Amoco defends pipeline route amid Indiana Decatur plant plan
Amoco spokesperson said the Indiana to Decatur pipeline will not be forced through property owners and could be rerouted. Paul Pavey of Standard Oil of Indiana spoke by phone from Chicago, noting the line would transport the chemical xylene.
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Lee Sentell
Indiana
Decatur
Amoco
Paul Pavey
Standard Oil of Indiana Company
Chicago
AMOCU
Roberts
Charles Martin
Dukes Proposes Staggered Terms For Mayor And Council
Mayor elect Bill Dukes calls for rotating elections with at least two council seats up every two years. He favors a system akin to Athens and Huntsville and would shorten runoff from five to three weeks. Dukes wants the mayor’s seat and two council posts to face voters together, with the other three seats up two years later.
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Paul Foreman
DAILY
Bill Dukes
Dukes
Athens
Huntsville
Ray Nixon
Decatur
Bingham Edwards
Tommy Ed
Martin
Legislative Reference Service
Max Patterson
Patterson
Missing Boy Found Crying Near Weiss Lake
A 3-year-old boy missing overnight was found sitting on a creek bank crying for his mother near Weiss Lake northeast of Cedar Bluff. About 80 rescue volunteers searched the wooded area around his home before he was located, apparently unharmed.
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Cedar Bluff
Ala
Jeffrey Hughes
Silas Hughes
Weiss Lake
Look Magazine to Cease Publication in 1971
On this date in 1971 Look magazine announced its closure due to rising postal and other costs and falling advertising revenue. The notice highlights financial pressures and loss of market share as reasons for ending its run.
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Landers
Cailcscces
Martha Ann’s
Look
Public Finds Foreign Policy Lacking Says Kissinger Aides
Five city town meetings with Kissinger aides plus surveys of 300 citizens each show a widespread view that U S diplomacy lacks idealism and moral content. Dissatisfaction centers on human rights, detente, covert actions, and domestic/n developing nation priorities. Meetings spanned Pittsburgh Portland San Francisco Milwaukee with TV Q&A and local leaders.
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Leslie H. Gelb
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
The
New York Times
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Kissinger
Moscow
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Episcopal bishops back era of female priests in church
In Minneapolis the House of Bishops voted to apply church law equally to men and women in ordination, a move opposed by the House of Deputies as it met for the Episcop al convention. The action signals potential end of the male only priesthood tradition.
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Minneapolis
Episcopal
House of Bishops
Episcopal Legislative Convention
House of Uties
Atlanta
America
Federal Center For Disease Control
Ford
Carter
Power Increases At Browns Ferry
The Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant nears full power for TVA as Unit Three reaches 20 percent and Unit One prepares start up tests. Units Two and Three have gradually increased output after a March 1975 fire, with all three set to reach full capacity by next year.
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Sonny Turner
Athens
Brown Ferry
TVA
Power Nion
Jim Green
Green
Wheeler
Guntersville
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
House Overrides Veto of Electric Car Bill
The House voted to override President Ford's veto of a 160 million dollar bill to promote research and development of electric cars. The measure aimed to advance vehicles powered by electricity rather than gasoline.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ford
Senate House
House Today
Energy Research and Development
Senate ethics panel drops Gulf money probe against Scott
The Senate ethics committee voted five to one to end further action against Hugh Scott and others tied to Gulf Corp campaign contributions. Edward Brooke opposed continuing the probe, and Curtis's motion to drop it passed. the decision moves to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Gulf Corp
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Edward Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
Welfare Surplus At $25.5 Million
Gov. George C. Wallace says Alabama's Pensions and Security Department will end the fiscal year with a 25.5 million dollar welfare surplus, up from 18.5 million. The surplus allows increased benefits and funds for the next year, with 1.75 million to be returned to the general fund. Factors include higher welfare revenue, a court victory over $750,000 sanctions, staff freezes saving costs, and more federal funds for administration.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
State Pensions and Security Department
Wallace
Elimination of pennies and half dollars proposed
A government funded study urges retiring the one cent coin by 1980 and replacing the half dollar with a smaller one dollar coin. The plan cites high minting costs and low spending use, while noting possible linguistic and political ripple effects from removing Abe Lincoln’s penny.
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U.S. Mint
Research Triangle Institute
Mint
Treasury Department
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