Micki Praises AAU. Diver Exhibits Spark Audience
Miss King lauded the National AAU during the Almon Center program and TV coverage as amateur athletics gain prestige. A national diving champion in disguise heckled her, then performed clown dives before serious dives from the 10-meter platform as Scouts applauded. The AAU national diving championship will be held at Decatur next summer.
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Miss King
AAU
Almon Center
Huntsville
Decatur
Skylab Rendezvous Mission Sets 28 Day Space Stay
Apollo commander Charles Conrad leads a crew aiming to reach Skylab 275 miles above Earth and 2 500 miles ahead, to dock and stay up to 28 days. They prepare three sunshades amid a crash program after a May 14 heat shield loss, with liftoff delayed 10 days.
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North Atlantic
Conrad
Apollo
Space Station
County Schools To Rebid For Gasoline Bids In Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Education will re-advertise for gasoline bids after two bidders Gulf Oil Co and J and J Oil Co failed to price gasoline. Bids listed lubricants and gear oils with no gasoline price. Standard Oil Co did not bid. Board delays decision 30 days to solicit more bids.
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Morgan County Board of Education
Gulf Oil Co
J. and
J Oil Co
Standard Oil Co
Board of Education
J—& J. Oil-Co
Harden and Son Co
Falkville 2
Huff Coal Co
Cumberland
Nixon presses secrecy at White House dinner speech
At a rain soaked state dinner for 1300 on the White House south lawn Nixon urged renewed bureaucratic responsibility and defended secrecy. He argued confidentiality is essential for peace initiatives and warned against congressional cuts to defense while stressing what must be kept confidential to achieve goals.
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State Department
White House
Nixon
China
Soviet Union
Hanoi
Washington
Watergate probes reach Mexico amid CIA activity fears
Gray said on Thursday the message was delivered and the FBI inquiry was halted for weeks. He added he spoke with Clark MacGregor, head of Nixon's reelection campaign, to tell Nixon Hal Deman’s orders were causing confusion.
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Mexico
CIA
Gray
FBI
Clark MacGregor
Nixon
Haldeman
Beecher Arraignment Set in Long-Running Murder Case
Johnny Daniel Beecher, 41, accused of murdering Jackson County housewife Martha Jane Chisenall in 1964, is slated for arraignment in Moulton. His prior convictions in Jackson and Cherokee counties were overturned by the U S Supreme Court for coercive confession practices.
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Moulton
Johnny Daniel Beecher
Jackson County
Beecher
U. S. Supreme Court
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Powell
Cherokee County
Jackson
Cherokee
Supreme Court
Mt. Meigs
Martha Jane Chisenall
Flights To Test Radiation Over Browns Ferry Plant
A small tan and white twin engine Bonanza will fly 300 to 500 feet above ground surveying a 25 mile square area centered on the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant along the Tennessee River. The mission maps natural terrestrial radiation for surrounding areas as part of an Atomic Energy Commission routine background program conducted by its regulatory and safety divisions. A Las Vegas firm conducts the survey under a special FAA air regulations waiver.
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Browns Ferry
Twin Beach
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee River
Division of Regulatory Operations
Division of Operational Safety
The
AEC
Las Vegas
Federal Aviation Administration
Canopies Panels Fall, Solar Array Debris Cleared
Debris from canopy panels that open to generate electricity is believed broken away entirely while another panel remains only partly deployed. Local teams use improvised tools to extract debris and retrieve the surviving solar panel. Hooks like those firefighters use, a pole mounted pruning tool, wirecutters, and other devices on a 10 foot pole are employed to fix and retrieve components.
Gulf superport sites eyed along southern coast
Monobuoys connect to shore storage tanks as a preliminary study lists possible sites at Panama City Pensacola Mobile Pascagoula Southwest Pass Bayou Lafourche Galveston Beaumont Freeport Corpus Christi. Mississippi and Alabama push Pascagoula Mobile while Louisiana Texas seek coastal sites. Governor Waller and Senator Noonan back eastern Gulf location. Rep Edwards touts a Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway link to move Gulf oil inland.
