Belle Mina Mansion Nominated for National Register in Spur Battle
The Alabama Historical Commission nominated the Belle Mina estate, built 1826 by Thomas Bibb, to the National Register of Historic Places amid plans for an Huntsville interstate spur. The Bowleses restored the home with owners’ cooperation. A public hearing on routing is slated for next month.
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Lee Sentellin
Belle Mina
Alabama Historical Commission
Alabama
Washington
Commission
Thomas Bowles
Thomas Bibb
William Wyatt Bibb
Bibb
Huntsville
Federal Highway Administration
Capitol
Richmond
Thomas Jefferson
Warner Floyd
Bowles
Morgan County Historical Preservation Society
Decatur
Douglas Fuller
Alabama Highway Department
Decatur fullback Scott Wagner aims for return in four weeks
Watching from the sidelines, Decatur fullback Scott Wagner, recovering from a broken fibula in his right leg suffered last week against Austin, expresses confidence he will return in four weeks as the Raiders beat Hartselle 27-7 on Thursday night.
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Decatur
Scott Wagner
Austin
Raiders
Hartselle
Wagner
Reorganization urged for regional health services bureau
Gov. George Wallace's cost control survey team calls for a state Department of Public Health reorganization to improve service and cut costs. A proposed regional health services bureau would handle sanitation inspection preventable diseases administration dental and maternal child health with eight regional health officers.
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Winford Turner
George Wallace
State Department of Public Health
Bureau of
All Four On Campaign Trail For First Time
In the 1972 presidential race all four major candidates campaign. Nixon heads to Texas for a Connally gala while Agnew defends Nixon against McGovern’s Vietnam critique in Chattanooga. McGovern to air televised fireside chats. Shriver campaigns in New York as McGovern tries to convey his message beyond partisan rallies.
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Texas
Spiro T. Agnew
South
George McGovern
Detroit
Sargent Shriver
New York
Agnew
McGovern
Vietnam
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South Dakota
Israel Considers Deeper Lebanon Patrols if Attacks Continue
Israeli authorities say regular patrols may extend 15 miles into Lebanon up to the Litani River if Beirut allows guerrillas to use the region to attack Israel. A two day Israeli raid penetrated 15 miles in places, driving guerrillas from the area as Lebanese army units moved in. A clash near a village 80 miles south of Beirut left two Lebanese soldiers and one guerrilla dead.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Fatahland
Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Litani
Cyprus
Nixon Favored To Win Re Election In Odds Market
James Snyder known as Nixon in betting circles says he is an 8 to 1 favorite to be reelected with odds around 20 to 1 in favor. He told a House subcommittee that he questions professional pollsters and favors a direct approach to predicting outcomes. He declined to reveal how fast odds rise.
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Washington
James Snyder
Nixon
House
Jimmy
Teen Drowns In Limestone
A 14 year old Elkmont High School student, Paul Douglas Lewis, drowned near Elkmont in Limestone County after falling from his father's fishing boat while they checked trot lines on the Elk River. The accident happened about 7 p.m. a half mile up river from Easter Ferry Bridge, four miles west of here. The father, who nearly drowned, said the boat sped up and overturned, throwing his son into the swift water as he tried to save him.
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Elkmont
Here
Limestone County
Ralph Padgett
Paul Douglas Lewis
William @. Lewis
Padgett
Elk River
Easter Ferry Bridge
Lewis
The
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Body of William Lewis Found In Elkmont Boat
A body identified as William Lewis from Elkmont was found in a boat with a towel wrapped around him. Authorities are investigating the death and awaiting autopsy results.
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William Lewis
Elkmont
Trammell Gets 11 Years For Tax Evasion
Former Alabama finance chief Seymore Trammell, once trusted aide to Gov. Wallace, is sentenced to 11 years total with four years to serve for federal income tax evasion related to about $22,000 in 1967 and 1968. Sentences run concurrently. an appeal bond of $25,000 is due.
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Montgomery
Ala
Seymore Trammell
George C. Wallace
Trammell
US District Court
Frank Johnson
Johnson
Wallace
Funds Sought For Beltline Four Lane Upgrade
The Alabama Highway Department will apply for federal funds to four lane Beltline Rd at a cost of 1 million dollars. Plans call for widening the southwestern bypass about 6.366 miles with a 230 foot right of way. State officials seek 9 million dollars matched by state funds. No construction start date is set. John Skinner led the planning effort and sought agency comments last month. The North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments contributed to the funding discussion.
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Alabama Highway Department
Urban Planning Office
Highway Department
Montgomery
Charles Gunthorp
John Skinner
Planning Bureau
North Central Alabama
Possible Black September kidnapping plot in London
Reports from informed sources say Scotland Yard and Israeli security officials suspect Black September may have formed a three to five man unit in London to target a senior Israeli Embassy member in retaliation for Monday's letter bombing. The FDA banned hexachlorophene in most cosmetics and OTC drugs due to brain damage risk to babies.
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Scotland Yard
Washington
The
Food and Drug Administration
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