Champion Paper Co Secures Land Options in Alabama Site
Champion Papers Inc has secured options to buy about 1,900 acres along the Spring Creek area near Courtland in Lawrence County for a potential $100 million pulp and paper mill. The move follows a Domtar plan to option 1,000 acres nearby for a possible $125 million facility. The site would start with a pulp mill and expand to a fully integrated operation employing up to 1,500 workers, with power from TVA Browns Ferry and access to both Southern pine and hardwood pulpwood.
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George Biggers III
Champion Papers Inc
Lawrence County
Courtland
Decatur Daily
Champion
Domtar Ltd
Tennessee River
Decatur
Domtar
North Alabama
Spring Creek
Hamilton
Pulp and Paper Company
Lawrence
Roy J. Lund
Lund
the Daily
Alabama
Water Pollution Control Board
Rence
Industrial Development Board
North Alabama Industrial Development Association
Champion Mills
Time and Life Magazines
Addiiton
Tennessee Valley
Champion and
Carolinas
Georgia
Texas
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
Limestone County
Collins Cleared for Space Walk After Suit Test
Astronaut Michael Collins received approval for a late afternoon space walk as Gemini 10 closes in on an Agena satellite rendezvous after a space suit test produced no new eye irritation.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Michael Collins
Collins
John W. Young
Lawrence County suit challenges school segregation
Five Horton family members filed a federal lawsuit in Birmingham seeking an injunction against the Lawrence County Board of Education. The suit claims a dual school system for whites and Negroes violates rights and demands court intervention. The plaintiffs are Patricia Ann Horton Brenda Jeanette Horton Sharon Yvonne Horton Jacquelyn Horton and Walter Renny Horton, alleged Lawrence County residents eligible for public schooling.
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Groes
Birmingham
Lawrence County Public
U.S. District Court
Lawrence County Board of Education
Patricia Ann Horton
Brenda Jeanette Horton
Sharon Yvonne Horton
Jacquelyn Horton
Walter Renny Horton
Lawrence County
L’rence
Building Permits Issued in Decatur Tuesday
Building permits approved for Compton Construction Co at 2413 13th St SE for a 20500 house and Crescent Home Inc for three houses at 1003 1005 and 1007 14th Ave SW costing 11000 each. Decatur Toastmasters meet 6 30 p m Thursday at the Downtowner Motel with last week’s toastmaster Tom Caddell and award winners John O Donnell and Dennis Billings.
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Compton. Construction Co
13Th St. SE
Crescent Home Inc
14Th Ave SW
Decatur
Downtowner
Tom Caddell
John O'Donnell
Dennis Billings
Celia Forms as Tropical Storm Off Florida
The season's third tropical storm was named Celia after a tropical low off the Florida coast intensified. In Washington the antipoverty chief suspended over 500000 in grants to aid seasonal farm workers in Alabama pending an investigation prompted by Gov. Wallace. In London Prime Minister Wilson ordered a wage and price freeze and a flat 10 percent tax surcharge to bolster the pound.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Celia
Washington
Lowndes
Wilcox
Alabama
George Wallace
London
Harold Wilson
Witness Visits Nurse Suspect Speck in City Jail Hospital
Richard Speck 24 lies in bed at City Jail Hospital after a dramatic confrontation with a nurse. Doctors say he is pale from self inflicted arm wounds and possibly a heart attack suffered earlier. The scene unfolds as authorities prepare further testimony in the high profile murder case.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
City Jail
BBB Proposes Decatur Service
Waylon D. Hawkins outlined a plan to link Decatur with the Huntsville Madison County BBB. No action was taken as officials discussed feasibility of a new Decatur Morgan County division and a temporary direct line to access Alabama BBB services.
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Decatur
Huntsville-Madison County Better Business Bureau
Waylon D. Hawkins
Huntsville-Madison County
National Organization
Morgan County
Better Business Bureau
Alaama
Huntsville
Better Business Bu
Reau
BBB
Decatur-Morgans
Colbert Editor Miller Dies At 83
Walker Miller, 83, editor and publisher of the Colbert County Reporter in Tuscumbia since 1911, died today at Colbert County Hospital. Services are set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mays-Brown Service chapel with burial at Oakwood Cemetery directed by Ays Brown. Reverend W. Nolan will officiate. He was visiting relatives in Decatur over the July 4 weekend.
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Walker Miller
Colbert County Reporter
Tuscumbia
A.m
Colbertounty Hospital
Mays-Brown
Tulumbia Oakwood
Ays Brown
Rev. W . Nolan
Miller
Robert H. Evans
Drvans
Decatur
Sam Malone Dies At Home in Florence
Samuel Hosmer Malone 82 of 511 Vine St NE died at home. Retired Metropolitan Life district manager for North Alabama. served 1914 1944. Burial at City Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral Home. Native of Florence graduate of Florence State Normal School 1904 member of First Methodist Church board of stewards.
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Samuel Hosmer Malone
Vine St. NE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
First Methodist Church
E. M. Barnes
City Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Florence
Malone
Florence State Normal School
Spain on brink of peaceful transition to democracy
The Spanish Civil War era nears end with signs of a peaceful shift from dictatorship to democracy. The analysis notes mounting pressures but suggests Spain may move toward a freer government. The New York Times News Service provides the overview on page A-5.
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Spain
New York Times
Federal Reserve
Missiles and MIGs Down U S Jets Near Hanoi
North Viet Nam fired a record 29 Soviet missiles during heavy U S air attacks near Hanoi. One U S jet was lost to a surface to air missile and another was shot down by Communist MIGs twenty miles north of Hanoi. Saigon proposed talks toward reunification, but the plan offered little new amid allied military gains.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S. Com
Mand
U.S
North
South
Viet Nam
Cong
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks traded lower in moderate activity while cotton remained quiet. Chicago wheat declined on liquidation signals as corn showed firm, steady demand.
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New York
Chicago
Market roundup of cattle and soybeans from July
Quickies by Ken Reynolds note oats mixed with July firm, soybeans lower on general liquidation. Hog prices steady to 25 cents lower, top around 26. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents higher, top about 27. Barrel prices and other items unclear in fragment.
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Champion Paper Co
Lee
Wheeler
ALA
Guntersville Dam
L'rence School
Moulton
Mission Control Center
Mer
House OF Correction
Coraxon Amurao
Slayer
David Knight
DAILY
Hawkins
National Better Business Bureau
Colbert
Lee Colbert
Sam Malone
Song Ngan Valley
Ken Reynolds
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