Cavern-caused cave ins hit Athens business district
In Athens a series of underground cavern collapses struck areas near Clinton and Hobbs Streets and the First Baptist Church. A 4,000 gallon gas tank at a Sinclair station may have dropped earth away as a tanker pumped, with church renovations and nearby auto parts and bus facilities affected. Officials cite dried springs and test drilling for caverns as the cause and warn of further risk while plans for a library and a college dormitory face site concerns.
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Athens
Athens College
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Southeast towns plan action to oppose big telephone rate hike
Officials from 24 Southeast Alabama municipalities met to oppose General Telephone Co. of Dothan rising rates up to 300 percent. Citizens threaten mass cancellations as petitions stand in equity courts and bonds potential funding for city bonds to buy the utility. Alabama leaders push for new law to allow revenue bonds. Mobile Mayor Lambert Mims calls a day of mourning over a separate ruling on obscenity.
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Mobile
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Mims
Alabama Supreme Court
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Fox
Supreme Court
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Dothan
General Telephone
Scottsboro
Alton Turner
Luverne
Equity
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E.C. “Crum” Foshee
Red Level
Frank Jackson
Opp
Gardner Bassett
Troy
Alabama Public Service Commission
Montgomery County Circuit Aot
Albert Brewer
West Morgan School Band Concert Set For Thursday
The West Morgan School Band performs its annual concert at 7 30 p m in the school gymnasium with advance tickets 75 cents for students and 1 for adults. Door prices are 1 for students and 1 25 for adults.
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West Morgan
Rites Planned Monday For Dr. Jesse Rogers
Dr. Jesse Mercer Rogers 83, pivotal in founding Decatur Baptist churches, died Saturday. Funeral 3 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Decatur with burial in City Cemetery. Survivors include widow Mrs. W. M. Rogers and son Edgar M. Rogers. Service details note pallbearers and donations to Lottie Moon Offering or Billy Graham Association.
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Decatur
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Westmeade
Tyler County
Tex
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Mary Collier Rogers
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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Korea
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W. M. Rogers
Edgar M. Rogers
Bellview
Wash
Lee Campbell
Paul Wolfer
C. C. Johnson
Gene Morgan
Forrest Troutner
Felton Davenport
W. T. Jordan
Lottie Moon
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
TVA Reports Lower Net Income on Dry Quarter
TVA power operations earned 8.2 million during the three months ending September 30, down 4.4 million from the same quarter last year. The drop is attributed to rising costs and extremely dry weather that curtailed hydro generation and raised steam production needs.
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Chairmen Named for Area Mothers March Drives
Dan Nelson selects Decatur and Hartselle chairmen for the Morgan County Mothers March. Mrs. Hugh Looney leads Decatur with planning session held at her home. Mrs. Joe M. Roden heads Hartselle with date undecided. Several co chairmen represent sponsoring organizations. For TVA rates rise plan in response to fuel and labor costs. TVA reports first quarter revenue up from last year due to higher power sales to municipalities and co ops.
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Hartselle
Dan Nelson
Morgan County
Hugh Looney
7Th Ave
Decatur
Joe M. Roden
Cooper Lane
Looney
Gerald Gunn
Betty Givens
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Ann DeMoss
Insurance Women of
Betty Duncan
Decatur Firefighters Association
Doris Tapscott
Decatur Jayceettes
Joan Neville
TVA
Cooperative Electric Systems
TVA Power
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Paducah
AEC
Burglarized Exchange Hit Twice in Three Weeks
Burglars stole about 1500 dollars in chain saws and pocket knives from the Exchange in Lawrence County. The incident Friday night followed an earlier break in the same location, with around 400 dollars taken from the safe. The store sits north of Moulton on Highway 157.
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Lawrence County
John Hardin
Hardin
Moulton
Highway 157
Sears recalls deadly pins sold nationwide
Sears issued an urgent recall for jewelry pins decorated with poisonous sequirity beans. John Taylor, manager of the Decatur Sears, said none were sold locally. The pins were sold in 138 stores across 117 cities, with Birmingham Alabama the only listed seller in the state. Charles Gunnof Beltsville identified the beans as poisonous.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
John Taylor
Sears
Decatur
Taylor
Birmingham
Alabama
Athens Tire Shop Fire Damages Building On Hobbs Street
Athens Discount Tire Co on Hobbs St suffered interior damage from a fire that started near a recapping machine. Five or six tires were ruined and the fire threatened nearby homes as another blaze burned over 200 acres eight miles southwest of town, destroying one outbuilding and lightly damaging a vacant house.
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Athens Discount Tire Co
Hobbs St
A. E. Bumpus
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Priceville
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Calvary Baptist
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Department of Agriculture
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Sears Silver
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