Councilmen Authorize Turn Lane in Decatur Vote
Decatur city council passes a 3 to 2 decision to pursue a central left turn lane from 11th St SE to Church St NE by eliminating parking on 6th Ave. The Alabama Highway Department will decide, with local support and opposition voiced at a public hearing.
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6Th Ave
11Th St
Church St. NE
Alabama Highway Department
J. Gilmer Blackburn
George Wallace
C. F. Camp
Highway Department
Council
Rutledge Thomas
Bill Lovin
Ray Nixon
Charles Martin
Rod Cameron
Levin
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
U.S. Supreme Court
City Planning Commission
Nixon
Bill Dukes
Decatur Shopping Center
River Bridge
Teenagers Hurt In Separate Crashes North of Addison
Two Decatur teens James Brown and Robert Stewart both 19 were injured one critically in a single car crash north of Addison. A Moulton woman Betty J Daniels 21 was hurt in a two car crash near Moulton. Stewart was moved to University Hospital Birmingham after initial treatment at Hartselle Hospital. Brown remained in fair condition.
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Addison
Moulton
James Brown
Robert Stewart
Betty J. Daniels
Hartselle Hospital
Hartselle
Stewart
University Hospital
Birmingham
Brown
Sewage Walkout Halts New York City Treatment Plants
About 2,000 sanitation workers walked off, closing 11 of 13 sewage plants and hampering operations at 35 facilities. The strike follows a Monday action at 25 drawbridges, causing major traffic snarls. EPA says untreated sewage flows into rivers with no immediate threat to residents.
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New York
Jerome Kretchmer
Staten Island
Brooklyn
EPA
New York City
Pelham Bay
Bronx
John V. Lindsay
Parks Department
Lindsay
National Guard
Harlem
Manhattan
Midtown
Lower Manhattan
Cosmonauts Raise Salute to Higher Orbit
Three Soviet cosmonauts on the Salute space station moved it to a higher orbit to delay its fall toward Earth. docked by Soyuz 11 after a 26 hour chase, they circle the planet 21 times as Tass reports the crew including Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladimir Volkov and Viktor Patsayev in good condition continuing research.
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Moscow
Space Laboratory
Moscow Radio
Soyuz
Earth
Tass
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladimir Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Space Station
Konstantine P. Feoktistov
Feoktistov
Assassination of Chilean Interior Minister in Santiago
Edmundo Perez Zukovic, Chile's former Christian Democratic interior minister, was killed today in Santiago by gunmen with submachine guns. The attack marks a violent turn amid Chilean political tensions.
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Santiago
Chile
Edmundo Perez Zukovic
Christian Democratic
Huntsville Schools Face Integration Plan Debate
Superintendent W M Burkett testified the government integration plan would set back accreditation. Judge H H Grooms hears arguments from the government, the school board, NAACP and parent groups to decide which plan best serves Huntsville schools. Two plans are before the court.
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Huntsville
W. M. Burkett
U.S. Dst
H.H. Grooms
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Grooms
Penny post card authorizes want ads in 1872
On this date in 1872 Congress authorized the penny post card to place a want ad. Quick weather notes show cloudy and warm with rain chances today 40 percent, tonight 30 percent, and Wednesday 50 percent. High today 9, low tonight 64, high Wednesday 91. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Congress
Tennessee Valley
Prosecution Seeks Conviction in Higdon Case
Prosecution attorney George Little argues M Sgt William Higdon is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on larceny and graft charges. He links key witnesses and firms, cites a coded Swiss account, and contrasts defense inconsistencies amid Vietnam war context and Tet Offensive references. Higdon, 41, East Point, faces conviction on page 5.
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Dick Cooper
Redstone Arsenal
George Little
William Higdon Little
Military Court
Little
Higdon
Georg Schell
Maredem Limited
Foreign Commerce UK
Edward Kowatch
Charles Baker Kowatch
International Consultants
Vietnam
East Point
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