Wallace study on Alabama state government could save billions
A 178 page report by a 46 member task force proposes 639 recommendations to overhaul Alabama state operations. It argues $85 million in annual savings and $27 million in added revenues with a $5 million reform cost, while noting potential elimination of some services such as private school funding and student transport. The authors caution reforms won’t happen overnight and attrition may reduce staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Warren King
Weather and River Forecast Summary
Friday night low 68. Friday high 81 at 2 pm. Today expect high in the low 80s and a low around 60s. Sunday also in the low 80s. Mostly cloudy with afternoon and evening thundershowers. Rain chances 60 percent today and tonight. 24 hour temperatures ending 8 pm Friday not listed.
UAH Sports Head Has Hands Full
Dennis Killips headed to the University of Alabama Huntsville as sports director to build a year round program including soccer basketball rowing and golf. He aims to raise intercollegiate status while preserving rowing and soccer success and plans to launch golf in spring under a scholarship program. He previously served as St. Bernard College official and did sports announcing in Pontiac Illinois.
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Huntsville
Dennis Killips
University of Alabama, Huntsville
Cullman’s St. Bernard College
Killips
UAH
Young University
Pontiac
III
Vanderbilt
UAH builds strong athletic push with rowers and soccer
UAH has risen in rowing by beating long standing programs and aims to be top in the south. The soccer program, started in 1971 by Dr Ostap Stromecky, revived after recruiting five Ukrainian players and nearly reaching the Orange Bowl. Plans include a new gymnasium and Union Building by 1975 and expanded basketball schedules and scholarships.
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Ostap Stromecky
UAH
Stromecky
Chicago Five
NCAA
Killips
Federal indictments in TVA Brown's Ferry payroll fraud case
Federal marshals seek individuals indicted by a grand jury on charges of falsifying payroll records at the Tennessee Valley Authority Brown's Ferry nuclear plant. The 87 indictments followed a three month FBI led inquiry into the payroll fraud scheme with limited money involved.
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Grand
Tennessee Valley Authority
Brown's Ferry
Clarence W. Allgood
FBI
Moulton Man Pleads Guilty and Local Trials Set
David Larry Martin 22 of Moulton pleaded guilty to transporting and probation was deferred in Morgan County Criminal Circuit Court before Judge R L Handley. Charges against Larry Dwight Cook and Charles Edward Wilson were forfeited with no bond. Gail Vileno 35 faces trial for first degree murder of her ex husband from April 14 1971 and Billy Joe Birdsong 19 awaits trial for assault with intent to murder.
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David Larry Martin
Moulton
Morgan County Criminal Circuit
R. L. Handley
Larry Dwight Cook
Somerville 1
Charles Edward Wilson
Moulton St
Gail Vileno
Sherwood Dr
Michael George Vileno
Huntsville
Vileno
Carport
Billy Joe Birdsong
Walnut St. NW
Coggin Ends Civil Term With Settlements
Circuit Judge Tom B. Coggin closed his first civil jury term Friday with 12 cases settled out of court. He prepares to start a new civil term Monday with a fresh docket, while settlements include Teague vs United American Insurance and Cross vs Coffield among seven related cases.
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Tom B. Coggin
Jethro B. Teague
United American Insurance
Martha Sue Cross
Larry David Coffield
Ellen Clark
John Stringer
Marie Stringer
Zora Partain
Harold Lee Smith
Et al
George Partain
Police Probe River Incident in Decatur
Police investigate a possible jumper from Keller Memorial Bridge after a man reported hearing a splash and seeing a woman in knee deep water. Witnesses later recalled talking to a wet-clad woman near the bridge, but no one has been found.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Jerry Collins
Bedford Dr
Collins
Wayne Collins
Martin St
Seventeen Morgan County cases heard in nonjury court
Judge C Bennett McRae presided over seventeen Morgan County nonjury cases Friday. Included were assault with a deadly weapon dismissed on costs. Manuel Lowery 38 Cullman 3 faced assault and battery and sought a jury trial. Randy Puckett Hartselle indecent exposure dismissed for witness no show. David Stover 23 Hartselle pleaded guilty to assault and received 30 days sentence and 60 days probation. Roan Bradley 33 Hartselle continued in court.
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Morgan County
C. Bennett McRae
Manuel Lowery
Cullman
Randy Puckett
Hartselle
David Stover
Roan Bradley
Philippine leader survives assassination attempt described
In Manila a group fired on an official car as it slowed near a subdivision corner. Presidential palace spokesmen offered no explanation while Enrile stated the assailants used a fast speeding car and opened fire.
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Enrile
Manila
Alabama banking partnership announced with expanded resources
Woods outlined conditions and earnings as a combined statement. He said the move adds 125 million dollars in resources and marks a new era in Alabama banking. The deal pairs two longtime community oriented corporations with 1.4 new shares for American National and one to one for First National of Decatur.
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Woods
Alabama
American National
First National of
Decatur
Commendation Letters Awarded For Students
Two Decatur High students, Taylor J. Coleman and Richard A. Thompson, were commended for high performance on the 1971 NMSQT. Coleman died in a July traffic accident near Columbia Tennessee. Thompson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Thompson.
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Decatur High
Taylor J. Coleman
Columbia
Tenn
Richard A. Thompson
Ray Worth
Young Coleman
Nacome
Huntsville
A. J. Coleman III
Quince Dr. SE
Coleman
Thompson
Joseph William Thompson
Cypress St. SE
United States
NMSC
Edward C. Smith
Tennessee plans river corridor to ship gulf to Midwest
Tennessee authorities propose allowing barge traffic from the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico at Mobile through a 10,000 mile waterway system to reach central Midwest markets.
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Nessee
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Midwest
Breakthrough shown in cancer treatment trials at three centers
Hanna, a 36 year old UT graduate, discusses a new cancer treatment tested at Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Hospital in Buffalo, UCLA, and a Paris project. He hopes it will be tested on many patients but cautions it is hard to say when it may become standard care.
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Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Hospital
Buffalo
N. Y
University of California At
Los Angeles
Paris
Hanna
University of Tennessee
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Decatur Daily
Serene Nee Coane
Decaturlabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
R. Shelton
Ren
Art Aidenen
Canisteen
Montgomery
Coggin
Philippines
John McBride
Boys Ranch
Decatur Jaycees
McBride
Rusty Hall
David Shaneyfelt
Rich Wiley
Sheriff’s Auxilliary
Athens
Limestone County
James Newby
Newby
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Madison County
Bill Baxley
Smith Lake Association
Drake
Decatur 5
Decatur General Hospital
Lena Mullican Pace
Betty St
Corrine Ave
Stripling Humble
6Th Ave. SE
Stripling
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