Baxley Will Enter Davis Murder Case
Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley agreed to participate in the first degree murder prosecution of James F. Davis, with the case stemming from a shooting last week in the back seat of former Decatur Mayor Charles Gunthorp’s car. The investigation centers on Guntharp and suspended Decatur officer Stewart Weaver, both charged with murder.
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Bill Baxley
James F. Davis
Decatur
Charles Gunthorp
Dist. Atty
Mike Moebes
Guntharp
Stewart Weaver
Weaver
Ralph Slate
C. Bennett McRae
McRae
Baxley
Moebes
Morgan County
John McBride
Bob Hancock
Montgomery
Mike
McBride
Hancock
Gunthorp
Noble Russell
Dan Nelson
Robert Straub
Slate
Hope Lost For Hunters In Tennessee River Tragedy
Four Birmingham men missing since Saturday on a duck hunt are presumed drowned after their 16 foot boat overturned on the Tennessee River near Finley Island. Names identified include Charles Bradford 40 Allen 17 Robert DeLoch 44 and Jimmy Roddam 3M rescue workers found personal items and life jackets along the shoreline.
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Winford Turner
Searchers
Birmingham
Tennessee
Morgan County
John McBride
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Charles Bradford
Allen
Robert DeLoch
Jimmy Roddam
Flint Rescue Squad
Charles Knowlton
Finley Island
Knowlton
Apollo 17 Brings Apollo Era To A Close With Splashdown
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans returned to earth at 1 24 p m CST in the South Pacific after a 12 day lunar mission described as the last and most productive. Recovery helicopters hovered from the carrier USS Ticonderoga as Navy divers aided the astronauts into a life raft under calm seas off Samoa.
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Samoa
Ticonderoga
Mission Control
Houston
America
Evans
Bob Parker
Earth
Schmitt
Moon
Cernan
Solar System
Taurus-Littrow
Nixon Pressed to Release Rural Development Funds
Sen. Jim Allen urged President Nixon to release nearly 500 million in Agriculture Department funds frozen by the administration. The move jeopardizes rural water and sewer grants, including North Alabama projects like the West Morgan County Water System, delaying regional development. Apollo 17 ends a 25 billion program with a splashdown later today and crew reports readiness amid a conducted mission control celebration.
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Winford Turner
Sen
Jim Allen
Nixon
America
Allen
Congress
Agriculture Department
North
Alabama
West Morgan County
Morgan and
Lawrence
Two B52 Bombers Lost in Major Hanoi Haiphong Raid
U S planes launched the heaviest attack yet on Hanoi Haiphong with two B52s and one F111 lost and eight airmen missing. Hanoi claimed many civilians affected and fliers captured while the U S reported some rescued in Thailand and ongoing search for missing crewmen.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi- Haiphong
United States
Hanoi
Thailand
North Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi-Haiphong
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Governor salutes Oklahoma riverfront development plans
Oklahoma Governor David Hall met with Decature industrialists to praise a $700 million riverfront project and discuss plans to replicate Tennessee Valley success on Oklahoma’s rivers. A brief call from Governor George Wallace of Alabama wished Hall and the waterway compact well as they discussed the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway.
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Mike Foster
Natural Resources Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Oklahoma
Lee Sentell
David Hall
Decature
George Wallace
Alabama
Arkansas River
Hall
Tennessee
Wallace
Governor Wallace Praises Decatur Economic Push
Hall relayed greetings from Wallace to the Decatur group and said the Alabama governor's voice sounded strong. He noted impressive economic development progress over the past 25 years and thanked local leaders for their work.
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Decatur Daily
Hall
Wallace
Decatur Group
Alabama
On This Date in 1946 Indochina War Begins with Ho Chi Minh Attacks
The item notes the 1946 outbreak of war in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh forces attack the French, marking a pivotal early moment in the conflict. The page also lists classified ads, weather, and city notices for Athens.
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Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Power plant boom risks smog in Southwest
AP dispatch reports the Interior Department warns large-scale coal plant construction in the Southwest could trigger smog like air pollution conditions. Also Nixon taps Butterfield to head the FAA while Truman remains in serious condition after a restful night.
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Washington
Interior Department
Southwest
Kansas. City
Harry S Truman
Family Faces Christmas Kidney Gift Hope
Diana’s mother Mrs. Rachel Hudson received a kidney transplant in Birmingham on December 1 and may be home by Christmas Day on a hospital pass. The family at 1010 Ave J SE faces financial hardship as they cope with medical costs and recovery.
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Faye Brewington Cullman
Diana
Rachel Hudson
Ave. J. S.E
Birmingham
University Hospital
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Davis
Civil Defense
Howard Proctor
Gary Deloch
W. D. Halbrooks
Jack
Posey
Foster
Areas
Knoxville
TVA
Bobby Herbert
Lee Nixon
U.S. Command
Dail Financial
Landers
TV Log
Ad—Diat
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Cro le der Dee
Alexander P. Butterfield
Federal Aviation Administration
White House
Robinson Furn
Second Ave
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