Highway Director Resigns Over Campaign Donation Pressure
W Guerry Pruett the State Highway Department Director resigns after reportedly refusing to give 1500 to Governor George Wallace s presidential campaign He said he no longer wishes to be associated with the administration in any capacity Sources say the resignation followed his decision not to attend a Wallace fundraiser at the Governor s Mansion where donors were asked to give 1500 Many department heads and Alabama businessmen attended the dinner but some refused to donate and more resignations were anticipated within days See HIGHWAY On Page A-6
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Montgomery
W. Guerry Pruett
George Wallace
Pruett
Wallace
Department
Alabama
Hardin
Meat Prices To Fall Says Executives After Meeting
Washington AP executives from leading food chains after a two hour session with Treasury and Agriculture secretaries and members of the President’s economic panel said meat prices will decline in coming weeks due to market forces, not government action. They forecast prices to recede toward last year’s freeze levels as carcass beef prices drop. Weekly price reports to government were agreed.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Connally
William Mitchell
Safeway Stores
Mitchell
Wilbur—Mills
House
Ways and Means
Six Killed and Eleven Hurt in Bridgewater Fire
Six people were killed and 11 injured when a chain reaction of explosions and fire hit the Interstate Pyrotechnics Corp plant in Bridgewater Massachusetts. Deputy Chief Arthur Joyce reported six bodies recovered from the rubble of the wooden buildings.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Arthur Joyce
Interstate Pyrotechnics Corp
Rain and storms sweep the Southeast with weekend clearing
A slow-moving cold front and a developing low in the Gulf bring rain and thundershowers across the Southeast tonight and Friday with 50 to 70 percent chances. Cooler air settles in, highs near 50, then clearing skies for an Easter weekend.
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Turkiye Raid: Ten Terrorists Dead as Ammunition Explodes
In Niksar Turkey ten terrorists and three abductees including one Canadian and two British radar technicians died when explosions rocked a mountain village house surrounded by Turkish troops. The incident follows a police or military operation in the area. In Alabama the Supreme Court ruled optometry is not a learned profession, allowing a commercial optical store to employ an optometrist.
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Niksar
Turkey
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Boa Finds New Home
A Decatur Daily classified ad Friday drew 25 phone calls and about 75 in-person visits for a remarkable sale. A foot-long five month-old boa constrictor owned by the Amos Burnette family was bought by Lin Moses, a former Special Forces member who once owned a 17-foot boa captured in Central America. He notes his love of snakes and recalls a Panama jungle boa weighing 210 pounds. The huge reptile went to a zoo in Panama, and Moses kept two smaller snakes that later died.
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Amos Burnette
Lin Moses
Special Forces
Central America
Moses
Panama
Clean Water Bill Okayed by House
Rep. Bob Jones leads approval of a 200 page water quality bill by a 378 to 14 vote. The environmental measure seeks to end pollutant discharges by 1985 and protect fish shellfish wildlife by 1981 amid extensive hearings and committee review.
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Washington
Bob Jones
House of Representatives
House
Rep. Jones
Teens Line Up To Give Blood At Austin High
About 20 of 35 signed up 18-year-old students had gone through the donor line by 8 30 a m at Austin High School Bloodmobile visit. By noon 279 pints had been collected and organizers expected 1 000 units by 8 p m. The drive aims to meet Morgan County 4 195 pint quota by June 30 and support county hospitals for 12 months.
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Austin High School
Decatur High School
Jane Beasley
Austin
Morgan County
Betwen
Decatur Daily
Red Cross
John T.collier
Morgan County Red Cross
Hospital Will Be Built by Firm Says Officials
About 30 Decatur physicians heard from Hospital Affiliates Inc of Nashville that a $4 million hospital will be built to replace Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. The facility likely will be on Beltline Road with a formal announcement to follow. The meeting aimed to quell concerns over two simultaneous hospital proposals and potential staff shortages and rising costs.
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Decatur
Hospital Affiliates, Inc—of
Nashville
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Ramada
Beltline
Decatur Daily
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Baugh- Wiley-Smith
Medical Park
On This Date 1842 Ether Anesthetic First Used
Ether was used for the first time as an anesthetic by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia, marking a milestone in medical history. This note appears in the Daily AA Calendar among sections like Comics Editorials and Obituaries.
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Crawford Long
Jefferson, Go
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Dracula
Austin High
Herb Baker
Howard Lamon
Lamon
19Th Ave
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Robert White
Abington
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WOKW
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