Campaign Successful To Aid Elderly Poor
Morgan Countians donated nearly $2,000 to adult services to buy warm robes blankets food and shoes for 250 elderly poor disabled and blind residents. Foster children and 118 families with 331 kids also received substantial Christmas gifts funded by cash gifts and sponsor donations totaling about $1,100 to the child welfare office.
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Steele Holman
Morgan Countians
Department of Pensions and Security
Juanita Gillespie
Stolen Arms Cache Found In Tennessee
Six men were arrested after federal agents seized a cache of weapons at a rest area off I 40 near Monterey Tennessee. The haul included 139 Mi6 rifles and other firearms from the Knoxville Marine Corps weapons theft. Bond set at 250000 each, with charges of conspiracy to violate firearms laws and possession receiving and transferring automatic weapons. Names include Kenneth Poole Howard Meadows Joseph Amos Lewis Ronald Eli Lewis Ricky Neal and Robert Ricky Young.
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Nashville, Tenn
Monterey
Tenn
U.S
Kent Sandige
U.S. Marine Corps Center
Knoxville
Riley Oxley
Treasury Department
Bureau of
Ece, Tobacco and
Kenneth Poole
Pleasant Hill
Howard Wayne Meadows
Sparta
Joseph Amos Lewis
Ronald Eli Lewis
Robert Ricky Young
Crossville
Ricky Neal
Oxley
Stored Scales Idle as Morgan County Eyes Rebalancing
Morgan County will gain new commissioners in January and inherit idle truck weight scales bought to deter overloading on county roads. The pair, tested quarterly in Montgomery at no charge, have seen little use as truckers stopped overloads, raising questions about future disposal and possible lowering of the 10 ton limit.
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Russ Roberts
Morgan County
Monte Livingston
Danny Ray Huskey
County Commission
Hartselle
Montgomery
Agriculture and Industries Department
Robert Abercrombie
Commission
Abercrombie
E. V
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White
Finis St John III plans Senate bid in 1978
Cullman State Senator Finis St John III says he will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by John Sparkman if Sparkman does not seek re election. He acknowledges Gov. George Wallace could pose a challenge but argues voters should choose among several candidates. St John has begun groundwork for a campaign and would seek to represent Alabama in the same spirit as Sparkman.
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Gay Barber
Finis St. John III
Cullman
U.S. Senate
Washington
George C. Wallace
St. John
Sparkman
U.S. House of Representatives
Alabama
Sen. Sparkman
Carter Finishes Cabinet Taps
Carter finalizes 11 member Cabinet naming Washington lawyer Joseph Califano Jr to head HEW James R Schlesinger as energy policy coordinator and Theodore Sorensen to lead the CIA He hinted at creating a new Department of Energy with Schlesinger in charge and outlined a plan to fold energy duties from Interior into that department
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Carter
Califano
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Schlesinger and
Sorensen
Department of Energy
Schlesinger
Department of Interior
White House
Gun flu cases rise to 223. CDC weighs suspended program
The CDC reports 223 Guillain Barré syndrome cases linked to the suspended swine flu inoculation drive. Florida notes first death among non vaccinated sufferers as advisers plan a CDC meeting next Wednesday on the program's future.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
Florida
CDC
Christians cross into Jordan for Bethlehem Christmas reunion
In Today_s DAILY ON THIS DATE IN 1966 thousands of Christian Arabs crossed from Israel into Jordan to reunite with friends and celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem. Weather notes mention highs in the mid 40s and lows in the mid 20s with a high Friday in the upper 40s.
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Israel
Jordan
Bethlehem
CAB OVER CAMPER FOR LONG WHEEL BASE PICKUP
Three bed camper unit with table sink stove icebox hot water heater and toilet with shower. Includes closets cabinets carpet racks and tie-downs. Priced at 900 dollars. Call 232 4373.
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Betty Jo Walker
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Adult Services Program
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Child Welfare Office
Tennessee
Leon Nelson
John Godbey
Sean King
Sean
Tom King
St. SE
Senate
Finis ST. John
Finis
Robbinson’s Furniture
2Nd Ave
Washington Crossing
America
George Washington
Delaware
Indianola
Iowa
Rainbow For
Michelle Palmer
Young Women’s Service Organization
Botswana
Johannesburg
South Africa
Rhodesia
France
West Bank
Manger Square
Christ
CIA
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Spy Agency
Chile
ITT
Harold V. Hendrix
Richard Helms
Harold Geneen
Athens
Tennessee Valley
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Seneenewee TV Log
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