Gold Kist plans $8 million soybean mill at Decatur site
Gold Kist Inc of Atlanta is expected within two weeks to announce an $8 million soybean processing mill on a Tennessee River site near Decatur. The firm has had a 40 acre option at the former Decatur Sand and Gravel yard since January, expires July 3, with 100 initial jobs planned.
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Gold Kist Inc
Atlanta
Tennessee River
Decatur
Joe Cox
Gold Kist
Nashville
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Cox
Corps of Engineers
South Georgia
Valdosta
Suspect In Shooting Returned To Decatur From Cleveland
Wilbert A. Alexander a 30 year old Chicago man charged with first degree murder in a Decatur shooting was extradited from Cleveland Ohio. He was transferred to Morgan County at 3 a.m. Thursday after a bus terminal arrest in Cleveland. Coroner Guy Hollaway identified the victim as Vinson Lee SUSPECT On Page A-10.
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Chicago
Decatur
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilbert A. Alexander
Morgan County Sheriff’s Department
Alexander
Percy Vinson
Madison St
Decatur Police Department
Huntsville
Guy Hollaway
Vinson
Seven area girls eligible for Miss Alabama pageant grants
Seven area contestants from the Miss Point Mallard Pageant are among 70 state beauties eligible for scholarships from the Miss Alabama Pageant. Judges decide on winners of 38000 in pageant scholarships, with awards announced Sunday. Contenders include Linda Carol Morris and Marilyn Ming of Athens, Barbara Bowen of Athens, Pam Osborn of Decatur, Mary Susan Thomas of Hartselle, and Jessica Lynn Culp of Albertville, with two Morgan County girls awaiting final dress rehearsal for Saturday’s Miss Alabama Pageant.
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Birmingham
Linda Carol Morris
Somerville
Marilyn Missy” Ming
Athens
Dixie Rose
Barbara Bowen
Decatur
Pam Osborn
Hartselle
Mary Susan Thomas
Jessica Lynn Culp
Albertville
Morgan County
Sherri Smith
Miss Point Mallard
Justine Manness
Cotaco
Madison County
Atlantic City
Sherri
1000 Housing Units Sought For Area
HUD approved a contract for 90 low rent units in Hartselle and the regional council drafted a plan for 1000 housing units across three counties. A $1,551,627 allocation funds 40 elderly units with the rest un designated. The North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments expects phased construction across Morgan Cullman and Lawrence counties.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hartselle
Regional Council of Governments
Hartselle Housing Authority
John Reynolds
North Central
Alabama
Morgan
Cullman
Lawrence
HUD
Decatur
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Bob Jones
Food price rises spark retailer warnings to avoid blame
Retail chains and trade groups are quietly appealing to consumer groups, predicting a sharp rise in food prices driven by a steep jump in meat carcass costs. They urge retailers not to be blamed for the upcoming increases and note the trend is already unfolding.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
Naked tax collector standoff ends with meeting
Memphis AP report says three state tax agents were sent naked into the street and another held hostage for eight hours by LaSaunders Hudson, 29, a black dry cleaning firm co-owner. He demanded a meeting with Gov. Dunn over a $167 back sales tax dispute and secured an hour with the governor at a downtown hotel before being taken into custody overnight. Police planned a district attorney briefing today.
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Memphis, Tenn
Winfield Dunn
LaSaunders Hudson
Dunn
Hudson
Memphis
Don Duncan
Drugs Confiscated on Finley Island Road
Morgan County deputies confiscated an estimated 5000 dollars in drugs from a car on Finley Island Road late Thursday afternoon. Three men, two from Kentucky and one from Tennessee, are in county jail as warrants are expected. Officers also recovered hypodermic needles, amphetamines, LSD, morphine, and marijuana. The street value was placed between 4000 and 5000 dollars. adicional details not released.
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Morgan County
Finley Island Rd
John McBride
McBride
Kentucky
Tennessee
Harry Perry
Tom Powers
Wayne Anderson
Clifford Smith
Moulton Resident Sells Truck For Sale Ad
A Moulton resident, H. H. Hambrick of 905 Main St, sold a Chevrolet van truck in a Decatur Daily want ad. The ad notes 19 additional responses, offering a heavy duty van with all power and air, long wheel base, side windows, and payment options. Contact 974-8392. ad placement in Decatur Daily want ads promotes results.
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H. H. Hambrick
Main St
Moulton
Decatur Daily
Chevrolet
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Morgan County
Famine in Chakhcharan Afghan famine survivors plead for fat
In Chakhcharan Afghanistan a line of emaciated children lies on a dusty road near a mud building. A final scene of hunger shows boys with torn rags missing food as two men lead sagebrush laden mules to the bazaar.
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James P. Sterba
New York Times
Chakhcharan
Afghanistan
Famine in Afghanistan Touches Quietly at the Edge
Aerial scenes of hunger in Chakhcharan reveal abandoned children and frozen streets as two rainless years and a harsh winter drive a humanitarian crisis. Aid has been slow and donors demand precise figures, while a lone Peace Corps volunteer from Kansas City pleads for action. Page A-10 references.
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Afghanistan
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Peace Corp
James Mathewson
Kansas City
Kan
Jim Mathewson
Airline pilots threaten 24 hour ground halt
New York AP dispatch says the International Federation of Airline Pilots will bar its 50 000 members from flying next Monday to push for stronger airport safety against hijackings. The move could ground most commercial jetliners for a day. AP reports.
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New York
International Federation of Airline Pilots
Powell barred from House seat Supreme Court ruling 1969
On this date in 1969 the Supreme Court ruled Congress had no authority to bar Adam Clayton Powell Jr. from his New York House seat. The note appears amid a Daily Calendar listing and weather brief, with expected highs in the upper 80s and rain chances of 20 percent today and 30 percent Saturday.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
McGraw-Hill
U.S. District Court Today
Edith
Helga R. Hughes
Supreme Court
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Can't Wait cooling treat photo with two fathers
Daily photo caption features Doug Chavis and Shannon Woods both aged two, flanked by their fathers Bill Chavis and Glen Woods. The scene lists home addresses 1914 Rhodes SW and 1001 5th Ave SW, with photographer Gary Wilhite credited.
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Doug Chavis
Shannon Woods
Bill Chavis
Rhodes SW
Glen Woods
5Th Ave
Gary Wilhite
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Morgan Beauties
Left
Justine
Manness
Ray Martin
Lee
Mike Roberts
The
Industrial Development Association
Dial
Food and Drug Administration
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Alabarman’s
Tennessee Valley
Decatur Boat Harbor
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