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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
8
MOBILE AP Grocery prices rise and so should wages for city civil service employees and day laborers. Commissioner Lambert C Mims proposed a blanket increase effective Oct 1 with final action delayed until Mayor Langan's return. About 1650 workers would be affected as the commission plans budget cuts to fund the raise.
George Riedmueller resigns as Decatur station manager effective Sept 1 to enter public relations in Arkansas. Donald W. Pressnell, 31, chief agent at Huntsville, succeeds him. Pressnell, Athens High School graduate and Limestone County native, is married with three children and previously worked six years with Southern Airways. Jack B. Shaw calls the assignment a great asset to Decatur airport.
The Athens Limestone County Chamber of Commerce and downtown merchants announced leasing two off street parking lots to aid shoppers. One lot sits at S Marion and Green Streets, the other behind the Ritz Theater on Hobbs Street. The lots will be open next Thursday and accommodate more than 100 cars.
SPEIGNER Ala AP Only two of the 10 young prisoners who fled Draper Correctional Center remain free Harold Grossnickle 23 and Michael Lynn Warren 19 The rest were recaptured within 24 hours Three fugitives were caught late Thursday as Norman Ussery and an officer spotted Robert Maurice St John 18 and Billy Wayne Hickman 17 near Draper Patton 21 was captured in Coosa County near Rockford The others were nabbed near the prison or Wetumpka Carabella Harville Densmore Helms Reeves were listed Among those free Warren broad embezzlement and Densmore robbery The wardens said the escapees were not dangerous
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