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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1976
Page
1
A Census Bureau study shows the 65 plus population rising from 22.4 million in 1974 to about 43 million by 2020, reaching 15 percent of the total. It notes implications for pensions, medical care, education and Social Security, with data on life expectancy, widows, and regional disparities.
Daily Photo reports the Nuclear Regulatory Commission directed a plant to close to visitors as precautions took effect. No specific reasons were provided for the action.
NAHSA members rejected the staff committee’s pick Joe Knight of Selma for executive director amid concerns over health planning experience and a missing master’s degree. Dennis Opheim named as alternative. council to reconvene June 21 before funding year starts. A separate bid to impeach chair Charles Grainger and Dr Kathryn Crossland arises over provider consumer listings.
In Montgomery, Sen. Bert Bank and Sen. Richard Shelby led a filibuster to block an $817 million education budget cutback affecting colleges and universities. Beasley pressed for a vote this week while debate stretched on with new information to share.
Spectators watched the American Freedom Train steam engine belch smoke in Belle Mina as the museum train traveled from Decatur to Huntsville for three days of viewing. It will be open to visitors at the old Southern Railway depot in Huntsville today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Montgomery attorney general says Raymond Britt, a former Klansman, confessed on a lie detector that Sonny Kyle Livingston was not present when Willie Edwards Jr. was forced to jump into Alabama River. Britt maintained two other men were present and the Black driver was forced to leap into the river on January 23, 1957.
A Birmingham firm seeks to build Alabama’s first high-volume garbage-burning plant in Decatur at a cost of 3.5 million dollars. Jared and Associates would also supply steam for industrial use. Councilman Donal Branum notes preliminary plans and may discuss endorsement at a special meeting today.
Three state primaries Rhode Island South Dakota and Montana stage early contests in the 1976 presidential sweepstakes aimed at halting Carter for the Democratic nomination. turnout was light in Rhode Island and South Dakota with Montana polls opening later. Ford Reagan campaign restraint noted as next week looms.
United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim cautions at Habitat that the world population will double in the next 30 years. He notes one-third of urban dwellers in developing nations live in slums and cites poverty, pollution, housing shortages, and sanitation as rising stresses. The statement comes during the opening session of the U N World Conference on Human Settlements in Vancouver.
Two bombs hit the U S Army V Corps headquarters in downtown Frankfurt injuring 16, many soldiers or dependents. Twelve hospitalized at 97th General Hospital, two seriously. German and American authorities detained two bombing suspects at the scene as evacuation and searches continued.
A steam locomotive from England reached Decatur for the Tuscumbia Courtland and Decatur Railroad in 1834. The notice provides local daily weather details and contact numbers for ads, with a closing flourish that living in the Tennessee Valley is a privilege.
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