Fruehauf announces 42 million plant expansion in Decatur
Fruehauf Corp plans a 42 million expansion to boost production of aluminum extrusions in Decatur. The 65 000 square foot addition will add a 3500 ton press and raise employment from 560 to 600 by fall 1973. The project will increase monthly finished extrusion capacity by about 1 5 million units and raise annual payroll by roughly 330 000. The company praises Decatur as an excellent location and notes the expansion surpasses the original 1958 investment.
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Lee Sentell
Fruehaus
Fruehauf
Fruehauf Corp
Athens cheerleader named Miss Limestone County at Morgan County Fair
Dinah Johnson, 16, of Athens High School, was chosen Miss Limestone County from six candidates at the Morgan County Fair. First runner up was Sherry Sexton, second runner up Bobbie Sue Hardin, both majorettes at Athens High. Johnson will represent Limestone County in the Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition pageant.
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Athens High School
Limestone County
Dinah Johnson
Tom E. Johnson
Sherry Sexton
Frank Joe Sexton
Bobbie Sue Hardin
Morgan County
Deborah Lawrence
Reta McSpadden
Joyce Houser
Pam Cook
Beth Turney
Albert P. Brewer
Alice Blair
West Morgan
Carol Colbert
Terri McGhee
Pattye Patterson
Sandra
Diane Collins
Decatur
Grand Ole Opry
Arel Albert
Wilma Lee
Stoney Cooper
On This Date 1901 McKinley Died Roosevelt Becomes President
On this date in 1901 President William McKinley died in Buffalo New York from gunshot wounds. Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president. Weather notes show a 20 percent rain chance late today and Friday with highs around 90 and lows near 65.
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William McKinley
Buffalo
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S.-Soviet trade pact progress reported in Moscow talks
The United States and the Soviet Union announced progress in drafting a broad trade agreement after Kissinger's meetings in Moscow. Officials said negotiations on a lend-lease settlement and the trade accord would continue in Washington in September with aims to finish soon, possibly ahead of Nixon's 1972 target.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Peter G. Peterson
Nixon
Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Decatur youth 19 dies from wreck injuries in Huntsville
David Loyd Ward 19 of 1823 Sherman St died in Huntsville Hospital after a Sept. 6 motorcycle collision at 8th St and 8th Ave SE in Decatur. Funeral set for Friday 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Hartselle with burial at Hartselle Cemetery. Ward married two weeks earlier.
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Decatur
Huntsville Hospital
David Loyd Ward
Sherman St
First Baptist Church
Hartselle
W. L. Carden
Thomas A Perkins
W. G. Ragsdale
Peck Funeral Home
Ward
8Th St
8Th Ave
Angela Ward
Bert Ward Jr
Glen Byrd
Carol Ward
Two Health Grants Approved For Morgan Lawrence Limestone Areas
BEN WINDHAM Washington Appalachian grants totaling 313 171 were approved for two health programs in Morgan Lawrence and Limestone counties. Project Rescue for the Retarded receives 250 860 dollars and Medical and Paramedical Student Recruitment Program gets 45 100 dollars. Public officials John Sparkman and Jim Allen and Rep. Bob Jones and Sons announced the awards. Project Rescue began in 1970 to aid mentally retarded persons and families through day care centers education and social programs to prevent institutionalization.
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Ben Windham
Washington
Appalachian
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone Counties
Bob Jones
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Won't Resign Says Stickney Refuses Board Ultimatum
Dr Stonewall Stickney Alabama mental health commissioner refuses 60 day resignation ultimatum from State Mental Health Board amid internal conflict and a federal reform mandate. Board chairman Dr Paul Burleson announced the call, saying a change in administration would aid the mentally ill and retarded of the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Stonewall Stickney
Alabama
Stickney
Paul Burleson
Trammell Jury Deliberating Tax Evasion Case in Alabama
In Montgomery the federal tax evasion trial of former State Finance Director Seymore Trammell enters deliberation. Separate items note a US-Russia arms talk stance and wheat sales to China. A Louis Harris poll shows Nixon leading McGovern by 63 to 29 percent with 46 to 40 percent views on a landslide victory.
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Montgomery, Ala
Seymore Trammell
New York
Nixon
George McGovern
Louis Harris
Hopalong Cassidy star William Boyd dies at 77
Hollywood reports that William Boyd known as Hopalong Cassidy died following battles with cancer and Parkinson's disease. The 77 year old actor entered a South Laguna Beach hospital shortly before his death from complications of Parkinson's and heart failure. Boyd used his fame to support children’s hospitals and founded Hoppy's Troopers promoting high ethics and clean living.
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Hollywood
Hopalong Cassidy
William Boyd
Boyd
Hoppy
Laguna Beach
Calif
Hoppy’s
Hopalong
Grace
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Chamber of Commerce
Council
Rutledge Thomas
Chamber
Lynn Fowler
Dick Ordway
Thomas
Fowler
Scott Parker
Moulton
Bobby Panda
Morgan County Fair
Herbert
Harold Parker
Don Donner
Athens
Limestone
Jaycees
Alabama Sheriffs’ Boys Ranch
Punkin Center
Bobby Herbert
Decature
Landers
Dial
Tennessee Valley
Teen
Obinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Ady
Kendal
Agriculture Department
U. S
China
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