City approves natural gas rate hike for homes and industry
Decatur council passes an ordinance raising natural gas rates about 3 percent for residential customers and 4 percent for industrial users retroactive to January. Gas department manager J Garner Pride cites rising expenses and projects about $80,000 more revenue to cover operating costs.
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Jan. J. Garner Pride
City Gas Department
Decatur
Pride
City Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Board
Jimmy Brown
Montgomery
Brown
Julian Walker
See Natural
Tanner Still Hoping To Buy Hitler's Car
Tanner, 37, plans to raise $93,000 to buy Hitler's Mercedes after returning from Arizona. He has contacted five Morgan County banks and other lenders with little success. Family reports sleepless nights as calls from well-wishers flood in. Tanner previously outbid bidders in Arizona for the car.
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Tanner
Hitler
Hartselle
Billy Charles Tanner
Arizona
Adolph Hitler
Morgan County
W. O. Tanner
California
New York
Mercedes
U.S. Halts Bombing and Mining in North Vietnam
U S warplanes and warships stop all offensive actions in North Vietnam by 11 p m CST acting on Nixon orders. The halt is described as unilateral and tied to progress in Paris peace talks with continued mines in Haiphong to be debated later.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
White House
Paris
Ronald L. Ziegler
Haiphong
Hammond Takes PSC Presidency Urges Stability Against Abolition
Kenneth Hammond was sworn in as president of Alabama's Public Service Commission and opposed abolishing or expanding the body. He pledged fair treatment for utilities, promised tighter scrutiny of rate requests, and called for a larger staff and trained examiners. He announced a 20 to 30 year energy study and a citizens committee to assess Alabama's energy needs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kenneth Hammond
Public Service Commission
PSC
Hammond
State Senate
Jere Beasley
Eugene “Bull” Conor
Commission
Alabama
Decatur's Friendliest Shopping Area Spotlight
In today's calendar the feature highlights Decatur Alabama as a welcoming retail district. The listing promotes local shopping and community spirit with notes on sections and sections like editorials entertainment sports and obituaries found throughout the page. It also recalls that On This Date in 1922 the Irish Free State was established and invites readers to place want ads via local phone numbers.
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Irish Free State
Four Plead Guilty To Espionage In Watergate Case
Four more Watergate defendants pleaded guilty to all charges in U S District Court. Bernard L Barker Eugenio R Martinez Frank A Sturgis and Virgilio R Gonzalez faced bond at 100000 each. They leave only James W McCord Jr and G Gordon Liddy as trial defendants. A motion for mistrial was planned.
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Washington
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
James W.mccord Jr
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
E. Howard Hunt,Jr
White House
Sirica
Nixon Orders Halt To Viet Offensive
President Nixon ordered a halt to all offensive operations in North Vietnam at 9 a.m. CST because of progress in Paris peace talks. The ban covers bombing shelling and mining while air strikes may continue over South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia as necessary.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
North Vietnam
Paris
Florida White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Ziegler
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc
U.S
Kissinger
Bayside
Murder charges filed against two Morgan County men
Cullman County Sheriff Orlin Buzbee said warrants were issued for Harold Singleton Jr. and Fred Goodman on first degree murder charges in the Jan 1 shooting of Jones Chapel grocer Frank Luker. Luker died after being shot at the gas pumps as he attempted to fill a car, with robbery as the apparent motive.
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Cullman
Morgan Caity
Jones Chapel
Cullman County
Orlin Buzbee
Buzbee
Harold Singleton Jr
Hartselle
Fred Goodman
Falkville
Frank Luker
Singleton
Pulaski County
Somerset
Lawrence County
Moulton
Goodman
Bill V. Patterson
Sheriff’s Department
Luker
Somerset Police
Four Hurtsboro suspects to face murder charges in officer's death
Federal authorities prepared to turn four men over to state officials to face murder charges in the killing of a Hurtsboro policeman. A prosecutor said additional charges may follow in the janitor's death.
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Hurtsboro
Ala
Too Many Comforts of Home Souvenir Ads Feature
Readable lines describe extra ranma goods paired with classified Want Ads from Dally. Brief notices hint at home comforts and shopping options.
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A. L
Buck) Griffin
Priceville
Griffin
Billy Smith
Robert E. Kee
State of
Bryan McAfee
Lee County
Europe
George Esper
Vietnam
Nashua
N.H
Boire Field
Richard Breton
Raymond Duval
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
Viet
Zeigler
Nguyen van Thieu
Helsinki
Finland
The
Supreme Court
Richmond
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