Man Slain In Cullman District. Beating Death Under Probe
Cullman deputies investigate the beating death of 63 year old Curtis Hopson at his Day's Gap Road home. Sheriff Buel Graves says Hopson was last seen Friday. Johnny Nesmith of ABI assists. search for Hopson's car. A separate incident reports a boy Frederick Carter died after a horse fell on him during a ride at Cullman County Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Moss Service Funeral Home.
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Hopson
Johnny Nesmith
Alabama Bureau of Investigation
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Cullman
Frederick Carter
Edwin Carter
Cullman County Hospital
Kenneth Lindsey
Carter
Alabama Senate bogged by two week Fourth of July recess
In Montgomery the Alabama Senate stymied by a two week Fourth of July vacation as Sen. Joe Fine stalled a reconsideration of a recess resolution. Debate over lowering adulthood age to 19 paused while House ethics measures shifted to require financial disclosures for officials and staff.
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Ala
Alabama Senate
Alabama
Joe Fine
Russellville
Senate
Bert Bank
Tuscaloosa
John Baker
Rainsville
Bob Ellis
Birmingham
House
Rick Manley
Demopolis
Attorney General
Ethics Commission
Manley
Calhoun May Seek Pryor Field Share
City Council President Rutledge Thomas says a proposal to transfer Decatur's 48 percent Pryor Field share to Calhoun Community College may come to council soon. The Limestone County Commission deeded 10 percent to the college, backing its expansion plan despite FAA objections.
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Calhoun
Randy Quarles
Rutledge Thomas
Pryor Field
Calhoun Community College
Limestone County Commission
Commission
Airport Authority Board
Limestone Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
Thomas
Decatur
Ruling on Legal Fees Expected After Supreme Court Decision
The Morgan County and Alabama bar groups awaited the Supreme Court ruling that struck down state and local bar minimum fee schedules. The decision ends a 179 year practice, with officials noting no enforced fees here since years ago. Consumers could see lower prices and more competition as lawyers bargain fees.
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Tommy Stevenson
Morgan County
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Virginia County Bar Association
Morgan County Bar
Tom Caddell
Alan B. Morrison
Virginia Husband and Wife
Fairfax County Bar Association
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$60 000 Morgan County Ranch House Drive Launched
Bobby Smith, director of the Alabama Sheriffs' Boys' Ranch at Punkin Center, announced a $60,000 fund drive to build a Morgan County Ranch House that will increase capacity from 13 to 24 boys. An August wall raising is planned with completion expected by early fall, inviting statewide visitors during Boys and Girls' Ranch Month.
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Alabama Sheriffs’ Boys
Punkin Center
Alabama Sheriff's Boys
Alabama
Morgan County
Smith
North Alabama
TVA Lands $2 Million For Model Rural Village In Alabama
The House Appropriations Committee includes a $2 million TVA line item over 15 months to buy land in north Limestone County for a model rural village. Funds split $1 million interim and $1 million for the year starting Oct 1 as the government shifts to a new fiscal year. Elk River Agency’s Mack Maples says the project aims to show how model communities can be developed outside large cities.
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House Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Limestone County
Mack Maples
Alabama Elk River Agency
Tom Bevill
Joe Evins
Tennessee
Senate Appropriations Committee
John Stennis
Mississippi
TVA
Senate
Elk River
Fuel Cost Ups Electric Bills
The TVA says the July 9 percent rise in residential bills is driven by fuel costs from Browns Ferry and Cumberland Steam Plant outages. Higher coal prices and more purchased power have boosted charges though base rates stay fixed.
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Lee Sentell
Browns Ferry
Tennessee Valley
Lee Sheppeard
TVA
Cumberland
Alabama Power Co
Watergate break in marks Nixon downfall begins
In Today’s Daily On This Date in 1972 the Watergate break in in Washington is highlighted as the start of the Nixon administration’s fall. The page also notes weather around 90 high and 70 low with a 30 percent chance of rain.
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Washington
Cuba to return hijack money paid by Southern Airways
The 1972 Southern Airways DC9 hijack to Havana ends as Cuba plans to return $2 million in ransom money. Eleven Alabama passengers were on board when the plane diverted through Jackson, Detroit, and Orlando before landing in Havana and hijackers were arrested. Fidel Castro notified Senator George McGovern in a letter released by McGovern last Monday.
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Birmingham
Cuba
Montgomery
Jackson
Miss
Detroit
Orlando
Havana
Fidel Castro
George S. McGovern
D S.C
McGovern
Southern Airways
Castro
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
William D. Rogers
inter-American Affairs
State school panel weighs Athens College transfer issues
Athens College debt and legal problems complicate state takeover. Committee head Charles Carmichael says mortgages on new Limestone County buildings and scattered land pose hurdles before a Friday Montgomery vote. He remains for acquisition but cautions several issues must be resolved. Carmichael plans a formal report outlining transfer challenges to the full board. See ATHENS On Page 5.
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Tommy Stevenson
Athens College
State School Board
Charles Carmichael
Montgomery
Carmichael
Florence
Limestone County
S. A. Cherry
Isabelle Thomasson
Athens
Northern Marianas vote to establish commonwealth with US
People of Saipan and the Northern Marianas Islands vote overwhelmingly to establish a commonwealth under the United States. The result marks a pivotal step in the territory's status and future constitutional relationship with Washington.
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Saipan
Northern Marianas Islands
United States
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