Weekend Radio Emergency Test Planned
The Decatur Amateur Radio Club will run five stations at Point Mallard from 1 p.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. Sunday as part of a 5,000 mile picnic. Members Robie Elms Milt Mahaffey Lloyd Barnette Ken Hixon and Ed Rafferty will operate without power to show flood and disaster preparedness with Charles Richard setting up a cable network and generators. Bill Matthews coordinates meals and Harry Anschutz oversees operations.
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Decatur
Ken Hixon
Ed Rafferty
Charles Richard
Bill Matthews
Chow Area
Harry Anschutz
Moulton considers special session on Saturday night dances
City council may meet today to discuss banning the Saturday night dances at the National Guard Armory. Residents complained to Mayor H A Alexander and a councilman, citing an unwholesome atmosphere, underage drinking, and outsiders from nearby counties. Officials note 250 to 300 attend weekly. police say arrests are mainly for beer possession and disorderly conduct, with one notable beating two months ago. leaders urge action to protect community and police workload.
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Bill Cornwell Moulton
National Guard
H. A. Alexander
Alexander
Robert C. Powell
Moulton Baptist Church
Rev. Powell
Moulton
Winston County
Lawrence County
Powell
Dan Ligon
James Farris
Alabama
Farris
Russellville
Edward Hood
Ingalls Delivers Largest Barge Built On Tennessee River
Ingalls Iron Works completed a 350 by 70 by 25 foot double hull barge, named Interstate 70, for Interstate Oil Transport Co. It spans longer than a football field and will operate on Gulf and East coasts from Wilmington Delaware. Built in nine months with up to 75 crew, the vessel will haul refined chemicals and oil products and features enhanced environmental protections and two 4,500 gallon per minute pumps.
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Ingalls Iron Works
Philadelphia
John Short
Tennessee River
Interstate Oil Transport Co
John Reiss
Ingalls Marine Division
Ingalls
Short
Reiss
Gulf
East Coasts
Wilmington
Del
Interstate
Decatur
Callaway predicts Connally as next secretary of defense
Former Georgia congressman Howard Callaway forecast that John Connally will become defense secretary if Nixon wins reelection. He also sees Spiro Agnew likely to be renominated and notes Connally could be a leading figure in a future Nixon administration after his earlier resignation as treasury secretary.
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Georgia
Howard H
Bo) Callaway
John Connally
Defense
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Connally
Treasury
Callaway
Decatur
Security Mutual Finance Corp
Interfinancial Inc
Security Mutual
Wilson Morgan
Georgia Republican
Henry Kissinger
Navy
Kissinger
Spare-Time Garden Grows Food Full-Time
Arthur Nix tends a small garden behind Fire Station 3 growing tomatoes squash peppers and peas with minimal care. He says they eat squash weekly and the crew quips about starting fires while sharing routines from duty to day off and recalling a historic cotton mill blaze.
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Arthur Nix
Nix
Firemen's Routine and Banter Liven Mornings on Duty
Libby Jarvinen details the daily rhythm of firemen from Burningtree Mountain to Sherman St. They train from 3 p.m. each afternoon, review streets, plug locations, and study procedures and equipment. Firefighter Nix, Briscoe, and Brown share humor, long shifts, and the constant risk of a major blaze like Mitchell's hatchery on Bank St.
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Burningtree Mountain
Sherman St
Nix
David Briscoe
Larry Brown
Brown
Ernie
Briscoe
Mitchell's Hatchery
Bank St
Wallace stance to join platform on busing and other issues
Gov. George Wallace will urge the Democratic platform committee to include his stand against court ordered school busing among several equal priority issues. State Finance Director Taylor Hardin will present the agenda in Washington on Saturday.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Democratic Party Platform Committee
Taylor Hardin
Wallace
Platform
Washington
Transporting Charged Here Thomas Stevenson Charged
Thomas Wayne Stevenson, 28, of Killen, was charged with transporting beer in a truck Thursday by sheriff's deputies. The arrest occurred about midnight. Stevenson has been released on bond.
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Thomas Wayne Stevenson
Killen
Sheriff's Deputies
Stevenson
Emergency crisis contact numbers from The Decatur Daily
The note provides crisis line numbers including the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 and guidance to call a hospital or physician for possible poisoning. It advises dialing 0 if unsure of the emergency number and mentions department numbers for Athens nights and holidays at 353-4612 and 353-4739.
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Garden
A. B. Holland
North St
16Th Ave
Tennessee
B.) Callaway
Connally Defense Secretary
National Republican
Lester Maddox
Ingalls’s
Tony Estes
Lrea Works Marine Division
By Libby Jarvinen
U. S
John Buchanan Jr
Rala
University of Alabama
Birmingham
James H. Duncan
Alabama Bar Association
Tuscumbia
John D. Clementa
Comcuanaes Piana
Mobile. Ala
US Justice Department
Camden
Decatur Daily
Athens
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