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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1976
Page
9
D Robert H Rines organizes a seven year Loch Ness search with sonar and underwater photos, hoping to prove a large animal exists. Christopher McGowan and colleagues guide the Malaran as crews chase creature footprints, bones, and elusive surface wakes amid mixed scientific interest.
Hostages Amin ordered release of all aboard without discrimination by nationality. About 80 Israelis and at least nine Americans were on the Tel Aviv Paris flight. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. Uganda radio broadcast a statement by the hijackers denouncing France and the United States. The hijackers asked for food and water as the plane neared refueling limits. negotiations began with unknown demands.
Reagan declines to identify, urging running mate talk with Ford while Democrats focus on Carter. Brown campaigns for Carter as GOP finances tighten and Milbank warns of possible party extinction. Muskie and others list potential Carter running mates amid fundraising progress of about 300k to 400k in ten days.
Cadet John J. Fox of Decatur completed two weeks of National Guard annual training at Ft. McCellan Alabama. He will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Alabama Army National Guard after officer candidate school next summer. Fox serves Headquarters Detachment 142 Signal Group in Decatur. Norman J Hartwig Airman First Class son of C E Hartwig Cullman 2 graduated from the U S Air Force weapons mechanic course at Lowry AFB Colorado and will report to Langley AFB Virginia for duty with a Tactical Air Command unit. Gregory B Smith son of Mr and Mrs Prince H Smith Moulton 3 earned a Parachutist Badge after airborne training at Ft Benning Ga. He is a 1968 Baker High School graduate and 1975 Athens College BS graduate. He received his Officer Candidate Commission and his wife Mildred joined him in Georgia during the course.
FBI documents made public Sunday praise a six agent burglary team for 15 illegal break ins at Socialist Workers Party offices in New York City during 1964 and 1965. The recommendation dated June 28, 1965, cites constant alertness and discretion in gathering information from confidential sources and suggests cash incentive awards, though it was unclear if awards were actually granted.
The opinion notes that once desegregation is achieved schools need not year by year adjust racial makeup. migration, not board action, shapes demographics. The ruling follows the 1971 busing case and upholds limits on annual adjustments and affirmative duties.
The 13 captured foreign mercenaries were found guilty of mercenarism with sentences ranging by age and charges. Britons Wiseman and Marchand received 30 year terms alongside Grillo, while ex-soldiers Lawlor Evans and Fortuin drew 24 years each. Nammock, Acker, and McIntyre got 16 years. Gearhart and Barker faced death penalties without witness testimony.
Investigation continues into a $200,000 drug seizure in Courtland with no arrests yet reported. Lawrence County Sheriff Harold Terry says the drugs were stored in a home and accessible, and the owner’s identity remains undisclosed. Morgan County Commission members are at the National Association of Counties meeting in Salt Lake City and will return Friday morning after a June 21 called session.
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