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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1966
Page
5
At Gateway Shopping Center Cookie the Cop and Benny Carle met kids and handed out photos ahead of the Shrine Circus coming to town Monday. They teased live elephants leopards and monkeys and urged youngsters to not miss the show.
City officials outlined 1965 achievements from the Gordon Dr overpass to a new city hall and library planning grants. 1966 efforts included grants for projects, employee training, road overpasses, a Park and Recreation warehouse, trash pickup, billboards removal, and a city hall library courthouse plan. Seven candidates vie for the seat succeeding Commissioner Wilson Morgan, with unknown identity until fall.
Athens civic and city leaders plan to recruit more physicians for Limestone County. Chamber of Commerce President Don Killen said a medical committee will assist hospitals and interested organizations, with letters and brochures to be sent to Southeast intern programs. Recruiting will focus on graduates completing internships in late June or early July, with ongoing contact through next July.
In Montgomery the Billy Don Franklin Boulden murder trial may extend for years despite a habeas corpus hearing before U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. If Johnson rules against Boulden, appeals to the Fifth Circuit and then the U.S. Supreme Court could follow, delaying execution and retrial. Attorneys Moore and Braswell vow to pursue all avenues to overturn the death sentence.
A bill in Alabama could permit personalized license tags with unique numbers symbols or badges for an extra $10 a year. If approved the plates would bear self designed marks and help fund tourist welcome centers along the state lines. The proposal hints at playful possibilities for notable figures and readers alike, with space for names and motifs.
Perspective notes Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. in full command as he admonishes a wakeful spectator during a habeas corpus trial of Billy Don Franklin Boulden. The piece also mentions Matchbook promotions, Charles Woods and a Conservation or Constitution Party idea, Elvis Presley and the Beatles, Mickey Mantle as a potential NBC sportscaster, Athens police vacancy and a rash of bad checks prompting a clerks clinic.
Editor's note introduces a series on Decatur and Morgan county street histories. The article details Austinville, a former town now part of Decatur, named for landowner W. L. Austin. It grew from a handful of houses in 1873, housed a grist mill and cotton gin, and was annexed in 1956. Austinville Road runs west from the L&N Railroad to Bradley Street at Willow Ave SW.
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