Morgan County school funding and bids update
State funds for teacher salaries depend on average daily attendance and allocate totals to each county school including Hartselle. Local funds add varying numbers of teachers per school. The board opened bids for equipment for Hartselle schools including gym flooring and science and classroom furniture.
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Falkville
Flint
Hartselle
Lacey’s Spring
Morgan County High
Neel
Plainview
Priceville
Ryan
Union Hill
West Morgan
Hartselle Junior High
Lacey's Spring
Welcome Station Sets Stage for North Alabama Tourism
Following the interstate opening, Mooresville civic center hosts a welcome station to persuade tourists to stay a day and night in North Alabama. Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Labor Day with staff providing regional information. Sponsors include Decatur Huntsville Florence and Huntsville Madison County Chambers, Point Mallard Wernher von Braun Civic Center Alabama Space and Rocket Center and Alabama Mountain Lakes Association.
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Civic Center
North
Alabama
Decatur
Huntsville
Florence
Huntsville- Madison
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Nixon faces tough choice over bombing and debt bill clash
Congressional leaders grapple with a continuing resolution to fund agencies and a debt ceiling Social Security bill as Nixon threatens veto. The Senate adopts Eagleton antibombing amendments tying U S action in Indochina to funding, while White House aide Laird proposes a compromise delaying Cambodia actions to Aug 15.
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Nixon
Congress
U.S
Indochina
Senate
Thomas F.eagleton
Cambodia
Laos
Appropriations Committee
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Senate House
Mills
White House
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Mike Mansfield
Dean testimony details on Kennedy surveillance and Nixon meetings
Dean described surveillance of Senator Edward M. Kennedy by White House directed agents but said no bugging or breaking in occurred. He asserted he acted under pressure when involved in any planning and denied any White House legal work on subpoenas or executive privilege. He noted President Nixon should provide sworn accounts of meetings with his accuser and discussed aides’ knowledge of political espionage.
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Congress
Dean
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
White House
Sen
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Nixon
Joseph M. Montoya
Montoya
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Leprosarium at Qui Hoa Oasis in Vietnam
AP reports the Qui Hoa leprosarium near Qui Nhon in Vietnam shelters 1,042 patients on 175 acres. run by 14 nuns and Vietnamese staff, it has a four wing hospital a school church and 230 houses with patients and families sharing work amid years of conflict.
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Qui Nhon
Vietnam
South China Sea
Saigon
Qui Hoa
Order of
Franciscan Missionaire de Marie
France
Area Farmers Lag in Planting Reports Amid Poor Conditions
With only two days left for certification area ASCS offices report farmers are behind in filing planting reports due to poor season conditions. The forms require totals for all crops and guide yield projections, and extensions are granted but late planting threatens the year's crop, Morgan County official says.
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E. M. Robertson
Morgan County Ascs
Robertson
President to Rename Agency and Cut Energy Use
The President proposals include renaming the Nuclear Energy Commission, urging states to lower legal speed limits, and requiring federal agencies to report by July 31 on energy reduction efforts. The GSA would push agencies to buy smaller cars, while aviation groups and agencies are asked to seek fewer flights and slower speeds to save jet fuel. A long term energy conservation study is planned, with the Interior Department examining taxes on automobile horsepower or weight.
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Nuclear Energy Commission
General Services Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation’ Administration
Aviation Industry
Air Transport Association
Interior Department
Office of Energy Conservation
Campbell a comedian on Hee Haw and Opry career
Longtime comedian and writer Campbell rose to fame on Hee Haw after hosting Hee Playhouse with guests Carl Smith and Flatt and Scruggs on WROL TV Knoxville. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1958 and remains a rare comedian on stage. His lone hit Cindercella and CMA comedian of the year 1969 frame a Nashville life with wife Mary and two sons in Brentwood.
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Wrol-Tv
Knoxville
Carl Smith
Flatt and Scruggs
Campbell
Grand Ole Opry
the Opry
Cindercella
The
Country Music Association
Chet Atkins
Bob Ferguson
Mary
Brentwood
Nashville
Steve
Phillip
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