City May Absorb Power Rate Boost
Electric Department Manager Dick Watkins said the city may hold the line against TVA’s anticipated rate increase for next year. He noted strong residential and industrial revenue could allow absorbing all or part of the rise, though the exact percentage remains undetermined. TVA confirmed the increase as it faces coal cost rises and antipollution spending, with a projected $33 yearly hike for the average family bill.
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Electric
Dick Watkins
TVA
Watkins
Tennessee
Wiley Bowers
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association
Chattanooga
Kissinger Stays Third Day in Paris Peace Talks
Henry Kissinger enters a third day of talks with North Vietnamese negotiators in Paris and visits French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann. White House aides say no substantive issues are discussed. observers see renewed pace in the Paris negotiations amid Thieu meetings in Saigon and Bunker talks.
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Jim Luther Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Maurice Schumann
Arthur K. Watson
U.S
France
Kissinger
Vietnam
Schumann
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
Washington
George McGovern
Bunker
Thieu
Nixon
Th. Thiet
See Kissinger
Two Area Soldiers Cleared In Death
Two Decatur area soldiers who were questioned for more than 12 hours in the slaying of a South Carolina highway patrolman were cleared but held on other charges by Georgia troopers. Larry W. Self and William Allred, picked up near Bremen after a nationwide alert, were found to have no part in the patrolman Roy O. Caffey’s death. They were booked on drug abuse charges and jailed in Haralson County.
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Winford Turner
Decatur Area
South Carolina
Georgia
Larry W. Self
Decatur
William Allred
Moulton
Bremen
Georgia State
Orangeburg
8.C
Villa Rica
State Highway Patrol
J. P. Strom
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Roy O. Caffey
Strom
Roy Revell
Haroldson County
Allan Lanham Wallace Dies
Allan Lanham Wallace 520 Line St NE died early today at Decatur General Hospital. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Decatur Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral Home directing. Born Flower Hill Lawrence County, son of Frances Foster Wallace and William Everett Wallace. He attended the University of Alabama. He retired after leaving the State Highway Department.
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Allan Lanham Wallace
Line St
State Highway Department
Decatur General Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Joe Walker
Decatur
Gunthorp
Flower Hill
Lawrence County
Frances Foster Wallace
William Everett Wallace
Wallace
University of Alabama
Allan
McGovern to Announce End to Vietnam War on TV
Sen George McGovern will speak on national television tonight to outline his plan to end the Vietnam War and predict that viewers will vote for the Democratic candidate on November 7. The report notes rival campaign events and reactions from Spiro Agnew and Sargent Shriver as the final four weeks of the race unfold. McGovern’s speech will be carried by CBS and other outlets at 7:30 p.m. EDT and repeated in other time zones.
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George McGovern
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Anaheim
Calif
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Teen Dies In Head On Collision Near School
In Opelika a 17 year old pupil riding in his brother’s car to school was killed when the car collided head on with a bus after the bus had unloaded its passengers. In Washington the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to sanction homosexual marriages for want of a substantial federal question.
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Opelika
Washington
Supreme Court
Assistant City Fire Chief Dies
Murry Degraffenried aged 59 died Monday in a local hospital after an illness. He served in the fire department for more than 23 years since 1949 and was one of four assistant fire chiefs. Funeral services were held at Gunthorp with Dr. A B VanArsdale officiating. burial was in Roselawn Cemetery. Degraffenried was a member of Elks Lodge 655 and Central Baptist Church. Pallbearers named J R Sharp Billy Nichols J C Jordan Millard Nelson Carl Sharp and A D Terry.
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Gunthorp
A. B. VanArsdale
Roselawn
J. R. Sharp
Billy Nichols
J. C. Jordan
Millard Nelson
Carl Sharp
A.D. Terry
Degraffenried
Elks Lodge
Central Baptist Church
Fire Department
Byron Vann
Pilots detail planned raids on North Vietnamese airfield
Five Navy pilots say their squadron joined at least three planned raids on Quang Lang airfield in December under protective reaction rules. They describe up to 20 aircraft taking part with some armed, while a reconnaissance plane photographed after strikes to justify the mission.
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Seymour M. Hersh
New York Times
Washington
Navy
United States
William T. Groepper
Senate
Quanglang
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
John D. Lavelle
Athens man charged with grand larceny over eggs theft
A 21-year-old Athens resident Donnie Allen Hill arrested by Limestone County authorities on grand larceny charges after allegedly stealing 90 dozen eggs from John Harlow Produce Co. Bond was set at $1,000.
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Athens
Limestone County
Donnie Allen Hill
Wheeler Sr
John Harlow Produce Co
Hill
Decatur Forecast Winners Take Cash In Grid Challenge
Vickie Shelton of 2116 Danville Rd and Roy Roberson of Hartselle tied for first in THE DECATUR DAILY Gridiron Forecast last week. Vickie chose $50 over Alabama football tickets, while Roberson won the tie and both earned their first forecast win.
Gridiron Winner Vickie Shelton Receives $50 Prize
Decatur resident Vickie Shelton received a $50 check from DAILY sports writer Larry Canterbury for winning last week's Gridiron Forecast. She was one of seven entrants who missed one game yet was closest to the tie breaking scores. Roy Roberson took second and won two tickets to the Alabama Florida game.
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Vickie Shelton
Danville Rd
Roy Roberson
Hartselle
Crimson Tide
Tuscaloos
Vickie
Roberson
Decatur Daily
Florida
Florida State
West Point High School
Courtland
Robert Bowers
Moulton
Judy Reed
Decatur
Modell Davis
Larry Smith
Gary Steadman
Georgia Tech
Auburn
DAILY
Larry Canterbury
Harry Rice Returning To Calhoun
Harry W. Rice, executive director of Point Mallard Park, will resign effective Nov. 1 to return to Calhoun Junior College as director of development. John Matthews will run the park until a new director is named, with interviews planned and consideration of candidates from other parks.
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Harry W. Rice
Point Mallard Park
Calhoun Junior College
Rice
Point Mallard
Leonard Hudson
John Matthews
Hudson
Matthews
Calhoun
Kelley
Georgia
Callaway Gardens
Harry
On This Date 1911 Sun Yat Sen Overthrows Manchu China
In 1911 Chinese revolutionaries led by Dr Sun Yat Sen toppled the Manchu Dynasty marking a pivotal political change. The note appears in a newspaper page listing sections and weather for the Tennessee Valley area with brief lines about weather and page references.
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Sun Yat-Sen
China
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Atlanta
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Ence
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Associated Press
Murry Degraffenried
Harry Rice
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