Monsanto to Install 2.7 Million Pollution Abatement System
Monsanto announces a 2.7 million dollar pollution abatement system for its Decatur plant and technical center. The project uses an activated sludge process to digest organics and purify water returning treated effluent to the river, reducing river waste by 85 percent.
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Monsanto
Decatur
C. E. Hieserman
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Hieserman
Area Lawmakers Ponder Remap Plan in 1974 election
North Alabama legislators respond to a federal court order to reapportion into 105 House single member districts and 35 Senate districts. The court delayed mid term elections, allowing incumbents to serve until after the 1974 general election. Reports indicate Ralph Slate and David Cauthen may share District 9, covering parts of Southeast Decatur and Morgan County.
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Winford Turner
North Alabama
Montgomery
House
Senate
Morgan County
Ralph Slate
David Cauthen
Decatur
Federal Court
Slate
Cauthen
Cullman County
Tom Drake
Pay Board Set To Trim Aerospace Raises In New Rule Debate
The Pay Board seeks to roll back a 12 percent aerospace wage increase likely to 8 percent or less, while considering a rule limiting raises in new contracts to seven percent. Business members push for a binding rule capping future rises over seven percent in old contracts, risking many rollbacks. Virgil Day citing 7 percent lid on deferred raises. Last December the board failed to resolve contracts with UAW and AFL-CIO units.
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Washington
Virgil Day
General Electric Co
Day
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Light Snow Forecast and Tornado Report Cloud Weather
Light snow is predicted for Decatur tonight into Wednesday as a cold front brings frigid air to the Tennessee Valley. A tornado was reported at Linden, 15 miles south of Demopolis, at 4:52 a.m. today amid severe thunderstorms from Gulf moisture. The Gulf air mass continues to fuel potential for more severe storms, the U.S. Weather Service said. Drake notes boundary maps place him in a district spanning southern Morgan and northern Cullman Counties, living in Vinemont.
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Gulf
U. S. Weather Service
Linden
Demopolis
Banks slash prime rate to five percent in New York
Four major New York banks cut their prime lending rate to five percent from five and a half, lowering the key interest charge to its lowest in nearly seven years.
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New York
Bad Dream For China A Propaganda Analysis
William L. Ryan argues that Peking portrays a looming threat from Soviet expansion and frames U.S. hopes for limited China relations within a cautious context. The piece notes Beijing’s suspicion of Moscow and describes a sweeping arch of influence from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. The column ends with an advertisement and a local business reference.
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Peking
China
Nixon
Mainland
Asia
Africa
Eking
Asian Subcontinent
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay of
NAACP Sues to Integrate Alabama Highway Patrol
The NAACP filed a federal suit in Montgomery alleging Alabama Highway Patrol has not hired a Black trooper in 37 years. It argues a high school diploma suffices and thousands of qualified Negro applicants exist. The suit accuses troopers of aiding school segregation and civil rights crackdowns.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Highway Patrol
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Patrol
NAACP
Thomas Reed
Tuskegee
Macon
Bullock, Lowndes
Greene
Alabama
Washington Delivers First Annual Presidential Message
On this date in 1790 George Washington delivered the first annual presidential message. Weather notes forecast 90 percent rain tonight, 50 percent Wednesday, with highs 59 and 43 and a low of 28. River map page B-4 and weather details follow.
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George Washington
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Limestone County
Billy Smith
Morgan
Ternational Association of Machinists
Drake
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Instant Lake
John L. Burch
Gordon Dr
Shag
By William L. Ryan
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Joes
Aé Landers
Athens
Billy Sith
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