Von Braun Dies. Noted Rocket Pioneer Remembered
Obituary notes Dr. Wernher von Braun's death after a cancer battle at Alexandria Hospital Virginia. He progressed from NASA ties to Fairchild Industries and led space projects retiring Jan 1. Carter and Lovelace praised his vision and leadership in moon era.
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Wernher von Braun
Decatur
NASA
First State Bank of
Dalton Guthrie
von Braun
Tennessee Valley
Mooresville
W. R. House
Guthrie
Von
Washington
United States
Maria von Quistorp
Iris
Margrit
Petes
Aumericato Sunap
Rarvical
Alexandria Hospital
Virginia
Fairchild Industries
Fairchild
Reading
Sriands
Aed
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Carter
White House
Moon
Alan Lovelace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Newton
Einstein
Critics Level Fire At Area Health Plan
North Alabama Health Services Agency faced sharp criticism at Huntsville Decatur Jetport meeting over the first draft of a regional health care plan. Critics questioned intent, statistics, and terminology while organizers outlined public comment and data gathering from 12 counties.
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Area Health Plan
Cheri Shipper
North Alabama
Russellville
Huntsville- Decatur Jetport
North Alabama Health Services Agency
HSA
Haney
Califano
HEW
Soviet Union
Dennis Q. Opheim
North Alabama Health Systems Agency
Opheim
Nahsa Council
State of
Alabama
Karen Pressnell Wins A Round In Miss Alabama Pageant
Miss Point Mallard Karen Pressnell of Athens won the swimsuit round in the secondMiss Alabama preliminaries at the Birmingham civic center. Kay Bedenbaugh won the talent division with a piano performance.
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Miss Point Mallard
Karen Pressnell
Athens
Birmingham
Kay Bedenbaugh
West Jefferson County
Miss Pressnell
Barney Pressnell
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
Miss Jesswell
Beverly Carraway
Trinity
Dinah Johnson
Courtney Leaverton
Decatur
Miss Carraway
Central Alabama
Miss Johnson
University of North Alabama
Leaverton
Civic Center
Dorothy Benham
Denise Davis
Kay Sedenbaugh
Role Of Government In Abortion Studied
The House reconsidered federal funding for abortions after voting to bar tax money for cross-town school busing. Debates sought to limit or restore restrictions. Speaker O Neill predicted pro lifers would prevail. The vote followed a 225-157 margin on blocking federal funds for busing in desegregation mergers.
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Washington
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Reporters
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
China claims first hydrogen bomb test in 1967
Daily On This Date in 1967 notes Communist China announced it had exploded its first hydrogen bomb. Weather details predict warm highs in the 80s with showers likely today and into tonight and Saturday. River page 2 features full weather map and river news.
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Communist
China
Reconsider Refund: Bell Seeks Court Review
South Central Bell asks Alabama Supreme Court to reconsider an order that required a roughly $60 million refund to customers. The refund stems from a June 3 court decision upholding a 1975 Public Service Commission order granting a $16.7 million annual rate increase.
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Montgomery, Ala
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Alabama Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Com- See
Girl 12 Organizes Neighborhood Art Day Camp
Beth Burns a seventh grader at Oak Park Middle School turned her family's playroom into a summer day camp for children aged four to nine. She created a daily schedule of swimming lunch and arts and crafts from 10 30 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Campers paid one dollar a day and used provided art supplies. Beth taught color mixing shading drawing thumb painting and calico pot making while arranging still life setups for copying.
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Amanda Kruidenier
Beth Burns
Oak Park Middle School
Beth
Joe Burns
Mike
Fairway Drive
Michele Underwood
Steve
Road to the top spurs Arctic debate and tourist push
In Prudhoe Bay Alaska environmentalists warn the trans-Alaska pipeline road risks the Arctic ecosystem while proponents study opening it to tourists. Alyeska built the 367 mile route from Yukon River to the Arctic coast. State official Le Resche and Governor Hammond favor impact studies before any toll or access expansion.
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Pradhoe Bay
Alaska
United States
Arctic
Lees
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Yukon
Hospital Expansion Vote Still Pending in Hartselle
The $2.6 million Hartselle Hospital expansion remains unresolved after a Project Review Committee meeting. With only a 6-4 tally in favor pending absent members, Pineview Hospital argued against the project citing cost containment and planning concerns.
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Hartselle Hospital
Ronald Sparkman
North Alabama Health Systems Agency
Pineview Hospital
Hartselle
Artselle Hospital
Riley Gibson
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Lee Girl
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Highway
Allan Underwood
Steve Underwood
Suarez
Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Democratic Center Union
UDC
Chamber of Deputies
Rortes
Senate
Workers Party
Skokie
Ill
Sol Goldstein
Supreme Court
Goldstein
National Socialist Party of America
Chicago
Watergate
Democratic National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Fred Henson
Pineview
Morgan County
Barcaloungers & La-Z-Boys
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