Milk Price Increase Sets New Alabama Half-Gallon Range
The Alabama Dairy Commission boosted the half-gallon milk price by four cents to a 66 cent minimum and 69 cent ceiling. Three cents of the hike go to farmers, the rest to processors, distributors and retailers subject to federal review. The 41 vote marked the first rise in 30 months, with Martha S. Richardson dissenting. The board aims to reform overall milk pricing in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Dairy Commission
Alabama
Commission
Martha S. Richardson
Marion
Light Snowfall Forecast For North Alabama Tonight
Decatur area forecasts show light snow tonight with an inch or more possible late tonight or Thursday. Forecasters say the Gulf system may track southeast of the Decatur Huntsville area, as another Texas-origin storm could reach North Alabama later tonight.
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Decatur
Gulf
North Alabama
National Weather Services
Huntsville- Decatur Jetport
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Mississippi
Huntsville
Texas
North
Huntsville- Decatur
Baxley Rules Out Bid To Challenge Wallace
Attorney General Bill Baxley said he will not run against Governor George Wallace in 1974 and plans to seek re election as attorney general. He spoke to the Eastwood Elementary School PTA and indicated he will consider returning to the AG post.
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Baxley
Wallace
Bill Baxley
George Wallace
Eastwood
PTA
Decatur
Morgan County
Dist. Atty
Mike Moebes
Charles Gunthorp
Stewart Weaver
James F. Davis
Moebes
Mike
Poor Care Led To Bus Accident In 1968
A state trooper testified that long term poor maintenance caused a brake failure on a Cotaco area school bus in April 1968, killing four students and injuring 43 as part of a $10 million GM damage suit. The driver Hayes Wilhoite said the parking brake failed. 23 suits have been combined in federal court before Judge Frank McFadden.
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Huntsville
Cotaco
R. P. Sorrell
General Motors Corp
Automotive
Frank McFadden
A. H. Spurlin
Hayes Wilhoite
On This Date 1776 Paine Publishes Common Sense
Thomas Paine issued his influential pamphlet Common Sense in 1776 marking a milestone in American independence. The note appears in a brief CALENDAR entry with weather outlook and local notes about the Tennessee Valley.
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Thomas Paine
Courtland Resident Sells $700 Car With $4 Daily Want Ad
David Nelson of Courtland placed a Decatur Daily Want Ad to sell a 1968 Ford Falcon for 700 dollars. The ad highlighted a six cylinder engine and straight transmission and urged readers to use want ads to sell items. The special offer allowed up to 30 days for four dollars, expiring January 31 1973.
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Courtland
Daily Want
David Nelson
Monroe St
Decatur Daily Want
FORD
Falcon
Decatur Daily
Classified Ad Snippet from The Decatur Daily
Short classified line from The Decatur Daily lists phone numbers 393 4612 for nights Sundays and HoliDays and 353 4739 with Athens area code 232 1535 for contact.
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Athens
Dial
Eight Airmen Missing as Two Aircraft Lost in Indochina
The U S Command reports another fighter bomber faulted over North Vietnam and a helicopter downed in eastern South Vietnam just below the DMZ. Eight Americans aboard are missing, raising total losses to 35 aircraft since December.
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North Vietnam
Vinh
Quang Tri Province
Dmz
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Abominable Snowman Footprints Reported Near Katmandu Camp
An American expedition at 12 500 feet in a Himalayan valley found nine inch long prints near a tent and Sherpa guides identified them as Abominable Snowman. Dr Howard Emery Ted Cronin and Jeffrey A McNeely made plaster casts and filed them with the American Embassy in Katmandu.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Sherpa
Howard Emery
Los Angeles
Ted Cronin
Wilmington
Del
Jeffrey A. McNeely
Peace Corps
Thailand
McNeely
Another Storm In Atlanta Expected
Atlanta endured a third night without heat or lights as a new winter storm threatened. Georgia Power faced 2.5 million in damage plus a two day outage forecast. 1,700 linemen in 229 crews labored to restore power. Two deaths occurred in a fire sparked by a downed line near Atlanta. Relief agencies prepared to distribute USDA donated food to storm victims.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta-brea
Georgia Power Co
Edwin S. Hatch
Hatch
National Weather Service
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
Atlanta
Amber Coursey
Ethel Coursey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Russell H. James
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
Indians President Gabe Paul Buys Yankees Ownership
Gabe Paul, president of the Cleveland Indians, was announced as an owner of the New York Yankees. The report notes this notable cross-franchise involvement in major league baseball.
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NEW York
Gabe Paul
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
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Southwest
Arkansas
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Mobile
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Paul Fack
Mercury
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Patterson
N.J
Landers
THE
George Esper
Tan Son Nhut
Hanoi
Radio Hanoi
Ngho An
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Teslie Vereen
Pittsburgh
Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes Tool Co
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
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