Child Rearing Costs Skyrocket
Washington reports a federal study estimates the direct costs to raise two children and pay for college range from 80 000 to 150 000 dollars. The paper also adds in potential lost wages if the mother stayed home until the younger is 14, totaling about 150 000 dollars. The authors caution the figures are conservative missing some costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rosenthal
New York Times News Service
Washington
Commission On Population Growth
Potential Draftees Afraid Escape Looms In 1972 Draft
Defense officials report more than 70 000 physically qualified men with lottery numbers below 125 will move to Extended Priority Group B if no draft calls occur in January March 1972. College students with deferments and low numbers can drop deferments before year end to avoid the draft. About 35 Morgan County men fall into Subgroup B. local boards lack February March quotas until January.
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David E. Rosenbaum
New York Times News Service
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Selective Service System
Morgan County
Ruth Hackett
Selective Service
Defense Department
Congress
Milam to be Morgan County Justice Court judge
Robert L. Milam, 34, is selected to become Morgan County Justice Court judge, to assume office January 4 with an annual salary of 10 000. He is the only practicing attorney among applicants. The appointment follows a committee review including Circuit Judges Powell and Hundley, and local officials. The court will hear cases from justices of the peace and sits under the county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
R. L. Hundley
County Commission
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
C. Bennett McRae
Milam
Justice Court
Justices of the Peace
Selection Committee
Justice Court of
Morgan County
Supreme Court
Hundley
Fleming
McRae
1971 In Review from Morgan County and TVA area
The Decatur Daily announces a Saturday tabloid chronicling 1971 events across education industry politics births and deaths in Morgan County and the Tennessee Valley. Watch for the year in review edition publishing this weekend.
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Morgan County
Tennessee Valley
Decatur Daily
U S Halts North Air Strikes After Heavy Five Day Campaign
The United States halted its heaviest air attack on North Vietnam in over three years after more than 1,000 combat strikes in five days. Three U S planes were lost, five airmen missing, one rescued. North Vietnam claimed many planes shot down and pilots killed or captured. The U S force led an armada of about 350 aircraft against MIG bases, SAM sites, AA batteries, radar, and depots from the DMZ to the 20th parallel, 80 miles south of Hanoi.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Tonkin Gulf
Demilitarized Zone
20Th Parallel
Hanoi
Vietnam
Laos
United States
Weather shifts with approaching cold front and showers
Area residents face a 70 percent rain chance today as a cold front nears northwest Alabama with showers moving in. Temperatures swing from a 69 high to a 40 low, while the forecast stays above normal for several days. Nearby Vietnam air war updates note halted strikes and ongoing damage assessments through today.
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Alabama
Nixon signs bill to extend emergency unemployment aid
KEY BISCAYNE Florida reports the president reluctantly signed a law extending emergency unemployment benefits for workers in 11 hard hit states. In Montgomery Alabama a federal stay was requested to give the new Alabama Dairy Commission time to act on a suit against the Alabama Milk Control Board. In Washington Daniel Elisberg and a Rand Corp. colleague face a conspiracy charge in the Pentagon Papers indictment. Decatur Magnavox dealer Rolinson Furniture advertises in the paper.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Florida White House
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Milk Control Board
Alabama Dairy Commission
Washington
Daniel Elisberg
Rand Corp
Los Angeles
Decatur’s Friendliest Shopping Area Highlighted
Daily calendar notes feature Decatur and its claim as Alabama’s friendliest shopping area with listings across sections B-6 and editorial notes A-4. Weather outlook shows rain chance 40 percent tonight with highs near 69 and Friday’s high around 64.
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Decatur
Alabama
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Morgan
Robert Milam
Seeus
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Second Avenue
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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