Decatur to see $1.2 million AFL–CIO apartment complex
Southwest Decatur plans a 11 building 99 unit complex financed by the AFL-CIO with a HUD loan. Architect James Mitchell says work could start next week and finish in 12 to 15 months. The project targets middle income residents including some elderly, with townhouses and one bedroom units.
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Decatur
Building Department
Charles Yancey
Afl-Cio
Cardinal Apartments
Robin Rd
Birmingham
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Old Moulton Rd
2Nd St
A.M.E. Homes of Decatur, Inc
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal remap creates polling woes for Morgan County
Morgan County Probate Judge Bryan McAfee faces a Herculean task as a federal reapportionment plan divides Morgan into four House districts and two senatorial districts. He must readjust polling lists and voting locations, notify voters, and file a progress report within six months with a final plan due before the November 1974 primaries. McAfee notes cross county voter data from Lawrence and Cullman will be needed to map district seven and coordinate cooperation among counties.
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Morgan County
McAfee
Bryan McAfee
Attorney General's Office
Cullman
Lawrence
Lawrence County
Morgan
Decatur Auto Dealer mulls bid for city mayor post
Decatur dealer Jay Thomas unveiled a possible run for mayor this year. The former lieutenant governor hopeful urged attracting new industry through active city management and highlighted local job opportunities and Decatur’s transport and energy assets. He and aides noted potential need for county support and overtime effort to push plans, with Morgan County polling lists cited.
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Decatur
Jay Thomas
Thomas
Decatur Boat Harbor
Hijacked PSA jet heads to Havana after two hour delay
A Pacific Southwest Airlines plane seized by a shotgun armed man and a woman with a baby departed Los Angeles for Havana after a two hour hold. Rescue teams reported no survivors from a separate crash in Ibiza.
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Tampa
Fla
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Los Angeles
Havana
Africa
Ibiza, Balearic Islands
Madrid
Valencia
Ibiza
US Losses Mount in Laos and Vietnam Air War Report
U S Command belatedly discloses loss of a 12th American plane last month over Laos and North Vietnam and reports a U S helicopter shot down in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam with three Americans wounded. An OV10 forward air controller went down Christmas Eve, two crewmen listed missing. B52 bombers unleash 900 tons on North Vietnamese supply routes while Viet Cong movements raise fears of a major offensive during Nixon's China trip.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Laos
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highlands
Kontum
Milée
Investigaton
Mekong Delta
Nixon
China
Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Washington
Peking
Bombs Found In Three Banks In New York Chicago And San Francisco
Letters led police to bombs planted in banks across New York Chicago and San Francisco hours after threats to media. In San Francisco safe deposit boxes at Bank of America Crocker Citizens National Bank and Wells Fargo housed devices that matched descriptions. In New York three banks including Marine Midland 140 Broadway Manufacturers Hanover and First National City, and a bomb in Chicago's Continental Illinois was denied by an official. devices described as clock and battery rechargers with smokeless powder were prepared to cause fatalities.
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New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Bank of America
Crocker Citizens
Ional Bank
Wells Fargo Bank
Lower Manhattan
Marine Midland Trust Co
Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Co
First National City Bank
First National Bank
Kenneth O’neill
Marine Midland
Broadway
New York
Robert Daly
Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago
On This Date In 1789 First US Presidential Election
The item notes the first US presidential election held in 1789. Additional weather mentions forecast highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s with a high of 50 expected Saturday. The page also invites Want Ad placements and references Tennessee Valley area weather.
Camper-Trailer Wanted Ad Draws 14 Replies in Decatur
Kenneth Motes of Somerville sold a 1970 Winston Camper-Trailer 18 sleeps 6 self contained with a like-new heater and low cost ad. The Decatur Daily offers 3 lines for 10 days at $4 and lists contact numbers 778-8640 353-4612 353-4739 for Fast Action ads.
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Kenneth Motes
Rt. 2
Somerville
Decatur Daily Want
Decatur Daily
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Ala
George Wallace
George Andrews
D-Ala
Paris
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