Court Rules Judge Can Retain Office
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled a county judge whose court is abolished may remain in office as district judge beyond age 70. It also voided a license revocation for Dr. William Russell Greenfield after a hearing issue, upheld a Montgomery street project, and allowed Alfred Lee Boyd to be tried as an adult. A suit seeks to block law dividing Courtland Air Base rents, alleging contract impairment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
T. L. Borem
Dale County
Alabama
Atty
Bill Baxley
Secretary of State
Borom
Val L. McGee
Supreme Court
State Board of Medical Examiners
Dothan
William Russell Greenfield
Greenfield
Joe Reed
Reed
Sam Beatty
Eed
Alfred Lee Boyd
Lee County
Young Boyd
Circuit Court
Steele Holman
Alabama Department of Aeronautics
Lawrence County
Courtland Air Base
Circuit Clerk’s
Moulton
Lawrence County Commission
State Aeronautics Department
Jim Rowe
Rowe
Lawrence County General Fund
Civil Aeronautics Board
Aeronautics Departments
Mobile Law Firm
Gulf Shores
Baldwin County
Canal Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Field
Secret Documents Found In Ex CIA Agent Home
FBI inventory shows hundreds of pages of secret and confidential papers at Edwin G. Moore II's Bethesda Maryland home after his arrest for attempting to sell CIA papers to the Soviet Union. Moore, 56, is hospitalized for a possible heart attack as officials review items including executive office directories and a note offering CIA information for 10 million.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Soviet Union
FBI
Bethesda
Edwin G. Moore II
U.S
Moore
Montgomery County
General Hospital
Western Europe forms industrial free trade area in 1966
In Today’s Daily on This Date in 1966 seven Western European nations formed an industrial free trade area. Weather outlook lists Athens and local temps with highs in the 50s and 30s, rain chances tonight at 30 percent. Complete weather, map, river page 2. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Europe
Tennessee Valley
Budget Study Unit Asks Reorganization
A long range plan by Alabama budget control subcommittee calls for a full reorganization of state government to curb waste and bureaucracy. The 25 page report, adopted midweek, says current funding relies on existing revenues and urges budgets based on real needs. It notes abuse in the motor pool and lack of efficient measurement, but trusts existing taxes can fund next year’s functions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Legislative Budget Control Subcommittee
Alabama
Senate Finance
House
Ways and Means
Holiday Schedule Returns to Normal After Weekend
Holiday season winds down with stores closing at 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve and some opening Saturday. Government offices in Morgan County, Decatur, Lawrence County, and Limestone County will close Friday. Schools resume Monday with a March 14 to 18 break for Alabama Education Association meetings. State troopers pledge maximum patrols over the weekend.
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Henry Huerkamp
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County
Decatur City
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Alabama Education Association
Surviving partner sues insurer over life policy
Charles Edward Rush of Guntersville sues Inter-Ocean Insurance Co. for payment of a 1.5 million life policy taken out three months before Martin Dale Gilliland of Boaz was killed at his home on Feb 19. Rush seeks 5 million in damages as a co-owner of Alabama Mineral and Ing Co. No arrests announced.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles Edward Rush
Guntersville
Inter-Ocean Insurance Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rush
Martin Dale Gilliland
Boaz
Alabama Mineral and Ing Co
Gilliland
Decatur Daily Yearend 1976 Recap Preview
The Decatur Daily presents a yearend edition preview recounting the top area news events of 1976 and notable local political figures. It promises top ten stories, beat-specific highlights in police, education and state politics, and best photographs illustrating the year in review.
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Decatur Daily
Will Orbiter Measure Cotton? A NASA satellite project eyed for Alabama acreage
An Alabama space expert says satellite surveying could cut a 40 percent error in cotton acreage estimates to nearly zero. Richard G. Smith of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center told the Decatur Civitan Club that a Lansat satellite experiment may determine actual crop acreage by measuring light reflected from cotton fields. Sanford Downs described the project, aiming for surveys in June or July, to gauge field sizes to within an acre using visible and near infrared spectra. Cotton Inc. urged NASA to develop a better acreage method, leading to the NASA team’s involvement.
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Paul Foreman
Alabama
Richard G. Smith
Decatur
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Decatur Civitan Club
Smith
Sanford Downs
Lansat
Downs
Cotton Inc
Seeking The Sun Brings Life To Withered Sprout
A brief note describes a brilliant July sun warming a lone Spartan weed, promising spring warmth and the emergence of green shoots. The scene is captured in a Daily photo by John Godbey.
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John Godbey
Carter backs conflict rules but withholds plan
President-elect Carter says he will not announce how his large financial interests will be handled in the White House but will follow the same conflict‑of‑interest rules he imposes on his top appointees. He spoke after preinaugural cabinet meetings on St Simons Island, Georgia.
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Plains
Carter
White House
St. Simons Island
Georgia
Amoco Wins Eminent Domain Right For Decatur Pipeline
The Public Service Commission approved eminent domain for Amoco Chemicals to bury an eight inch xylene pipeline from Whiting Indiana to the Decatur plant. Construction is planned to start in June and finish by December with land-route segments and river-crossing contracts.
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Amoco
Decatur
Lee Sentell
Public Service Commission
Bill Moore
Limestone County
State Regulatory Agency
PSC
Juanita McDaniel
Amoco Chemicals
Whiting
Ind
Monsanto
Moore
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Memphis
Vanderbilt University
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Langley, Va
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Alabama State Troopers
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Carter Issues Pledge
Atlanta
Federal Center For Disease Control
Los Angeles
Gordon Armstrong
Dino de Laurentiis
U. S
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Kan
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Larry Leer
Leer
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Daily Telegraph
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