Jones projects small cuts to Appalachian health funds
Rep. Bob Jones says Appalachian health programs will be funded near current levels despite broad federal cutbacks. He expects only up to 10 percent reductions for Appalachian projects, while other federally supported programs may face 40 to 50 percent cuts next year. The Tri County group will become the North Central Alabama Health Planning Agency amid county realignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Windham
Bob Jones
Tri-County
Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission
Jones
North Central Alabama
Opheim
Peace Pact Outlines Ceasefire Limits in Indochina
Washington and Hanoi released a 12 page peace package governing a ceasefire in South Vietnam while calling for all foreign troops to exit Laos and Cambodia. Kissinger said a formal cease fire in Laos is likely soon and projected a de facto halt in neighboring Iodia with prisoner transfers to Hanoi for medical care as U.S. withdrawal proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Laos
Kissinger
Iodia
Vietnam
North Vietnam
News Cheers POWs Mother Faces Hope of Return
The mother of Decatur serviceman Air Force Capt. Terry Mercer Geloneck says Nixon’s ceasefire pledge boosts belief her son may be among prisoners to be exchanged within 60 days. She cautions previous disappointments but remains hopeful amid the peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decature
North Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Ann Geloneck
Air Force
Terry Mercer Geloneck
TVA Plans $270 Million Air Pollution Upgrade Program
TVA will expand its pollution controls at coal fired plants across Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky over five years. The $270 million plan aims to meet state air quality rules for particulates and sulfur dioxide, with increases in electricity rates to fund the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Lee Sentell
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
A. J. Wagner
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Wagner
Kissinger Says POW Release to Start in Hanoi by Feb 11
President adviser Henry Kissinger announced at a White House briefing that 479 U.S. prisoners of war held in North Vietnam and Laos would be turned over to American medical personnel in Hanoi at roughly 15 day intervals beginning 15 days after the peace accord is signed. The first group was expected on or about February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
White House
Kissinger
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
$70 000 Awarded In Bus Mishap
A Morgan County father was awarded 70000 damages by a federal court jury against General Motors Corp for a 1968 bus wreck blamed on brake design. The verdict also found GM liable in 22 related suits with other settlements to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Morgan County
A. A. Spurlin
General Motors Corp
Spurlin
North Vietnam calls peace accord a great victory
Le Duc Tho said the Vietnam peace agreement is a great victory for the Vietnamese people and contains no secret understandings on withdrawal of troops. Pentagon officials say U S warplanes will keep bombing North Vietnamese supply lines in Southern Laos and aid South Vietnamese forces until the cease fire on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
U. S
Laos
Weather note and classifieds brief from Athens edition
Calendar and comics listings with editorials and financials noted on A11 and C2. Quick weather forecast predicts a high near 50 and low around 30 tonight with a Thursday in the mid fifties.
LBJ Makes Final Trip To Capital
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died as Vietnam War wound down and his body arrived in Washington. Air Force One landed at Andrews Base at 1 07 p m EST. He will lie in state in the Capitol then at National City Christian Church before Texas funeral services at the LBJ Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Air Force One
Texas
Andrews Air Force Base
Capitol
National City Christian Church
Local seller in Decatur auctions 1966 Chevy II for low price
Tommy Bridges at 300 Mockingbird Lane sold his 1966 Chevy II through a Decatur Daily Want Ad and drew 14 extra responses. The notice implies strong demand for cars like this and suggests more buyers may be seeking a similar item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Bridges
Mockingbird Lane
Decatur Daily
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rueben S. Liles
Athens
Tony Estes
Rep. Jones
South
Indochina
Trio of
Nixon
Xuan Thay
Pow
Capt
Geloneck
Robert A. Dobkin
Decatur
Landers
TV Log
Sir Winston Churchill
London
Tennessee Valley
LBJ
Capital
Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Henry A. Kissinger
Mary Carter
Chevrolet
Dial
Magnavox
Robinson Fee Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!