Decatur Edges Toward HUD-Approved Urban Renewal Funds
Decatur officials report confidence a list of Community Development projects will gain HUD approval within a week. City leaders state past spending on recreation and renewal efforts will be reimbursed as projects proceed, with no prepayment requirement. Mayor Bolding credits Washington talks for clarifying the law’s intent.
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Sparkman
Meeker
Decatur
Birmingham
HUD
Voketz
Bolding
Washington
Decatur Sees Uptick In Housing Demand And Renewal Projects
The period shows surprising early housing demand with Ford administration backing, while HUD faces a veto over a 400000 home construction bill. Decatur stands to gain 800000 CD renewal funds if approved, plus 500000 local matching money for downtown renewal and funds for West Decatur rehab and Bank St project costs as first year CD items. Additional plans include armory recreation center, Cedar Lake drainage, a Carrie Matthews pool, Aquadome ballfields, West Decatur walkways, civic center garden, and Old Bank restoration.
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Ford Administration
Ford
HUD
Decatur
West Decatur
Bank St
Grant St
Armory
Cedar Lake
Northwest Decatur
Carrie Matthews
Aquadome Center
Civic Center Garden
Old Bank
Alabama House debates ethics commission repeal and death penalty bill
The House adjourned amid debate on a Demopolis bill to abolish the State Ethics Commission created in 1973. A capital punishment bill would impose the death penalty for murder in several aggravated circumstances including murder for hire and rape of a girl under 12.
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Martin
Drake
House
Rick Manley
Demopolis
State Ethics Commission
Soil heating experiments to extend crop growing seasons
The government-funded program tests heated water in underground pipes to lengthen growing seasons and boost crop output. A seven acre Browns Ferry demonstration is planned with TVA and EPA support, plus a small Muscle Shoals facility for nutrient recycling from livestock wastes to feed livestock.
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Browns Ferry
EPA
Muscle Shoals
TVA
Gallatin
Allow education to progress June 10 1975
A reader condemns shifting 85 million from the Education Trust Fund to non education uses. He cites low Alabama teacher salaries, large class sizes, and condemned school facilities, urging funds remain for education to progress. He notes AE A has other funds and calls for ongoing support of education in Alabama.
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Decatur Daily
Education Trust Fund
Decatur
Birmingham
Montgomery
Voters of
Alabama
United States
A.E.A
Leon Bentley
Lawrence County Education Association
Reader letter argues no surplus in Educational Trust Fund
Mrs. Sara Etheridge challenges editorial support for reallocating funds from Alabama Educational Trust Fund. She asserts no surplus exists and lists conditions from underfunded classrooms to heating failures, textbook costs, student fees, and teacher expenses, urging funding to improve schools and reduce other state burdens.
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Greenwood
Decatur Daily
Educational Trust Fund
Alabama
Decatur
Sara Etheridge
Obituary for Louis Argend 81 of Decatur
Louis Argend 81 of Decatur died Thursday at home. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Decatur Cemetery. Survivors include widow three daughters a son two sisters a brother ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Memorials to Heart Fund or Warner Southern College Scholarship Fund. He moved to Decatur in 1924 and ran businesses including American Cafe and Argend Grocery. He was WWI veteran and member of American Legion Post 15 VFW Disabled American Veterans and Sixth Avenue Church of God. Athens funeral notices for Eliza A Allred 73 will be announced.
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Louis Argend
8Th Ave
Brown Service
Funeral Home Chapel
Paul Whalen
George Blackwell
Decatur Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Marie Blackwell
Montgomery
Martha Wheeler
Louie Jones
Tur
James A. Argend
Ventura
Calif
Julia
Papgiannakis
Vassiliki Yiannakopoulos
Athens
Greece
John Argend
Coleman Lott
Lee Billions
Bernord Sharp
Carl McDonald
Earl Peete
M. C. Lyle
Heart Fund
Warner Southern College Scholarship Fund
Lake Wales
Fla
Argend
American Cafe
Railroad St
Argend Grocery
U.S. 31
American Legion Post 15
VFW
Disabled American Veterans
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Television Schedule Snippet Highlights Classic Films and News
A dense TV guide entry lists evening programs from 6:00 to after midnight. Highlights include The Rockford Files, The People Next Door drama, Christie Love, Perry Mason, Ironside, and The Big Sleep movie. Also notes Sanford and Son and Washington Week in Review among other listings.
Calendar of events heats up summer quarter at Calhoun CC
Calendar lists today events from Calhoun Community College registration 8 am to 4 pm and summer course info from admissions. Also multiple church gospel sings and community gatherings across Decatur area at Antioch Somerville Ponderosa Valley churches. Community groups meet CAP Pryor Field and city hall venues tonight.
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Calhoun Community College
College
Funeral for Vera Leavern Glenn in Moulton
Vera Leavern Glenn aged 53 dies in a Moulton hospital. Funeral Saturday at 2 30 p m at Berea Baptist Church with Rev Dean Sims officiating and burial in Moulton Memory Gardens. Elliott Funeral Home directing. Survivors include spouse Derrien Glenn, three daughters and other relatives.
