Decatur Schools Face 1973 Budget Crunch After Federal Cuts
Decatur city schools confront a $392,831 loss from Public Law 874 and related programs in 1973 74 with $154,000 cut this year. Supt. Curtis P. Sellers warns deficits could affect accreditation if permanent funds aren’t found, prompting belt tightening and hiring freezes.
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Decatur
Board of Education
Redstone Arsenal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Richard M
Curtis P. Sellers
Sellers
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Association
Decatur Considers Bonds Taxes and Revenue Sharing to Meet Deficit
Educators warn of a 514187 deficit if accreditation is lost and discuss keeping standards through accreditation. City leaders study options including budget cuts, bond funds, revenue sharing, and possible ad valorem tax increases to cover a projected shortfall.
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Southern Association
Austin High School
Board of Education
Washington
Russell Bolding
Rutledge Thomas
Decatur
Bill Levin
Bolding
Thomas
Byron Vann
Art Belew
Bob Hosey
Gunman in Birmingham Kills Man and Wounds Three Officers
A downtown Birmingham gun battle left three men dead and three police officers injured after Donald Todd, from Birmingham and Sterling Heights, drew a carbine in the Redmont Hotel Lounge. He killed Robert Wert Jr. and Vernon Wilson before firing on officers. Todd was fatally shot by a patrol officer.
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Birmingham
Ala
Donald Todd
Sterling Heights
Mich
Redmont
Todd
Robert J. Wert Jr
Tim Mosko
University Hospital
James Parsons
Esther Todd
Michigan
Susan Dodek
Tom Cyma
Robert J. Wert, Jr
Wilson
Simmons
R. M. Hays
Manchester
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Hays
Nixon Moves to Restore Death Penalty and Tough Crime Laws
President Nixon announced plans to seek congressional restoration of the federal death penalty for certain crimes and to push mandatory life sentences without parole for major drug dealers with prior convictions. He also rejected marijuana legalization and urged a broader revision of the federal criminal code to strengthen penalties in the war on crime.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Supreme Court
Richard Kleindienst
High Court
United States
Texas Tornadoes Leave Four Dead and Towns Damaged
Severe storms spawned tornadoes across central Texas on Saturday. Four people died as a 15 mile wide swath struck Hubbard demolishing downtown. Burnet saw about 30 injured and hundreds of homes damaged. Grape Creek near San Angelo and Waco also reported injuries and extensive damage. Communications and power were knocked out in Hubbard. National Guard supplied water.
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Texas
Hubbard
Burnet
J.M. Ryman
Lake Texoma
Texas-Oklahoma
Byron Freeland
National Guard
Courtland Fisherman Missing After Late Day Trip
A search began late Saturday for Raymond Eskridge a 47 year old Courtland fisherman who did not return from an afternoon fishing trip. His wife found his car and boat trailer at Spring Creek boat launching but no sign of him. Sheriff Dan Ligon state troopers and other aides joined the hunt by 10 p.m. with family friend Winston Collier assisting.
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Courtland
Spring Creek
Here
Lawrence County
Dan Ligon
Raymond Eskridge
Waters St
Dena Faye Eskridge
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DAILY
Richard Lee
John Smithers Jr
Mary Love Eyster
Curtis Sellers
Wert
Cyma
Ed Simmons
Vernon L. Wilson
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