City Festival Gains National Bicentennial Nod in Alabama
Decatur’s Spirit of America Festival is chosen as one of 13 national participants for the Independence Day program by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. ARBC will present a $45,000 grant to plan 1976 celebrations and a Bicentennial Flag for Alabama. Acting Gov Beasley to accept. Dr Luther Foster of Tuskegee Institute to make the presentation at Point Mallard.
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Decatur
Jere Beasley
Doug Benton
Alabama
Commission
Foster
ARBC
Boston
Centralia
Ill
Mt. Rushmore
S.D
Milwaukee
Niagara Falls
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Arbc Shhairman
David J. Mahoney
United States
Winners of Freedom Foundation
Mahoney
Spirit of America
Agnes Flood Devastates East. Death Toll Tops 100
Debris-filled rivers crest as floods from Tropical Storm Agnes devastate eight eastern states. President Nixon tours the damage calling it a devastated area. Pennsylvan ia and Virginia suffer major losses with 250000 displaced in PA and 200000 acres ruined in VA. Power, telephone, and fuel disrupted. typhoid serum flown in. fires and epidemics loom amid massive cleanup.
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Nixon
Lock Haven
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
Funds Approved For Relocation In Urban Renewal Plan
Federal funds totaling 531 415 were approved for relocation activities in the West Decatur Rehabilitation Urban Renewal area. The Decatur Housing Authority and City of Decatur requested the money, with officials noting multiple projects in the area. Previous allocations reached 2 518 234. Authorities cited uncertainty over which specific project the funds target.
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Washington
West Decatur
Bob Jones
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Decatur Housing Authority
City of
Decatur
Charles Gunthorp
Bill Levin
Charles Sears
Housing Authority Board
Bob Neill
Neill
Nixon visits flood evacuees in Harrisburg capital
President Nixon toured an evacuation center in Harrisburg after the Susquehanna River flood. He mingled with victims, signed autographs, and distributed presidential pens while noting resilience amid loss. He recalled the 1906 San Francisco quake and urged hope for Harrisburg’s recovery, citing lower-income struggles.
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Harrisburg
Nixon
Jess
San Francisco
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Frigidaire Sales and Service Ad in Decatur
Frigidaire sales and service offered by Robinson Furniture on Downtown Second Avenue Decatur. Contact 353.2370 for appliances and repairs. Longstanding local provider with 23 years of experience advertised.
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Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Decatur
Decatur Daily Want Ads Promote Quick Results
Lawrence Limestone Cullman or Morgan County ad copy touts want ads that get results. Offer states 10 days for four dollars.
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Don Layton
Danville 3
Decatur Daily
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Morgan County
Skyjacker Manhunt Pressed In Indiana Search
The FBI led a day-long hunt for a young hijacker who parachuted from a Boeing 727 with 502000 in ransom. Agents from multiple states and 150 officers joined the search near Peru Indiana after reports of dog activity and possible debris. The hijacker, described as about 30, five ten or eleven inches tall, with a bruised face and a shovel, faced unconfirmed clues of a fatal fall into the Mississinewa Reservoir or being blown away by air currents.
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Corning
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Potomac
Ohio
Susquehanna
Peru
Ind
FBI
Jim Martin
Indiana
Rock
Martin
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
American Airlines
St Louis
St. Louis
Mississinewa
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Spirit of America Executive Committee
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James O'Hara
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Heritage Dinner Theater
Huntsville
Miss Shafer
O'Hara
City Festival
Lee City
Lee Sentell
Point Mallard
Billy Smith
New Cumberland
W.va
Wheeling
Wilkes Barre
Fikstone
Landers
Ge Bs
Republic of Korea
Dia
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Danville
Field
Hartselle
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