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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
1
TVA has begun preliminary work at a site 10 miles from Decatur and 10 miles from Athens. The plant will have a rated capacity of 2.3 million kilowatts, eight times that of the largest nuclear station then operating in the United States.
Decatur area leaders forecast a strong 1967 with gains in manufacturing and farm income, rising retail sales to about 70 million, and a record high city budget. Mayor Blackburn urged continued growth while regional planning expands with North Alabama agencies and major developments loom near Courtland and Decatur.
The Decatur Daily's staff selected the TVA plan to build a Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Limestone County as the top local news story of 1966. The project was announced in December 1965 with an initial cost estimate of about 125 million dollars. contract for construction was awarded on June 17.
The Daily lists major items including a Madison wreck killing seven DeKalb residents, feasibility findings on the Tennessee-Tombigbee canal, a fatal Ft. Payne plane crash of gubernatorial candidate Ryan DeGraffenried and pilot Bob Haskins, plus bank robberies in Ardmore and a narcotics raid.
Authorities joined a late night search for two girls aged 14 and 15 who escaped from Morgan County Juvenile Detention Home. It is the sixth escape since the facility opened about a year ago, with past incidents including youths who climbed a 12 foot fence and forced a nurse from a room.
Inside today's edition readers find annual yearend reports with some charts and photographs prepared by The Daily News staff. Some reports are omitted due to space but will appear in Sunday edition along with national yearend coverage.
Tokyo forecasts a grim year for the United States and its partners tied to the Vietnam War with expected U S difficulties ahead. In Washington the Powell inquiry chair discounts seeking removal action. In Birmingham an attorney says a Fifth Circuit desegregation ruling will likely be appealed. In El Paso two ex cons and a half sister are held in a Michigan girls slaying and a Nevada woman's kidnapping.
Miss Angie Grooms reigning Miss Alabama entertained about 1000 youths at the Alabama Baptist Youth Convention. She urged that Christianity fits all vocations and spoke on living rightly, God's endless greatness, family values, and silent Christian witness.
A Viet Cong assault hit a U S patrol 10 minutes after the New Year cease fire began as U S forces fought back with helicopters and artillery. Col Sidney Berry’s helicopter came under ground fire while a reaction force pursued attackers. Casualties are listed as light for Americans with unknown enemy losses.
A British freighter lowered a lifeboat in high winds to pull three women and two men from the stricken yawl Petrel. Five other men stayed aboard to assist, while the Coast Guard Vigilant prepared to tow at dawn. The Cotswold reported all ten passengers safe and would standby through the night.
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