Fire Destroys Trailer Home in Neel Community
Mrs. Doris Campbell and her three children lost their rented mobile home on Iron Man Road in the Neel area when a sofa fire apparently started the blaze between 4 and 4:30 p.m. They are staying with relatives in Decatur as investigators search for a culprit seen fleeing in a red car.
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Doris Campbell
Iron Man Rd
Neel
Campbell
Flint Nursing Home
Decatur
LaDonna Lynn
Michael Shane
Jerry Wayne
Long
Hartselle
Starnes dissolves private planning firm amid ethics review
Alabama official Bill J. Starnes dissolved his private Southern International Planning and Development Inc. after the State Ethics Commission began examining a possible conflict of interest. Another ADO employee, Robert A. Geeter, was cleared of any ethics concerns.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Development Office
Bill J. Starnes
State Ethics Commission
Robert A. Geeter
Stames
Southern International Planning and Development Inc
Montgomery County
Open House At Courthouse in Morgan County
Morgan County hosts an open house for its new courthouse Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Past County Commission Chairman Guy Roberts will give opening remarks followed by former Gov. Albert P. Brewer. County officials judges and legislators participate. a courthouse history slideshow will be shown.
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Morgan County
County Commission
Guy Roberts
Albert P. Brewer
Civil Defense
Soviet Rocket Debris Falls in Montana from Cosmos 854
A Soviet Cosmos 854 rocket section descended over Washington state Idaho and Montana and likely burned up on reentry. Pentagon and NORAD tracked the object with radar and reported it was larger than typical debris though recovery has not occurred.
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Washington
Montana
Pentagon
U.S
Washington State
Idaho
Canadian
United States
North American Air Defense Command
Soviet Union
Cosmos
Court permits cropdust trial in Alabama case
Alabama Supreme Court ruled crop dusting is intrinsically dangerous to wildlife but not ultrahazardous. A landowner may sue for damages when pesticide sprayed on a neighbor’s land blows into his fish pond, if conditions make damage likely.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
South Alabama
Acadians banished from Nova Scotia in 1775
Five thousand Acadians were banished from Nova Scotia on this date in 1775. Weather notes list high today in mid 70s and low tonight in upper 40s with high Saturday in the upper 70s. Complete weather map and river page on page 2.
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Nova Scotia
TVA To Control Smoke At Plant
The Tennessee Valley Authority agrees to install air pollution controls at the Widow's Creek plant in North Alabama to meet state laws. A consent judgment extends the deadline to end of 1977 with six of seven uncontrolled units limited to emergencies. emissions reduced by about one third. Construction costs to TVA customers.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Widow’s Creek
Alabama
Bill Baxley
Jackson County
U. S
J. Foy Gunn Jr
Birmingham
Baley
TVA
Baxley
Widows Creek
Wallace's wife tapes bedroom calls cited in divorce talk
The Montgomery Advertiser, citing reliable sources, reports Mrs. Wallace taped his bedroom conversations after learning of alleged surveillance. The governor acknowledged the taping device as a domestic matter and said tapes were destroyed, as Wallace and his wife appeared briefly at a Carter reception.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Wallaces
Rosalynn Carter
Jimmy Carter
Billie Joe Camp
Planes Collide Over Yugoslavia Killing 176
A British airliner and a Yugoslav charter jet collided at 35 000 feet near Zagreb killing all 176 aboard. Witnesses described burned wreckage and scattered bodies and luggage as emergency crews searched. Passengers included West German tourists with some Americans and Turkish nationals reported aboard.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
British Airways
New York
London
Adriatic
Congress poised to approve broad tax bill next week
The measure would extend current 15 billion dollar annual tax cuts through next year, benefiting a typical family of four earning 15 000 dollars. The bill also covers various tax changes from child care to death.
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Washington
Ford
Senate House
Lawrence parents hire lawyer to enforce desegregation plan
A group of Lawrence County parents has retained Gary C. Huckaby to file a federal suit demanding enforcement of the 1970 desegregation order. The action targets school zone lines set by Judge Sam C. Pointer Jr. and notes white students from Tennessee Valley attend various schools, including East Lawrence and Moulton, while Tennessee Valley is mainly black.
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Courtland
Lawrence County Board of Education
Lawrence County
Gary C. Huckaby
Huntsville
Board of Education
Birmingham
Sam C. Pointer Jr
M. J. Aday
Hillsboro
Aday
Tennessee Valley School
East Lawrence
Moulton
West Morgan School
Decatur High
Courses By Newspaper Will Resume On Sunday
Calhoun Community College in cooperation with The Decatur Daily offers a fall Courses by Newspaper program on oceans as a college credit option. The 16 article series features 13 marine experts and is coordinated by H William Menard of Scripps Institution. Enroll by contacting Jim Burr after 2 p.m. weekdays at 353 3102 ext. 248.
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Calhoun Community College
Decatur Daily
Jim Burr
H. William Menard
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
University Extension
University of California, San
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2Nd Ave
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City Council
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West Point
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Viking
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