Two Decatur robberies net over $2000 in cash
Saturday robberies at Arco Service Station and Mac's Market in Decatur yielded more than $2,000. At Mac's Market on 11th Ave, three armed men took $1,298.89 and checks and food stamps. a employee fired five shots as they fled. Arco Station on 6th Ave and Moulton St SE saw $419.94 to near $1,000 taken. Witnesses described two black men in a blue jacket and a light yellow tank shirt. police investigated.
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Decatur
Arco Service
6Th Ave
Moulton St
Mac’s Market
11Th Ave
Terry Waldrop
Waldrop
Jerry McCulloch
McCulloch
Steve McCulloch
Arco
Martha Brasseale
Chamber Directors Endorse Favorable Vote in Tax Referendum
The 21 member Decatur Chamber of Commerce board endorses a yes vote on the Morgan County temporary one cent sales tax for education. The tax would run three years, raise about $1 million annually, and split 48 percent to Decatur and 52 percent to Morgan County schools.
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Ben Windham
Decatur Chamber ‘of Commerce
al Matthews
Morgan County Commission
Decatur
Morgan County
Bingo Bugs Begin Monday With Weekly Prizes
Beginning Monday, over 100 area merchants will distribute Bingo Bug cards in THE DAILY. Players collect 24 matched numbers on a colored weekly card to win, with a $200 top prize if no winner occurs. Winners must claim by Tuesday 5 p.m. at the DAILY office for verification.
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Roberts Men‘s Wear
Hicks Chevrolet
Chenault Agency
Brown’s Fabric
Sam, Frank, & Moore
John’s Pipe
Halperin to sue over wiretap links Kissinger Haig
Dr. Morton H. Halperin plans a civil suit this week against suspected wiretap parties. Names include Henry Kissinger and Gen. Alexander Haig Jr. The action stems from a 1969 70 interception at Halperin’s suburban Maryland home tied to Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers case. The suit may cite the Safe Streets Act of 1968.
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R. W. Apple JR
New York Times
Washington
Morton H. Halperin
National Security Council
Halperin
Henry A Kissinger
Nixon
Alexander M. Haig, Jr
Kissinger
Haig
Daniel Elisberg
Maryland
Southeast Asia
Brookings Institution
Ina
Kissinger Leaves Paris Without Final Vietnam Pact
Henry Kissinger departed Paris for Washington without a concluded cease fire pact and said he would return Tuesday to resume talks with Hanoi's Le Duc Tho. Deputy aides will continue negotiations at a lower level as Kissinger prepares for a U.S. visit by Brezhnev.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Vietnam
Hanoi
le Duc Thio
Orly
Kissinger
U.S
Wsit
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Thoon
William Sullivan
Tho
Nguyen Co Thach
Thach
Gif Sur Yvette
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Purchasers Convene for North Alabama Association Convention
From across the top of the state buyers arrive in Decatur for the 5th Annual North Alabama Purchasing Management Association convention. President Shelby Johnson says 175 members and guests are expected with golf at Point Mallard Park and a Decatur Inn banquet featuring Paul Crane as speaker.
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Decatur
North Alabama Purchasing Management Association
Association
Shelby Johnson
Point Mallard Park
Decatur Inn
Johnson
University of Alabama
Paul Crane
New York Jets
Raymond Yost
Céliman
William Hermes
Hartselle
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Chamber
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Decatur Daily
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Joe Speegle
Russell Bolding
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Hall and Colvard
Michael Goldsmith
Thieu
Lee Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
E‘tainmen Financial
T. D-l
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America
Manhattan Island
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Lan
Trinity 1
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Decatur Daily Want
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Mary Comper
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