State Board approves plan to acquire Athens College
The State Board of Education votes 8 to 0 to pursue acquiring Athens College by declaration of intent with two conditions: state funding and terms for land buildings equipment and assets. Final agreement expected June 20 with transfer September 1. Rep. Tommy Carter and Sen. Albert McDonald praised for progress amid debts and asset liquidations.
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Tommy Stevenson
Montgomery
State Board of Education
Athens College
Harold Martin
Limestone County
Tommy Carter
Martin
Carter
Sidney Sandridge
Methodist
Limestone-Madison
Albert McDonald
Sandridge
United Methodist Church
House Approves Medicaid Funds In Alabama Budget Move
The Alabama House passed an emergency $9.6 million appropriation to keep Medicaid running through the fiscal year with no dissent and no debate. The measure now goes to the Senate as Gov. George Wallace pushes an $85 million transfer from the Special Education Trust Fund for Medicaid mental health prison and roads amid a looming budget fight. House committees also approved bills to abolish the State Ethics Commission and to restore ...
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Alabama House
Senate
George Wallace
Special Education Trust Fund
Wallace
House
Alabama
Meet-Confer bill debated by Alabama Senate panel
State Senate Education Committee hearings drew educators split on the proposed meet and confer bill. Decatur board member Jewell McWhorter opposed it while Dr Curtis Sellers signaled cautious support for the concept. The bill advanced 12 to 1, with Sen Albert McDonald abstaining.
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Montgomery
Senate Education Committee
Boards of Education
Decatur
Jewell McWhorter
Senate
Curtis Sellers
Senate Chamber
Decatur School
Byron Nelson
Decatur Education Association
Dean McMinn
AEA Uniserve District 2
Amy Burks
Limestone County
Albert McDonald
Athens Man Jailed On Kidnaping Charge
A 34 year old Athens man Robert Maxwell is jailed without bond on kidnapping charges after allegedly abducting off duty Athens officer Lee Kennemer and his ex wife Cozie Ann Maxwell. The incident began near Wiggins Cab Co with a gun point take over, hostages held for four hours and a surrounding standoff. A preliminary hearing is set for June 6 in Limestone County Superior Court and bond was to be set today.
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Athens
Robert Maxwell
Limestone County
Sonny Turner
M.W
Buddy) Evans
Cozie Ann Maxwell
Evans
Lee Kennemer
Wiggins
Browns Ferry St
Kennemer
Maxwell
Limestone County Superior Court
Turks Capture Constantinople Ending Byzantine Era
In 1453 Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks marking the end of the Byzantine Empire and is cited by historians as the close of the Middle Ages.
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Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
Weather Adette Athens Valley Forecast
Quick weather note for Athens shows high near 80 today and Friday, low tonight in the upper 60s, with rain chances at 80 percent today and Friday and 40 percent tonight. Complete weather map river page A 2. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Tennessee Valley
Reunited Bryce Residents Visit Friendway House Ahead of Release
About 30 Bryce Hospital residents from Tuscaloosa toured Decatur's Friendway House on Somerville Road to see post release living options. The visit, hosted by the Morgan County Association for Mental Health, aimed to ease fears about stepping from an institution to independent life and showed how the halfway house supports years of institutionalization.
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Angie Kirk
Yellow House
Somerville Road
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Friendway House
Bryce
Edna Earle Eich
Morgan County Association For Mental Health
North Central Alabama Mental Health Center
Portugal Cracks Down on MRPP Leftists in Lisbon and Coimbra
In a crackdown by Portugal's leftist military government, MRPP members were arrested in Lisbon and Coimbra amid accusations of falsely revolutionary activity and threats to internal security. The regime had barred MRPP from the constitutional assembly election a month earlier and faces questions about other far left groups.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Coimbra
Movement For
Party of the Proletariat
MRPP
Constitutional Assembly
Party
U.S
Communist Party
June 6 Named Sparkman Day Proclaimed in Huntsville
Huntsville officials proclaimed June 6 as John Sparkman Day in honor of the senator’s long service and achievements. A testimonial dinner at the Von Braun Civic Center will feature Sen. Birch Bayh as speaker, with the proclamation observing Sparkman’s legacy.
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Huntsville
John Sparkman
Joe Davis
Madison County
James Record
Morgan County
von Braun Civic Center
Birch Bayh
Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Ford Seeks Cyprus Accord During European Trip
President Ford pursued a Cyprus settlement through separate talks with Greek Premier Constantine Caramanlis and Turkish Premier Suleyman Demirel in Brussels. Officials said no immediate progress, with further discussions and Kissinger talks planned to encourage U.S. aid to Turkey and groundwork for a settlement ahead of NATO meetings.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ford
Cyprus
U.S
Greece
Turkey
Arthur Hartman
Hartman
State Department
United States
Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
Luxembourg
Denmark
Portugal
NATO
Constantine Caramanlis
Suleyman Demirel
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mediterranean
House of Representatives
Teenage Killer Tired Of Life
A Brampton teen-ager killed two at Brampton Centennial Secondary School before shooting himself. Michael Slobodian, 16, acted to avenge teachers named in a suicide note directed to his family. he wounded 13 students, including the intended victim Margaret E. Wright, 25. The note cited revenge and listed two teachers. one name released.
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Brampton
Ont
Michael Slobodian
Brampton Centennial Secondary School
Toronto
John Slinger
Margaret E. Wright
Wright
William Teggart
Peel Regional Police
Teggart
Slobodian
Dana
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Lovelace Plumbing Contractors Inc
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Salvation Army Board
Otto Nebrig
Right. Fund
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