Alabama Tourism Booklet Draws North Alabama Critique
The Alabama Mountain Lakes Association based in Decatur protests a state tourism booklet for omitting North Alabama attractions. The editorial urges a corrected edition and calls for better promotion to benefit the entire state and its tourism revenue.
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Alabama
North Alabama
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Decatur
Mountain Lakes Organization
Mountain Lakes Association
Highlights of 1971 Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts
The Tennessee Valley Council reports 1971 membership at 14,185 up 1,079 or 8 percent with 65 new units bringing total units to 489. Camping saw 2,235 attendees at Camp Jackson and Camp Westmoreland while 119 Scouts earned Eagle. World Jamboree sent 9 Scouts to Japan under leaders Bob Shirley and Cortess Perry.
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Tennessee Valley Council
BOY Scouts OF America
Camp Jackson
Camp Westmoreland
Order of the Arrow
E. Urner Goodman
Soar
America
Eagle Scouts
Bob Shirley
Cortess Perry
Japan
Philmont
Cimmaron
New Mexico
Finance Committee of
The
Tennessee Valley
Redstone Arsenal
Knobby Knee’d World charity play at Austin High
The Decatur Junior Service League funds a library drive with a $10,000 pledge as local cast members stage Knobby Knee’d World at Austin High School for three nights. Proceeds benefit the library building fund with enthusiastic community support and a family friendly production.
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Decatur Junior Service League
Austin High School
ABC
Parking trap on court house curb sparks reader letter
Violet H Fairbanks writes to The Decatur Daily denouncing a yellow curb trap near the courthouse and asking city leaders to explain why drivers pay $5 fines for parking on unmarked spaces. She defends law and order but warns against deceptive enforcement.
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Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily
Court House
Violet H. Fairbanks
Elvis Gets Narcotics Badge After Nixon Meeting
Elvis Presley receives a gold narcotics badge after a White House meeting with President Nixon. Presley trotted in under the alias John Burroughs and offered a donation to the Narcotics Bureau, which was declined. The scene included a Nixon hug and a lighthearted exchange about badge access.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Elvis Presley
Presley
Nixon
Hollywood
John Finlator
Finlator
Narcotics Bureau
John Burroughs
Narcotics
Finlater
Elvis
Fin
FBI
White House
Fintator
Egil
Bud” Krogh
Krogh
John
Yablonski
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
Jack Yablonski
New International Question Mark in China Policy Debate
The piece weighs U S Soviet power shifts over 20 years with emphasis on Moscow's gains and Washington's limits. It notes China under Nixon facing a risk laden pivot and cites de Gaulle on war shaping China’s rise while warning of global instability and nonaligned blocs.
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New York Times
Paris
United States
Soviet Union
U. S.R
Moscow
China
Russia
Europe
Tito
Kremlin
Vietnam
Nixon
Peking
Charles de Gaulle
Chou En-lai
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A reflective Christian moral excerpt discusses grief after spousal death, the dangers of anchoring life to material or personal relationships, and the Christian perspective on death as triumph. It emphasizes eternal values and reliance on God rather than earthly ties.
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Silberman
Brit Hume
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W. R. Shelton
Riday
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P.O. Box
Associated Press
Despond
West Germany
Korea
Billy Graham
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