Nixon Urges 5 Percent Energy Cut and New Dept of Energy
President Nixon calls for a five percent personal energy cut and urges states to lower highway speeds to save gasoline. He proposes a ten billion dollar five year energy program, a reorganization creating the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, and an Energy Research and Development Administration. Rolls out White House office led by Gov. John A. Love and notes funding shifts and coal research emphasis. See PRESIDENT On Page A3.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Interior Department
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Congress
Energy Research and Development Administration
White House
Colorado
John A. Love
DENR
ERDA
Atomic Energy Commission
Bombing Bills Nearing Nixon
Congress moves three anti bombing measures toward Nixon for signing before a nine day recess. The bills seek to cut off funds for bombing Cambodia and ride on a $3.4 billion supplemental spending bill despite the Nixon administration offering an Aug 15 bombing halt compromise.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Congress
Nixon
Daily Calendar Weather Brief Narrowed
Quick Weather notes highs today and Saturday in the upper 80s with lows tonight in the mid 60s. Complete weather map and river page on B-4.
Morgan County Board to Cut Fifteen Instructors
The Morgan County Board of Education will reduce local fund teaching staff by 15 in the 1973 1974 year due to loss of federal funds higher costs and lower attendance. No cuts to special education vocational driver education or Title 1 funded salaries. Some non certified teachers will be removed from regular posts and three will transfer to other schools.
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Morgan County Board of Education
George Nancarrow
Ribbon cut marks 15 mile I 65 link opening
Dignitaries at the Thursday ceremony included James Record Madison County Commission Chairman, Decatur Mayor Russell Bolding, Huntsville Mayor Joe Davis, and Freita Fuller Miss Alabama 1972 as the Interstate 65 extension from Alabama 20 to Athens opened.
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James Record
Madison County Commission
Decatur
Russell Bolding
Huntsville
Joe Davis
Freita Fuller
Congress approves 4.67 million public works bill
The House passed a 4.67 million public works bill including 18.7 million for the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway project in Alabama and Mississippi and sent it to the Senate for action.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
House
Senate
Discrepancy Cited In Dean Testimony
John W. Dean III acknowledged he may have misnamed the hotel linked to a key Watergate cover up meeting. The Senate committee pressed on as records from two Washington hotels prompted the correction, with Dean recalling the Mayflower setting but later noting the Statler Hilton records.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Dean
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Kalmbach
Gurney
Statler Hilton
Mayflower
Ervin
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Hee Haw Star Archie Campbell to MC Spirit of America Pageant
Archie Campbell, Hee Haw star and writer, will be master of ceremonies for the Miss Spirit of America pageant after an 11 hour contract negotiation. Campbell, a Bull's Gap native and Navy veteran, will introduce contestants and entertain between appearances. Mike Conners could not attend due to Mannix schedule.
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Archie Campbell
Campbell
Spirit of America
Mike Conners
Bull’s Gap
Greene County
Tenn
Knoxville
Roy Acuff
Chet Atkins
Homer and
Jethro
Mooresville Athens I-65 Link Opens With Ribbon Cut
An 15 mile segment of Interstate 65 connecting Mooresville and Athens opened with Miss Alabama 1972 Frieta Fuller cutting the ribbon. North Alabama’s new welcome station at I-65 and Alabama 20 began operations. State Highway Director Ray Bass cited the interstate system as a major national project with 989 miles in Alabama and current cost estimates to complete remaining segments at 600 million dollars.
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Linda Parham
Mooresville
Athens
Frieta Fuller
North Alabama
Alabama 20
Ray Bass
George Wallace
Alabama
Bass
North
Gov
Wallace
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Gateway Shopping Center
E‘tainmen Financial
Landers
TV Log
William Shakespeare
Globe
London
Henry the VIII
Tennessee Valley
Daily Ad
Ronnie Magnusson
Sheraton St
Decatur Daily
JEEP
Sheraton
Dial
THE
Morgan
Madison
Burwell Wilbanks
Billy Smith
Montgomery, Ala
First National Bank
Gerald R. Ford
U. S
Indochina
Santiago
Salvador Allende
Sam Cowart
Jay Thomas
Lakeshore Marina
Thomas
William Szczepanski
Hee Haw
Navy
Tennessee River
Warrior
Birmingham
Nashville
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Burwell L. Wilbanks
Ntsville
Florence
Wernher von: Braun Lee
Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
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