Man Aims for 100 MPH Plus in Giant Truck Record
John C. Ray, 37, plans a first ever closed course speed record for an 18 wheel heavy tractor trailer, targeting an average speed of 100 mph during Talladega 500 weekend Aug 8-10 at Alabama International Motor Speedway. He fears wind and banked turns but believes the 40 foot rig can hit around 125 mph on the backstretch.
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Eastaboga
Ala
John C. Ray
Ray
Talladega
Birmingham
Burglary Charge Filed in Local County
A 40 year old man was arrested Wednesday on second degree burglary charges. J W Whitehead of Moadus Road remains jailed after investigators Keith Russell Jep Tallent and Bill Bartholomew led the arrest.
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J. W. Whitehead
Moadus Rd
Keith Russell
Jep Tallent
Bill Bartholomew
Alabama Constitution Hearings Propose Broad Home Rule Reforms
At a Senate hearing on a new state constitution, officials debated expanding local self rule with county and city charters, protecting sheriffs, and a 10 year reapportionment committee. Critics warned of tax and power shifts, while supporters urged broader accountability to residents.
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Birmingham
David Vann
Vann
Supreme Court
Joseph Johnson
Constitution Commission
Senate
City Man Named Insurance Proxy
Decatur insurance executive Hammond Martin was elected president of the 4000 member Alabama Association of Life Underwriters, taking office July 1. He is Liberty National Life Insurance Co. associated manager and has three sons. Arthur A Armour Jr. of Decatur was elected to the board as area vice president for the northwest Alabama district.
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Decatur Insurance
Hammond Martin
Alabama Association of Life Underwriters
Liberty National Life Insurance Co
Arthur A. Armour Jr
Decatur
Alabama
Martin
Liberty National
Georgia
Scottsboro Lion’s Club
Civiton
Gadsden
Kiwanis Club
TVA claims new fertilizer process saves energy nationwide
TVA official Dr. Lewis B. Nelson says a new fertilizer manufacturing method cuts energy use in ammonium nitrate production. The process could save up to 700000 barrels of oil or 4.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually by removing the need to dry final product and eliminating drying equipment.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lewis B. Nelson
TVA
National Fertilizer Development Center
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Nelson
Ruling Extends Mental Illness Guidelines to Behavioral Disorders
A three judge federal court in Montgomery holds that guidelines for involuntary commitment of mentally ill patients apply to persons with social and behavioral disorders. The ruling clarifies that treatment availability alone does not justify confinement and that confinement requires clear evidence of mental illness or threat to self or others.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomasville
Eufaula
Gas supplies and OPEC outlook discussed by Hugo
Hugo says refiners run at 80 to 85 percent capacity and oil stocks are 10 percent below a year ago. He doubts a new OPEC embargo, though it considers another price hike. An embargo would be disastrous but is 99 percent impossible. he says OPEC needs funds and won’t cut off consumers.
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Hugo
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Cotton output and stockpiles in 1974 75 outlook
A government report notes the 1974 cotton crop at about 11.5 million bales, with exports expected at 3.8 to 4.3 million bales for 1975 76. Aug. 1 stockpiles may reach 5.7 million bales, the largest in five years, while 1975 yields could top 10.5 million if weather cooperates.
Airport plans clash with college expansion over adjacent land
The airport authority seeks amendments to the college expansion south of the runway arguing safety in the master plan, while the college insists the expansion is needed to relieve overcrowded classes.
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Airport Authority
Man Charged In Son's Shooting
A Seale man, William Patrick, was arrested in Hurtsboro in connection with the shooting death of his 6 month old son. Police said Patrick told officers he planned to kill the baby and then fired at responders, wounding himself before being hospitalized.
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Hurtsboro
Ala
Seale
William Patrick
Don Harty
Harty
Patrick
Phenix City
Doctors Insurance Cancelled In Birmingham
Representatives of St. Paul Insurance Co and University Hospital agreed to a 90 day extension of liability insurance for doctors at the facility. Hospital officials said the company would not renew its policies, which were set to expire at month end.
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Birmingham
Ala
University Hospital
The
St. Paul Insurance Co
Doane Case Tales Differ in Doane Murder Trial
Two witnesses offer conflicting accounts of what sports editor Jack Doane said after his wife Catherine was stabbed to death in 1974. Detectives testified Doane claimed no violence and blamed another man, while a doctor quoted Doane saying his wife stabbed him and that she had “on me for three years.” A former baseball manager testified to Doane’s good reputation, and a neighbor said she saw Doane enter the apartment with a knife the night of the killing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jack Doane
Doane
Catherine
Ricky Dale Mobley
Montgomery Advertiser
William Graham
John P. Arnold
Arnold
Montgomery Rebel
Jim Leyland
Rosemary Simpson Wall
Warren's Kindergarten crowns 1975 queen and king
Lativia Nikel Adkins daughter of Linda Adkins 604 Madison St NW and Sammy Freeman son of Sammy and Mrs Freeman 411 13th Ave NW were elected 1975 queen and king of Warren's Kindergarten. The pair were honored May 23 during graduation exercises.
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Lativia Nikel Adkins
Linda Adkins
Madison St
Sammy Freeman
13Th Ave
Warren
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Maxie Kirk
Reshanda Benford
Charlotte Swoopes
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