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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1975
Page
1
Decatur schools face financial strain and risk of accreditation loss as Superintendent Byron Nelson urges local industry to provide stable funding. He cites layoffs and program cuts, saying state aid won’t cover deficits and industry must pay its fair share.
The superintendent ranks education as a key factor for industry, arguing good schools alone won’t attract firms. He says the system needs about $500,000 more annually to fund programs from pre school to high school vocational training while warning of possible scrutiny from the Southern Association of Secondary Schools as student-teacher ratios rise.
Congress approved a compromise bill to block a January tax increase and extend tax cuts for six months. President Ford said he would sign the measure. The plan includes spending language and a budget framework for 1977, with adjournment set for January 19 and a note that the poor would be hardest hit without the extension.
Cullman County sheriff and about a dozen deputies and prisoners were hurt when a mattress fire at the county jail was set by inmates. Deputy Bob Hay and Investigator Larry Waldrop remained hospitalized for smoke inhalation while Sheriff Buel Graves and others were treated and released.
Dr. Paul Hubbert of the Alabama Education Association says the 44 000 member group will not seek new taxes in 1976 but warns allowing funds to be diverted to non school programs could force tax increases or budget cuts. A record 796.9 million school budget plus a 135 million surplus supported current funding. If growth slows, education may handle a hold your own budget with no teacher raises unless the economy expands beyond 10 percent.
Eight year old Beth Ann Cameron, orphaned after a Vermont truck accident that killed her parents and three sisters, is hospitalized with injuries and fears Santa will not find her. Guardian Vivian Massey plans to write to Santa and Beth Ann awaits return to East Haven after four to six weeks of recovery.
On this date in 1820 Missouri began taxing bachelors one dollar per year. The message includes ad placement numbers and a brief weather note predicting clear skies with temperatures in the mid 40s today and Sunday, with nightly lows in the low to mid 20s. It ends with a note that full weather, map, and river page follow. It also proclaims Tennessee Valley pride.
Robinson's Furniture in Downtown Second Avenue Decatur advertises guaranteed Frigidaire service with contact number 353-2370. The notice emphasizes reliable appliance repair and local availability for customers seeking Frigidaire parts and servicing.
The Senate approved 54 to 22 to stop covert U.S. military aid to two anti-Soviet Angola factions. Ford urged reversal in the national interest, warning of serious foreign policy consequences, as Congress recessed until January 19.
Federal investigators in New York seek a cooperating participant to crack the Hoffa disappearance case. They have two eyewitnesses and two informants, but lack conclusive evidence for indictments. A Detroit-area businessman reported Hoffa in a maroon car near the Machus Red Fox before vanishing.
More than 50 pounds of marijuana was confiscated by city police and state investigators in a raid at Robert Kimbrel's residence. Three men, Robert Kimbrel 45 Edward Higdon 33 and Herschel Gorman 51, were charged with sale of marijuana and possession. Det. Ken Collier called it the largest marijuana seizure in Decatur. The arrests followed an extended narcotics probe by city police and state investigators. The men were held in the city jail awaiting transfer.
In Buenos Aires on Friday army commander Jorge Videla resisted rebel air force officers call to oust Isabel Peron. He suggested Congress should replace Peron through legal means as the crisis continued with a captured radio station and joint military political meetings ongoing.
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