Skylab Crew Returns From Four Week Space Flight
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz returned aboard USS Ticonderoga after a record four weeks in space. They walked unsteadily ashore and were pronounced in excellent condition by Dr Royce Hawkins despite initial dizziness.
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Uss. Ticonderoga
Skylab
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Conrad
Apollo
Pacific
Royce Hawkins
Houston Space Center
Hawkins
Kerwin
Weitz
Charles Conrad
Joseph Kerwin
Paul Weitz
Uss Ticonderoga
NASA
Fees Studied For Elective Courses By Ben Windham
Decatur city schools consider charging fees for elective courses such as typing for 1973 74 due to material and equipment funding shortages The district faces a 514 187 budget deficit and a 28 636 state funding cut tied to lower attendance The plan includes not filling 18 vacated staff positions and possibly larger class sizes with 33 or 34 students per classroom Maintenance bids for Decatur and Austin high schools are cancelled leaving rusting steel girders and unpainted roofs at several campuses.
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Ben Windham
City
Curtis Sellers
Board of Education
Sellers
Decatur
Austin
Austin High School
West Decatur
Dollar hits record low in Frankfurt and Europe
In Frankfurt the U S dollar slid to a new low against the West German mark while softening in other European centers. In New York and across Europe market observers noted the broader weakness of the dollar during trading.
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London
U. S
Frankfurt
Accord Reached On Nuclear Pact
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev have reached a broad declaration to reduce nuclear war risk with a signing planned in the East Room. The document is described as an intent to lower arsenals and to prepare for a 1974 Moscow reunion summit while avoiding dangerous military confrontations.
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Gaylord Shaw
Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Moscow
The Tavern Fire Remembrance in Decatur Past
Fifty years ago today the regal Tavern hotel in Decatur burned, destroying a landmark once called the South’s finest hostelry. The fire forced its conversion to apartments, with few paying guests despite notable visitors. Mrs. Comfort Willis recalled fleeing the blaze as a bride.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur
Regal Tavern
New Decatur
Aimes
Comfort Willis
Summerford Nursing Home
Falkville
Local Obscenity Ruling Sparks Mixed Reactions in Decatur
A Burger Supreme Court decision allowing communities to set obscenity standards drew mixed responses from city leaders and businessmen in Decatur. City figures support local control while fearing censorship, with City Attorney A. J. Coleman and Councilman Bill Levin weighing how to apply the ruling to local stores and theaters. The ruling permits juries to judge material by community standards, potentially strengthening local authority over pornographic content.
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Linda Parham
Bill Levin
Levin
Decatur
A. J. Coleman
Coleman
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Jim Duncan
Duncan
Willie Pentecost
Cauthen Seeks Classroom Aid for Morgan Schools
Alabama state Rep. David Cauthen says he will seek 300000 in capital outlay funds for four Morgan County high schools Falkville West Morgan Danville and Morgan County High. He plans to amend the capital outlay bill and present the measure to the House Ways and Means Committee after July 4. Cauthen cautions success is not guaranteed but the effort will proceed with Rep Ralph Slate and Sen Bob Harris backing the proposal.
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Winford Turner
Montgomery
David Cauthen
Decatur
Morgan County
Cauthen
Falkville
West Morgan
Danville
House
Way and Means
Ralph Slate
Bob Harris
Clergi County
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Athens
Tennessee Valley
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Security Council
General Assembly
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Mrs. Willis
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
Ottis Harmon
Mockingbird Lane
Decatur Daily
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