Tenn Tom Waterway Urges Midsection Work Start
Gov. Winfield Dunn urged steps to begin the middle section of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway as Congress boosts funding to 18 million dollars. He noted north-end construction may start this year and plans to press for mid-1981 project completion funding.
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Savannah
Tenn
Winfield Dunn
Tennessee
House
Joe Evans
D-Tenn
Public Works
Dunn
Tem-Tom Waterway Development Authority
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Mitchell Preps For Watergate Hearings
Former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell met with Senate Watergate committee staff as he prepares for public testimony. He heads Nixon's re election committee and may be asked about approving bugging plans. Mitchell acknowledged knowledge of legal expenses payments to Watergate defendants and debate over Nixon papers.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Senate Watergate Committee
Mitchell
Nixon
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge
Wallace Jr Declares Music Career Over Politics
George C. Wallace Jr. 21 says entertainment is his life and seeks to forge his own path, signing with MGM Records and releasing There Will Never Be Anyone Else But You and Why Don't They Understand. He praises his father Gov. Wallace and hints at future song writing.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace Jr
Alabama
George Jr
Young Wallace
University of Alabama
MGM Records
Gov
Powell Murder Trial Today in Marietta Slayings Case
James Hoyt Powell, 37, a former Decatur man, faces trial in Marietta on murder charges for the 1971 killings of pathologists Dr. Warren Matthews and Dr. Rosina Matthews. He is one of nine indicted. two co-defendants have already been convicted, with separate sentences. Powell claims he was in another city and has a handwriting expert.
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Marietta
James Hoyt
Powell
Decatur
Warren Matthews
Rosina Matthews
James Edward Creamer
George Emmett
Creamer
Emmett
Larry Hacker
Alton Wayne Ruff
Billy Richard Jenkins
Debbie Kidd
Greenville
8.C
Injuries Fatal To Teenager Cindy Dunaway Dies in Alabama Crash
Cindy Lou Dunaway 16 of Valhermoso Springs died at Huntsville Hospital from injuries after Friday auto crash on Alabama 67. She was struck by a car driven by Fred Kelley Jr. of Athens and later housed at Huntsville after Decatur General. Funeral set Tuesday 2 p.m. Center Springs Methodist Church. Survivors include parents Gilbert and spouse, two brothers Michael and Robert, two sisters Nancy and others. Peck Funeral Home in charge.
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Cindy Lou Dunaway
Waldermose Springs
Huntsville Hospital
Alabama
Miss Dunaway
Fred Kelley Jr
Athens
Decatur General Hospital
AAA Southend
Huntsville
Center Springs Methodist Church
E. P. Berry
Ira Gow
Peck Funeral Home
Gilbert Dunaway
Valhermoso Springs
Michael Key Dunaway
Robert Cecil Dunaway
Nancy
Peace Corps Group Freed in Uganda and Kenya
A chartered jet carried 112 American Peace Corps volunteers from Ugandan custody to Kinshasa after two days of detention by Amin. The detainees, 63 men and 49 women, had been held over fears they were mercenaries or Israeli agents. They spent nights at Entebbe Airport then a Lake Victoria hotel under guard as negotiations continued.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Peace Corps
Strongman
Washington
Africa
Kinshasa
Zaire
Amin
U.S
Kampala
Uganda
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Dollar Rally Shortlived
The dollar rose briefly on European markets amid hopes of international support but reversed course as talks in Switzerland failed to offer lifelines. British Chancellor Anthony Barber prepared to address Parliament as bankers signaled potential aid but markets retreated midday.
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London
Britain
Anthony Barber
Switzerland
On This Date 1960 Soviet Threats over Cuba
The 1960 note recalls Soviet threats of rockets if the United States ousted Castro in Cuba. Weather outlook shows highs in the upper 80s today and Tuesday with scattered rain chances.
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United States
Cuba
Abernathy resigns post at SCLC amid funding woes
The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy announces resignation as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference due to lack of financial support. A separate note from Paris warns planes to avoid Mururoa Atoll as France prepares a South Pacific atomic test. Louisville officials flag possible milk rationing as early as September if production cuts persist.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Paris
France
Mururoa Atoll
Louisville, Ky
Export Drain Adds Billions to U S Food Costs
Agriculture Department says a record farm export surge mainly of wheat corn and soybeans boosts consumer food bills by about 2 billion this year. Prices may rise at least 12 percent despite Nixon freeze as exports deplete grain and oilseed reserves and lift feed costs.
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Don Kendall Washington
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Department
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State Construction Co. of
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Neville
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Watergate Quiz
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George Wallace JR
Lee
State Department
Tennessee Valley
Don Paarlberg
USDA
Paarlberg
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Detatur
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