City Woman Dies After Car Mishap
A 16 year old Decatur woman Betty Jo Sanders died in Huntsville Hospital after being struck by a car on Alabama 20 near Hillsboro. She and five companions were hitch-hiking when a Tennessee woman driving a car from Lawrenceburg struck her. Police note skid marks show the striking car was not traveling fast. Sanders' funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown Service Funeral Home.
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Decatur
Huntsville Hospital
Alabama
Hillsboro
Betty Jo Sanders
5Th Ave. S.E
Brown Service Funeral Home
Evacuation of Americans from Laos Under Way
Eighteen Americans detained in Savannakhet for nine days were flown to Thailand aboard a U S Air Force plane. The transport includes 12 U S AID officials and families. The U S embassy announced a broader Laos evacuation by chartered Royal Air Lao jets starting Friday.
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Vientiane
Laos
Savannakhet
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Royal Air Lao
U.S. Agency For International Development
J. Corps
Udorn Air Base
U.S. Defense Attache
Pheng Phongsavan
Kissinger
Illness Delays Guntharp Trial
The second degree murder trial of former Mayor Charles E. Guntharp is postponed two months from June 16 to August 25 due to illness of a defense attorney. The case concerns the December 1973 shooting death of James F. Davis. Judge Tom B. Coggin noted agreement by the Attorney General’s and the district attorney’s offices. Guntharp is represented by Decatur lawyers Dan F. Nelson Robert Straub and Noble Russell who recently suffered a back injury.
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Charles E. Guntharp
Guntharp
James F. Davis
Tom B. Coggin
Bill Baxley
Gunthorp
Decatur
Dan F. Nelson
Robert Straub
Noble Russell
Train Derailment Near Rabat Leaves Dozens Dead
A derailed train at Sidi Yahia Du Gharb about 40 miles northeast of Rabat caused early reports of roughly 50 dead and more than 200 injured. The incident prompted emergency responses as details remained evolving.
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Rabat
Morocco
Sidi Yahia du Gharb
Tax Rebate Checks Keep County Green
Morgan County sees most tax rebate checks cashed for immediate spending as Uncle Sam’s rebate boosts local economy. Checks mailed about six weeks after late filers, with many going into checking accounts or cash. Some savings and loan payments noted, but most receipts head to cash registers.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Uncle Sam
Morgan County
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Birmingham
IRS
Joe Sims
First National Bank of
First Alabama Bank of Hartselle
Alton Bartlett
First State Bank of Decatur
Mark Custer
Citizens Bank of
Horace Broom
Your Opinion Letter to Decatur High Seniors
Mr and Mrs Patrick Forton thank Decatur High School seniors for flowers and kindness after their son Dale Forton's grave visit. They recall the meaningful memorial in the class annual and praise the graduates for bringing sunshine in dark days.
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Decatur High School
Dale
Patrick Forton
Harrison St. SE
Court removes ceiling on home loans interest
Alabama Supreme Court upholds Mini-Code power allowing real estate mortgage loans between $2,000 and $100,000 to bear up to 16 percent simple interest, overturning 8 percent usury ceiling. Justice Faulkner dissents, warning of unscrupulous lenders and lack of penalties under the Mini-Code.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
James Faulkner
Reneau Almon
Almon
Richard Jones
Jones
Faulkner
On This Day 1819 Savannah Ship Sets Sail Across Atlantic
The S S Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic setting out from Savannah Georgia toward Liverpool England. Highs today and Friday reach upper 80s with tonight in the mid 60s. Weather map and river page on A-2. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Savannah
Liverpool
England
Tennessee Valley
Decatur Schools Close For Summer After Exams
Decatur city schools completed exams and a full day for elementary and middle students while high schoolers finished tests. Friday is a workday for teachers as county schools observe a teacher workday with report cards to be handed out Friday morning.
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Morgan County
Decatur
County School Water Quality Questioned
Morgan County among 22 Alabama counties with some school drinking water contaminated or unsatisfactory. West Morgan East Lawrence engineers place Danville Eva and Neel on priority supply list due to well sources. Eva sample contaminated in March. Danville and Neel unsatisfactory from wells. state official unsure of current fixes. County Superintendent unavailable for comment.
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Ben Windham
Montgomery — Morgan
Alabama
State Health Department
Division of Public Water Supplies
West Morgan-East Lawrence
Danville
Eva
Neel
Joseph Downey
Downey
George Nancarrow
Pryor Calhoun Plans In Clash At Airfield
Calhoun Community College cannot expand across the southern end of Pryor Field runway, per Padgett and Dinning master study. The firm calls for amending Calhoun’s eastward expansion for safety with a 2 million dollar improvement plan by 1994 and notes airports are inherently dangerous.
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Calhoun Community College
Pryor Field
Padgett and Dinning
Montgomery
Calhoun
Pryor
Mercury in Pickwick fish below federal limit study finds
James Warr of the Alabama Water Improvement Commission reports Pickwick Reservoir fish have mercury under the .50 PPM safety limit. Samples from mile marker 210 on the Tennessee River west of Wilson Dam in 1974 averaged less than .50 PPM with predatory bass showing higher levels than scavengers due to feeding on smaller contaminated fish. Warr notes pattern species and size affect mercury and the reservoir has reopened.
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Pickwick Reservoir
James Warr
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
Warr
Tennessee River
Wilson Dam
Bass
Soybeans Overtake Cotton On Regional Farms Says Extension Leader
Morgan County Extension Chairman Charles Rutledge says 1975 cotton acreage will drop to about 10 000 acres from 15 000 30 000 usual, as soybeans and corn rise. He cites low cotton prices and high fertilizer costs driving shifts to beans and corn across Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties with total soybeans rising to about 35 000 acres and corn up to 15 000.
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Randy Quarles
Morgan County
Charles Rutledge
Rutledge
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Limestone County
D. L. Salter
Salter
Sam McClendon
Lawrence County
McClendon
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Washington
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Carl Albert
Ford
Robinson's Furniture
Downtown
Second Ave
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