Athens Woman Fulfills Her High School Diploma Goal
A 22 year old Athens woman Mrs Mattie Pearl McLin will testify at Huntsville's Adult Education Graduation where five GED graduates are honored. The ceremony at First Baptist Church aims to be the nation’s largest adult education graduation with about 3 000 attendees and 1 000 GED recipients. Dr Wayne Teague will deliver the keynote and sign GED certificates.
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Athens
Calhound Community College
Mattie Pearl McLin
Levert Ave
Huntsville
Limestone County Area Vocational Technical Center
Action-Vista Volunteers
Wayne Teague
Alabama Regional Education Service Agency
Taresa
Teague
Belinda Tucker Wins State Food Preservation Award
Belinda Tucker, a West Limestone High School graduate, won the Alabama state food preservation award for 4 H work. Her record book shows 1 802 quarts and 309 pints canned over seven summers, with a $600 Ball Corp scholarship and an all expenses paid trip to Chicago for the national contest.
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Belinda Tucker
Belinda
Chicago
Ball Corp
Calhoun Community College
West Limestone High School
Isabelle Downey
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
Mondale Plans Three Day California Fundraiser Tour
Vice President Walter Mondale opens a three day Western swing starting June 17 with a San Francisco breakfast with Governor Edmund Brown Jr. and a Los Angeles fundraiser for 1978 Democratic candidates. He will also attend a San Francisco reception for Northern California Democrats and a party fundraising meeting.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Carter
Mondale
White House
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
James Johnson
Community church events fill weekend schedule across area
A long list of church and community activities fills the weekend calendar. Car washes bake sales and rummage events appear at Decaturing Center Austinville and other venues. Homecomings, Bible schools, and musical programs are planned from Decatur to Florence with pastors Wiley Kitchens Woody Harden and groups like the Herdsmen Quartet, Biblettes, and Shinning Lights listed among participants.
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Yous People of the
Caddo
Congregational Christian Church
Decaturing Center
Central Bank
Food World
Parkway Units Win Top Honors at Decatur Center
Out of 80 hospitals nationwide Parkway Medical Center earned two top departmental awards for surgery and central sterile supply. Administrator Walter H. Carpenter received the honors from Hospital Affiliates International after the annual quality audit and presented them to Shirley Johnson and staff at a luncheon with Dr. R. G. Danley observing.
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Decatur
Parkway Medical Center
Hospital Affiliates International, Inc
National Hospital Management Firm
Parkway. Parkway
Walter H. Carpenter
Carpenter
R. G. Danley
Parkway
Shirley Johnson
Record May U S Auto Sales Highlight Imports Surge
May 1977 saw total U S retail new car deliveries at 1 052 993 up 14 ½ percent from 1976 with imports reaching a May record 219 600 a 74 percent rise driven by fuel efficient foreign models. Domestic small cars lagged as GM and Ford posted gains while Chrysler and American Motors fell. Industry analysts attribute the shift to energy consciousness amid President Carter energy message.
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Detroit
Carter
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Japan
Wallace commends Bishop on appeal in Bell rate ruling
Governor George C. Wallace praised attorney Maurice Bishop of Birmingham for joining the appeal of Embry's ruling on the Bell company rate increase. Justices upheld a 16.7 million dollar rate rise with a high return on equity. Justice Maddox dissented, arguing no allowance for new investments. Public Service Commissioner Zeigler proposed refunds by check to reach customers immediately.
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George C. Wallace
Maurice Bishop
Birmingham
Embry
Wallace
Bell
Hugh Maddox
Maddox
Public Service
Jim Zeigler
PSC
House Rejects Conyers Plan To Strip OPEC Oil Purchases
The House blocked Rep. John Conyers proposal to create a unit within a new agency to strip large oil companies of authority to buy foreign oil directly. The amendment argued the government could secure better deals for consumers, but it was defeated 31 to 23 without a full roll call.
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House
John Conyers
D-Mich
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Sparkman Names Two Assistants for Staff Posts
U S Senator John Sparkman D Ala announced Edd Hyde of Fayette Alabama and Arlington Virginia has been appointed executive assistant. Hyde will serve as office manager for the senator personal staff in Washington and for offices in Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile.
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Washington
U.S
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Edd Hyde
Fayette, Ala
Arlington
Sparkman
Hyde
Senator
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Weather Forecast: hot sunny weekend with no rain
The National Weather Service expects clear skies and very hot temperatures through the weekend. A high pressure system over Michigan drives 80s to 90s across North Alabama with 60s at night and about 13 hours of sun. Light easterly winds will keep humidity around 30 percent and drying conditions excellent.
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National Weather Service
Lower
Michigan
Valley
Alabama
River and Weather Summary for Decatur Area
High Friday reached 85 at 4 p.m with a 6 a.m low of 61. Today and Sunday target upper 80s with a low in the 60s. Sunny through Sunday with light variable winds. 24 hour readings show 4 p.m. 85 and 6 p.m. 85, lows around 61, highs near 84, sunrise 5 33 a.m. sunset 7 56 p.m.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Guest Editorial Asking The Moon
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance signals a broadened U S effort to shrink the rich poor gap but the Third World demands radical redistribution and debt relief The Birmingham News notes Peruvian foreign minister walked out and Senator Javits warns of turning Americans against aid efforts proposing moderation in policy while stressing the political cost of foreign aid to middle class taxpayers.
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Cyrus Vance
Carter
Peru
Sen
Jacob Javits
U.S
Javits
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