Priceville Service Station Owner Slain
Morris K. Edmonson Jr a 24 year old Priceville man owner of Kay s Gulf Service Station near the I 65 interchange was shot in the back and died after surgery at Decatur General Hospital late Saturday Police said two cars near the station around the time of the shooting are sought and investigators began reviewing leads as state troopers issued a bulletin for the vehicles.
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Tommy Stevenson
Linda Parham
Priceville
Decatur General Hospital
Morris K. Edmonson
Kay
Gulf Service
I-65
Cynthia Edmonson
John McBride
McBride
Edmonson
Miss Edmonson
Sheriff's Department
Ambulance Service
Nixon signs group health plan legislation in California
President Nixon signed a $375 million measure to encourage health maintenance organizations as part of a national health strategy. The law aims to test prepaid group practice with a basic services package and requires employers with 25 or more employees to offer an HMO option alongside private insurance. Officials expect about 115 current plans and potential growth to around 300. Nixon also signed $2.6 billion for sewage plants and prepared for State of the Union talks with Henry Kissinger.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Congress
White House
Oceanside
Kissinger
California
Ohio volunteer recounts Israeli front duty on Golan Heights
David McCuulsky of Athens says he joined Israeli forces in Haifa by mistake and served 34 days on the Golan Heights. He carried stretchers, aided wounded, and earned a medal with minor injuries after a rapid, unplanned deployment during the October war.
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Athens
Ohio
David McCuulsky
Haifa
Golan Heights
Syria
McCuulsky
McCualsky
Cyprus
Jerusalem
McCoulsky
McCaulsky
Gas price gouging eyed as stations close nationwide
Authorities monitor gas price gouging amid the New Year travel rush. An AP survey finds at least 75 percent of stations plan to close Sunday and Tuesday. many others ran dry, forcing motorists into long lines and chaotic scenes in places like Portland, Oregon.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Soldier Dies In Huntsville After Interstate Shooting
An 18 year old Birmingham private Willie Craig Jr died in Huntsville Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered on Interstate 65 south of Athens. Freddie Lee Garrett of Brighton, 21, stationed at Ft Campbell Ky, was charged with assault with intent to murder and held on 1000 dollar bond.
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Athens
Birmingham
Huntsville Hospital
Interstate 65
Here
Willie Craig
Ft. Campbell
Limestone County
Brighton
Freddie Lee Garrett
Craig
Lee
Chevy Nova Sells in Daily Want Ad
Stan McCullouch of 1906 Ewell St sells a 1973 Chevy Nova hatchback via the Decatur Daily Want Ad. The ad notes the car is fully equipped with AM FM tape and that the sale drew 14 additional responses. Contact 353-2768 for details.
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Stan McCullouch
Ewell St
Chevrolet
Decatur Daily
No Pump Panic Seen At Local Gas Stations
Local gas stations report ample supplies and steady demand through the New Year holiday. Operators said Sunday closures are unlikely and few sites are closed today, with no widespread shortages in Decatur. officials note problems are concentrated in higher volume outlets elsewhere.
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Joe Davis
Davis
Benton
Dr Sun Yat-sen Elected First President of ROC
On this day in history Dr Sun Yat-sen was chosen as the Republic of China's first president by a revolutionary provisional assembly. Weather notes indicate thunder showers likely ending Monday with a high around 55.
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Sun Yat-sen
Republic of China
American Dolgun’s eight year exile in Soviet prisons recounted
Alexander Dolgan, an American embassy staffer, was abducted on Gorky Street in Moscow on December 13, 1948. He spent eight years in Lubyanka Lefortovo and Sukhanovka before returning to the United States and later working for HEW in Bethesda.
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Bernard Gwertzman
New York Times News Service
Washington
Alexander M. Dolgan
United States
Moscow
Gorky St
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Gulag
Dolgun
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bethesda
Dolgan
Central Telegraph Office
M.G.B
Foreign Service
Lubyanka
Lefortovo
Sukhanovka
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AAA Southend Ambulance Service
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Bill Kappler
Morris K. Edmonson Jr
Dave Edwards
Secretary of
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David McCaulsey
Kristy
Jim Gunn
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Bobby Herbert
Connecticut
Huntsville
Point Malara
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C.F. Penn
Decatur
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Second Ave
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