Wallace presses for North Alabama police academy plan
Governor Wallace orders LEPA to explore funding and a Calhoun County police training academy at Calhoun Junior College. LEAA officials in Atlanta and SEPA must assess possibilities as North Alabama leaders urge restoration of Calhoun funding after prior cuts. The plan faces state budget hurdles and a Montgomery rehearing next week.
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North Alabama Police Training Academy
Calhoun Junior College
Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Wallace
Harry Pennington
Pennington
LEPA
Robert G
Bo) Davis
Bob Harris
Decatur
Bobby Ray Jett
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
LEAA
Atlanta
Taylor Hardin
Calhoun
SEPA
Harris
Jacksonville State
University of Alabama At
North Alabama
Sen
David Cauthen
Cauthen
Montgomery
Jett
State survey urges $108 million annual savings plan
A January started cost control survey ordered by Gov. George Wallace recommends cutting $81 million in operating costs and adding $27 million in revenue without new taxes. It cites outdated practices and nonproductive work, calls for a continuing cost-cut evaluation and a talent inventory to reassign surplus staff.
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Winford Turner
Montgomery
George Wallace
Wallace
Sparta
Birmingham
Harry Brock
Ed Lowder
Alabama Farm Bureau
State Highway Department singled out in cost study
The Governor's Cost Survey highlights the State Highway Department as the hardest hit agency in a 178 page report. It recommends restructuring including a management science bureau to save about 5.12 million annually and expands the chain of command to four assistant directors.
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Winford Turner
Montgomery
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Management Science Bureau
Magellan Sets Sail on Global Voyage from Spain in 1519
On this date in 1519 the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan departed from Spain pursuing a western route to the Indies. Weather notes mention a 20 percent rain chance today rising to 30 percent Thursday with highs in the upper 80s and lows near mid 60s.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Spain
Indies
Speck must be resentenced by Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Supreme Court orders Richard Speck to be resentenced for his 1966 murder of eight nurses in Chicago. The ruling comes as appeals and legal action continue over the high profile case that shocked the nation.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Chicago
Lee Seeks Police Oversight in City Administration Plans
Newly elected councilman Richard Lee requests supervision of the police department with no expected personnel changes. Byron Vann is open to supervising any department. Mayor-elect Russell Bolding aims to finalize governance plans by week’s end as the new council prepares for its Oct. 2 meeting.
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Ben Windham
Russell Bolding
Richard Lee
Lee
Byron Vann
Vann
Gunthorp
Charles Martin
Bill Levin
Rutledge Thomas
Bolding
A. J. Coleman
Freeze on Library Books Hits Area Schools
President Nixon vetoes an educational appropriations bill delaying Title Two library services Act funds and Title Three National Defense Education Act support. Districts face a year of uncertainty and hardship as federal funding for science instruction and other programs stalls.
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Nixon
S. P. Marland Jr
Marland
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