Educators To Work Out Funding Plan In Alabama
A five member Senate subcommittee urged educators to devise a compromise to trim about 4 million from a 1.15 billion education appropriation. Budget officials raised revenue forecasts, and the panel sought a report after talks with state school Supt. Leroy Brown and Alabama Education Association leaders. House actions included highway weight increases and a 214 million highway budget, with bond issues totaling 207 million for schools and colleges. The education bill remains atop the Senate calendar as leaders promise fiscal restraint.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Leroy Brown
Paul R. Hubbert
Alabama Education Association
Education Study Commission
Commission On Higher Education
Finance and Taxation
Joe Fine
Franklin County
House
Highway Department
Rules Committee
George C. Wallace
Decatur Woman Earns Nursing Degree At UAB
Jeannette Feezel daughter of Mr and Mrs James M Feezel of Decatur received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in Birmingham She will work this summer as camp nurse at Camp Ponderosa near Mentone sponsored by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa
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Jeannette Feezel
James M. Feezel
Decatur
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Camp Ponderosa
Mentone
Tuscaloosa
Dilcy
Ann
University of Montevallo
Four Seek Judgeship for Morgan County Court Post
Aug 15 deadline for applications to Morgan County Justice Court Judgeship is set. Circuit Judge Newton Powell on the selection committee notes four applicants so far: Robert McWhorter Skip Barker Van Graves and Capt. John Williams retiring from the Highway Patrol. The law favors attorneys for first consideration but encourages all who wish to apply by Aug 15. Bob Milam resigns to focus full time on his law practice.
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Morgan County Justice Court
Newton Powell
Bob Milam
Robert McWhorter
Skip Barker
Decatur
van Graves
Hartselle
Highway Patrol
John Williams
Powell
Milam
Windham chronicled Alabama ghost lore as pioneering journalist
Kathryn Windham, the first woman police reporter in Alabama, pursued ghost stories, folklore, and recipes across the South. Her work blends journalism, personal interest, and family life as she documents regional legends and Georgia vs Alabama specters in notebooks and books.
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Kathryn Windham
Montgomery
Alabama
Wallace Said Popular In India
Gov George Wallace is very popular in India according to Sakti Prasad Patader a globe trotting bicyclist who met him in Calcutta. Patader plans a long journey across continents before returning to Sheoraphuli in 1975. His bike has traveled through 58 countries with parts from India Brazil Argentina the United States France and England.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
India
Calcutta
New York
John Lindsay
Kennedy
Sakti Prasad Patader
Wallace
Pete
Potader
Atlanta
Canada
Pacific
Japan
Zealand
Southeast Asia
Sheoraphuli
Zambia
Argentina
United States
Brazil
Inside By Linda Parham Reflects On Writing Life
The Selma Times Journal state editor recalls Linda Parham saying she never saw the whole story and feared the best newspaper man. Parham notes the discipline learned at Montgomery Journal, Birmingham News, and Selma Times-Journal while pursuing cookbooks, ghost tales, and a new Georgia specters collection.
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South Alabama
Montgomery
Montgomery Journal
Birmingham News
Treasury Department
Amasa Windham
Birmingham Age Herald
Selma Times Journal
Austin High cheerleaders win Sparkplug at Tennessee Tech clinic
Austin High School cheerleaders attended a week-long clinic at Tennessee Technological Institute and earned several awards including the Sparkplug. From left, first row Janet Wakefield Terri Teague Gayle Allen Janet Brothers Kim Scott. second row Melanie Copeland Lesa.
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Decatur High School
Ann Hendrix
Jeannie Dragoset
Angela Gresham
Austin High School
Tennessee Technological Institute
Janet Wakefield
Terri Teague
Gayle Allen
Janet Brothers
Kim Scott
Melanie Copeland
Lesa
Laundromat Damaged By Tuesday Fire
The Decatur Laundromat at 1406 6th Ave SE was slightly damaged by a Tuesday evening fire. Fire crews were notified at 6:40 p.m. and extinguished the blaze, with minor damage to the building and contents.
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Decatur
6Th Ave. SE
Rites Today For Mt. Brook Policeman
Funeral services were planned today for Mountain Brook policeman Fred Harp after he was shot while stopping a car for a traffic check. Four teenagers Adrian McCall Willie Jones Ronald Allison and Walter Allen face first degree murder charges. Birmingham police identified the youths and said three were captured near Harp’s car while a fourth surrendered hours later.
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Mountain Brook
Ala
Fred Harp
Birmingham
Adrian McCall
Willie Jones
Ronald Allison
Walter Allen
Harp
Alabama House backs 16 year service retirement bill
Alabama sheriffs would retire after 16 years with a pension under a bill passed by the House. Sen. Billy Melton told the Senate Judiciary Committee that current law allows suits for injury but not wrongful death from breach of warranty and proposed adding death. A Senate panel approved the measure, and Gov. Wallace's executive order on a state consumer protection office was also noted in the review. The Senate Finance and Taxation Committee approved a $500 bonus for Alabama men held captive in Southeast Asia, a measure already passed by the House and sponsored by Rep. Bert Bank.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Billy Melton
Conecuh County
Senate Judiciary Committee
Melton
George ©. Wallace
Fred Ray Lybrand
Calhoun County
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Southeast Asia
House
Rep
Bert Bank
Tuscaloosa
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Ghost and Goblins Book Club
Athens
Wheeler Basin
Finance Committee
Robert T. Wilson
Walker County
DHS
Lynne Russell
Courtney Leaverton
Lynn Patterson
Daily Photo
Selma-Times-Journal
Georgia
By Linda Parham
Nelson
Holley Brauer
Gayle Yarbrough
Necki Brothers
Beth Ellis
Mt. Brook
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