Louis Priest recalls being paid with fruit and vegetables and says riders travel even without cash. Louise Bonner argues meters would kill business as riders could not afford fares.
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Douglasville
Atlanta
Louis Priest
Louise Bonner
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