Bloodmobile visit targets Decatur for critical blood supply
An editorial urges readers to donate as the Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to Central Baptist Church in Decatur noon to 6 p.m. Donor drives by Austin High and local students have long helped Morgan County exceed needs, yet holiday gaps shrink blood stocks. Tuesday is proposed as the day to boost this crucial supply.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Mississippi
Decatur
Red Cross
Central Baptist Church
Morgan
Austin High
Chamber of Commerce
Bloodmobile
TVA to build lift span for Tennessee River bridge
The Tennessee Valley Authority will fund a $5.6 million lift span on the Southern Railway bridge over the Tennessee River to improve navigation and reduce disaster risk. Construction is slated to begin in April and finish in September 1977, with the aim of centralizing the swing span and easing rail traffic disruption.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial
Ford
Tennessee Valley Authority
U S Arms Stock Decline Linked to Vietnam Israel Aid
A GAO audit concludes U S military aid to Vietnam and Israel drained U S arsenals. It says equipment was borrowed from active units and prepositioned stocks, risking long term readiness with tanks and other items in short supply.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
United States
Vietnam
Israel
U. S
General Accounting Office
GAO
America
Europe
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
GAO Report Details U S Israel Aid Strains and Shortages
A declassified GAO study shows the Defense Department lacked contingency planning and often met Israeli requests on blind faith, depleting U S stocks in Europe and across services. It cites tank and APC shortfalls, withdrawal of F 4E aircraft, Maverick and Shrike missiles, and Sparrow production cuts, with a 1980 timing for APC adequacy. The Pentagon called the audit an impressive overview but incomplete.
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U. S
GAO
Pentagon
Vietnam
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Vietnam veteran aid debated in Congress and VA action
A Washington Star Syndicate overview recalls the forgotten Vietnam veteran facing unemployment and stigma. It details three bills to ease readjustment, expand GI benefits, and create a discharge review board, with support from the VA and statements by Rep Tom Downey and Sen George McGovern.
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Mary McGrory
Washington Star Syndicate
Washington
Richard Nixon
White House
John Kerry
Special Forces
Vietnam Veterans’ Center
Congress
George McGovern
D-S.d
Veterans Administration
Humphrey and Reagan Prepare for the Fight
The piece notes Ronald Reagan and Hubert Humphrey as leading 1976 contenders with differing chances. It highlights Reagan as early GOP favorite and Humphrey as potential Democratic standard bearer, possible brokered convention, primary strategy debates, and comments from Mondale and others on whether Humphrey should enter primaries.
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Tom Wicker
N.Y
Reagan
Edward Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
Humphrey
Hubert
Congress
Jerry Brown
California
Hugh Carey
New York
Mondale
Ronald Reagan
Dear Dr. Graham on purity before marriage guidance
A reader seeks counsel on a daughter living with her boyfriend and rejecting marriage. The response cites Jesus teachings on purity, urges prayer, repentance, and sharing Christ’s love, stressing that God forgives and still loves the daughter.
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DR. Graham
Jesus
Christ
Decatur Daily public notice of subscription rates
Publication details of the Decatur Daily by The Tennessee Valley Printing Co. list publisher founder editor years 1912 to 1924 address and city. The notice includes misstatement policy and subscription rates by mail and carrier with tax information.
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Alabama
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Tennessee Valley Printing CO. Inc
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