Alabama utility regulators eyed for tighter PSC controls
A seven member Governor's Advisory Committee on Utilities in Alabama proposes new regulations for the Public Service Commission after a six month study sparked by Alabama Power's 29.9 million dollar rate request. Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley says the report may shape future legislation and calls for a more objective review of property assessments and PSC practices.
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Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Alabama
Alabama Power Co
Jere Beasley
PSC
George C. Wallace
Beasley
Wallace
Marcus Whitman
University of Alabama
Eugene Staniland
Auburn University
Utilities
Alabama Power
Boy Scout Nat Tate saves boy earns Carnegie bronze medal
Nat Tate 12 year old Decatur youth dashed onto tracks to save four-year-old Lowell Reece in 1951. The rescue earned him a Carnegie Foundation bronze medal for heroism. Now 22 years later the story resurfaces as Barnell Loft Publishing plans to include it in a children’s textbook.
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Decatur
Nat Tate
Carnegie Foundation
Tate
Brent Reece
Nashville
Lowell
Barnell-Loft Publishing Co
Judith Wilsker
Reader questions spark answers on business lapses and hijacking
A Decatur reader asks how long one must wait to reopen the same business type after going out of business and is told there are no laws restricting this. Another reader requests info on the first skyjacking in 1930 and is advised to contact ICAO in Montreal. The column also clarifies Weight Watchers versus TOPS, with contact details.
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A _ reader
Decatur
Larry Wood
Hartselle
United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
Canada
TOPS
Watchers+International, Inc
Dept
D. T
Marion Place
Baldwin
N.Y
Weekend Accidents Claim At Least Ten In Alabama
Weekend accidents across Alabama killed ten people including a 14 month old Columbus Georgia girl and a 9 year old Florence boy. Victims ranged from Autauga and Hale counties to Greene and Marion counties with multiple fatal crashes and a fatal fire under investigation.
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Columbus, Ga
Alabama
Autauga County
Alabama 69
Hale County
Greensboro
Allan Robertson
Bevlyn Heath
Columbus
Opelika
U. 280
Opelikavile County
Clyde Lucas Shane
Florence
Joseph J. Bezelle
Boligee
Greene County
Hometown
Florida
James Peddy Howell
Whiting
Fla
Little River
Monroe
Alabama Health Study Commission to receive $60000 grant
The Alabama Health Study Commission is expected to receive a $60,000 research grant from the Robert Wood Jackson Foundation, announced by Gov. George C. Wallace. Foundation President Dr. David Rogers will attend. Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley, Speaker Sage Lyons, Sen. Roland Cooper and Rep. Bert Banks will be present.
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Montgomery
Alabama Health Study Commission
Robert Wood Jackson Foundation
George C. Wallace
Commission
David Cush
Gront
U.S
Jackson Foundation
Foundation
David Rogers
Jere Beasley
Sage Lyons
Roland Cooper
Bert Banks
Cusi
Simulated Explosion Signals Start of Waterway Project
In Gainesville Alabama a simulated nuclear blast will start the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway project. Gov. Wallace will press the switch as spectators watch the ceremony marking bids awarded to Guy H. James Construction Co. for initial works on the Tombigbee River.
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Gaineville
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Army Engineers
Mobile
Guy H. James Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gainesville
Oklahoma Company
James Construction
Tombigbee
Demopolis
Pickwick Landing
Tenn
Mississippi
Tennessee
Gulf of Mexico
Midwest
Cumberland
Ohio
Missouri
Amory
Miss
Congress
Army
Kenneth E. Belieu
Glover Wilkins
Waterway Development Authority
Bill Waller
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Winfield Dunn
Wallace
Frederick Clarke
Army Corps of Engineers
Harry A. Griffith
Wilkins
U.S
Florida
Col. Griffith
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S. C
Patricia Igbne Barnette
Bob. Jones University
John C. Barnette
15Th Ave
Kenneth James Cleveland
Hackleburg
Marion County
Wayne King
Lexington
Athens
Limestone County
DEA
Towa
Texas
IIL
IND
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Garrowne
Mexico
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Cape Kennedy
Highway Patrol
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