City approves $1 million road and drainage program
City council endorses a $1 million street and drainage improvement plan to be funded from revenue sharing on a project by project basis. It also approves six tennis courts for the Almon Center, funds for a Point Mallard Park miniature golf course, riot helmets and mace canisters for the police after a disturbance at Ogle Stadium, and an ordinance to ban trains from blocking city streets for undue durations.
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T. C. Almon Center
Point Mallard Park
Ogle Stadium
Rutledge Thomas
Constitution Signed In Philadelphia On This Date 1787
On this date in 1787 the United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The item notes weather outlook with highs in the mid 80s and upper 70s for Tuesday, with a 20 percent chance of rain today and 30 percent tonight serving as a local weather detail.
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Philadelphia
Rain and Football Spoil Jaycee Fair Records at Morgan County
A rainy Thursday and football clashes hurt attendance and revenue at the Decatur Jaycees Morgan County Fair. Chairman James Haver cautioned totals will be down, with Saturday’s Children's Day offering some relief. Miss Colbert was crowned Fairest of the Fair, ahead of Sherry Sexton and Sherri Rogers, while traffic concerns and a city street-improvement package totaling 1,066,852 drew attention for future plans.
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Decatur Jaycees
Morgan County Fair
James Haver
Haver
Morgan County
Lawrence
Limestone
Carol Colbert
Sherry Sexton
Limestone County
Sherri Rogers
Lawrence County
Miss Colbert
Morgan County High School
Guy Colbert
Diane Collins
Tve
Segretti to plead guilty in 1972 Florida primary case
Political agent Donald H. Segretti agreed to plead guilty to an expanded indictment charging him with violating federal election laws during the 1972 Florida Democratic presidential primary, in Washington AP reporting. The same dispatch notes the Justice Department weighing sending findings from a Maryland graft probe on Vice President Spiro T. Agnew to the House, and an IBM verdict in Tulsa.
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Washington
Donald H. Segretti
Florida
Justice Department
Mrayland
Spiro T. Agnew
House of Representatives
Rogersville Man Dies In Alabama 20 Mishap
A Rogersville man died and another was seriously injured in a one car accident on Alabama 20 late Sunday near the Rogersville area. The crash occurred on the highway as a single vehicle left the roadway. Authorities investigated the cause and fate of the vehicle and its occupants.
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Rogersville
Alabama
Butler
Alabama 20
The
Fatal Rogersville crash claims Butler on curve
State troopers report Ernest Robert Butler 39 of Rogersville died when his car left a curve and struck a telephone pole. Butler died at Decatur General Hospital after AAA transport. Passenger Redford Owen Callier 25 of Madison was injured and moved to Huntsville Hospital in critical condition.
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Morgan-Lawrence
D. W. Jenkins
Ernest Robert Butler
Rogersville
Butler
Decatur General Hospital
AAA South End Ambulance Service
Decatur
Redford Owen Callier
Madison
Decatur General
Huntsville Hospital
Callier
Junkins
Shortage Of Milk Reported In State
A milk shortage across the state is blamed on dairy cows producing below demand. Albert Geiss, president of the Alabama Dairy Products Association and Barber's Milk in Birmingham, says producers are seeking milk nationwide. Pet Milk Co. in Decatur declined to comment. The Associated Milk Producers of Alabama says it is examining sources outside the state. The Alabama Dairy Commission said it is not aware of the situation.
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Alabama Dairy Products Association
Albert Geiss
Barber’s Milk
Birmingham
Barbers
Pet Milk Co
Decatur
Jack Wells
Pet
6Th Ave
Morgan, Lawrence
Cullman
Madison
Colbert
Associated Milk Producers of
Alabama
Richard Trawick
Coop
Montgomery
Alabama Dairy Commission
FDA to Keep Some Drug Recalls Secret
Washington AP reports the Food and Drug Administration will sometimes keep recalls of certain defective medical devices and drugs secret to avoid public panic. Officials say decisions will be case by case and may delay public warnings or removals from the market for weeks or months.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Thomas W. Brown
Brown
NASA hydrogen system eyed to meet auto emission limits
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory develops a hydrogen additive system to meet federal auto emission standards. Lab tests show promise but practical trials due in two months. Two Chevrolet Impalas modified for research, with $600,000 funding in six months and potential $4 million total cost to reach 1976 77 standards.
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New York Times News Service
New York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space Agency
Jet
William H. Pickering
Pickering
J.P.L
Jack Rupe
Corrill
Pasadena
J.P_L
Detroit
Auto Capital
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Mary Carter
Stone Lumber Co
Bill Levin
Tulsa Okla
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Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Billy Smith
New Orleans
Geiss
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