Court Rules On Good Time Law
Alabama Supreme Court upholds that the new good time law was not intended to retroactively affect questions from November 24 1976 advisory and finds no discrimination against inmates delayed by later recalculations. The ruling addresses retroactivity and potential custody actions while a federal case proceeds.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Atty. En
Bill Baxley
Uews
Lees
Alabama
Baxley
U.S. District Court
Board of Corrections
Austria Issues Serbia Ultimatum Sparking War
On this date in 1914 Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. The dispute helped bring on World War I. Athens weather with partly cloudy showers in the afternoon and evening highs around 90 and lows in the upper 60s.
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Austria
Serbia
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Deadline Nears On Reappraisal In Morgan County
Morgan County Commission Chairman Dick Fleming pushes for speed on the county real property reappraisal. With the 1977-78 budget in shape, officials must know if the reappraisal will finish in time to adjust next year’s tax roll. Fleming says no response to his recent letter.
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Russ Roberts
Morgan County Commission
Thornton
Dick Fleming
Ing
Fleming
Vandalism May Have Led To Drowning In Hartselle
An 18 year old pool cleaner died after vandals damaged the Hartselle Park and Recreation Department pool. Marshall Lampkin, on the work crew since April, drowned while removing debris from a 12 foot diving well. Coroner Guy Hollaway cited a possible muscle cramp and stress from the debris, with four others present including Norris civic idea director who attempted rescue but failed.
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Amanda Kruidenier
SAILY
Hartselle
Hartselle Park and Recreation
Marshall Lampkin
Guy Hollaway
Lampkin
Hollaway
Norris Civic Idea
Mary
Norris
Ae Ae
Chickens Die Threatens to Push Up Prices This Summer
Heat waves kill thousands of chickens in Georgia Alabama Texas Mississippi Arkansas North Carolina and the Delmarva peninsula affecting 3.3 billion broilers yearly. The National Broiler Council notes widespread losses varying by company and a slower growth rate as birds struggle in heat. Prices for whole frying chickens run about 60 cents a pound while summer demand typically lifts prices.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
North Carolina
Delmarva Peninsula
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
National
Broiler Council
Bligk
Roenigk
Conner Kennett
Poultry Division
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Vandals Force Closure of Central Park Weather Station
The National Weather Service is closing its Central Park Belvedere Castle station after vandals drove meteorologists away. Officials will relocate to the Central Park police station as police and park departments coordinate the move amid ongoing threats and damage.
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New York
Nationa Weather Service
Central Park
Belvedere Castle
New York City
Weather Bureau
Yrbra
Egypt Bombs Libyan Air Base Amid Border Clash
Egyptian planes bombed the Al Adam air base south of Tobruk in retaliation for Libyan raids on Egyptian frontier positions. Sadat announced Egyptian forces had withdrawn but Libyan reports claimed ongoing action as Arafat tried to broker a truce.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Law
Anwar Sadat
Tripoli
Libya
al Adam
Sadat
Muammar Khadafy
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pse
Khadafy
Moscow
Arafat
Salam
Wilson Ordered To Be Executed
A Decatur man already serving a life term was sentenced to death for a Mobile murder after a 20 year robbery sentence. Thomas Milton Wilson, 38, convicted in Morgan County Circuit Court in April for robbing Central Bank of Alabama’s southside branch, faces execution for the fatal shooting of Joe Gilliland during an apt robbery in Mobile.
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Decatur
Mobile
Thomas Milton Wilson
Morgan County
Central Bank of Alabama
Southside
Joe Gilliland
Gilliland
Doyle Ward
Kenneth Collier
Wilson
Carl Arthur Perry
Georgia
Jackson
Miss
Missouri
Richard ‘Dick’ Handley
Southeast student loan defaults hit 45 million dollars
HEW reports one in six Southeast college borrowers with federal loans defaulting. About 25 million dollars are from delinquent loans awaiting collection while 45 million dollars in bad debts remain. Nine loan collectors in the region face 45 000 cases across eight states.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Steve Walker
HEW
Congress
Nizi
Eets
Cannes Maaney
Gees P Aree Aget Aff
William Pouncey
Aaa
Pouncey
Walker
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
Florida
South Carolina
North Caro
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Sudan
Iran
the Arab League
Israel
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East Point
Pulaski
Tenn
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