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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1973
Page
9
Local educators, business and industrial leaders met with the Alabama advisory council at Austin High School to discuss aligning industry needs with student skills. Participants urged practical courses plus exploratory education, closer counselor collaboration, and better awareness of vocational training among employers.
Bandit the year old St Bernard uncovered two pint whiskey bottles buried in his Clatskanie Oregon yard. Local experts identified the liquid as moonshine and dated the makeshift samples to the 1930s based on bottle styles.
Eighty Pittsburg State College students completed a four day 103 mile cleanup along U S 69. They filled four 2 1 2 ton Army trucks and two two ton trailers with paper cans bottles and car parts. The National Guard contributed six men and six trucks and Pittsburg Plastic Corp donated bags.
Tom Atkeson, Wheeler Wildlife Refuge manager, warns the highly contagious duck enteritis may force drastic containment steps. He cites 80,000 ducks killed in a South Dakota outbreak and notes possible reductions in waterfowl congregations and local duck populations due to disease, flooding, and habitat pressures.
A contract worth 854064 dollars to dredge 20 miles of the Mata gorda Ship Channel was awarded. Col Nolan C Rhodes district engineer of the Corps of Engineers said the work will restore the channel to 38 feet deep and 200 feet wide, with about 4.3 million cubic yards of material to be removed.
A district staff news quiz from Edmonds School District exposes dangerous improper first aid guidance. Answers include rubbing a chest for fainting and wiggling limbs to test fractures while other items promote deadly or violent responses.
The Morgan County board of education will pursue closer ties with city schools to access operating funds after federal monies were impounded by the Nixon administration. Superintendent George Nancarrow cites revenue gaps and will provide library support to aid accreditation. The board also approved Eva School maintenance and a 1973-1974 calendar while weighing loss of federal funds.
Athens action reports a 40 year old Huntsville man William J. Halcomb charged by Limestone County authorities with transporting 53 cases of beer. He posted a $1000 bond. Sheriff M W Evans identified the suspect.
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