City Council Mike Levin To Review $88,000 Street Resurface Plan
The city council will consider an $88 000 street resurfacing program funded from revenue sharing and part of a larger $120 000 effort. Priority projects include Clearview Street and Walnut Street among many others with costs listed for each segment. The plan follows flood damage funds and aims to improve roads citywide.
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Panel Okays Co-Op Bill
A bill by Rep. Devi Paden of Decatur to let rural electric cooperatives borrow from commercial banks advances out of the House Agriculture Committee. The measure would broaden financing beyond a state fund and government loans, with support from Joe Wheeler Rural Electric Cooperative manager Kenneth Sharrott who says it would reduce dependency on a single financing source.
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Decatur
House Agriculture Committee
Cauthen
Kenneth Sharrott
Joe Wheeler Rural Electric Cooperative
Baby crib and furniture ad with cheap prices
Classified listing lists a complete baby crib for 15 dollars and a crib bumper for 2.50 dollars. A baby dressing table is offered at 8 dollars and a walker with brake at 4 dollars. Contact number 353 9518 provided.
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Woods Seeks Probe Into Cash Help for Alabama Race
DOTHAN Ala AP former governor candidate Charles Woods urged Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley to open public hearings under oath into reports that the Nixon administration mailed more than 200000 dollars in cash into Alabama in 1970 to defeat Governor George C Wallace. He confirmed a statement that James D Martin urged him to back Wallace's runoff opponent Albert Brewer.
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Skylab to Shine Over Decatur Twice Next Week
NASA officials say Skylab the 118 foot space station will be visible over Decatur twice. It appears as bright as a star and will be seen Friday at 2 32 a m for three minutes three seconds along a northwest to north path at 858 miles high. It will reappear Tuesday at 4 34 a m for three minutes ten seconds moving north to northeast at 853 miles high.
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Political Cashier Stans Testimony Moments in Watergate Hearing
Maurice H. Stans, Nixon campaign finance chief, called himself a political cashier who raised money but did not influence tactics. He denied knowledge of wiretapping or coverup, said he handed funds to Kalmbach for a White House project and later learned they funded Watergate defendants. He described a $1 million Commerce Department fund intended for reelection activities.
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Stans
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Commerce Department
Photographers Gather in Decatur for Alabama Contest
Alabama Press Photographers Association holds its first annual competition in Decatur this weekend. Members and families register at the ea Inn at noon Saturday. judges under Bill Preston of the Nashville Tennessean convene in the afternoon to review entries. Business sessions Sunday cover photo editing and managing a photo department at the T. C. Almon Center. A noon picnic follows with cash awards announced.
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Decatur
Alabama Press Photographers Association
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Bill Preston
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T. C. Almon Center
Flag Day drive urged as locals fly Old Glory
National Flag Day is observed Thursday with a call to display flags. The Deedar E Elks Club Lodge 655 plans to place flags along U S 31 to mark the day and encourage community participation.
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U.S. 31
House Committee Advances Bills Amid Trip to Nuclear Plant
Alabama House Judiciary Committee approves a looting penalty bill carrying up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for post disaster thefts, while striking its probation ban. It also passes a bill enabling inferior court judges to perform marriages as likened to former justices of the peace.
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Peace pact signed for South Vietnam amid Viet Cong war effort
In Paris the United States Vietnam South Vietnam and the Viet Cong signed a new peace agreement. In Florida at Cape Kennedy Skylab astronauts used earth resources sensors to study Walt Disney World’s impact on the surrounding area.
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United States
South Vietnam
Alabama Senate Defeat Sparks Wives’ Opposition to ERAs
Following the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in the Alabama Senate, wives voiced opposition noting the amendment would not grant new rights. Senator Bob Harris argued differences between men and women and questioned the measure’s necessity.
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Nixon to unveil new plan to fight inflation
President Nixon plans a nationally broadcast address at 7 30 p m CDT to roll out a major program aimed at curbing inflation. Officials say wage price controls will be tightened with possible selective price ceilings and tougher enforcement.
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