Air Bags To Raise Car Prices In 1982 Move
Decatur dealers report a U S Transportation Department plan requiring air bags or automatic belts in new cars may push prices up about 100 to 150 dollars per vehicle. Most dealers doubt consumer willingness to pay, while one manager cites added safety and a polluting lobby as factors.
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Warheads funding vote faces Senate closed session
In Washington the Senate may vote today on funding neutron warheads designed to minimize broad destruction. Senator Warren Magnuson says the measure will be discussed in a rare closed session. President Carter has yet to decide but seeks to keep options open with the funding.
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Counties seek TVA tax funds back to boost revenue
About 60 officials from 16 TVA counties met at the Utilities Auditorium to study returning payments in lieu of taxes to counties. The 1976 total was 11.4 million and is projected at 15.7 million this year and 17.2 million in 1978. A legislative plan and a parallel lawsuit were proposed to pressure state recovery, with Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone, and Cullman named for potential distributions.
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Sentell Named City Editor Of Decatur Daily
Veteran reporter Lee Sentell is named city editor of The Decatur Daily by Managing Editor Bill Crowe. Sentell, a 1968 staff writer, will direct local news and assign stories covering city and county government education regional planning and entertainment.
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Independence Day Preview in Decatur Daily
The Sunday issue outlines a holiday package with Spirit of America Festival reports and a schedule of events including golf and tennis. Living Today offers Fourth of July picnic ideas and Comment page features local voices on their Most Memorable Fourth.
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Albania
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Girl Scout Escapes Abductor in Sarasota
15 year old Charlotte Grosse was freed after more than 52 hours in captivity near Sarasota. A suspect, Wilfred Arthur, was arrested in the Siesta Key area and taken to the county jail. The girl was unharmed and called her parents from a hospital where she was evaluated.
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Siesta Key
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Ray Pilon
Beac
Wilfred Arthur
Thermostat Flip Flop: TVA asks 78 degree setting changes
TVA urged customers to raise home and business thermostats to 78 degrees to ease a stressed power system. Officials cited thin generation reserves due to construction delays and repairs. City department manager Watkins voiced surprise at the request as Williams of TVA warned of potential peak-load shortfalls.
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Dick) Watkins
Godwin Williams
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Hartselle Welcomes Copeland Corp For Air Conditioner Compressors
District residents gather before the restored rail yards as Gov. George Wallace announces a new industry for Hartselle. Copeland Corp will manufacture air conditioning compressors, following a last minute briefing with press secretary Billy Joe Camp.
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George Wallace
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B1 decision kept secret until Carter public reveal
President Carter weighed the B1 bomber choice in four weeks of study. He drafted a 49 point handwritten list for and against the B1 with input from Defense Secretary Brown and White House aides. The timing remained uncertain until a Wednesday morning meeting clarified the decision.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
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White House
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Medicare Health Program for Elderly Americans Begins
On this date in 1966 the Medicare health program for elderly Americans went into effect. Weather forecast: highs in the low 90s with showers possible, cooler tonight. Local notices and ads appear on the section pages.
Royal Spirit Performer Billy Joe Royal Heads Pageant Night
Billy Joe Royal and The Royal Family perform at 7 45 p m before the Spirit of America Miss Point Mallard pageant at 8 p m in a Marietta Georgia interview Royal describes a modest rise to fame with songwriter Joe South.
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