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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1977
Page
4
Responsibility for jail fire blamed on authorities and youth
An editorial argues a 16 year old in Columbia Tennessee bears blame for a deadly jail fire that killed 42, calling for accountability of jail officials and suppliers of padding material. It urges nationwide review of padding in jails and cites potential murder charges if proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
Andy Zinmer
Columbia
Tenn
Maury County
Andrew McNaughton
McNaughton
Canada
Ernest Krebs Jr
Krebs Jr
Jebs
House Memor
Alabama Interstate Costs Rise as Overrunes Grow
Alabama's 899.9 miles of interstates are 80.8 percent complete with a projected finish cost of 859 million dollars, far above the 755 million initial estimate and far short of the 2.18 billion full-system forecast. Inflation and safety upgrades drive the overruns across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Fragmented historic notice from Decatur newspaper
A garbled late era newspaper fragment from Decatur Alabama cites a historical quote and lists publication details for a local paper. It mentions editor founders and Associated Press membership while showing mis-spaced postal and subscription pricing data.
Bootlegging Laetrile: a booming illicit trade fuels vigilante group
Washington reports a growing Laetrile bootleg operation banned as quack medicine. The Posse Commitatus band in Manitowoc Wisconsin runs a factory with armed workers, defying taxes and federal inspectors. Authorities seized 12 tons of apricot kernels and 100000 unfilled capsules. the supply could meet 6000 daily users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
House
Manitowoc
Wis
Dark, smoky future may come
Washington columnist George F. Will argues that House actions delaying and weakening Clean Air Act emissions standards would raise respiratory disease risk and harm natural beauty. He notes vehicle emissions contribute much pollution, and that relaxing standards risks higher costs and job impacts for automakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Will
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Senate
Carter
Utah
Los Angeles
Capitol Reef National Park
Bryce Canyon
Arches
Canyonlands National Parks
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Bob Eckhardt
Dtex
Congressional influence shapes Euro communism worry
The piece argues U S congressional and public reaction would decisively curb coalition governments including Communists in Western Europe. It notes rising congressional power over foreign policy since Vietnam and Watergate and highlights leaders like Byrd O Neill Zablocki and Church opposed to working with Communist influenced regimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Italy
United States
Europe
Congress of the
Carter
Vance
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Western Europe
Vietnam
White House
Congress
Turkey
NATO
Mediterranean
Pentagon
Rabin
Israel
Middle East
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
Thomas R
Tip) O'Neill
Massachusetts
House
Elem Zablocki
International Affairs Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kissinger
State Department
Woodrow Wilson International Center
Washington
Bonn
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Paris
Britain
Jimmy Carter
Eastern
West
Moscow
America
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rock music and Christian growth a teen asks guidance
A 12 year old asks if listening to rock music is right for a Christian. The reply emphasizes evaluating lyrics for truth and harmful associations, suggests consulting a trusted older Christian for guidance, and recommends seeking Christ centered music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Graham
Christ
P.S
Paul
Chicago Tribune-N.y. N
News Syndicate, Inc
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Margaret Bush Wilson
Naacp Board of Directors
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
Commission
ICC
New York Daily News
Caroline Kennedy
Jan Berger
Miss Kennedy
Caroline
Miss Berger
Bronx
Brooklyn
Georges Deeau
W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Printing CO
Levatur
Associated
I'res
Posse Commitatus
Posse
Lurie
PTT
James Reston
Washington Post Company
Henry Waxman
D.-Calif
Rep
Waxman
California
Elizabeth Kanin
Attica
N.Y
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Pyongyang
England
Japan
North Korea
East Germany
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Schelsinger
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Billy Graham
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