Senate Debates On Longshore Appointment Delayed
In Washington AP reports the Senate Public Works Committee is unlikely to take up Thomas Longshore’s TVA board nomination before late July as Ford withdraws Hooper’s nomination. Key TVA region senators react, citing concerns over his ties to Alabama Power and prior ventures while debates over nuclear power vs conventional energy continue.
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Senate Public Works Committee
Ford
Thomas Longshore
Tennessee Valley Authority
James F. Hooper III
Mississippi
Kentucky
Walter Huddleston
Bill Brock
D-Tenn
Brock
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Howad Baker
Tennessee
Longshore
Birmingham
Ala
Hooper
Alabama Power Co
Huddleston
TVA
American Public Power Association
Tennessee River Valley Association
Energy Policy Task Force
Consumer Federation of America
Municipal Electric Power Association of Kentucky
Virginia
Republican National Committee
TVA Clears Browns Ferry to Load Nuclear Fuel
The TVA won permission to load fuel at Browns Ferry unit two, a first step toward reactivating the plant since the March 1975 fire. Superintendent Jim Green said loading would start about 7 a.m. today after the license arrived by plane Friday night.
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Atlanta
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
Jim Green
Decatur May Host New Doctor Residency Program
Doctors and state officials study a proposed multi year residency for young physicians at Decatur General Hospital funded in part by the University of Alabama Huntsville PMC. The plan envisions in house residents within two years and aims to train about 33 family physicians annually in North Alabama as part of a 1000 physician goal by 1985.
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Decatur
John Chenault
Decatur General Hospital
School of Primary Medical Care
PMC
University of Alabama At Huntsville
Chenault
Silas Grant
Huntsville
PMC School
Decatur General
North Alabama
Anniston
Grant
Alabama
Dale Trammell
Parkway Medical Center
Florence
Washington Tee-Hee Shirt draws attention near Capitol
Linda Hasert models a provocative T-shirt in Washington as sex related stories swirl, prompting speculation the item will gain popularity. Grant foresees $200,000 shifted to Decatur via a technical correction in the state funding bill, changing Florence to Decatur on one line item. Federal funds accompany the annual local operating sum for the hospital, while young family doctors gain experience on the hospital staff. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved action, with a spokesman indicating readiness.
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Washington
Capitol
Decatur
Florence
Garbage Burning Measure Aims at Local Disposal Contracts
State Rep. Charles Martin of Decatur introduces a bill to let Morgan County and similarly sized counties and their municipalities form long term private garbage disposal contracts. The plan would fund a privately built incinerator costing 3 to 5 million dollars with per ton disposal charges, plus steam sales to local industries. A companion resolution seeks a state court ruling on constitutionality while TVA faces NRC delays and potential fuel loading at Unit 2.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Charles Martin
Martin
Morgan County Commission
Dick Fleming
Birmingham
TVA Cleared Of Violating Rules At Browns Ferry Plant
The NRC said TVA did not violate regulations after a June inspection at Browns Ferry in North Alabama. The three unit plant is shut down. Units 1 and 2 were halted in 1975 after a cable tray fire, Unit 3 under construction. TVA and NRC cite seven small fires since shutdown. issue was TVA not following its own fire safety procedures, now corrected. A public hearing will decide resume license for Units 1 and 2.
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NRC
Washington
Atlanta
North Alabama
Browns Ferry
Italy votes in parliamentary elections after violent campaign
Italy enters parliamentary elections with nine national parties vying for 630 seats in the Chamber and 315 in the Senate as violence marks the campaign. About 41 million Italians vote Sunday and Monday amid inflation, unemployment, and a central question on communism.
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Hilmitoros Associated Press
ROME
Italy
Chamber
Senate
Milan
MSI — Party
Barletta
Adventurous Tennessee voyage to Decatur Bicentennial event
Bound for Decatur, one of three flatboats, sails Friday upriver from Knoxville toward Jefferson City. The "Adventure Two" trip marks the 1779-80 first white settler journey and recalls the river’s early exploration as a Bicentennial commemoration.
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Tennessee
Jefferson City
Knoxville
Presbyterians Okay Pardon Sidestep Sex and Exorcism
At the 116th General Assembly in Tuscaloosa Alabama the Presbyterian Church USA voted narrowly 176 to 141 to urge President Ford to grant a full pardon to Vietnam War objectors. Debates over exorcism and homosexuality were noted with promises to return to the issue next year. The assembly also urged parties to spell out positions on food aid foreign policy and full employment in their platforms. The meeting adjourns with Nashville chosen for next summer’s gathering and a new head of the General Assembly Mission Board to be elected.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
General Assembly
the Presbyterian Church
Ford
Council On Theology and Culture
Minister of the Word
General Assembly Mission Board
Nashville
Tenn
Royal family attends Ascot races in England
Queen Elizabeth II chats with Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips on the Ascot racecourse as members of the royal family attend the Royal Ascot meeting this week. AP Wirephoto.
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Princess Ann
Mark Phillips
Ascot
England
Statue of Liberty arrives in New York in 1885
In Today’s Daily On This Date 1885 the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, arrived in New York. Weather notes predict mostly cloudy skies with showers and thundershowers tonight and highs near 80 tomorrow as clouds lessen.
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New York
Supreme Court overturns drunk driving conviction in Patton case
Alabama Supreme Court rules intoximeter evidence admissibility depends on methods approved by the State Board of Health. It excludes Patton's 1972 conviction for lack of proof the test followed approved procedures. The court also rules a Madison County beer distributor not liable for city beer storage tax due to ambiguity in prior ordinance.
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Decatur
State Board of Health
New Hope
Madison County
Supreme Court
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