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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1976
Page
5
Billy slips into the castle by hiding in Goko's boot and works amid feasting giants. Goko relents to feed the guards with green pea soup as Billy sabotages the pot with Ghosts tears, causing a explosive bubbling scene before serving the meal.
ATLANTA AP Rev Ralph D Abernathy says he is considering leaving the Southern Christian Leadership Conference presidency to run for Congress The move follows Carter presidency plans naming Rep Andrew Young ambassador to the United Nations and is described as a strong possibility after many requests to run.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a five year old Labor Department agency, faces widespread critique from the Council of Economic Advisers the General Accounting Office labor leaders and business critics. While advocates say it advances worker safety and health enforcement lags under funding and training with only 1500 inspectors covering two percent of workplaces annually.
A London vault yielded Byron and Shelley manuscripts letters and poems, including possibly unknown Shelley pieces. Sotheby officials call it an astonishing major literary discovery with tentative value up to one million pounds. In Bangkok, Vietnam's Communist party congress adjourned after renaming Lao Dong to Dang Cong San Viet Nam as delegates expanded the Central Committee.
Bangkok monitored report states Le Duan will continue in the top post of Vietnam's Communist Party as general secretary, remaining the most powerful figure though not named party chair man in deference to Ho Chi Minh. The note places him at the center of Vietnamese politics.
Sister Agnes Zita of Kenton Ohio tours nursing rounds on a battery operated scooter bought by parishioners. The piece notes her meeting with a Chinese dissident during a prior visit and quotes a warning about youth and struggle. Excerpted from Special People to be published 1977 by Simon & Schuster. AP Photo. Also mentions Nixon holiday shopping and pipes gifted with Bicentennial flair.
Richard J. Daley, Chicago’s long serving mayor, dies at 74 from a heart attack. A complex figure praised for law and order and his dedication to the Democratic Party, he steered Chicago for 22 years, shaped by family roots in Bridgeport, and his legacy includes son Richard M. Daley, now in the state Senate.
Tonight in Decatur the Christmas in Old Decatur event runs 7 to 9 p.m. with candlelit sidewalks and carolers from First United Methodist Church at 504 Line St. NE. Weigh and Pray meets 7:30 to 9 p.m. for ages 12 plus at 1402-B Parkway Building Central Parkway. For details call Shirley Hughes at 350 0840 between 5 and 7 p.m.
In Decatur week night schedule includes carolers from First Presbyterian at 601 Ferry St at 7 p.m. West Hartselle Baptist hosts a live manger scene through Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. First Baptist will sing at 7 p.m. Friday at 722 Ferry St during Christmas in Old Decatur. Holy Communion observed at Austinville United Methodist at 11:06 p.m. Athens Bible College Ex- Students meet at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria with a covered dish asked for.
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