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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1971
Page
2
Movement Toward A Concreted America Editorial
Guest column from the Montgomery Advertiser critiques the Interstate Highway System. It recalls Eisenhower's 1955 proposal, costs, and targets, then questions future funding and priorities for urban and primary roads as the program expands toward a broader national network.
Weather Outlook For Decatur and Vicinity
Clear to partly cloudy through Sunday with a high of 44 to 47 today and a low of 31 to 34 tonight. Sunday highs seen 43 to 46. Friday climate data show a high 53 and low 42 with an average 46. Precipitation totals: day 0.49 inch, month 8.60, year 54.53 inches. Sunrise 6 48 am sunset 4 38 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
State to Update Air Force Fleet In Alabama
Plans are underway to replace Alabama air fleet with a World War II propeller plane first in line for retirement. State Finance Director Taylor Hardin says the craft will likely be replaced by a King Air Beechcraft and another aircraft will follow soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Taylor Hardin
HP Mayor Estes Active Despite Being Crippled
Dane Estes acting mayor of Holly Pond and Cullman County Commissioner, crippled by polio since 1951, remains active despite lifelong wheelchair use and a basketball scholarship past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
St. Bernard College
Es tes Active Mayor Builds Water System Despite Disability
Estes, a one term mayor and county commissioner, runs a grocery in a community about 15 miles east of Cullman. He also teaches substitute at Holly Pond High School and drives a battery powered wheelchair. He led a city water storage project serving over half of the town's 300 residents and organized a volunteer fire department. He and wife Noreen Pitts celebrate first anniversary in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Jury
Estes
Holly Pond
Noreen Pitts
State National Bank
Austin NJROTC Winners Named for First Semester
The 2nd platoon of the Austin High School Naval Junior ROTC was named winner of the Austin NJROTC excellence award for the first semester. They were invited to the NASA Space Orientation Center at Redstone Arsenal for a special exhibit presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin High School
Austin
NASA Space Orientation Center
Redstone Arsenal
Emergency numbers and contacts listed for Alabama counties
The Decatur Daily provides a list of emergency numbers for Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, Cullman, and other counties. It includes Sheriff and police lines, a crisis call center, hospital or physician guidance, and instructions to dial 0 if unsure which emergency number to call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ose Eeen
Congress adjourns with key items carried to next session
The Foreign Department continues to keep two committees fully informed about its activities, mirroring the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. Welfare reform revenue sharing water pollution and national medical insurance remain to be addressed next session as Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Sparkman Protests Alabama Highway Fund Cut
Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama replied to a highway director and wired President Nixon to protest a $26.6 million federal highway funds reduction for Alabama. The state saw December funds slashed from about $30 million to $3.4 million, ending plans for a $20 million Interstate 59 20 Birmingham project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Alabama
Nixon
Guerry Pruett
Sparkman
Birmingham
Office of Management and Budget
Athens Man Bound Over In Drug Case In Limestone County
An Athens man Billy Woodfin was bound over to the Limestone County grand jury on two counts of illegal marijuana sale with bonds of 2000 each. He also faced two counts of marijuana possession and received a one year hard labor sentence plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Limestone County
D.L. Rosenall Jr
Billy Woodfin
Thomas St. Woodfin
Woodfin
Rosenau
Teddy Harwell
Gary Woodfin
M-W
Buddy) Evans
Bank Robbery Charges Made In Dozier Bank Case
A couple already charged with extortion of 50000 from the president of First National Bank of Dozier are arrested and charged with robbing the same rural bank of 5475 on December 6. George H. Warthen and Elaine Tiller Wiley were seized after returning from Mexico at Brownsville Texas. The FBI notes a ski masked man and a woman with a hippie wig committed the hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Little First National Bank of
United States
Mexico
Brownsville
Tex
FBI
South Alabama
Franck
U.S
F. E. Leonard
Montgomery
U.S. 29
Dozier
Henderson Trial Details and Viet Nam Massacre Link
Henderson testified December 2 1969 he was sure a helicopter unit surveyed pilots about wild shooting in a Vietnamese village. The two generals and five colonels jury said little on verdict and would not comment on deliberations. Mount the only Vietnam veteran juror. The Army planned no further action on the 1968 massacre. Separately Warthen and Mrs Wiley tied to a July extortion of bank president W A Merrill. They faced charges with several others, two gunmen abducted Merrill’s wife and demanded 50000 dollars. Merrill released his wife. money buried in a roadside litter barrel was seized but an unidentified witness later said something was removed from the barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal
Federal Highway
F. C. Turner
U.S
Connecticut
Mount
Vietnam
Henderson
Army
Pentagon
Calley
Dozier Bank
Brantley
Merrill
Andalusia
FBI
McCarthy Signals Wisconsin Push in Unorthodox Campaign
McCarthy says he will run state by state and primary by primary with commitments only to Massachusetts and possibly Wisconsin. He hints a decision on entering the Wisconsin primary while criticizing solid party loyalty in light of 1968 lessons against President Johnson’s war policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
McCarthy
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Johnson
Hanukah Observance Observes Feast of Lights
The Hanukah celebration recalls the Maccabees victory and Jewish resilience amid oppression. Temple services begin Friday at 8 p.m. with a community observance at Temple Baai Israel led by Rabbi J S Gallinger. A Sunday morning commemoration features student skits plays and a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccabees
Temple Baai Israel
Tri- Cities
J.S. Gallinger
Northwest Alabama
Abram and Terah in Ur and Haran Genesis Tale
A terse biblical account notes Abram born in Ur near the Euphrates, his father Terah a herdsman, and their exodus toward Canaan ending with Terah's death in Haran. It mentions Abram later as Abraham and the spread of monotheism through Judaism Christianity and Islam. AP News recognizes the passage Genesis 11 31 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Abram
Abraham
God
Terah
Euphrates
Terat
Nahor
Haran
Lot Haran
Sarai
Aiat
Cane
Turkey
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