Iowa supervisors consider demolition amid bid to sell or raze courthouse
Allison Iowa officials signed a 4720 contract to raze their 94 year old building by May 15. Dudley Gray of Torrance California has offered up to 100000 to acquire and rebuild an Iowa courthouse in his image. Other counties eye selling their own structures as demolition looms.
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Torrance
Calif
Whitten
Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Gray
Skinner
Butler County
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
Emmett Ryan
Butler
Understanding the Consumer Price Index Escalator Logic
The article explains what the Consumer Price Index measures and what it does not. It shows how index movements affect wages, pensions, Social Security, and program funding while not always matching personal budgets or day to day costs. It notes regional sampling, adjusted versus unadjusted data, and the rise of an All-Urban Households Index.
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Labor Department
New York
Decatur Daily Publisher Ad and Rates Notice
A publisher notice for W R Shelton Decatur Daily Tele offers subscription rates by mail and carrier for daily and Sunday editions. It notes AP affiliation and publishing details from 1912 to 1924 with mail P O box and tax inclusions.
Gloomy Sunday Weather Across Alabama Forecast
Sunday brings cloudy cold conditions with highs around 40 and lows in the 20s. Snow flurries possible early today but no significant accumulation expected. stronger winter storm warnings remain in northern New Hampshire and central Maine as a broad low moves northeast.
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Maine
Hoover Quote on Government Honor and Colonial Post Closures
A thought from President Herbert Hoover on government honor linking to national morals. Bicentennial note marks two hundred years since the King's post office closed in Philadelphia and New York post office shutdown on Christmas Day.
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Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
New York
Sydney Hobart Yacht Classic Opens In Fair Weather
Yachts line the seascape near Sydney as entries prepare for the Sydney Hobart race. Sailors expect stable conditions and smooth seas at the start time.
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Sydney
Australia
Singer-Turned-Salesman From Athens Proud Of Top Fans
Milton Wooldridge, once a traveling country singer drawing crowds up to 20 000, settled as a department store salesman in Athens. He recalls starting a first record I Still Love You four years ago and touring the east coast while sharing stages with Webb Pierce. Now years after leaving professional concerts, he stays active with local benefits and writes songs, planning to release about one record per year. his top fans are his two children and wife Marilyn.
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Milton Wooldridge
Athens
Wooldridge
Star
Three Star
Webb Pierce
Marilyn
Wooldridge Reflects On Song Writing And Touring
Wooldridge admits he writes many songs he discards and has no idea how many he has composed. He hints at a potential return to touring but says for now music remains a hobby and warns that life on the road is rough and far from glamorous.
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Wooldridge
Kennedys Skiing Holiday Sparks Idaho Utah Move
Kennedy family members pose for photos at Sun Valley Idaho before a sleigh ride. Sen Edward Kennedy his wife Joan and son Patrick with Jackie Onassis appear. Kennedy later says he will not cross striking bus drivers picket lines and departs for a Utah ski vacation.
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Kennedy
Sun Valley Resort
Idaho
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Joan
Patrick
Jackie
Onassis
Utah
Bodies of missing NYC children found burned in parking lot
The burned bodies of two children missing since Thursday after vanishing from a Queens department store were found Friday night in a Manhattan parking lot. Rodell Mackall two and his four year old half sister Candy were identified as the victims.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Rodell Mackall
Candy
Queens
Father dies as son survives car strike after Christmas Eve service
Jack Victor 41 pushed his 12 year old son William Victor to safety moments before a car struck him in front of Hillside United Methodist Church. Police said the mechanic had called his estranged wife about attending the service and said he could not buy gifts. No charges were filed against the driver.
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New Hyde Park
N.Y
William Victor
Jack Victor
Hillside United Methodist Church
Victor
Patricia
Hillside Avenue
Manure theft on Christmas night at secretary's home
In Des Moines Iowa AP reports a thief stole a black plastic bag tied with a red ribbon from Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst's back porch on Christmas night. The bag held manure intended for his asparagus patch a farmer friend sent as a gift.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Community church and club events schedule notes
A string of local meetings and services listed for Monday through Tuesday include M M degree work at Rising Sun Lodge 29 F and A M at 6 30 p m and Decatur Pilot Club executive board and general meetings at Decatur Inn at 6 and 7 p m respectively A watchnight service at Rural Grove Baptist Church Burleson Mountain with Gospel 4 Watwood family and Spiritual Echoes at 8 p m A watchnight service at New Center Baptist Church near Hartselle with Southerners and the Motes Family 7 p m and a First Baptist Youth Center meeting at 7 p m also Gospel singings at Andrew's Chapel and Highway 36 Holy Church of Christ with Calvary Crusaders and Southerners plus a regular Caddo Congregational Christian Church singing at 7 p m.
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Rural Grove Baptist Church
Burleson Mountain
the Gospel 4
Watwood Family
Spiritual Echoes
New Center Baptist Church
Hartselle
Motes
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By Louise Cook
Associated Press
Morgan County
Decatur
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
John M. Fennell
Paul Kimball
Fennell
Tom Benford
Limestone County
Edward R. Schultz
Cullman County
Steve Earl Little
Roger Dale McClure
Alice Roxbury
the Decatur Daily
W. R. Shelton
Alabama
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P.O
Atar
Ala
Decatur and Vicinity
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
By Russ Roberts
Push
Son
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F.&a.m
Decatur Pilot Club
Decatur Inn
First Baptist Church
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Southerners
Holy Church of Christ
Calvary Crusaders
Caddo Congregational Christian Church
Andrew
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