Too Often We Criticize Utilities Without Just Comparison
The Pensacola Journal argues readers should fairly assess public utilities by comparing Gulf Power Co. with Florida Power and Light and Tampa Electric. Gulf Power’s residential rate at 750 kilowatt hours ($14.84) is lower than rivals, aided by industrial demand in the Pensacola area. The piece notes Gulf Power’s generation capacity and a healthy reserve margin while Florida’s system faces concerns about turbines and the Turkey Point nuclear plant.
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Weather and River Forecast Update
Friday afternoon high near 90 with a low around 65 this morning. Tonight's low in the upper 60s. Sunday's high forecast near 90. Today partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Rain chances taper later.
Obituary for Mrs Octavia Waldrop Gilbert 88 Elkson Tenn
Funeral services for Mrs Octavia Waldrop Gilbert 88 Elkson Tenn die Friday at Athens Nursing Home will be Sunday at 4 pm at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J Dallas Bass officiating and burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Ws Clark Wilderson Elkton Tenn two sons John R Gilbert Jr Decatur Charles W Gilbert Huntsville five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers named Earl Lee Charles Harvey Ed Black Price Black C A Culver Marvin Wilkersom Mrs Gilbert was a member of Central Methodist Church in Decatur. Turla E Miller 88 Decatur will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home Daily & Seaday per year 22"}
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Elkson. Tenn
Athens Nursing Home
Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel
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Decatur City Cemetery
Ws. Clark Wilderson
Elkton
Turla E. Miller
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Gunthorp Funeral Home
McGovern seeks unity as party divides at Miami Beach
In Miami Beach the fledgling Democratic Party shows tension over unity as McGovern seeks reform steps while a California delegation backs new leadership. The day features roses for O'Hara and a surprising move by Salinger as party factions clash during rules and representation debates.
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Gallagher to Leave for Higher Paying Job
Gallagher will depart for a more favorable position after serving as center superintendent since May 1971. He earned a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University and previously worked with the State Mental Health Department and taught psychology at the University of Alabama.
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Gallaher
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State Mental Health Department
University of Alabama
Connally criticizes McGovern and hints at Nixon Democrat group
Connally, still calling himself a Democrat, rejects McGovern as isolationist and radical. He denounces the 90 day POW return pledge as unworkable and claims it undermines Paris peace efforts. He questions amnesty for draft dodgers and blasts the defense budget cut plan as dangerous. He notes McGovern proposes about 30 billion dollars in reductions over three years and a 1000 dollar per person grant.
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Paris
United States
Teen Hurt in One Car Crash on I 65
Falkville Alabama reports a Booneville Mississippi teen Jerry Dean Willis injured in a Friday one car crash on Interstate 65 troopers said. He was treated and released at Hartselle Hospital. Richard K Boyd 16 also from Booneville was not injured. Moulton event details follow.
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Booneville, Miss
Interstate 65
Jerry Dean Willis
Hartselle Hospital
Richard K. Boyd
Booneville
Nixon wage policy debate and Connally praise
The text outlines wage negotiation limits under new rules after a suit by AFL CIO President George Meany and unions against the Cost of Living Council following Nixon's 90 day wage freeze. Connally praises Nixon's performance and his trip abroad as broader support for peace efforts in contrast to domestic views.
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United States
Calhoun Student Overcomes Handicap
Myra Fox, a Priceville High School graduate and cheerleader, survived a severe car crash that severed her spine. Using a standing wheelchair she works in cosmetology wigs and drives daily with hand controls. Doctors doubt she will walk again, but she remains confident she may be one in 10,000.
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Myra Fox
Priceville High School
Florette
Myra
Patti Morgan
Patti
Myra Fox Defies Odds To Study Cosmetology
Myra Fox, paralyzed from the waist down after a May 27, 1971 incident, defies medical forecasts by attending Calhoun Technical School's Cosmetology Department via the Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center. She plans to graduate in December and possibly open a wig shop, with strong praise from instructor Helen Bounds and department head Ernest Roberts.
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Myra
University Hospital
Birmingham
Calhoun Technical School
Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center
Helen Bounds
Mrs. Bounds
Ernest Roberts
Gail Gravier
Ernest
Wallace to pursue independent mobility through therapy
Wallace aims for physical and occupational independence via arm and general body exercises to ease transfers from a wheelchair. He may drive with hand controls, though the governor has often been chauffeured. Traugh notes Wallace has some heavy tingling sensation, praises his 100 percent cooperation, and outlines a strict postbreakfast therapy schedule plus a reception next Monday. He plans future photos in the gym to inspire others with spinal troubles.
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Traugh
Real Tease Roberts and Myra in an accident aftermath
Real Tease Roberts surveys a scene while Myra, paralyzed from the waist down since a May 1971 automobile crash, sits nearby in a candid Daily Photo by Bobby Herbert.
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Myra
Bobby Herbert
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