Decatur Population May Exceed Forty Two Thousand in 1966
City directory survey teams wrap up four month house to house canvass in Decatur. Officials say final population will likely top 42 000 with counts including city fringes and over 18 residents, while Morgan County figures lie outside the tally. The project cost about 30000 and will publish January with names and addresses of residents and businesses.
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Gordon E. Jones
State Director Co
Maryville, Tenn
Decatur
Albany
U.S. Census Bureau
Morgan County
Jones
RFD
Limestone County net fishing rule appeal to Alabama Supreme Court
Limestone County Judge Rosenal ruled local act banning net fishing unconstitutional. The ruling was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court by County Solicitor Tommy Woodroof just before closing time. The move followed the Limestone County Sportsmen's Club decision to seek new legislation instead of pursuing the appeal.
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Athens
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenal
Alabama Supreme Court
Tommy Woodroof
Circuit Clerk
Limestone County Sportsmen’s Club
Rosenal
Legisla
Morgan County Election Cost Tops Records
Morgan County spent about 4800 dollars for Tuesday's election with 657 voters casting ballots. The cost per vote was roughly 7.40 dollars while four proposed constitutional amendments all passed. Officials noted no state funding and costs covered by local funds.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Guy Roberts
Roberts
Markets At A Glance Report
New York stocks rise amid active trading as cotton stays quiet in Chicago. Wheat climbs on strong demand while corn shows mixed gains and oats fall on light trade. Soybeans advance on solid demand. Hog receipts at 6,500 up 50 cents to 1 higher, slaughter steers at 600 with market steady.
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New York
Chicago
Romney criticizes Great Society programs as crack fillers
The Latests New York reports Michigan Governor Romney blasting government programs as merely papering over deep social and economic cracks. Pope Paul VI says Viet Nam peace talks possible if year end truces extend into an armistice. In Erzurum Turkey a fire in a barracks kills 65 soldiers and injures 27 according to Gen. Fikret Esen.
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New York
Michigan
George Romney
Vatican City
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Erzurum
Turkey
Fikret Esen
Greek ferry Heraklion sinks in storm with 282 aboard
Aegean Sea disaster reports 27 survivors after the 8900 ton Heraklion sank between Crete and mainland Greece. Rescue efforts were launched as government declares emergency. initial reports suggested few could survive, then wreckage and people were spotted in waters near Milos.
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Athens
Greece
Aegean Sea
Heraklion
Crete
Piraeus
Merchant Marine Ministry
Island
Milos
Prayers For Peace Tree Lighting In Decatur
The Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs revives the old Christmas tree lighting with a program called Prayers for Peace. On December 15 at 7 30 p m Mayor Gilmer Blackburn will switch on the lights in front of the Federal Building on Wells Street.
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Decatur
Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs
Fed
Eral
Wells St
Gilmer Blackburn
Christ- Lee
Nations move to bar weapons from outer space treaty
President Johnson announced a draft United Nations outer space treaty that would ban nuclear weapons from space and guarantee access to the moon by all nations. He said he would forward the measure to the Senate for ratification, calling it the era's most important arms control step since 1963.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Outer Space
United Nations
Senate
France
Red China
Moon
Citizens Conference on State Courts Opens in Alabama
One hundred Alabama citizens began a three day look at state justice with a Citizens Conference on State Courts. The event aims to find weak points in the judicial system and propose improvements.
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George Biggers III
Montgomery
Alabama
Decatur Meter Case Returns To Court For 1948 Questions
Eight local businessmen seek a temporary restraining order to stop Decatur from operating street meters claiming they violate the Alabama Constitution. Judge Newton Powell previously ruled meters illegal in 1948, a position reversed by the Alabama Supreme Court, with today’s hearing revisiting legality and an alleged unlawful tax and diversion of streets.
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Decatur
Alabama Supreme Court
Morgan County Cir
Powell
State Supreme Court
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