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Pensacola
Fla
Mobile-Pascagoula
Miss
Southwest Pass
Mississippi River
Bayou Lafourche
Louisiana
Galveston-Beaumont
Freeport
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Pascagoula-Mobile
Tennessee- Tombigbee
Gulf
Heart of America
Alabama-Mississippi
Parole Granted In Morgan Case
Charles Buddy Hefner has been granted parole by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Montgomery. Hefner was serving a three year sentence for conviction of grand larceny in Morgan County Circuit Court.
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Charles Buddy Hefner
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Montgomery
Hefner
Morgan County
Principals Named In Athens as School Officials Shuffled
The Athens Board of Education named two principals and one assistant principal. Ralph Brett moves from Julian Newman Elementary to Athens Elementary. Nancy Louise Leppard advances to principal at Julian Newman. Otis Gordon becomes second assistant principal at Athens High School as the district restructured grades. Fifth graders at Eastwood Elementary earn Governor's Awards in physical education.
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Nancarrow
George Nancarrow
Jerry Thomas
Cotaco
Thomas
Danville
Lester Wooten
Wooten
Morgan County
Lacey
Spring
Stephen Ca
Jimmy Randolph
Coosa County High School
Lockford
West Morgan High School
Athens
Athens Board of Education
Ralph Brett
Julian Newman
Athens Elementary
Nancy Louise Leppard
Otis Gordon
Brett
J. C. Chisholm
Limestone County
Eastwood Elementary School
Carla Seagle
Dawn Campbell
Betsy Dickens
David Shaw
New York Stock Exchange Selected Afternoon Prices
Albany AP reports NYSE listed prices with dozens of stocks including Alcoa Am Airlin AmCan and AT&T. The table shows last prices highs lows and percent changes for many companies across industries. The report highlights market activity in a volatile afternoon session with numerous large and small cap names moving in tandem.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Over the Counter Securities Prices Snapshot
Interdealer NASD quotations as of about 10 a.m. show interdealer prices with daily variation. The list includes numerous tickers such as Northrop, Norton, OklaGas, OlinCorp, Pfizer, PepsiCo, RCA, Xerox, and ZenithR with percentage changes and price levels across sectors.
Decatur Markets Report Mixed Commodity Prices
The Decatur markets show cotton and cottonseed prices alongside grains and milk quotes. Cottonseed at 40 per ton. Grade A milk 6.55 per hundred. milling wheat 2.80. corn 2.85. oats 0.90. soybeans 8.58. barley and other grains listed with varying prices.
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CocaCol
ColgPal
Katy Ind
St Sa
Kayserr
Sandrs Asso
SweiSan
ColGas
Kerrmg
ScherPlg
TomiSol
SCM Corp
Kraftco
Kresger
Kroger
LearSieg
Amle
Levitz Furn
LoewCp
Deere
la Delta Air
Dennys
DelEdis
Dillon
Disney W
Dow Chem
duPont
MGM
Gayeagh Texpla Sde
Textron
Agi Thiokol
Whatty Monsan
Thriftyd
TimeMir
MonPw
Timlin
MorNor
Nabisco
NatAirl
Laf Ual Inc
Ncashr
UMC Inc
Gay VelUniroyal
Unit Air
Junit
Natomas
NevPw
Genesco
GaPac
Gerber
Gettyo
Gillette
Goodrich
Goodyr
Grantw
Harris Int
HartHk
Hewick
Longwil
Idahop
Pacitg
PacPetrl
PanAm Air
Panep
Ty Pasco Inc
Penn Cent
PennDx
Penney
PaPwLt
Va Pennzoil
PepsiCo
Pfizer
PhilaEt
Questor
Revion
Reyind
Rockwil
Rydreys
Stroem
JonMan
Jonnihn
JonLog
JonLau
Jostens
Wall Street Stumbles After Rally Amid Dividend Control Doubt
The noon Dow Jones average fell about 150 points to 922.94 after a prior surge. Gainers outpaced losers by roughly two to one on the NYSE as analysts noted the Nixon administration would not ease controls on corporate dividend increases for now.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
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