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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1975

Page

3

Congressmen Tour Europe for NATO Paris Air Show and Joes

At least 49 members of Congress will travel to Europe during the Memorial Day recess on Pentagon backed trips. They visit NATO facilities Paris air show and study treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union and prison systems in Sweden and Holland. Travel expenses total with per diems and spouse costs. Times and venues include Berlin Brussels Rome Naples Vienna Athens and the Azores.

Washington Congress Europe NATO Paris Pentagon House Berlin Brussels Rome Naples Vienna Athens Azores House International Relations Committee Dante B. Fascell D-Fla Robert J. Lagomarsino R-Calif Roman L. Hruska Rneb Clarence D. Long D-Md Edward I. Koch D-N.y Burt L. Talcott Edward T. Patten D-N.j Phil M. Landrum Dga Herman T. Schneebeli Rva Mark Andrews R-N.d Don H. Clausen del Clawson Robert B. Duncan D-Ore C.W Bill’” Young R-Fla Yvonne Brathwaite Burke D-Calif William N. Ketchum Trent Lott R-Miss Sen J. Bennett Johnston Jr D-La R-Ala Floyd D. Spence William J. Randall D-Mo Robin Beard R-Tenn Charles H. Wilson Dcalif Robert L. Leggett Marjorie S. Holt R-Md Richard C. White Dtex Abraham Karen Jr D-Tex Wayne L. Hays North Atlantic Assembly Judiciary Moscow Leningrad Kiev Joshua Eilberg D-Pa Christopher J. Dodd Dconn Elizabeth Holtzman Hamilton Fish Jr R-N.y Edward Mezvinsky Iowa London William O. Hungate James R. Mann D-S.c Martin A. Russo D-Ill Charles E. Wiggins Rcalif Henry J. Hyde R-Il Civil Liberties and Administration of Justice Sweden Holland U.S Robert W Kastenmeier D-Wis George E. Danielson Herman Badillo

Presidential fitness award winners at two elementary schools

Somerville Road Elementary and Austinville Elementary each honor students with presidential physical fitness awards. Front row names include Brian Askew Jim Smith Bill Comba Jennifer Howard Kim Brunner Maria Matthews and Teresa Marin Linda in second row. at Somerville Road front row Johnny Fagen David Crowe Gabe Jolly Jimmy Doran and second row Greg Davidson Darren Osborne Randy Humphries and Renee Fennell.

Austinville Brian Askew Jim Smith Bill Comba Jennifer Howard Kim Brunner Maria Matthews Teresa Marin Linda Somerville Road Elementary Front Row Johnny Fagen David Crowe Gabe Jolly Jimmy Doran Greg Davidson Darren Osborne Randy Humphries Renee Fennell

Huntsville Man Plans Appeal in Morgan County Murder Case

Billy Joe Moore, 28, convicted of first degree murder by a Morgan County Circuit jury, will appeal his life sentence for the February shooting death of Emmett Phillip Hillis. His attorney sought a mistrial and argued that key testimony from two prosecution witnesses, tied to Moore and co-defendant Anthony C. Baker, should be excluded as uncorroborated accomplice statements.

Huntsville Morgan County Billy Joe Moore Emmett Phillip Hillis Tom B. Coggin Dick Kempaner Moore Anthony C. Baker

Waste Paper Recycling Seen as Logical Disposal

Americans generate about 37 million tons of waste paper annually and see recycling as the most sensible disposal option. A national study by the Recycled Paperboard Division of the American Paper Institute highlights consumer preference for recycling over burning or landfilling.

New York Recycled Paperboard The American Paper Institute

Ford Foundation funds second recording program for American composers

The Ford Foundation announced a second recording publication program to broaden access to serious music by living American composers. It will allocate $400,000 over three years and contract with record companies to pay up to $15,000 per LP for recording costs.

New York Ford Foundation Foundation

Morgan County sets home rule and zoning as priorities

The Morgan County Commission named home rule and county wide zoning as top state legislative targets for the year at its meeting, urged by Speaker Joe McCorquodale. They also approved boards of equalization, six year county commissioner terms, and the 1975 ACCA program including an engineering trainee and tax and bid-law changes. A road project bid by Larry Terry was approved with state funding, and construction to start within 30 days. The panel delayed about 16000 for the North Central Alabama Mental Health Center until June 1 with groundbreaking planned June 16. County employees will be evaluated in August. A separate Lauderdale County prison escape spurred a search for two of six inmates using a sheet rope.

Morgan County Commission County Commission Joe McCorquodale Association of County Commissions of Alabama ACAA Commission Thornton Dick) Fleming Fleming ACCA Larry Terry Decatur Ryan Union Hill R. W. Abercrombie North Central Alabama Mental Health Center

Rose Garden Club Luncheon With Mrs Sivley

The Rose Garden Club will hold a luncheon with Mrs. W. E. Sivley at Piney Ridge in Somerville at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

Rose Garden Club W. E. Sivley Piney Ridge Somerville

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