East Morgan Plane Crash Claims Two
Rescue teams found a small four seat Mooney wreck on Brindlee Mountain rim. The craft carried a Gadsden physician and his son who perished when it struck a cliff after departing Madison County Airport in Huntsville during a storm.
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Union Hill
Gadsden
Brindlee Mountain
Mooney
Madison County
Huntsville
Batson
Civil Air Patrol
Charles Arrington
Morgan County Sheriff's Dept
Flint Rescue Squad
Highway Patrol
See East
Drown Victims Found Near Halbrook Road Crash
The bodies of two Hartselle residents, William Garner 43 and Jessie Morrow 24, were recovered from waist deep floodwater after their car plunged into Olear Creek on Halbrook Road. The Ford carried the lights on as responders found Garner by the passenger side and Morrow several yards behind the vehicle.
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Angie Kirk Hartselle
Hartselle
Halbrook Rd
Olear Creek
Flint Rescue Squad
Morgan County
Guy Holloway
William Henry Garner
Jessie Lockett Morrow
Garner
Miss Morrow
Travis Dial
Rufus Beatley
Dial
CROWN
Voodoo Practiced At Carolina Village
A 10 acre Oyo Tunji village near Savannah houses 35 residents described as devoted to voodoo and related practices. The piece notes their origins, culture, and the claim of the Yoruba kingdom sign at the site as part of a broader portrait of low country occult beliefs. The article portrays the community as highly devout and influential in the region.
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U.S
Efuntola
Oyo-Tunji
Villiage
N. Amerika
Savannah
New York
Harlem
Nixon Signs Flood Insurance Expansion and Stockpile Bills
President Nixon signed the Flood Disaster Protection Act expanding federally subsidized flood insurance to cover homes and businesses in flood prone areas at reduced rates. The act raises limits to 35 000 for homeowners and 200 000 for small businesses. He also signed six bills allowing sale of about 900 million in federally stockpiled metals and opium.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Parties and Pulse of New Year Eve in Decatur 1973
Lively parties fill Decatur as Alabama fans rally for a Sugar Bowl national title. Some couples at country clubs pay 15 dollars to watch the game. Watch night services and convivial recalls mark the year end at local eateries and gatherings.
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Alabama
Crimson Tide
Decatur
January and February Hard on USS Drivers
Washington AP reports motorists will see longer gas lines as shortages deepen by late January and early February. Experts warn gasoline use will drop to eight to ten gallons per week per driver as imports dwindle and stocks run down. Snow and freezing rain also affect Tennessee Valley conditions with cold front and ARctic air expected to push temperatures down through midweek.
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USS
Washington
Tennessee
Alabama
National Weather Service
Jury to be drawn for Alday family murder case in Donalsonville
More than 200 residents were summoned as a jury pool to try the first of three men charged with murder in the Alday family killings last May. In the Dominican Republic Cesar Cedene Houston Astros star released on 10000 bail after voluntary homicide charge downgraded to involuntary homicide. Cloudy Sugar Bowl forecast in New Orleans with northerly winds and temperatures near 60.
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Donalsonville
South Georgia
Alday
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cesar Cedene
Houston Astros
Cedene
New Orleans
National Weather Service
Energy tip urges cold water washing to save energy
A reader tip notes most clothes can be washed in cold water to protect fabric and lower energy use. Call THE DAILY at 353 461? to share tips and earn credit if published.
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the Daily
Windham Named City Editor of The Decatur Daily
Ben Windham was named city editor of The Decatur Daily with the post to take effect immediately. A Selma native and Birmingham Southern College graduate of 1970, Windham joined the paper in 1970 and has covered education and health before becoming city hall reporter two years ago. His father was a longtime Selma journalist and his mother a writer of Alabama ghost stories and books. Windham is 24 and single.
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Ben Windham
Decatur Daily
Selma
Birmingham Southern College
DAILY
City Hall
Alabama
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East Morgan
Paul Batson Jr
Paul III
Point Mallard
Paul J. Batson
Guy Hollaway
Bobby Herbert
Carolina Village
B. Drummond Ayres Sheldon
S. C
NYT
South Carolina
Georgia
Unior Hill
Harry Truman
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Landers Eevee Ag
Bé Comics
Eevee
TV Log
Windham
Ben
Mike
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
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