Blaze Destroys Downtown Courtland Shops
Fire that started in Parker's Grocery spread through a half block in Courtland injuring five departments and leaving Parker's Grocery Sims's General Merchandise Charles Smith Grocery and Lynn Baxton's Barber Shop destroyed. Firefighters from Decatur Moulton Town Creek and Leighton aided the effort with 30 to 35 on scene. The blaze caused 250 000 to 300 000 dollars in damages.
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Courtland
Parker
Decatur
Moulton
Town Creek
Leighton
Roy Coffey
Sims
General Merchandise
Tennessee St
Parker’s Grocery
Charles Smith Grocery
Lynn Baxton
Dollar Fluctuates on European Weekend Measures
European money markets opened after measures to curb dollar inflows and inflation. West Germany let the mark find its own level as traders hesitated to reconvert currencies. The dollar held steady in London and Paris but fell in Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands.
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Europe
Frankfurt
West Germany
London
Paris
Switzerland
Austria
Netherlands
Bundesbank
Nixon plan blocked as Mills rules out House vote
In Nashville AP reports Mills said the House will not vote on Nixon's $5 billion state revenue transfer with no strings. Chicago AP notes a judge denied a parole-motivating motion for Hoffa threatening his Teamsters leadership bid. Davis-Magee murder trial moves on as Lindsay disqualifies himself. A Seoul bus tragedy leaves at least 60 dead after a plunge into a reservoir. Retired Maj. Gen. Carl Turner receives a three year prison sentence for soliciting firearms from Chicago Police and keeping them.
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Nashville
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Nixon
Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Alexandria
Carl C. Turner
U.S. District Court
Chicago Police Department
Freedom Day Today Is Tax Freedom Day
The U S Chamber of Commerce calls Tax Freedom Day the first day in 1971 when a taxpayer works for himself rather than the government. Details appear on page 5 of the Decatur Daily.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Daily
Ogden marks completion of first transcontinental railroad
On this date in 1869 a golden spike was driven at Ogden Utah signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Boxed weather outlook shows 80 percent rain today 60 percent tonight and 70 percent Tuesday with highs near 81 and lows around 64.
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Ogden
Utah
Plans Being Made For Launch Of Mariner 9
Space Agency advances plans to launch Mariner 9 to Mars on May 18 after Mariner 8 failure. Engineers and rocket specialists probe the autopilot failure as investigators review signals from the Atlas Centaur rocket.
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Mariner 9
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Mariner
Mars
No Investigation Planned Into Massacre Allegation
SAIGON AP reports the U S Command plans no inquiry into allegations by former sergeant Danny Notley and five Vietnam women that Americal Division troops massacred 30 to 60 villagers in Truong Khanh in 1968 after a soldier was killed by a booby trap. Army officials in Washington have begun an inquiry after testimony to a congressional panel.
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Saigon
U.S
Americal Division
Congressional
Danny Spencer
Notley
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
Truong Khanh
11Th Infantry
Americal
Two Area Deaths From Plane Crash and Auto Incident
A plane crash near Arab in Cullman County killed Thurmond Maze 40 while his cousin James Maze 23 was hospitalized. In Limestone County, Billy S. Short 19 died after being struck by a car on Alabama 20 near Decatur. The FAA investigates the air crash. further details on Short’s death follow.
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Cullman
Limestone County
Cullman County
Orlin Buzbee
Thurmond Maze
Arab
Maze
Trinity
Billy S. Short
Alabama
Decatur
Dillard Feigley
James Maze
Huntsville Hospital
Federal Aviation Agency
Buzbee
Gober Funeral Home
Feigley
Merrill J. McRae
McRae
Short
Wallace Campaigns In Dallas Dinner Kickoff Tone
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace spoke at a Dallas appreciation dinner that resembled a campaign kickoff. About 1,200 supporters packed the event as his campaign fund grew by roughly $40,000 while he avoided committing to a 1972 bid.
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Martin Waldron
New York Times News Service
Dallas
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
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San Rafael
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Ruchell Magee
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Tennessee Valley
John Noble Wilford
Army
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Robinson Furniture’ Co
Town Ad. Ave
Morgan County Grand Jury
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Saravane
Laos
Quang
Ngai
Truong
Nhom
Vietnam
AAA
South End
Gordon Dr. SE
Bobby Herbert
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