Docks Bonds and Elections Shape Priceville City Council
In Priceville runoff elections four new council members were elected. Charles Wayne Atkins and John Leonard Garland won places three and five, while James Robert Watson and Kenneth R. Clark secured places two and four. Atkins led with 114 unofficial votes, Watson edged Clark in the tight race for place four, and Elizabeth McClendon Saylor lost to Watson in place two. The new council meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Priceville Shopping Center office space.
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Priceville
Monsanto
Charles Wayne Atkins
Redstone Arsenal
John Leonard Garland
James Robert Watson
Kenneth R. Clark
Watson
Clark
Atkins
Willie Green Haney
Elizabeth McClendon Saylor
One Dies Five Hurt In Limestone County Wrecks
A 16 year old Athens boy was killed and five others injured in two vehicle crashes in Limestone County Tuesday. Gary Bentley died after his motorcycle collided head on with a car driven by Alma Joyce Goodin. The crash occurred on Alabama 127 near B and W Grocery at 3 15 p m. The youth would have been a junior at Athens High School and was a football team member. He died at Decatur General Hospital after transfer by Athens Limestone Ambulance Service. Miss Goodin was treated at Athens Limestone Hospital. In a separate crash at Tanner Crossroads at 6 55 p m four were injured including Harold Sipies 57 and Donna Sipies 59 of Ardmore John Morgan 64 of Elkmont and Pam Perry 17 of Decatur. Sipies was in serious condition. others were in fair condition. The Sipies were freed from the vehicle with power equipment. Funeral arrangements for Bentley will be announced by McConnell Funeral Home.
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Athens
Gary Bentley
Alabama 127
Sonny Turner
Athens 9
Limestone County
George Clem
R. Q. Bentley
Alma Joyce Goodin
Athens High School
B&w Grocery
Decatur General Hospital
Athens-Limestone Ambulance Service
Miss Goodin
Athens- Limestone
Harold Sipies
Donna Sipies
Ardmore
John Morgan
Elkmont
Pam Perry
State Ave
Decatur
Sipies
Morgan
Miss Perry
Sipieses
Quick Action Expected To Curb CIA Activities
President Ford plans to act on Rockefeller Commission recommendations within two months to end unlawful CIA domestic activities and wrap up probes by September 1. Senator Frank Church backs a joint congressional panel to oversee the CIA, with Weicker and Baker urging a permanent oversight committee for the intelligence community, while Mansfield signals detailed Senate review.
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CIA
Washington
Ford
Rockefeller Commission
White House
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Lowell Weicker
R Conn
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Congressional Oversight Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Senate Committee
Montana
Plunkett Sells '74 Vega Wagon Sparks 11 More Interested
Les Plunkett of Holiday House sold his 1974 Chevrolet Vega wagon at a low cost and received 11 additional responses. The ad indicates growing interest in similar items and reflects a strong local demand for affordable used cars.
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Les Plunkett
Holiday House
Cattle Truck Crash Damages Box 1 Headquarters
James Reece of Athens drove a cattle truck that skidded on a slick road and crashed into Box 1 headquarters in Pettusville Limestone County around 11 a.m. Both driver and vehicle escaped major injury. The truck sustained heavy damage and the building minor damage was reported.
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Athens
Pettusville
Limestone County
Box 1
James Reece
Limestone
Reese
On This Day 1942 Lend-Lease Pact Announced
In 1942 it was disclosed that the United States and the Soviet Union reached a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort. Quick weather shows highs in the 80s and rain chances of 70 percent today, 40 percent tonight, with a mid 60s low. It also notes regional weather maps and river conditions.
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United States
Soviet Union
105 Year Old Held In Fatal Shooting
In Lake County Florida the 105 year old Ed Possum Slim Myers faces a second degree murder charge for the weekend shooting that killed Louise Stewart and wounded Sammy Tolbert. Myers says he will seek divine help and explains he visited Stewart to give a birthday gift of five dollars and a half pint of gin.
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Tavares
Fla
Lake County
Ed ‘‘Possum Slim” Myers
Morton Aulls
Myers
Louise Stewart
Aulls
Mrs. Stewart
Central
Florida
Sorrento
Alabama Senate approves emergency Medicaid funds amid ethics bill debate
The Alabama Senate approved a $9.6 million emergency Medicaid appropriation to prevent program collapse. The House moved to hear a bill to abolish the State Ethics Commission but failed to gain the required four fifths to move it out of order, returning it to the calendar. A constitutional amendment for annual legislative sessions passed, with plans to start the session in February. Senators and representatives discussed timelines and potential changes to ethics laws amid ongoing deliberations.
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Tommy Stevenson
Alabama Senate
House
State Ethics Commission
Alabama
Bill King
Huntsville
Ethics Commission
Decatur
Charles Martin
Commission
Martin
Lawrence County
Wayland Cross
Cross
Manley
Demopolis
Senate
George C. Wallace
Rain Delays Arrival of Soviet Scientists in Decatur
Light rain dampened the arrival of the international delegation visiting Decatur. The group from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis faced a one and a half hour delay after a bus breakdown during a Browns Ferry tour before proceeding to Wolverine recreation area and Point Mallard.
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Tennessee Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Browns Ferry
Wolverine Recreation Area
Wolverine Boat Dock
Point Mallard
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Chamber
Russell Bolding
Dick Bryson
Gordon Mummert
International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis
NASA Council
Kosygin
Prof
H. Knop
C. Davies
Dr. Ostrowski
V. Tokhadze
Paris Peace Pact Under Strain Over Vietnam Aid
Radio Hanoi accuses the United States of violating the 1973 Paris peace agreement by withholding reconstruction aid to Vietnam, hindering efforts to find missing Americans in South Vietnam. A Senate inquiry into Northrop Corp expands to probe free goose shoots used to sway Pentagon and Congress.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Radio
Hanoi
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Washington
Senate
Northrop Corp
Pentagon
Congress
Statewide vote approves annual legislative sessions and docks bond
Voters statewide backed two amendments with light turnout. The annual sessions measure passed by wide margins in Morgan, Limestone, Cullman, and Lawrence counties, while the $45 million docks bond drew strong support across the state and area. Local leaders praised the results as a step toward more responsive government.
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Tommy Stevenson
Morgan County
Limestone County
Cullman County
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Lawrence Morgan County
Bingham Edwards
Joint Mission Safety Assured for Apollo Soyuz Linkup
Space Center Houston reports American experts and the three astronauts say the Apollo Soyuz linkup next month is as safe as any space mission. They dispute critics who fear Soviet records make the mission dangerous and note atmosphere differences had to be reconciled to avoid nitrogen bends during crew transfer.
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Thomas P. Stafford
U.S
Soyuz
Apollo
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Parently
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McConnell Funeral Home
U.S. 31
Tanner Crossroads
Chevrolet
Decatur Daily
Vanly
THE
Decatur Daily Want AD Department
Dial
Landers
Living Today
A. Aganbegian
B. Milner
U.S.S.R
Robinson's Furniture
Second Avenue
Edwards
Tommy Carter
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