Utilities merger planned
The Decatur water electricity gas and sewer departments will consolidate under one supervisor effective Jan 1. The move will place all utilities on a single monthly bill for each customer and is aimed at efficiency and better service. Morty Watkins will be general manager over all departments with George Godwin as assistant general manager. A new billing division will handle accounting and customer services. The reorganization reportedly won't require layoffs.
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Paul Foreman
Decatur Water, Electricity, Gas and Sewer
Municipal Utilities Board
Espens Utilities
Bill Sexton
Utilities Board
Sexton
Morty
R. L
Dick” Watkins
Electric Department
George Godwin
St Petre Jose
Sein
Godwin
Watkins
Utilities
Duncan Cleared In Obscenity Case At Thunder Bird Drive-In
James A. Duncan was found not guilty of distributing obscene matter for showing Cinderella at the Thunderbird Drive-In. City Recorder Jack Caddell ruled community standards were undefined and no minors were shown to have attended the screening. Evidence showed theater personnel did not admit anyone under 17, and juristic basis rested on undefined standards.
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Paul Foreman
Jim Duncan
Jack Caddell
Thunderbird Drive-in
Caddell
Robert Straub
James A. Duncan
Decatur
Duncan
Farmers strike talk rises here
Senator Jim Allen’s aide says reports of his opposition to the December 14 nationwide farmers strike are misinformation. Allen doubts the strike’s success without broad unity, while six Lawrence County farmers met him at Huntsville Madison Jetport to press the issue.
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Glen Johnson
DAILY
Jim Allen
Allen
Tom Coker
Coker
Lawrence County
Huntsville-Madison
Sen. Allen
Tennessee Valley Association
Washington
Montgomery
Bruce Dodd
Moulton
Len
Dodd
Tommy Hamilton
G. T. Hamilton
Gary Lloyd
Nighttime Fire Destroys Hartselle School Building
The Morgan County Training School on Bethel Road in Hartselle burned Wednesday night, destroying the main building but sparing the gym and cafeteria. About 16 to 18 firefighters and volunteer departments fought the blaze, with Head Start to be re housed in other rooms and the Meals on Wheels cafeteria likely back in operation soon.
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Gay Barber
Hartselle
Morgan County Training School
Edward Armstrong
Bethel Road
Ebeneezer
Priceville
Prentis Hill
Hill
Norris Turney
Parks and Recreation Department
Turney
Fire destroys Morgan County school building and gym
Fire at a Morgan County school complex, used by the Farmers await Allen program and a Parks and Recreation site, caused total loss. Eyewitnesses saw basketball activity as flames spread. Chief Hill said the blaze began in the furnace area and firefighters reported fire in several rooms.
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Morgan County Association For Retarded Citizens
Carlton Smith
Parks and Recreation Department
Smith
Chief Hill
Hill
Nationalists Move to Formosa as Communists Press Attacks
Weather note accompanies the item with a cloudy windy forecast. The CNG retreat to Formosa is reported as Communists press offensive. The forecast calls for showers, clearing, cooler winds Friday with highs in the 50s and lows near 40.
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China
Formosa
Kennedy files leave many questions about Oswald solo murder
About 40 000 pages of newly released FBI records fail to settle whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the Kennedy assassination. The material does not refute the commission conclusion but raises unresolved questions about motive and method.
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Washington
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Social Security bill hits TRVA meeting remarks by Sen Allen
Senator Jim Allen told the Tennessee River Valley Association at its annual meeting that the Social Security bill would not fix the program's ills and could expand benefits after a surplus. He criticized the Senate bill for taxing employers more than employees and warned passage may be delayed until next year with tax reform.
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Allen
TRVA
Congress
Jim Allen
Tennessee River Valley Association
Senate
Carter
Apartments surge as major Decatur housing option
The Decatur housing boom centers on apartments with about 1600 units now open and rents near 200 dollars monthly. Readers encounter diverse complex styles from Hawthorne House to Village Green and Camara Townhouse, reflecting growing flexibility and demand despite privacy concerns.
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Decatur
Hawthorne House
Camara Townhouse
Somerville Road
Village Green
Beltline Road
Beechwood
Briarwood
Birchwood
Brentwood
11Th Street
19Th Avenue SE
Austin Villa Brookhaven Fairway
Cardinal
Austinville Road
Beltline
Towerview
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Aristmas
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Jetport
Asewaldleak Landers
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Sadat
Cairo
Egypt
King Hussein
Damascus Radio
Hafez Assad
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Assad
Charleston
W.va
National Coal
United Mine Workers
House
Allen Sa
Russ Roberts
Conway Twitty
Steve Miller
Cindy Nabors
Doug Norton
Decatur High School
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