Poet Chuck Ghigna Inspires Woodmeade Students With Verse
Chuck Ghigna a poet in the schools program visits Woodmeade Elementary and read with Decatur and Austin High Schoolers. He recounts his shift from baseball to writing and outlines how poetry can be learned through experience and reading widely.
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Chuck
Woodmeade
Decatur
Austin
National Endowment For the Arts
Jefferson County
Homewood
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Alabama State Council On the Arts and Humanities
National English Journal
Ernest Hemmingway
Red Cross
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Athens State College
Alabama A&m University
Wheeler Basin Regional
Association of University Women
Hartselle
Birmingham
T.V
Calendar of Community Meetings and Events
Calendar lists Parents Anonymous meeting from 7 to 9 pm with babysitters available at 355-8000, Wishful Diggers Garden Club at 9 30 am at 3415 Timberway SW, a talent and gong show at 7 30 pm at Tennessee Valley High School Hillsboro, a city reception for elderly citizens at City Hall 10 30 am to 4 30 pm on the 7th floor, Mental Health Coffee Day at McDonalds proceeds to Mental Health Association, and Single Adult Fellowship at 7 pm in First Baptist Church youth center Friday.
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Wishful Diggers Garden Club
Jack Arthur
Timberway
Tennessee Valley High School
Hillsboro
Bill Dukes
City Hall
First Baptist Church
Withdrawal discussed by Habib and Brown with Park Korea
In Seoul on Tuesday Under Secretary Habib and Joint Chiefs chair General Brown met President Park Chung Hee about phasing withdrawal of American ground troops over five years. They stressed continuing U.S. defense commitments to South Korea and Northeast Asia to reassure allies.
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Philip C. Habib
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Park Chung Hee
South Korea
Japan
United States
East Asia
Habib
Carter
Brown
America
Korean Peninsula
Northeast Asia
TVA plans two scrubbers costly and coal switch at Alabama plants
TVA outlines more than 100 million dollars in capital costs for two scrubber installations at Widow's Creek and Colbert plants plus over 30 million annually for operations. Low sulfur coal adds about 15 million yearly at Widow's Creek and 16 million at Colbert to meet standards while ongoing air quality efforts exceed 140 million dollars.
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Sheppeard
Widow’s Creek
Widow's Creek
Colbert
TVA
Alabama
James Darling
Office of Power
Wallace Beasley clashes with Wallace over utility policy and race vows
Wallace Beasley dismisses the governor's accusations as false and typical of his tactics. The lieutenant governor accuses Wallace of broken promises including caste preservation of segregation and says utilities funding shapes political support. Beasley blames Alabama Power for a $91 million PSC rate increase and asserts Whatley is a strong consumer advocate.
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Wallace
Alabama
Senate
Chris Whatley
Public Service Commission
Whatley
PSC
Alabama Power
George Wallace
Court crisis discussed in private talks with Gov Wallace
Beasley McCor quorum Torbert met with Gov George Wallace Tuesday to discuss the court crisis. Beasley said the talks were not very productive and voiced confidence judges will find a way out. Emergency relief would let the courts draw up to 9.9 million from the general fund to cover the current year. House measures seek to bolster the general fund by raising the oil severance tax.
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McCorquodale
Torbert
George C. Wallace
House
Senate
Multiple World News Items Include Prison Impasse and Nixon Interview
AP reports Washington State Penitentiary guards ended a 46 day lockup after fears of a riot, while Eric Sevareid plans to retire on November 30. Carter meets Fahd stressing U S backing for Israel, Nixon reflects on Frost interviews, and Dutch elections focus on unemployment and inflation amid hostage crises.
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LOS Angleles
Eric Sevareid
CBS News
Sevareid
CBS Evening News
Velva
N.D
Washington
Carter
Fahd
Saudi Arabia
United States
Israel
Middle East
Fathers win awards
National Father of the Year honors go to figures across fields including entertainer Jerry Stiller and jurist Leon Jaworski. Roy White urged balance with family, while Andrew Young was honored in absentia for Africa trip. Additional winners include James Broderick, James Schlesinger, John Chancellor, John Newcombe, and Albert Shanker.
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New York
Jerry Stiller
Amy
Leon Jaworski
Ted
Yankee
Roy White
Andrew Young
Africa
Amin Hooks
The
NAACP
James Broderick
Federal Energy
James Schlesinger
John Chancellor
John Newcombe
United Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
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Gen’ya
Shelby County
Parents Anonymous
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Armed Services Committee
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Harold Brown
London
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House of Commons
James Callaghan
London Daily Mail
Mail
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Richard Owen
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Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Begin
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West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
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Labor Party
Concorde
K International Airport
United States Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Kennedy
Mrs. Carter
Philadelphia
Rosalynn Carter
Commission On Mental Health
Jimmy
Philosphy
Austin High School
Mark Wright
Karen Halloway
Wright
Austinville United Methodist Church
Decatur Christian Women’s Club
Decatur Inn
Athens Middle School
Chapel Baptist Church
Corum Chapel
Rogersville
West
Commission
Burleson Mountain
Fleming
Williams
County Commission
Don Q
David Gantz
Nixon
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
David Frost
Justice Department
Spiro T. Agnew
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Anniston
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