River systems deepen valley economy in TVA analysis
Guest Editorial urges support for TVA powered river traffic and port projects. It cites $63.6 million saved by shippers, $680 million in navigation benefits over 40 years, and the Tem Tom Ameraport effort boosting Alabama Mississippi. Proponents push Mobile Pascagoula as the deepwater port option while studying environmental impacts.
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Bailey Anderson
The
Florence Times
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ameraport
TVA
Tennessee
Alabama-Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Bill Roberts
Mobile
Tennessee River
U.S
TV Station Sale Reaches Agreement in Huntsville
In Huntsville an agreement to sell WMSL TV to Forest Trains Co. of Jacksonville Florida for over 1.5 million was announced by Frank Whisenant president of Tennessee Valley Radio and Television Corp. The deal awaits stockholder and FCC approval and may take up to six months. WMSL began telecasts in Decatur and marks its 19th anniversary July 4.
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Huntsville
Wmsl-Tv
Jacksonville, Fla
Frank Whisenant
Tennessee Valley Radio and Television Corp
Whisenant
WMSL
Forest Trains Co
Federal Communications Commission
Walnut St. NE
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Alabama
The
Forest Travis Co
Nixon aides policy shift fuels investigation claims
Sources say after his April meetings Nixon pursued a tactical policy of pitting White House aides against each other to aid the government probe. The account notes the period between April 15 and 30 as pivotal for gathering evidence, while others caution the full story remains unconfirmed.
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Petersen
Kleindienst
White House
Nixon
Earl J. Silbert
Seymour Glanzer
Donald E. Campbell
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Survivors in forward cabin escape deadly gas
Meek of Santa Barbara and Menzies of Vero Beach survived after being in the forward chamber unfazed by carbon dioxide flooding the rear cabin where Stover and Link perished.
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Face. Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Menzies
Vero Beach
Stover
Link
Field Day Set For Radio Club
The Decatur Amateur Radio Club joins a worldwide ARRL Field Day Contest today and Sunday to show amateur radio can operate without commercial power. At Point Mallard Park members set up tents and portable generators to run 24 hours of continuous two way contacts by voice and code. Results appear in QST magazine.
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Decature Amateur Radio Club
American Radio Relay League
Decatur Club
Point Mallard Park
QST
Decatur Area Weather Forecast Into Weekend
River region forecast shows Friday highs around 87 degrees with a 68 degree low. Expect 87 today with 65 tonight and a high of 87 Sunday. Sky will be sunny and fair through Sunday.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Priceville Teen Finds Reward in Refuge Youth Corps
Carolyn Riddle, Brewer High School graduate and Priceville resident, spent eight weeks with the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Youth Conservation Corps then returned as a youth leader guiding eight girls. She helped clean ditches, plant, sack wheat for ducks and geese, and led a crew while juggling school, a restaurant job, and band practice.
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YCC
Carolyn Riddle
Youth Conservation Corps
Wheeler Wildlife National
Priceville
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Brewer High School
Tom Atkeson
Carolyn
Refuge
Brewer
Brewer High
Mike Micheals
Albert Walker
Wheeler
Calhoun Junior
Carolyn shapes future in nursing music and outdoor work
Inside By Linda Parham profiles Carolyn who plans nursing studies in Birmingham after college and hopes to work as a telephone service repairman to stay outdoors while pursuing music in Nashville. She recalls a cramped recording session and defends her guitar focus, noting the cost rise from 12.95 to over 600 dollars and praising the girls in YCC over the boys in trash detail.
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Birmingham
Carolyn
Nashville
Cullman Rider Injured After Alabama 69 Collision
A 20-year-old Cullman motorcyclist, Donald Hankie, was hurt Friday in a crash with a truck 18 miles south of Cullman on Alabama 69. The truck driver, Mayburn L. Keith, 30, of Jasper, was uninjured. Hankie’s condition was not released.
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Cullman
Here
Alabama
Donald Hankie
Mayburn L. Keith
Jasper
Keith
NASA says 28 day mission budget unaffected by breakdowns
The administrator stated that the cost of the project was not significantly affected by the breakdowns that threatened the 28 day mission. He noted extensive NASA and contractor effort to implement fixes and that repairs were designed on the ground with substantial overtime by a few individuals.
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NASA
Vandals Hit Air Sampler Third Time
Vandals damaged the Tri County District Health Service air pollution sampling station for the third time in two months. The destroyed unit, valued at 300 dollars, was one of nine monitors across Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties. Police training news followed, noting three Decatur officers completed a six week academy program.
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Tri- County District Health Service
David Nelson
13Th St
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Nelson
Decatur
Northeast Alabama Police Academy
Jacksonville State University
Pack Self
Gerald Wayne McCrary
James W. Payne
Ellis Armistead
Armistead
Self
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Charles Murphree
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