Arrest Looms in Alabama Axe Murder Case
Lawrence County Sheriff Dan Ligon says an arrest will be made soon in the murder of Avis E. Cowan a 62 year old hospital maid found near an old well. Cowan was killed by strangulation an axe blow and 15 stab wounds with scissors after an intruder broke in and used her car to flee leaving a wind splattered Bible in a car left at a roadside. A local man who left the state is the primary suspect. authorities recovered a rope axe and scissors at the scene and a pistol believed to belong to the slayer was found in the house.
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Bill Cornwell
Moulton
Lawrence County
Dan Ligon
Avis E. Cowan
Alabama 157
Ligon
Decatur
Mrs. Cowan
Reynolds Pollut ion Control Push Faces Costs and Crises
Reynolds Metals executive argues mid 1970s pollution deadlines threaten living standards and national income. Tennessee River Valley Association meeting cites need for orderly, targeted controls. Esked energy policies demand careful, real energy planning to avoid shortages. A national review board for environment is proposed to temper standards and costs.
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Huntsville
America
Reynolds Metals Co
Tennessee River Valley Association
R.S. Reynolds Jr
Reynolds
National Review Board
Nelson
Nixon signs bill boosting veterans education benefits
Washington AP reports President Nixon signed a law raising college and high school benefits for veterans by more than 25 percent. Jerusalem AP notes Israeli explosive experts defused three letter bombs addressed to Nixon Rogers and Laird, police reported.
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Washington
Nixon
United Nations Seats Communist China 1971
On this date in 1971 the United Nations seated Communist China and expelled the Nationalist Chinese. A classified ad lists contact numbers for Athens and a quick weather note forecasts highs in the mid 50s and a low near 40 with a high near 60 on Thursday.
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United Nations
China
Decatur Man Recaptured After Escape From Ft. Payne Camp
Jimmy Roy Rodgers, 29, of Decatur, convicted of second degree murder in 1968, was recaptured in Birmingham after escaping Tuesday from a Ft. Payne convict camp. Authorities said Morgan County Sheriff John McBride tipped off Jefferson County officers, leading to Rodgers arrest around 10:30 a.m. He had claimed he did not know the rifle was loaded as the slaying victim, Tommy Nelson, was shot in his living room.
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Birmingham
Decatur
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
Ft. Payne
Jefferson County
Jimmy Roy Rodgers
Sheriff's Department
Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Rodgers
Mel Bailey
Tommy Nelson
1St St. SW
20th Parallel Limit For Bombing Attacks
U S fighter bombers operate only below the 20th parallel in a partial halt aimed at improving peace talks. B52s resume targeting supply caches in the panhandle while 100 limited strikes occur under the line. A navy ship experiences a fatal accident with four Americans killed and 22 injured.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Panhandle
20Th Parallel
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Nixon
Hanoi-Haiphong
Vietnam
da Nang
Decatur Daily Want Ads Offer Quick Results
Town Creek Athens Danville Hartselle urged to use Decatur Daily Want Ads for any need. Get results with 3 lines for 10 days at $4, dial now.
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Town Creek
Athens
Danville
Hartselle
Decatur Daily
Saigon Troops Taught Basic M 16 Practice in Vietnamization Review
U S Army instructors run a brief retraining program for the South Vietnamese Army highlighting basic flaws in aiming and firing the M 16 rifle and inferring that Vietnamization has not met expectations. Offhand failures in tactics and equipment use point to widespread deficiencies after heavy casualties and limited post basic training instruction.
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Joseph B. Treaster
New York Times News Service
Saigon
United States Army
Training overhaul expands as South Vietnamese units retrained
Exclusive details show high ranking officers conceding failures by government troops. A hush retraining program begun in May aims to reconstitute units including the Third Division which fled Quangtri City. By June about 40 percent of the South Vietnamese Army had joined the program with Australian and New Zealand mentors assisting Cambodians and Vietnamese troops.
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Quangtri City
Ip Mt Ce Ne
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Echols
Mearson Echols
Avis Cowan
Johnny Nesmith
Bob Nelson
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Huntsville-Decatur
R. 8. Reynolds, JR
Tennessee Valley
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Siar
James
Tho
Stratford Rd
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