City Site For Wolverine Shift
Universal Oil Products will move its Wolverine Tube division headquarters from Detroit to Decatur. The relocation affects about 60 jobs, with 30 new positions, and a new office building will be constructed in Decatur. J O Logan, UOP president and CEO, announced the plan.
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Wolverine Tube Division
Universal Oil Products
Detroit
Decatur
J. 0. Logan
UOP
Wolverine
Logan
H. J
Hack) Ross
Wolverine Tube
Ross
Allen Park
Dearborn Heights
Mike Roberts
Industrial Development Association
Voting Center Assignments Questioned
Morgan County Board of Registrars chairwoman questioned city officials over moving eight voters from Hickory Hills Burningtree and Rolling Hills to Box 8 at Peek Oldsmobile for the Aug 8 election. The group, formerly in Priceville, faced legal questions from Probate Judge Bryan McAfee and City Attorney A J Coleman noted no boundary changes have been made.
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Decatur
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Baugh-Wiley Smith Hospital
Anne Bell
Board of Registrars
Hickory Hills
Burningtree
Rolling Hills
Priceville
State Unit Okays Rigid Water Rules
The Alabama Water Improvement Commission adopted stricter water quality standards than federal recommendations for interstate streams. It set a minimum dissolved oxygen of five parts per million with a possible drop to four under extreme natural conditions and rejected EPA provisions tying short periods to extreme conditions. TVA and Monsanto had pressed different temperatures. those were not noted in initial reports. The rules apply to all industries and are described as more stringent than in any other Southern state.
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Montgomery
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Commission
Monsanto
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Browns Ferry
EPA
Rabbit's foot fails in Jaycee Golf at Indian Hills
Al Jones faced bad luck when his caddie dropped four rabbit feet during a Jaycees Golf tournament round at Indian Hills. Defending champion Willie Wilkerson claimed his second consecutive title as Jones recovered later, with page 9 photos noted.
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al Jones
Indian Hills
Jones
Willie Wilkerson
States Rights Party formed by Southern Democrats in 1948
On this date in 1948 Southern and other Democrats from 13 states organized a States Rights Party and nominated Gov. Strom Thurmond and Gov. Fielding Wright for president and vice president respectively. Weather outlook shows highs in the mid to upper 80s with scattered rain chances through today and Tuesday.
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Southern
States Rights Party
Gov
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Tennessee Valley
Gang War Ties Sought In Killing Eboli
New York police seek to fit the slaying of Mafia figure Thomas Eboli into a broader gang war. Eboli, 61, was found shot multiple times in Crown Heights Brooklyn, with investigations linking the case to a string of gangland killings since 1971 including the Gallo rubout.
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New York
Thomas
Tommy Ryan" Eboli
Eboli
Crown Heights
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Manhattan
Joseph A. Colombo Sr
Profaci Cosa Nostra
Little Italy
Joseph
Joe’’ Gallo
Israeli court convicts Kozo Okamoto in Lod massacre
LOD Israel AP reports an army court found Japanese radical Kozo Okamoto guilty for his role in the Lod airport massacre on May 30 and sentenced him to life imprisonment. CHICAGO AP notes Mayor Daley pledges support for the entire Democratic ticket after insurgent delegates unseated his delegation at the nomination event.
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Lod
Israel
Kozo Okamoto
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Falls elected state Legion commander in Alabama
Bill Falls, who stepped down as commander of American Legion Post 15 in Decatur, was elected department commander at the Alabama American Legion convention in Birmingham. He defeated Dr. Ernest Stone of Jacksonville State University by nearly 3 to 1 and will represent Alabama at national events while remaining Morgan County veterans director. The first Decatur Legionnaire to hold the post, Falls campaigns for nine months and will serve with the state executive committee in Montgomery.
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Bill Falls
American Legion
Alabama
Birmingham
Decatur
Bill Dukes
Decatur Post
Dukes
Ernest Stone
Falls
Stone
Jacksonville State University
Morgan County Veterans
Cullman Fire Kills Man
One man died and two were injured in a fire that gutted a three room apartment above the Emil W Buettner Paint and Hardware Store in Cullman. The dead man was Terry Chambers, 19, of Hanceville. Wallace Logan, 25, rented the apartment and was in fair condition. James Holmes, 23, of Vinemont, was in satisfactory condition.
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Cullman
Emil W. Buettner Paint and Hardware
Terry Chambers
Hanceville
Wallace Logan
Buettner
University Hospital
Birmingham
James Holmes
Vinemont
Veteran's Hospital
Chambers
Spassky quits third game to Fischer in resumed match
In Reykjavik AP reports world chess champion Boris Spassky resigned the third game against Bobby Fischer after the clock restarted the adjourned game. Referee Lothar Schmid opened with Fischer's sealed 41st move, bishop to queen six. Spassky waited only minutes before conceding.
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Reykjavik
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Lothar Schmid
Fischer
Spassky
Isaac Kashdan
Associated Press
Fischer Ga Fane
Clinic Board To Sell Bonds For Hospital
The city council met with Baugh-Wiley officials to approve forming a medical clinic board to supervise a 4 million bond sale for a Beltline Rd hospital expansion. Don Bucker was ill. attorney John Caddell will represent the hospital. Mayor Guntharp sought power over department heads if reelected, while local chess reports covered Fischer and Spassky's 24 game match with continued play after adjournment.
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Baugh-Wiley. Smith Hospital
Beltline Rd
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Hospital Affiliates, Inc
Nashville
Don Bucker
John Caddell
Medical Clinic Board
Charles Guntharp
Guntharp
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IDA
Bill Sexton
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Landers
TV Log
GANG
Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Ady
Bill
Falls State Legion Head
Washington
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