United Fund Approves 344000 Budget Increase
The United Fund board approves a 344000 dollar budget for 1972 at a Holiday Inn dinner meeting. Don Donner chaired the budget committee. Drive chairman Paul Bowling expresses confidence in raising the funds despite the higher total. Executive director Ira Lay calls the rise a substantial challenge yet an accurate budget.
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Ben Windham
United Fund
United Fund Board of Directors
Holiday Inn
Don Donner
Donner
Paul Bowling
United Fund Drive
Bowling
Ira Lay
On This Date 1873 Adair Iowa Train Robbery
The world's first train robbery occurred in 1873 at Adair Iowa when Jesse James held up the Rock Island Express and escaped with $3000. The note appears in a calendar feature listing notable dates and events.
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Adair
Iowa
Jesse James
Cartoonist Al Capp to surrender to Wisconsin authorities
Cartoonist Al Capp will surrender voluntarily to Wisconsin authorities to answer charges of sodomy attempted adultery and indecent exposure filed in Eau Claire. No surrender date set yet according to his lawyer Alvin Hochberg. The warrant names Alfred Gerald Kaplin as Capp's legal entity.
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Boston
al Capp
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Capp
Alvin S. Hochberg
Alfred Gerald Kaplin
Road Department Narrows Hartselle Route Options
The Alabama Highway Department narrows two route options to connect US 31 with I 65 in Hartselle. One is an east-west bypass along Longhorn Pass, the other a four-lane Main Street route through central business districts. A department letter suggests studying feasible possibilities before final studies.
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Hartselle
Lee Sentell
Alabama Highway Department
Longhorn Pass
East Main St
Main St
John Freeman
Highway Department
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Bruce Johnson
See Road
Senate panel backs liquor profits split for dry counties
The Senate Finance Committee reported favorably a bill to withhold 10 percent of Alcohol Beverage Control Board profits from the 37 legally dry counties while preserving the remaining 90 percent for other uses. The measure advanced on an 8-6 vote following a Senate floor motion by Sen. Richard C. Shelby amid an 87 vote to table a different approach.
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Stan Atkins
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Richard C. Shelby
Pierre Pelham
Mobile
Bob Harris
Morgan County
Alcohol Beverage Control Board
Culver
Alabama Council On Alcohol Problems
Alabama Baptist State Convention
George C. Wallace
House
Wallace
Robert T. Wilson
Walker County
South Viet troops press offensive near Cambodian border
Ten thousand South Vietnamese troops backed by U S helicopter gunships and B52 bombers push a security operation into eastern Cambodia to shield upcoming National Assembly elections in South Vietnam. The assault aimed to block North Vietnamese infiltration and to prevent election disruption. The force is 20 miles inside Cambodia, 10 miles north of Highway 7, between Krek and Mimot, with Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Minh commanding. The operation targets the North Vietnamese 7th Division, about 4,000 strong, previously across the border from Tay Ninh Province. The election dates are Aug 29 for the legislative vote and Oct 3 for the presidential election.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
National Assembly
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Minh
Tay Ninh
Minh
Krek
Mimot
Nixon appoints Schlesinger AEC chairman
President Nixon named budget aide James R. Schlesinger to chair the Atomic Energy Commission. He urged the Senate to ratify a treaty banning nuclear weapons from the ocean floor. The Soviet Union called Nixon’s China visit a power play unrelated to true peace and mutual understanding.
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Washington
Nixon
James R. Schlesinger
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Moscow
Soviet Union
China
FHA Down Payments Inadequate: Witnesses
Four Madison County loan applicants testified they did not have the required $200 down payment when signing sales contracts. The witnesses appeared on the first day of the federal trial of Shelby Allen Laxson and two Huntsville men charged with false HUD statements. A fourth man, E. E. Wilson, was indicted and has been delayed by a heart attack.
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Madison County
Shelby Allen
Billy) Laxson
Huntsville
Department of Housing and Urban
HUD
Charles Fields
Kermit Scheer Jr
E. E. Wilson
Madison County Farmer’s Home Administration
FHA
Wilson
Madison County Farmer's Home Administration
Carter Lewis
Lewis
Samuel L. Lemon
Motorcycles Selling Like Hotcakes in Local Want Ad
Mr H F Pierce Richard Smith Shady Crest Trailer Park and Jim Boyd sold motorcycles through a Decatur Daily Want Ad. SEARS 106 $S excellent condition 2800 miles matching helmet included 150 dollars 355 1128. For Fast-Action results place a Decatur Daily Want Ad 3 lines 10 days for 4 dollars. Call.
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H. F. Pierce
8Th St
Richard Smith
Shady Crest Trailer Park
Jim Boyd
12Th St
Decatur Daily Want
SEARS
Decatur Daily
Medina Court Martial Promises A New Ball Game Ahead
Capt. Mark Kadish defense lawyer for Capt. Ernest L Medina says the My Lai court martial will differ from Lt. Calleys trial though some witnesses may recur. The trial begins soon with Kadish predicting a shorter proceeding and intensive focus on Medina, a friend and client. Kadish and Capt. John Truman will assist civilian attorney F Lee Bailey as Kadish reflects on his rapid rise from claims officer to lead defense.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Mark Kadish
Army
Ernest L. Medina
William Calley
Calley
Kadish
Medina
My Lai
Dina
John Truman
F. Lee Bailey
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William H. Robinson
Decatur 2
Bobby Herbert
Cheep
Richard McGrinphy
Cleveland
Phan Rang
Vietnam
Bird
Birdman
315Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Decatur
Alabama
Landers
Financial
Athens
Tennessee Valley
By Holger Jensen
John L. Culver
Tuscaloosa
Bob Lowry
DAILY
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
HONDA
3Rd Army
Brooklyn
N.Y
Truman
Nobo
Curself
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