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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
2
Sam Hammons started The Gate, a Friday night youth coffee house at 19 West Moulton St. in Decatur. The church backed venue hosts folk and rock acts plus silent films, drawing 20 to 100 teens from church and secular backgrounds each week.
Inside Lucianne Wood and peers praise a local coffee house for reaching non churchgoers and easing stress. Beth Flippo notes it helps young people meet non Christian peers and offers support during exams. Rosemary Baites calls the venue welcoming and positive in a Christian atmosphere. Separately, Birmingham doctor Gus Prosch Jr. faces Federal Gun Control Act charges. his trial was moved from Birmingham to an unknown venue by Judge Clarence Allgood with a November expectation and no set date.
Jerry Jones and Wayne Bennett both 17 sustained injuries Sunday night when their car struck a railroad loading dock and penetrated the engine on S Railroad Street. They received treatment at Hartselle Hospital according to the ambulance service.
Six persons were charged with violation of the prohibition law after weekend raids in Lawrence County. Names include Willie Smith of Town Creek, Fred Thompson of Moulton, Donnie G. Cowart of Trinity, Andrew McCline of Courtland, and Charlie Hill of Hillsboro, each released on $300 bonds. Arrests were by Lawrence County deputies with Alabama Beverage Control agents.
Council votes planned for 7 p.m. at city hall to award a front end loader bid for the sanitation department. Councilman Bill Dukes says another bid for 25 additional garbage containers will also be decided, with the rest of the meeting labeled routine city business.
In Montgomery the Senate Finance Committee was recalled from weekend recess to tackle administration revenue bills funding a new highway program. House measures would yield about 12.5 million dollars yearly for a 135 million bond, but the Senate may trim funding. A four member study panel weighs a around 100 million bond option. The governor seeks higher truck tag and fuel taxes to raise funds while the House trims, and education and mental health budgets face withholdings to finance trooper hires and pensions.
In Decatur the United Cerebral Palsy residential fund drive runs tonight with 748 volunteers aiming to raise 3000 dollars. The two week county campaign includes business canvassing and civic group appeals. An open house at the Cerebral Palsy Developmental Day Care Center drew about 40 visitors hosted by Pilot Club emphasizing private funding. Twenty five percent of proceeds will support a national research program to curb the disorder.
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