Massive crowd swamps Watkins Glen for rock concert
Four skydivers descended as The Band played Stage Fright, while mud filled the ground and attendees danced amid rain and torn umbrellas. Promoters capped ticket sales at 150000, yet hundreds of thousands converged, prompting traffic jams and extended exit plans as security kept order.
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Shelly Finkel
Jim Koplik
Woodstock
Finger Lakes
Knoll
Maurice Dean
Schuyler County
Watergate: lawyers prepare for court on tapes and records
Special prosecutor Archibald Cox flies to Massachusetts to await White House material requests while Charles Alan Wright heads to Texas to argue against tapes access. Traffic gridlock as state police set roadblocks near Watkins Glen and Binghamton ahead of the August 7 deadline.
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Washington
Archibald Cox
Massachusetts
White House
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Cox
Charles Alan Wright
Texas
Wright
Watkins Glen
Ferndale
New York City
Binghamton
Bryce Director Blasts Quotas for Bryce Hospital
Rod Clelland, director of Bryce Hospital in Montgomery, denounces a 1972 court order demanding 20 psychiatrists 29 physicians and 106 nurses as wasteful. He argues funds should fund pre release programs housing and local mental health efforts to reduce patient load to under 1,500 within three years and meet accreditation at 1,000 beds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rod Clelland
Bryce Hospital
Alabama
U.S. District Court
Frank Johnson
Bryce
Clelland
Obituaries and funeral notices from Athens area
Funeral services for Curtis Aycock 77 Athens will be at Cairo Methodist Church with burial in Sandlin Cemetery. Survivors include widow Alice, two daughters, seven grandchildren, and multiple siblings. Harvey Mitchell Farrish 54 of Cornelian Court Apt died in Lewisville Texas. service at Somerville Road Church of Christ. Edna Hart 81 Moulton 2 died at Baugh Wiley hospital. services at Bellview Baptist Church with burial at local cemetery. Kirby L. Moore died in Athens Limestone Hospital. services to be announced. Sam L. Shockley died at his residence. service to be announced by Spry Funeral Home.
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Athens
Curtis Aycock
Athens- Limestone
Cairo Methodist Church
Woodrow Franklin
Dwight Posey
Sandlin Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Alice N. Aycock
Frank Eaton
Jay DeWitt
North Kansas City
Ocle Aycock
Grand View
Cam Aycock
Medina
Ohio
Lester Aycock
Upland
Calif
Vester Aycock
Chino
Roy Sharensberry
Mansfield
J. H. Greene
Ocala
Fla
Aycock
The
Baptist Church
Limestone County
Harvey Mitchell Farrish
Cornelian Court Apt
Moulton
Edna Hart
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Bellview Baptist Church
Leon Dawson
Shelton Funeral Home
Suvivors
John Hart
Ruby Williams
Danville
Zola Mae Roberts
Decatur
James Murphy
Tucson
Ariz
Earl Harp
Leadon Harp
Earnest Wade
Alva Wade
Charles McCulloch
Raymond Brewster
Bill Hoover
Fred Folette
Hart
Eastern Star O. E. S
Mount Zion
Kirby L. Moore
W. Market St
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Chattanooga
Sam L. Shockley
Nine enter Morgan Maid Contest for 1974 title
Nine girls enter the Morgan County Maid of Cotton contest. Contest chairman Mrs John Collier says entrants attend a judges dinner Tuesday at Decatur Inn and the winner will be crowned Friday at the Farm Bureau meeting at Morgan County High School in Hartselle. Cash prizes total 200 to the winner with 50 and 30 for runners up.
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Morgan County
John Collier
Decatur Inn
Farm Bureau
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Skylab 2 mission flight leads to orbit and lift off
The Apollo command ship reached an initial 94 by 140 mile orbit after a 7 11 a m Saturn 1B launch from Florida. Astronauts reported ice particles venting from a thruster system but Control said it was a nonserious helium leak as the crew prepared to reach a 271 mile orbit and extend the fledgling Skylab mission.
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Lousma
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Mission Control
Allen defends bases while urging restraint on spending
Allen argues American bases in Germany protect the US and opposes unilateral withdrawal, while supporting troop reductions. He criticizes Senator Mansfield's push for withdrawal and notes a desire to avoid more capital improvements. Bailey adds comments on defense and policy context. The piece also references historic gerrymandering and notes Skylab 1 crew members Bean Garriott and Lousma as scheduled residents of the space station through September 25.
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Allen
Sen
Mike) Mansfield
Germany
United States
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Skylab Space Station
Decatur Area Temperatures Forecast High 90
Forecast for Decatur and vicinity calls for a high of 90 today and again Monday with a low around 70 tonight. Today should be fair to partly cloudy with a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Sunrise 5 54 a.m. Sunset 7 51 p.m.
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Decatur
Clark develops echo-free test chamber for trucks
Clark Equipment Co. Industrial Truck Division built an echo-free chamber at its Battle Creek plant to measure noise emissions in lift trucks. The chamber uses sound-absorbing cones and a silenced ventilation system that refreshes air each minute while trucks run, aiding design and manufacturing for lower noise and higher productivity.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Clark Equipment Co
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Prorfay
Queencraft
Decatur Westgate Center
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Review
Moon Drops
16Th Ave
Somerville Rd
Bank St
Harvey Farrish
Edith Gafford
Rome
Robert Farrish
Lewisville
Tex
Kirby Moore
Sam Shockley
Kyle Ellis
Elizabeth Herchenhahn
Cathy Hensley
Atin Brenda Hughes
Jennifer Snider
Sherri Lynn Smith
Rhonda McCulloch
Beth Nancarrow
Mrs. Collier
Bailey
Eldrege Gerry
Charles C. Boycott
Samsonite
Pete Bings
Monroe Business
Bank Street
Grant 51
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Ave
Jefferson
U.S. Highway 31
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