Flu-Like Virus Headed Toward Morgan County Area
Health officials warn a flu like virus may spread across North Alabama as absenteeism spikes. State figures show about 80,000 Alabama public school absences this week versus 48,000 normally. Some districts closed for the week. experts say shots are too late and avoidance remains the defense.
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State Department of Education
Alabama
Morgan County
Jamie Thomas
Ozark
South Alabama
Handley High School
Roanoke
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
State Health Department
Phone Rate Hike Sought By South Central Bell
South Central Bell asked the Public Service Commission for a 29.3 million dollar annual rate increase. The proposal would raise residential private line rates in Decatur and surrounding towns and lift business rates for connections and in building moves. Long distance intra state rates would also rise. Residential fees would climb from 5.06 to 6.50 in Athens and from 5.50 to 7.75 in Hartselle Moulton and Cullman. Installing a home line would cost 30 dollars up from seven.
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South Central Bell
Public Service Commission
Decatur
Athens
Hartselle
Moulton and Cullman
Ben Brown
Alabama
Judge Richette Links Throwaway Children to Juvenile Delinquency
At Morgan County Mental Health meeting Judge Lisa Richette discusses her book on juvenile delinquency. She says the so called throwaway children did not disappear but grew older becoming stronger and more hostile and later faced the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
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Juvenile Authority Speaks
Lisa Richette
Right, and
Mental Health Association
Eleanor Robinson
The
Association At
Oak
Morgan County Association For Mental Health
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Richette
Judge Richette
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Arthur Bremer
George C. Wallace
Field Trials Continue Today at Alabama Open Wheeler Plantation
The 31st Alabama Field Trials at the Joe Wheeler Plantation open with three braces of all age dogs, following Friday’s nine braces amid favorable weather and strong bird finds. Derbies and puppies run through the weekend, with an open all age slated Monday, while professional handlers use the events to qualify for the national championships in Grand Junction Tennessee.
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Tony Estes
Wheeler
Alabama
Joe Wheeler
Bob Simpson
Alabama Field Trials Club
Simpson
Grand Junction
Tenn
Nixon Enjoys Inaugural Eve Concerts With Family
President Nixon attended three John F Kennedy Center concerts on the eve of his second inauguration accompanied by Mamie Eisenhower and his wife. International Paper Sales Co Inc said it will raise U S newsprint prices from 165 to 170 dollars per ton effective February 17. The Montreal based firm cited rising costs despite cost control efforts.
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Michael Putzel Washington
Nixon
Mamie Eisenhower
Washington
Florida White House
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
New York
International Paper Sales Co. Inc
United States
Montreal
Canadian International Paper Co
International Paper Co
Great Northern Paper Co
Services Held For P. O. Davis
Funeral services were held for P. O. Davis 82 long-time Auburn Extension Service director who died after a long illness. Davis a native of Athens and Auburn graduate served as agriculture editor and executive secretary before becoming extension director in 1937 retiring in 1959. He authored a biography of Edward A. ONeal and helped found radio station WAPI. He is survived by his widow and several nieces and nephews, plus children.
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Auburn
P. O. Davis
Athens
Auburn Extension Service
Davis
Extension Service
L. N. Duncan
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
WAPI
First Rain Marks Inaugural Day Antiwar Protest
A Friday protest by the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice delivered a carton of peace-now petitions to the White House gate as President prepared his inaugural address. Dr Sidney Peck said the box held 50 000 petition samples from over a million signer during the last month demanding Nixon sign a Hanoi peace accord.
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White House
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Sidney Peck
Nixon
Hanoi
Local cotton crop in four counties to be poorest in years
National figures show 1972 ginnings exceed 1971 by over two million bales. In Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties only 128 419 bales had been ginned by December 1, 1971 figures show 136 427, a drop of 24 008 bales. Agents say harvest progress since December remains meagre with about 10 500 total bales by early 1972.
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Morgan-Limestone-Lawrence- Cullman
U.S. Department of Commerce
Cullman
King George V Dies. Edward VIII Succeeds
The 1936 obituary notes King George V’s death and the accession of Prince Edward as Edward VIII. It mentions the line of succession and brief weather roundup with temperatures for the day and weekend.
Gunmen Stage Shootout With Brooklyn Police
In northwest Brooklyn a group of gunmen seized a sporting goods store and opened fire on police. One patrolman was killed and two others wounded as hostage rescue used an armored carrier to threaten surrender. Several gunmen remained holed up with 7 to 15 hostages as rain and blackout draped the scene.
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New York
Brooklyn
Robert Dreyer
Stephen Gilroy
Robert Johnson
Sporting Goods
Haig meets Thieu to push Vietnam peace talks
Haig negotiates with President Thieu as Paris talks near a final peace accord. In Washington, the Commerce Department reports 1972 ended with strong economic expansion, the best in a year since 1966. A defense attorney for the Pentagon Papers case says a government secret was published in a public report sold for $6.
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Saigon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Paris
Washington
Commerce Department
Los Angeles
Gunman Holds Hostage On Jet At Standiford Field
A young gunman fired from a terminal balcony at Standiford Field in Louisville then held an Ozark Airlines DC-9 mechanic hostage aboard the jet. He is described as a white man in his early 20s. no injuries were reported during the standoff. Authorities say the gunman is an AWOL soldier and the FAA deferred further details.
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Louisville
Standiford Field
Ozark Airlines
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Ozark
Eddie Logsdon
Louisville-Jefferson County Air Board
Decatur Daily misses 2500 envelopes for March of Dimes drive
Shortage of collection envelopes caused 2500 Morgan County Decatur homes to miss the March of Dimes insert in The Decatur Daily. The edition today will mail the envelopes to those homes. Robinson Furniture advertises as Decatur's Magnavox dealer for a year with address and phone number.
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Decatur Daily
Morgan County
Decatur
Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Ohentonia
Salt Avenue
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Theater
Leonard Bernstein
Washington Cathedral
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Prince of Wales
Edward Will
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Jet
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