Alabama Voters Weigh Recreation Program in Referendum
Alabama voters face a statewide referendum on 16 amendments including Amendment 2 a $43 million general obligation issue for state park facilities and campsites. The ballot also covers debt limits for cities, hospital taxes, road and bridge relocations, and civic center and school tax provisions in various counties and cities.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Consecrtion Department
State Park
Mobile
Theodore
Mobile County
Citizens For TVA backs amendment on $10 million bond
Florence group endorses amendment No. 5 to fund Alabama Waterway Project with a $10 million bond. Louis Eckl says voters should approve. Eckl also serves on the waterway project group. Hartsel leans into a trading stamp drive for a new Hartselle schools bus led by local mothers.
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Florence
Citizens For Tva
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Louis Eckl
Citizens’ Group
Eckl
Hartselle
L. N. Speake
Nicholson Motors, Inc
Dr Hall Resigns Anti Poverty Post
Dr. Matthew Hall chairman of the Marshall Morgan Community Action Committee resigned to become director of the Tennessee Valley Education Center this month. Hall will remain a committee member but cannot continue as before. A Thursday meeting of the Marshall County directors in Guntersville will choose a successor. The anti poverty office won 12 more months of operation with 19 390 dollars already received. The two county program may expand to include Lawrence County with plans under way. Hall also leaves his post as assistant superintendent of Decatur schools and will base in Huntsville.
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Ray Martin
Matthew Hall
Marshall-Morgan_Community Action Committee
Hall
Tennessee Valley Education Center
Marshall County
Guntersville
Lawrence County
Decatur
Huntsville
Gas Tanker Crash Evacuates 500 In Opelika
A 6000 gallon propane or butane tanker plunged 50 to 75 feet from a railroad bridge in Opelika. Police report 500 residents within 1000 yards evacuated as firefighters battled the blaze. The driver, Joe Bobby Hunt of Roanoke, was pulled from the wreck in serious condition.
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Opelika
Ala
Robert Cox
Cox
U.S. 431
Joe
Bobby—Hunt
Roanoke
Hunt
Atlanta
West Point
Maner Appeal Decision Due In Few Days
Mrs Olivene Maner was found guilty of second degree murder in April 1963 and sentenced to 23 years. Her attorney said no appeal decision had been made yet as the judge prepared to rule within the week. The defense argued mental illness with schizophrenia, while the state linked the killing to her husband at Decatur General Hospital.
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Olivene Maner
Maner
Gusand
Doug
David Cauthen
Two Vehicle Crash Injures Hartselle Teen Cheerleader
Miss Ann Lipsey a 16 year old Morgan County High School cheer leader sustained minor injuries in a two car collision at the corner of Hickory and Milner Streets Friday around 5 p m She was treated and released from Hartselle Hospital A police report lists a 1962 station wagon driven by Robert Earl Orr 32 of Hartselle as colliding with Lipsey s 1963 car Both cars suffered heavy damage
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Hartselle
Ann Lipsey
Morgan County
Hickory and
Milner
Hartselle Hospital
Robert Earl Orr
Flint Elementary H Club Elects Officers for Year
Flint Elementary H Club met to discuss projects and elect officers. Dennis Bain was chosen president with Henry Humphrey as vice president, Ronnie Benefield as secretary treasurer, and Anthony Winton as reporter.
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Flint
Flint Elementary +H Club
Dennis Bain
Henry Humphrey
Ronnie Benefield
Anthony Winton
Moulton Police report adds multiple Saturday charges
The Moulton Police Department filed 12 charges by 5 p.m. Saturday including public drunkenness two counts driving while intoxicated two counts running a red light two counts no driver's license two counts speeding three counts and parking in the city dump area one count.
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Moulton
Indictment mix up noted in Decatur Daily
A correction states Harold Barnes was murdered by Kyle Clark rather than the reverse in the Oct 22 shooting. The note clarifies the Lawrence County grand jury charged Barnes with murder in the incident.
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Moulton
Decatur Daily
Kyle Clark
Lawrence County
Harold Barnes
Barnes
Clark
the Daily
Tornado Ravages Frisco City Alabama
A fierce twister struck Frisco City in Monroe County causing extensive damage to the business district and homes. Troopers and National Guardsmen say most residents fled, with no serious injuries reported as authorities seal the town and aid workers restore power and security.
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Frisco City
Ala
Monroe County
Evergreen
National
National Guard
Monroeville
Paul Turmer
Frisco City First Baptist Church
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Ed Bruchac
G. W. James
Marshall-Morgan Community Action Agency
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