Editorial Preview of Nixon Tax Reform Plans
Guest editorial notes Washington hints that a broad tax reform package will be a major 1973 legislative thrust. It discusses value added tax, tax credits for exporters, and accelerated depreciation favors for business, predicting the administrationizm focus on policy over direct citizen relief, with eyes on the campaign year.
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Washington
Chambers of Congress
Texas
John B. Connally
Secretary of Treasury
Nixon
John Doe
Decatur Area Weather Forecast and Temperatures
Highs near 87 today and 80 Sunday with a 60 percent rain chance today and 50 percent tonight Mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers through Sunday Decatur and vicinity recorded 4 p m high of 85 and 4 a m low of 64 Friday.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Town and Country Mobile Homes Opens Decatur Office
Town and Country Mobile Homes will open a Decatur office at 1708 6th Ave SE within two weeks, Bill Pulliam of Trinity reports. The piece notes 20 million Americans are 65 or older, about one in ten, up from four percent at the turn of the century.
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Town and Country Mobile Homes
Decatur
6Th Ave
Bill Pulliam
Trinity
Windshield Cleaner Praised By Boss At Alabama Service Station
Diane Adams known as George cleans windshields for motorists at a Mooresville area service station on Alabama 20. Boss Bobby Johnson calls her the best windshield cleaner he has ever seen.
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Diane Adams
George
Alabama 20
Mooresville
Bobby Johnson
Diane
Appalachian Grant Approved for Calhoun Junior College Building
A $454 400 Appalachian Grant was approved for a new allied health technical education building at John C Calhoun Junior College in Limestone County near Decatur. The campus faces enrollment growth from about 500 capacity to over 2 300 anticipated in 1971, with space shortages constraining nursing and health programs.
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Washington
John C. Calhoun Junior College
Bob Jones
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Allied Health
Limestone County
Decatur
Congressman Jones
Water discoloration in city linked to pipe work
City water manager George Godwin tells residents the weekend color changes are not dangerous and result from ongoing water pipe work. He urges no alarm as the issue is harmless and temporary.
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City Water Department
George Godwin
Godwin
Georgia Divers Shine At Point Mallard Meet
Jan Roberts finished third and fifth in Region III 15-17 1-meter events. Donna Gust placed third in Senior I-meter diving. Kevin Ryan was fourth in PM senior boys. The four-in-one extravaganza at Point Mallard closes with Regional Junior Olympic and National Women's Junior Platform championships.
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Point Mallard
Decatur Swim Association
Jan Roberts
Donna Gust
Kevin Ryan
Faith Baptist Church Doors Damaged in Break-In Attempt
Decatur police report extensive damage to the doors of Faith Baptist Church at 604 Beltline Rd. SW in an attempted break-in Thursday night. No estimated damage total yet. investigation ongoing.
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Faith Baptist Church
Beltline Rd
Decatur
Thieves Steal Scrap Metal From Decatur Firm
More than 50 dollars in scrap metal was stolen Thursday night from American Cryogenics Inc on 5th Ave NW. Decatur police said nothing else appears missing and the case remains under investigation.
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American Cryogenics Inc
5Th Ave
Decatur
Mooresville Station Employs Lady Attendant Under Cover
At Alabama 20 near Mooresville a service station used the 18 year old Diane Adams alias George as an attendant. Her boss Bobby Johnson says the job boosted business and intends to hire more women. Diane plans not to make pumping gas a career.
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Alabama 20
Mooresville
Diane
Female Gas Attendant Breaks Stereotypes at Service Station
Diane, a gas station attendant, explains that the job is not strictly male work and reports mostly polite behavior from drivers. Johnson notes women buying gas appreciate a clean, neat attendant, while Diane handles challenges without embracing feminist labels.
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Diane
Johnson
Women's Lib
Moulton Youth Injured in Bicycle Car Crash
A 15 year old Moulton youth Morris Edward Herring was hit by a car on Alabama 33 two miles south of Moulton. He was taken by ambulance to Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital in Decatur with leg injuries. The driver James C. Sullivan 64 from Decatur faced no charges.
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Moulton
Alabama
Here
Troopes
Morris Edward Herring
A-1
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Decatur
James C. Sullivan
Lawmaker wary as Congress stalls on Vietnam rider talks
Draft author expresses hope Congress acts before August recess but doubts it will. A two year extension of Selective Service induction authority is in conference. The dispute centers on a Senate Vietnam rider requiring total U S troop withdrawal from South Vietnam nine months after passage.
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Congress
House
Senate
South Vietnam
Skyjacker's final bid ends in confrontation at Kennedy
Skyjacker Omar Obergfell seized Miss Concepcion aboard TWA Flight 335 from LaGuardia to Chicago. After taking her hostage at the shuttle terminal, authorities readied a Kennedy response as FBI agents engaged near runway 22 and a gunfire erupted during the plan to Milan.
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TWA
LaGuardia
Chicago
Miss Concepcion
Obergfell
Albert R. Hames
Hopatcong
N. J
Milan
Italy
Atlantic
Eastern Airlines
Frank Weaver
Kennedy Airport
Merrick
Kennedy
FBI
Theft Ring Smashed In Three-County Bust
Lawrence County Sheriff Dan Ligon and deputies display stolen goods seized with the arrest of three Town Creek youths. Ligon says the trio were part of a regional ring spanning three counties and more suspects are expected to be arrested today.
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Lawrence County
Dan Ligon
Edsel Moore
Stanley Coffey
Three Town Creek
Ligon
Hilda Terry
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