Hartselle Hospital Wins Preliminary Expansion Approval
Hartselle Hospital won preliminary approval for a 2.6 million expansion after a split vote by the Project Review Committee of the North Alabama Health Systems Agency. The plan would demolish older facilities and add a three story wing adjoining the existing building while not increasing beds or services. Morgan County reports 92 excess beds with 37 in Hartselle.
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Hartselle Hospital
Ronald Sparkman
North Alabama Health Systems Agency
Pineview Hospital
Morgan County
Riley Gibson
Gibson
Sparkman
Fred Henson
Hartselle
Henson
State Bureau of Health Development
House Vote Bans Federal Funds for Abortion and Aff Action
The U S House passed amendments to a 61.3 billion Labor HEW bill banning federal funds for abortions and restricting affirmative action enforcement. The abortion ban passed 201 to 155 amid debate on access for rape incest and Medicaid. The affirmative action clause prohibits race gender or other quotas in employment and admissions.
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Betty Anne Williams Washington
House
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Carter Administration
Henry Hyde
R-Ill
House-Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Senate
Robert S. Walker
R-Pa
HEW
Joseph A. Califano
U.S
Heflin Honored With James Madison Award by Broadcast Editors
Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Howell Heflin and CBS News commentator Eric Sevareid were named recipients of the National Broadcast Editorial Association James Madison award for defense of First Amendment principles. Sevareid could not attend. award going to CBS News VP William J. Small Sr. in his stead.
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Atlanta
Alabama Supreme Court
Howell Heflin
National Broadcast Editorial Association
Heflin
CBS News
Eric Sevareid
Association
James Madison
Ted Powers
Roanoke
U.S
Howell
Powers
Alabama
Sevareid
William J. Small Sr
Frank Stanton
CBS
William O. Douglas
U.S. Supreme Court
Harold Medina
New York
Jail space dwindling as Alabama prison population grows
A state prison official warned county commissioners that no beds may be available in Alabama jails or state facilities by summer end. Deputy commissioner Larry Bennet said about 400 inmate beds remain in city and county jails and the system is absorbing 1,000 new inmates yearly, with 2,600 prisoners held in local facilities. Construction delays risk reaching 9,000 inmates by 1980.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Larry Bennet
Jefferson County
Draper Correctional Center
Bennet
Battle of Waterloo ends Napoleon’s rule in Belgium
Daily on this date notes the 1815 British victory at Waterloo in Belgium. Weather outlook predicts partly cloudy skies with possible afternoon and evening thunderstorms through Sunday. An ad for Reeves Peach Farms promotes the Hartselle area on Highway 36 with a phone contact.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Belgium
Reeves Peach Farms
Hartselle
Thunderstorms Dump Rain Across Tennessee Valley Friday
Forbidding cloud coverage roared through the Tennessee Valley on Friday afternoon causing heavy rain over the Decatur area. Local residents reported frequent lightning and brief street flooding as storms moved through.
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A.s
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Von Braun remembered as space era drives human progress
The obituary notes Werhner von Braun's death and highlights his belief that space advances serve humanity. It cites the NASA booklet Spinoffs with heart pacemakers and solar collectors, and recounts von Braun's hopes for a reusable space shuttle and a long duration station.
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Huntsville
Dev
Earth
NASA
von Braun
Moon
Atlantic
Air Force
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Dial
Athens
Enerebeee
Decatur Boat Harbor
John
Goapey
Chin Goon
Boston
Chinatown
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Stanley Forman
Boston Herald American
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Lee Sentell
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