Solzhenitsyn Tracks Soviet Repression in Hidden Manuscript
The article details Solzhenitsyn's plan to keep a copy of his manuscript beyond Soviet reach and his warning that publication would proceed after his death. It outlines The Gulag Archipelago as a collective work, the vast Soviet security network, and his view that repression began with Lenin and intensified under Stalin.
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Solzhenitsyn
Gulag
Soviet Union
West
Lenin
Khrushchev
Stalin
Hitler
Central Asia
Gulag Archipelago
Ivan Denisovich
Communist Party
Natalya Reshetovskaya
Natalya Svetlova
Limestone County Man Teaches Martial Arts At Home
Danny Thornton of Athens teaches Shotokan karate in a spare room at his home with a small group, plans to add three more students, and emphasizes a non profit lifestyle. He studied karate since 1960 under Army Sgt Franklin Booth and holds a first degree black belt.
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Japan
Korea
Thornton
Athens 2
Athens High School
Army
Franklin Booth
Navy
California
Karate training emphasizes self discipline and gradual progress
Tony Estes describes intense training that builds mind and body, stresses self control and the avoidance of harmful substances, and seeks three new students. He notes training occurs in cold rooms and that promotion to higher degrees requires real capability rather than time served. Thornton adds an oath against using karate for injury except in self defense, with assault implications for violations.
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Thornton
Brighton Man Charged In Soldier's Shooting
A 21-year-old Brighton man Freddie Lee Garrett was charged with assault with intent to murder after a shooting on Interstate 65 south of Athens. Willie Craig Jr. 18 from Birmingham was wounded in the incident and treated at Huntsville Hospital.
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Huntsville Hospital
Willie Craig Jr
Birmingham
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Decatur General Hospital
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Charles Edward Breedlove Jr
James Williams
Gunman robs Arab drug store in string of robberies
A lone gunman in his forties robbed an Arab drug store Friday night, holding a pistol to the pharmacist and taking about $1,000. It was the second theft at the store in a week, following a Saturday robbery of undisclosed money.
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Ala
Seven of nine local amendments ratified in Alabama vote
The statewide constitutional election results show seven of nine local amendments approved while two failed. Amendment No 4 for watershed planning in Marion and Lamar counties lost 46 312 to 36 258. Amendment No 5 for Coleburne County land bonds and tax authority failed 51 096 to 31 991. Counts for Amendments 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 are provided with clear yes and no tallies. Judicial reform and pork promotion amendments were also ratified.
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Ala
Marion
Lamar
Coleburne County
Cleburne County
Bibb County
Tuscaloosa
Madison
Calhoun
Thentire
Wreck injures Hillsboro girl in city crash
A 15 year old Hillsboro girl Nancy Byrd was injured Friday in a wreck at 4th Ave SE and Prospect Dr. She was a passenger in a car driven by Dorothy Byrd 20 taken by private vehicle to Decatur General Hospital treated and released. Dorothy Byrd and the other driver Charles Wayne Emerson 31 were not injured.
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Nancy Byrd
4Th Ave. SE
Prospect Dr
Miss Byrd
Dorothy Ruth Byrd
Decatur General Hospital
Dorothy Byrd
Charles Wayne Emerson
Athens 8
Burglar Steals From Mobile Home On Kimberly Court
Detective Bill Rhegness reports a burglary at Jim Douglas's mobile home on Kimberly Court. About $2,000 in merchandise was taken including a 30.06 rifle, stereo equipment, and silver tableware after an unlocked front door was used between 3 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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Jim Douglas
Kimberly Court
Bill Rhegness
This Is No Time For Panic Editorial on Economy 1974
Guest editorial argues against hysteria over inflation and fuel shortages. It notes 86 million still employed, strong world trade, and a recovering dollar while warning against overreaction and premature pessimism. It forecasts slower growth but affluence likely to continue, urging calm and measured responses.
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United States
Two Arrested On Drug Charges In Warehouse Lot
Police said two people James M. Thomas and Margaret Ann Snyder were arrested after 1 a.m. Friday in the Warehouse Groceries lot on Alabama 67. They face possession of a controlled substance a felony and possession of marijuana charges.
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Alabama 67
James M. Thomas
7Th Ave. SE
Margaret Ann Snyder
Somerville
Funeral services for Cora A. Whitlow
Mrs. Cora A. Whitlow 71 of Trinity 2 died Friday at a nursing home. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Funeral Home chapel with Ellis Kennedy officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens. Survivors include three daughters, one son, one sister, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Grandsons pallbearers. She was a member of Caddo Methodist Church.
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Moulton
Cora A. Whitlow
Trinity 2
Elliott Funeral Home
Ellis Kennedy
Memory Gardens
Elliott
Maurice Lamon
Dan Nevels
Huntsville
Glenn Reed
Hillsboro
Kenneth Whitlow
Postal Rate Hike Delayed by USPS to March
The U S Postal Service will postpone January 5 rate increases to March 2 to comply with a Cost of Living Council directive. First class letter stamps stay at eight cents for two more months before rising to ten cents. The council asked for smaller increases but did not alter the overall rate structure.
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U.S. Postal Service
Cost of Living Council
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