Decatur Waste Water Grant Tops $900,000
EPA awards Decatur an extra 937 640 bringing total to 2.3 million for a sewage plant upgrade to secondary treatment. 55 percent of project cost funded, with 45 percent to be financed by Decatur. Athens and others receive smaller increases. Decatur cited as needing rate increases.
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Decatur
Atlanta
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
Bernard Proche
Athens
Alabama
Decatur’s
Jefferson County
Moulton
Ft. Payne
Little Mountain State Park
Scottsboro
Decatur Launches New Facade for Shopper Friendly District
Decatur unveils a renewed shopping area hailed as Alabama’s friendliest with enhanced storefronts, pedestrian spaces, and targeted promotions aimed at attracting travelers and locals to spend more time and money in the district.
Truman Declares Fair Deal in State of the Union
In 1949 President Truman called his program the Fair Deal in the State of the Union address. A weather note reports highs in the 50s and rain chances around 80 percent today, 100 percent tonight, and 60 percent Saturday.
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Harry S. Truman
Athens
Sipsey Wild Area Bill Aims to Protect Bankhead Forest
Reps. Bob Jones and Tom Bevill introduced a bill to create a Sipsey Wild Area of about 12 000 acres in Bankhead Forest across Lawrence and Winston counties. The proposal forbids commercial activity motorized transport and permanent structures while seeking a model for similar areas in Eastern States.
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Bob Jones
Tom Bevill
House
Sipsey
Bankhead National Forest
Lawrence
Winston
Senate
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Bankhead Forest
Forest Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Beville
Jones
Raquel Welch Tops Blackwell Worst Dressed List
Los Angeles AP reports fashion designer Mr. Blackwell placed Raquel Welch at the top of his annual worst dressed list. Princess Margaret ranked fourth with a quip about London fog. Farrow, Ali MacGraw, Ann-Margret, Cher and Julie Andrews feature among the best and worst selections.
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Los Angeles
Raquel Welch
Mr. Blackwell
A Sherman
Princess Margaret
London
Blackwell
Charles Revson
Princess Grace
Diahann Carroll
Mme
Georges Pompidou
Ronald Reagan
Ann-Margret
Cher
Sonny and Cher
Julie Andrews
Mia
Farrow
Ali MacGraw
Raquel
Jetport tightens security at Huntsville-Decatur boarding area
Security measures were set at Huntsville-Decatur jetport to search carry-on bags and bar visitors from boarding areas. Ed Mitchell said a central checkpoint and extended screening will cost about 200000 dollars with 40 extra security staff, under federal emergency rules.
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Huntsville-Decatur
Jetport
Authority
Ed Mitchell
Michel
Huntsville
Mitchell
Department of the Treasury
Two Big Antiwar Groups Plan Inauguration Day Demos
Washington AP reports major antiwar groups plan demonstrations on Inauguration Day against the North Vietnam bombing and Indochina war. Laird orders withholding bomb damage details to avoid upsetting Paris peace talks.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
U. S
Paris
Plaisance Named President at St Bernard College
The Rev Aloysius Plaisance OSB PhD age 52 is named president of St Bernard College effective immediately. He succeeds acting president Dr Charles E Payne who will remain as dean. Plaisance has long served in development and alumni affairs and as publicity director.
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Cullman
Aloysius Plaisance
St. Bernard College
Father Plaisance
OSB
Hilary Dreaper
St. Bernard
Charles E. Payne
Payne
Birmingham
St. Benedict’s College
Atchison, Kaw
299 GIs Died In 1972 Lowest Toll In 8 Years
Pentagon report shows 299 Americans killed in action in 1972 in Southeast Asia, the lowest annual toll in eight years. It notes 45,928 U.S. battle deaths from 1961 to 1972, with 37,566 South Vietnamese, 442 allied, and 131,675 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fatalities in the same period.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
Reds Press Offensive in South Vietnam Third Day
Communist forces push a winter spring campaign into a third day with about 97 enemy attacks in 24 hours. Most were rockets and mortars. fighting reported in the Mekong Delta and central highlands as roads were cut and government forces claim 96 enemy casualties.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon Command
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Solons Expect Nixon Report
Washington sources say President Nixon told Congressional leaders next week should reveal if North Vietnam is ready to negotiate the three major issues of the October agreement or drift into a stalling pattern. He also mentioned sending wage price control recommendations soon and did not discuss renewed bombing or Paris talks specifics.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
North Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Solons
Advertise The Good Life The 000 Way Rentals
Daily Want Ad promotes filling rental apartments with a simple dial in number 353 4612. The short notice emphasizes easy ads to reach tenants and boost occupancy.
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Dial
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