3M Pledges Record United Way Gift From 3M Employees
3M Company increases its United Way gift by 26 percent to 20 227 with more than 200 employees pledging their fair share as continuous givers. The campaign was supported by Buck Jones Joseph Ashford Jerry Pendergrass Sandra Clack Marshall Hames Lynn Haney Tom Hill Joyce LeCroix and 71 other solicitors from 3M in Morgan County.
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Morgan County United Way
Buck Jones
Joseph Ashford
Jerry Pendergrass
Sandra Clack
Marshall Hames
Lynn Haney
United Way
Tom Hill
Joyce LeCroix
Wallace appoints Ken Malone as Mobile County tax assessor
Gov. George C. Wallace named State Rep. Ken Malone to fill the Mobile County tax assessor post after Arnold Debrow vacated it upon election to the Mobile County Commission. WALB reported Debrow had urged appointing Asst Tax Assessor James Vickers to the vacancy.
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George C. Wallace
Ken Malone
D-Mobile
Mobile County
Malone
Arnold Debrow
Mobile County Commission
WALA
Mobile
Debrow
James Vickers
Offshore energy clash warned by congressional report
The Office of Technology Assessment warns that large scale deepwater tanker ports floating nuclear plants and offshore drilling would conflict with other interests and lacks a system to resolve such disputes The OTA studied New Jersey Delaware coasts and found no formal mechanism to handle emerging conflicts while noting limited near term feasibility for a Mid Atlantic tanker port and alternatives that offer no clear advantages over offshore development
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Washington
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
New Jersey
Delaware
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Atlantic City Beach
New York
Philadelphia
OTA
Atlantic
Engineer Defends Waterway Growth
An Army Corps of Engineers official in Mobile counters a federal suit filed in Washington to halt the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Project. Col. Charlie Blalock says Congress has approved yearly budgets and knows the 300 foot wide channel plan. Opponents argue costs rose from 428 million to 1.8 billion and environmental impacts.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Mobile
Washington
Congressional Eare
Charlie Blalock
Corps
Congress
Blalock
Tombigbee River
Mississippi
Tennessee River
Pickwick Landing
Louisville & Eee Railroad
Environmental Defense
Glover Wilkins
Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway Authority
Columbus
Federal District
Aberdeen
Wilkins
Jim Tripp
Environmental Defense Fund
Tripp
Cemetery Mailouts Create Confusion in Decatur Survey
About 900 letters with a postcard were mailed to cemetery plot owners to gauge interest in paying per space to fund a city takeover and care trust. Officials say the cards are nonbinding inquiries. postcards are prepaid by the city. Further mailings and a list of additional owners are planned.
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Decatur
W. T. Jordan
Jordon
Max Fatterson
Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Committee
Patterson
Jordan
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S. & Stratford Rd
West Chamber
Indwidua
Beltline
6Th. Ave
E. Decatur
Pipe & Tobacco World
KODAK
Trimlite
Prio
Kodak Ek4
Westinghouse
Magicubes
Kodak XL
CNC
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