Christmas events fill Decatur area calendar
Regular conclave of DeMolay Commandary 14 Knights Templar meets at 7 30 p m. Kappa Iota hosts a Christmas party at 7 p m. at Mrs Leon Poole 1821 19th Ave SW. An Athens Junior High Christmas concert at 8 p m features both bands with no admission. Various church groups host parties films caroling and cantatas across town. The Advent service at First United Methodist is 12 05 p m. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 O E S convenes at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall.
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Knights Templar
Kappa’ Kappa Iota
Leon Poole
19Th Ave
Athens Junior High School
First United Methodist Church
Bob Archibald
Mary Lou Dancy
Masonic Hall
Senate approves big federal spending measures this week
The Senate cleared and sent to conference a $21.4 billion Labor Health Education and Welfare bill after watering down desegregation limits, approved a $6.77 billion Transportation funding bill, and backed a $69.8 billion defense package with a nonissue on Laos and Thailand troop funding. A $1.97 billion two year foreign aid plan excludes jet planes for Formosa and funds for South Korea. Also listed are education and day care program funds and a note of facilities at Cedar Lake and several Alabama communities.
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Senate
Departments of Labor
Senate-House
U.S
Laos
Thailand
Formosa
South Korea
Congress races to finish appropriations season
Congress moves to complete the year’s spending measures while awaiting a tax and Social Security compromise to determine if the session ends Saturday. Senate House conferees expect tax reform Social Security action by tonight as Nixon warns of inflation risk.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate House
House
Nixon
Policy shifts sweep Civil Service and Pentagon as Nixon aides rise
The Federal Maritime Commission policy clash pits Helen Bentley against Burns over civil service rights while Texas senators Yarborough and Tower battle over U S marshal and attorney posts. Nixon appointees replace many U S attorneys. ambassadors and top Pentagon civilians shift under Laird. Flemming notes few remaining noncareer slots amid mounting job requests.
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Federal Maritime Commission
Helen Bentley
Nixon
Commission
Bentley
Burns
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
John Tower
Yarborough
Senate
Richard B. Hardee
Tower
U.S
Morganthau
State Department
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
France
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Robert 0. Seamans Jr
NASA
Air Force
John L. McLucas
Barry J. Shillito
Navy
Laird
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stanley S. Resor
Army
Robert C. Moot
John S. Foster Jr
Labor
Flemming
Big Bird Introduces New Tiny Friend on Sesame Street
Big Bird debuts a foot tall companion named Little Bird on Sesame Street keeping preschool viewers engaged. The plan includes a running gag as he misidentifies the tiny friend as a dog cat or horse before realizing Little Bird is a bird. The show, created by Jim Henson, airs daily with a cast of puppets and characters on over 190 stations.
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New Bird
Sesame Street
New York
Big Bird
America
Little Bird
Jim Henson
Moppet
Gordon
Susan
Bob
Mr. Hooper
Wrecked Car Found Near Burningtree South of McBride
A wrecked car was found at about 7:15 a.m. today by two motorists two miles south of Burningtree Country Club. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph Bates officiating. Burial will follow at Decatur Cemetery. He was a student at Morgan County High School at Hartselle. Surviving relatives include his parents, a sister Hattie Lou Compton, two brothers Tommy Wayne and B L Compton Jr., and grandparents Mrs. R D Compton of Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. John McClure of Gurley.
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Burningtree Country Club
McBride
Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel
Ralph Bates
Decatur Cemetery
Hattie Lou Compton
Tommy Wayne
B. L. Compton Jr
R. D. Compton
Decatur
John McClure
Gurley
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Shaw Cleared in Kennedy Murder Conspiracy Case
Murry stated three women and 10 other men were arrested at the midcity motel and booked on obscenity charges. Newsmen and television cameramen were admitted to the room shortly after police broke in, and Haggerty's brief struggle occurred under TV cameras.
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John F. Kennedy
Murry
Midcity
Haggerty
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United Cerebral Palsy Association of North Central Alabama, Inc
First State Bank
Johnson Chapel United Methodist Church
Hopewell Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
East Acres
State National
Austin High School
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Inn
Decatur Shrine Club
Morgan County
Wille
16Th Avenue Baptist Church
Girl Scouts of
West Decatur
Little
East Acres Community Center
Pineview Hospital
Central United Methodist Church
Bethlehem
George Godwin
Herbert Street
Sherman Street Church of God
A. N. Lee
Messiah
Market Place
Fellowship Hall
R. G. Lee
Memphis, Tenn
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Neel Community
Heart of Dixie
T.O.P.S. Club
Aquadome
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Billy Smith
Cedar Lake
Northwest Decatur
Courtland
Moulton
Town Creek
Speake
Holiday
Corridale St
S.W
Washington (Ap
Saigon
House-Senate
Health, Education and Welfare and
Sharon Tate
Atlanta
Georgia Board of Education
Lees
Beautyrest Mattresses
Simmons
Drexel
Southland Plaza
Svi J Furniture Company
6Th Ave
S.E
Shaw
Dad
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