Federal funds to aid Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties
Federal records show Morgan County School Board would receive 488,559 dollars and Limestone County 340,700 dollars for public works projects including a new Plainview elementary school and additions at Elkmont and Clements High Schools. Lawrence County is listed for a potential 3 million to expand East Lawrence School, with capacity for a high school, gym, and stadium, and possible integration progress. Local projects include a swimming pool and depot renovation in Elkmont.
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Russ Roberts
Morgan and
Limestone County
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Board of Education
Economic Development Administration
EDA
J. W. Sailors
Plainview
Elkmont
Aaron Brackeen
Tion
Don Parker
East Lawrence School
Midway
Parker
East Lawrence
Morgan
Pilgrims Arrive Under Tight Security in Bethlehem
Thousands of Christian visitors flood Bethlehem to mark Christmas Eve amid strict Israeli security. Mayor Freij notes lodging shortages as pilgrims face hotel hurdles, while a Roman Catholic patriarch leads a motorcade from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, pausing at Rachel’s Tomb before Mass in Manger Square.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Christ
Elias Freij
Ford to celebrate Christmas with family amid ski injury
President Ford, limping from a skiing injury, will attend midnight services and exchange gifts with family on Christmas morning. He stayed off the slopes Thursday with two explanations given. press secretary called it tired and stiff, while the physician said he bruised his hip in a tumble.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Ron Nelsen
Omaha mother has third set of fraternal twins
Margaret Murphy of Omaha Nebraska defied 512000 to 1 odds by welcoming twin boys as her third set of fraternal twins. The 36 year old mother, after giving birth one day earlier, already has children Jim seven and Ann five. The Murphys likely will name the twins Pat and Mike.
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Omaha
Neb
Margaret Murphy
Murphys
Jim
Ann
Pat
Mike
90 Year Old Lawrence Man Dies In Fire
A 90 year old Lawrence County man, Albert C. Watkins, perished in a Langtown home fire, found on the living room floor near the front door as neighbors and family arrived. Coroner Doyle Cahela said smoke likely killed him while he attempted escape. The home burned swiftly, and relatives noted Watkins’ body was heavily charred. A larger ad for a furniture store follows.
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Lawrence County
Langtown
Albert C. Watkins
Doyle Cahela
Watkins
Elderhong
Cahela
Edward Richardson
Some Will Get Yule New Car
A Christmas car gift spree graces several households as dealers report a dozen new autos promised for holiday surprises. Julian Morris of Art Below Chevrolet notes five or six cars sold as gifts with others to be handed over Christmas morning. Peek Olds-Cadillac manager Bobby Hamilton says eight vehicles have already left the lot, including Cutlass models. Rain is forecast for Christmas with a 70 percent chance of showers.
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Julian Morris
Art
Chevrolet
Chevy
Peek Olds-Cadillac
Bobby Hamilton
Man Who Threatened Jimmy Carter Jailed
A 41 year old man in Newnan Georgia is jailed on a $100000 bond charged with threatening the life of President elect Jimmy Carter. Otis Simone was arrested in Decatur by Atlanta police after warrants allege verbal threats between October and December while he was also jailed in Fulton County on a separate charge against Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. A preliminary hearing was ordered by U S Magistrate Joel Feldman.
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Newnan
Jimmy Carter
J Kivett
Atlanta
Secret Service Office
Otis Simone
Decatur
Simone
Carter
Kivett
Fulton County
Maynard Jackson
U.S
Joel Feldman
No Saturday Edition Issued for Christmas Holiday
The Decatur Daily will skip its normal Saturday morning edition to let staff spend time with families. Regular schedule resumes with Sunday’s paper by 7 a.m. All offices reopen at 8 a.m. Monday. Readers are wished a joyful holiday.
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Decatur Daily
Apollo 18 crew send Christmas Eve prayer from lunar orbit
In Today's DAILY ON THIS DATE IN 1968 the Apollo 18 astronauts sent back to earth a Christmas Eve prayer for peace as they orbited the moon. Weather notes call for highs in the 50s and near 50 Saturday with 70 percent rain chances. complete weather map on page A2. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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U. S
Earth
Moon
Tennessee Valley
Cookie Lovers Exchange Yields Holiday Treats and Recipes
Cookie lovers gathered at Mrs. David Swiss’s Burningtree Mountain home for a cookie exchange with samples and recipes. Guests left with bags of cookies and dozens of ideas, including a prize-winning Sugar Balls recipe by Sally Strehle requiring chocolate chips sugar corn syrup orange juice vanilla wafers and chopped nuts formed into balls and rolled in sugar.
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David Swiss
Burningtree Mountain
Sally Strehle
Sugar And Spice And The Cookie Exchange Party
A neighborly Christmas cookie exchange traveled to Burningtree Mountain last week. Mrs. David Swiss brought the Michigan custom, inviting neighbors to share cookies and recipes and depart with new ideas and treats to last until Christmas 1977.
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David Swiss
Michigan
Burningtree Mountain
Gary Lloyd
Mexican Wedding Cookies and Holiday Party Cookies
Margie Price provides a recipe for Mexican wedding cookies using butter vanilla salt and flour with confectioners sugar. The dough is chilled rolled into one inch balls and baked at 375 degrees until light golden then dusted with sugar while warm. A note for Holiday Party Cookies appears referencing Vivien Harmon and a page cue A-9.
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L’stone
Elkmont High School
Clements High School
Santa
Santa Claus
Bill Long
Oak St. NE
Manueal de Quesada
Tonya Long
Old St
Nick
Him
Reindeer
Manuel
Armando de Quesada III
Tonya
Charles Long
Punkin Center
Jerusalem
Larence
Robinson's Furniture
2Nd Ave
Lee Sentell
National Weather Service
Athens
Landers
Living Today
Martha Ann’s Valley
Town
Vivien Harmon
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