Auburn graduate named assistant professor at Athens College
Donald Hudson, former Auburn University biology instructor, has been appointed assistant professor of biology at Athens College by President Dr Frank M Philpot. Hudson earned a 1966 Auburn bachelor's and a 1968 master's, and worked as a lab technician in Auburn's animal disease research unit.
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Athens
Auburn University
Donald Hudson
Athens College
Frank M. Philpot
Hudson
Auburn
Athens Library Project Faces Delays Without Federal Funds
Athens awaits a new administration as federal funds for 60 percent of a $250000 public library may not arrive before the current mayor and council term ends September 30. Mayor Robert Allen Tinnon and council members face a September 10 runoff and approvals hinge on Congressional action.
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Bob Dunnavant
Daily
Athens
Robert Allen Tinnon
Agnew
Tinnon
DeWitt Garrett
William
Bill) Smith
Salem moves to renew incorporation efforts in Salem area
Five year effort to incorporate Salem as Limestone County's sixth town was revived at West Limestone High School. Audie M. Christopher heads a three member committee with Claude Huber and Elbert Camp to survey city limits. About 200 residents live in the proposed area.
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Salem
Limestone County
West Limestone High School
Audie M. Christopher
Claude Huber
Elbert Camp
Wallace Steele
Elk River Development Association
Frank Turner
Jimmy Alexander
Alexander
Turner
Sugar Creek
Elk River
Steele
Shiflett Named Mutual Auditor
Robert E. Shiflett has been named internal auditor for Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. of Decatur. President Redus Collier praised him for his life insurance home office experience and training, noting he previously worked for Guaranty Savings Life Insurance Co. in Montgomery and is a Troy State College graduate and former WTBF radio announcer. He and wife Gayle live with their two sons at 2006 with St. SE.
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Robert E
Bob'” Shiflett
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Decatur
Redus_ Collier
Shiflett
Guaranty Savings Life Insurance Co
Montgomery
WTBF
Troy State College
Gayle
St. SE
Hartselle Council Approves Sewer Line Work
Work began on a sewer line on McCaugh Street after City Council approval. Forty homeowners agreed to pay tap fees, and the council authorized payment of 388.97 to M. D. Shaney for summer little league field work. Robert Stephenson was reappointed to a six year term on the Electric Board and two hydrants will be replaced after annual water line servicing.
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Hartselle
McCaugh St
M. D. Shaneyfelt
Robert Stephenson
Electric Board
Falkville Block Plans New 10 Acre Concrete Plant
Falkville area project sees 10 acre site chosen for a $100,000 concrete block plant by Falkville Block and Supply Co. Co owner George C. Sims says land clearing is done and preliminary drawings will be ready in days. A 4,800 square foot building and storage sheds will be erected with construction starting next spring and operations aimed for late next summer.
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Hartselle
Falkville Block and Supply Co
Falkville
George C. Sims
Sims
Nightly Events Highlight Decatur Jaycee Morgan County Fair
The Morgan County Fair in Decatur runs Sept 9 to 14 with Miss TVA crowning Sept 14. Miss Lawrence County Sept 10, Miss Limestone Sept 11, Miss Morgan Sept 12. winners compete for Miss TVA. Grand Ole Opry acts theme the nights through Friday. Dairy beef cattle shows Tuesday. field exhibits crown best crops and produce. homemakers booth contest. Johnny's United Show on midway.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Little
Jimmy Dickens
Johnny's United Show
Grand Jury To Get Daly Case
Athens man Jerome Daly 23 is bound over to a grand jury on first degree manslaughter charges in the Aug 9 hit and run death of his 12 year old cousin Ricky Daly. Daly remained free on 6000 bond and is expected to be tried in September.
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Athens
Jerome Daly
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenall
Daly
Ricky Daly
Piney Chapel
Daley
Jimmy Alexander
W. W. Malone
Bob Hancock
Melvin Andrews
Robert Patterson
Ralph Pageant
Charles Woodrow Daly
Pageant
Membership decline in British Baptist churches reported
British Baptist churches report a membership loss of 5314 in the last year against 4334 the year before. Total membership now stands at 284999.4.
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London
British Baptist Churches
Decatur Teachers Urged To Support Tenure Laws
Vernon St. John president of the Alabama Education Association urged about 400 Decatur teachers to oppose moves by Gov. Albert Brewer to abolish tenure laws. He urged each teacher to write personal letters, warning that without action tenure could be repealed. He cited Alabama lagging in education funding and teacher salaries, and urged more state support.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur
Alabama Education Association
Albert Brewer
Vernon St. John
Brewers
AEA
St. John
Mississippi
Montgomery man held on mayhem charge in ear severing case
A 35-year-old Montgomery resident, James Earl Atchison, is bound over for the Montgomery County Grand Jury on mayhem charges linked to an Aug 17 assault in which a crippled man, Lloyd Yarbrough, had his ears cut off. Yarbrough was found severely bleeding in Atchison’s home, and is reported to have no left leg or right foot.
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Montgomery
Ala
James Earl Atchison
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Lloyd Yarbrough
Atchison
Alabama delegate Stallworth slips into convention floor
M R Stallworth a 40 year old Alabama high school teacher from Tuscaloosa gained inside access at the Democratic National Convention with an alternate pass after refusing to sign a pledge to support party nominees. He wandered the hall visiting Alabama and Florida delegations and briefly bypassed guards before planning to return home. A second item notes two Israeli students were arrested for selling Holy Land air to tourists at 20 cents a bottle.
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Hoyt Harwell
Associated Press
Chicago
M. R. Stallworth
Alabama
Stallworth
Tuscaloosa
George C. Wallace
Florida
Holy Air Jerusalem
Israel
Holy Land
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Boston Institute of Medical Secretaries
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James W. Alley
Austinville United Methodist Church
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Wheeler Basin Conference Library
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Priceville Gin Co
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Stone County
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French’s Mill
James Sanderson
North Alabama
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Hartselle Council
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Raney
Ardmore
Malone
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Wallace Backer
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