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Vera Leavern Glenn
Moulton
Berea Baptist Church
Dean Sims
Moulton Memory Gardens
Elliott Funeral Home
Derrien Glenn
Melvin Patsy Garrison
Herschel Sue Copeland
Faye Mitchell
Huntsville
Myrtle Blaxton
Buddy Doris
Union Lake
Mich
Buford Bowman
Loyd Glenn
Bill Bracken
Town Creek
Garthie Blaxton
Loyd Blaxton
Yukon
Okla
Bereal Baptist Church
Eastern Star Lodge
Lawrence County Co-op
John Long Jr. Funeral Arrangements Announced
John Long Jr. of Tuscaloosa died Thursday in Tuscaloosa. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peck Funeral Home.
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John Long Jr
Tuscaloosa
Peck Funeral Home
Funeral of Mrs Edna Nichols in Haleyville
Funeral services for Mrs Edna Nichols of Haleyville who died Thursday in a Haleyville hospital will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. at First Methodist Church Haleyville. Nichols Funeral Home of Haleyville directs. She was a former Decatur resident.
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Halleyville
Edna Nichols
Haleyville
First Methodist Church
Nichols
Decatur
Funeral for Roy Lehoyt Powell in Winston-Salem
Roy Lehoyt Powell 63 of Winston-Salem died Wednesday in a local hospital. Funeral service Saturday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Stidham officiating. Burial in Eumus Cemetery. Survivors include son James Hoyt Powell Sr. of Huntsville, a grandson and a step grandson. Pallbearers named. Powell formerly resided in Decatur.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Roy Lehoyt Powell
Shelton Funeral Home
Charles Stidham
Eumus Cemetery
Shelton
James Hoyt Powell Sr
Huntsville
C. A. Culver
Billy Jackson
Maxie Tidwell
Edward Tiller
Clifton Turner
Robert Stewart
Decatur
Retread Tires Face Government Standards Tests
Under new regulations retreads must meet government performance standards. The Tire Retread Information Bureau says quality retreads undergo intensive tests for strength dimensional accuracy and bead unseating.
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Washington
Arabs Plan Joint High Commission with Syria and Jordan
Syria and Jordan announced a permanent Joint High Commission to coordinate military political economic and cultural policy. The body will include military officers and civilians and be led by the premiers with bi monthly meetings and sub commissions. The thaw follows Hafez al Assad visit and talks with King Hussein.
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Amman
Jordan
Nyt
Syria
Hafez al-Assad
Hussein
Red Sea
Hqaba
Ford Rabin Agree On Limited Sinai Accord Path
President Ford and Premier Rabin concluded two days of talks in Washington backing a limited Sinai accord with Egypt. They left unresolved which side will concede, and Kissinger said Ford may delay a decision for one to two weeks. If no concessions emerge, the United States will back reconvening the Geneva Conference for a final Middle East settlement.
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Washington
Ford
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Sinai
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Middle East
Big three car rental firms accused of airport monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission charged Hertz Hertz Corp Avis Rent-A-Car System Inc and National Car Rental System Inc with conspiring since 1968 to monopolize airport car rentals and keep prices high. The firms denied the charges stating any illegal acts would violate policy. Airport rentals account for over 70 percent of the sector’s $700 million yearly revenue. The complaint cites bid collusion and improper financial arrangements with manufacturers.
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Washington
Nyt
Hertz Corp
Avis Rent
Spray Ban Urged As Ozone Threat Is Found Real
A federal study group warns fluorocarbon aerosol sprays should be banned by January 1978 due to evidence that they deplete the stratospheric ozone and raise skin cancer risk. The report allows cancellation if future studies contradict findings, with ongoing research funded by fluorocarbon producers and NAS analysis due within a year.
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New York
Nyt
Washington
National Academy of Sciences
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Sanford and Son
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Washington Week
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Wild World Mystery
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Civil Air Patrol
Pryor Field
Antioch Methodist Church
Decatur Childbirth Education Association
City Hall
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Decatur Art Guild
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First Baptist
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Lentzville Methodist Church
Alabama 99
Owens Crossroads Junior High
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Valley and Rapitels
Armon Briscoe
Friendship Baptist Church
Danville
Conway Baptist Church
Lawrence County
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Bell Springs Baptist Church
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New Hope Baptist Church
Melins Crossroads
Heavenly Echoes
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Ark St. SE
Hylas
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Gospel Singings
New Frontier
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Walnnut Grove Baptist Church
Calvary Crusaders
East Acres Community Center
18Th Ave
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Austin High School
Lanny Wolfe
Lebanon
Pleasant Ridge
Daily’s
DAILY
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News Bureau
University of Alabama
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Herman Cussed
Barrett Shelton Sr
New Orleans
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Arabs Farm Panel
Rocky
James L. Buckley
Rockefeller
Buckley
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