London Steps In To Take Northern Ireland Control
The British government suspended home rule in Northern Ireland and assumed direct control for a year to pursue peace. Prime Minister Heath announced measures including eased internment and a broader Catholic voice, while William Whitelaw heads the new cabinet post for Northern Ireland with a local representative commission. Reaction was hostile, with fears of renewed violence as Ulster Protestants and IRA factions react to the takeover.
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London
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Northren Ireland
Edward Heath
Heath
House of Commons
Ulster
William Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Northren
Ireland
Faulkner
Stormont
Irish Republican Army
IRA
William Craig
Craig
Northern
Britain
No. 10
Downing St
Ex-Calhoun student among five nabbed in Huntsville marijuana seizure
Steven Allen Jewell, 20, a former Calhoun Junior College student, and four others were arrested after a small plane carrying more than 1000 pounds of marijuana landed near Huntsville. The contraband, bought from Jamaica, was valued over 500000. A sixth suspect fled.
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Huntsville
Calhoun Junior College
Steven Allen Jewell
Associated Press
Jewell
Decatur
Forney Dr
Jamaica
Florida
Johnny Bailey
Marietta
William Young
Steven Doyle
Roy Saravo
U. S
al Bowen
Birmingham
Holiday Inn Donates Cabana Rooms for Calhoun Police Academy
Holiday Inn Inc donates forty eight fully furnished cabana rooms valued at two hundred thousand dollars to Calhoun Junior College Police Academy. The six clusters will move from Holiday Inn S to a Calhoun campus site behind the rehabilitation center, via a transfer to the Calhoun Booster Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holiday Inn, Inc
Calhoun Junior College
Police Academy
Carlton Kelley
Holiday Inn S
Calhoun
Housing Plans Due April 25 For 100 Rural Rentals
The Regional Housing Authority invites proposals by April 25 to build 100 rental homes in rural Alabama with HUD guaranteeing full occupancy for 20 years. Projects totalling 30 units west of Hartselle, 15 near Town Creek, 15 near Courtland, and 40 in Cullman County would be financed by builders, with HUD paying full rents to qualifying residents through 1992. Proposals must describe site control and proximity to schools, shopping, and roads, with construction to begin by September 25.
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Lee Sentell
Regional Housing Authority
Guy Roberts
Authority
Hartselle
Town Creek
Courtland
Cullman County
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Housing Authority For Interior Maintenance
Roberts
North Central Alabama
Robert
Morgan County
Lawrence
Cullman
Holly Pond
Fairview
Housing Authority
14 CHEVROLETS WANTED in Decatur Daily Want Ad
Robert Wilson of 311 Mark Street SW sold his 1959 Chevrolet and drew 14 more inquiries. An ad urges readers to sell unused items quickly and highlights a 1959 Chevrolet Impala 2 door hardtop with air and no oil use, listed at 200 dollars. 3 lines for 10 days cost 4 dollars.
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Robert Wilson
Mark Street
Decatur Daily
Halted Construction on Decatur School Office Building
Decatur City School Board halted the $300000 central office project after tests showed 28 feet of unstable soil at the civic center site. Superintendent Dr. Curtis Sellers said foundation redesign with caissons may be required. completion could be delayed weeks from the Oct 15 target.
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Decatur City School Board
Curtis Sellers
City Hall
Tri-County
Sellers
Smith Service Corp
Decatur
Oak Park
Brookhaven
Austin High
On This Date In 1683 Rhode Island Purchased
A brief calendar entry notes that Rhode Island was purchased from the Indians in 1683. The page lists sections for classifieds, editorials, comics, obituaries, sports, and weather with a quick forecast of rain chances and temperatures for today and tonight.
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Tainment . Financial
Landers
Rhode Island
IPSCO Lands $1.2 Million Missile Tube Contract
IPSCO Fabricators of Decatur won a 1.2 million dollar contract from the Army Safeguard System Command Contracts Office in Huntsville to produce 122 Sprint missile launch tubes. The deal, awarded over nine rivals, requires delivery to Safeguard defense complexes in Montana and North Dakota with first shipments due May 1973 and final arrivals by September 1974. Other bidders included Chamberlain Manufacturing and Teledyne Neosho.
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Ipsco Fabricators of
Decatur
Army Safeguard System Command
Huntsville
IPSCO
Sqnalloy Corp
Spartenburg, Sc
Montana
North Dakota
Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp
Elmhurst
Ill
Horley Manufacturing Co
Warren, Mich
Longview Machine, _ Inc
Longview
Tex
Industrial
George Wallace Runs Hard In Wisconsin Amid Labor Clash
Alabama Governor George C Wallace campaigns in Wisconsin amid labor backlash fears over polls linking Wallace to Nixon. A Milwaukee rally and union visits aim to boost his image as a friend of labor. AFL CIO polls test Wallace strength before a potential anti Wallace campaign. In 1964 he carried 34 percent here in a two man race, with a single week to campaign this time.
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Washington Star
Milwaukee
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wisconsin
Wallace
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Oliver Quayle
Ron W. Schmidt
Schmidt
Florida
John Reynolds
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Michigan
Maryland
Daniel Brewster
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Frazier Agnew
Belfast
Young Unionists
Edward MacAteer
Mobile
Horn Island
Mississippi Sound
Coast Guard
Congers
N.Y
Penn Central
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
Richard G. Kleindienst
U.S
Macon Weaver
Decatur Continuation School
Holiday Inn
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Chevrolet
Dial
Athens
Tennessee Valley
George
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