State and Local Filibustering Threatens Senate
Dissident Alabama Senate factions clash over local bills and funding while a House panel kills a bill to form an Alabama Housing Authority. Senators Bailes Wilson and Horne threaten filibusters to push education and court reforms as Beasley faces House hostility over past actions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Senate
Commerce and Transportation
Alabama Housing Authority
Hartselle Plans Continue Despite Landfill Standstill
The Hartselle city council voted to stay out of the countywide sanitary landfill, citing a $63 000 first year cost, while planning and construction proceed for the facility. If Hartselle remains out, the county and Decatur may lease the site. a five member board will operate the landfill, pending legislative approval.
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Hartselle
Charles Martin
Decatur
Martin
John D. Long
Deer Springs
Flint
Morgan County Commission
U. S. 31
Frank Coulter
Bill Levin
E.V .Plug White
Jack Maddox
Willie Lott
Helping Retarded Her Favorite Pastime
Six years ago John Bowling of Arab approached 16 year old Vickie Gibson and asked her to organize help for retarded children. He was motivated by his six year old daughter's condition and sought more youth involvement to assist children like her.
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John Bowling
Vickie Gibson
Bowling
Vickie Gibson Leads Alabama Youth ARC Emergence
Vickie Gibson who organized the first Alabama Youth Association for Retarded Children is now vice president of the National Youth ARC and near her special education degree. The Troy State University senior has helped spawn 22 state chapters and aims to teach at Partlow Jaycee Camp after graduation while coordinating youth volunteer work across 12 states.
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Vickie
Bowling
Marshall County Youth Association For
National Youth Association For Retarded Children
Troy State University
Gene Gibson
Bill
Arab
Decatur
Miss Gibson
Alabama
Partlow
Association
Miss Civitan International
Alabama Council For Exceptional Children
FHA Gamma Delta
SGA
Blue Law Repeal Enables Local Sunday Openings in Morgan County
Governor George Wallace signed a bill repealing the blue law statutes in Morgan County, granting municipalities and the county commission authority to set Sunday store hours within 90 days. The measure, entered by Rep. David Cauthen, limits the statewide effort and would allow small firms to operate on Sundays, with Decatur considering a local ordinance at its September 10 meeting after a Labor Day postponement. Four people were injured in two area highway crashes Wednesday, with names and hospital statuses listed as Jimmy Earle Young, 19, poor condition. David L. Dent, 15, treated and released. Mary Wilhite, 33, treated and released. Paul Mack Wilhite, 30, treated and released. another driver, Jerry Dean Jones, 16, not injured.
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George Wallace
Morgan County
David Cauthen
County Commission
Cauthen
Bob Harris
Senate
Decatur
Rutledge Thomas
Jimmy Earle Young
David L. Dent
Mary Wilhite
Falkville
Paul Mack Wilhite
Young
Decatur General Hospital
Danville
Dent
Decatur General
AAA Southend Ambulance Service
Pineview Hospital
Wilhite
Hartselle Hospital
Mary
Hartselle
Jerry Dean Jones
Legislation Moves on Death Penalty and Abortions
Following May arrests of Decatur shop owners, council seeks blue law revision. Senate pends Cauthen bills on death penalty and abortion. Death penalty bill lists crimes for capital punishment and forbids jury reductions. Parole board can recommend commutation to life. Abortion bill reestablishes Alabama conditions for performing abortions. Cauthen says current laws weak.
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Decatur
Cauthen
Senate
State Pardon and Parole Board
Alabama
Emergency numbers for personal crises and poisoning
Emergency guidance lists the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 for personal crises and possible poisoning, plus options to contact nearest hospital or family physician. If unsure of the number, dial 0 and describe the emergency to an operator. The notice is from THE DECATUR DAILY under department Seasaemen at 353-4612.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Jefferson County
George Lewis Bailes
Jefferson
Bailes
Robert T. Wilson
Walker County
Don Horne
Chambers County
Chambers
Horne
House
State Administration Committee
Doug Hale
Madison County
Jere Beasley
Beasley
Gertrude Townsend
Wilson St. NW
Jennifer Taylor
Magnolia St. SE
Holly St
House Committee
Rankin Fite
Marion County
Casey Downing
Mobile
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Austin High School
Austin
Scottsboro
Troy
Marshall
Huntsville
William R. Lucas
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Rocco A. Petrone
Lucas
Newbern
Tenn
MSFC
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
American Society For Metals
American Astronautical Society
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
National Bureau of Standards Cytogenic Division
AIAA
Hermann Oberth
Bobby Joe Pride
Ray Thomas
Junior Achievement Board of Directors
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General Hospital
David L.it
Bobby Herbert
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