Mobile Home Plant Giving Rogersville Economic Boost
Econ-O-Line Homes, Inc. began in Rogersville last June and now employs 100 workers with a $500,000 annual payroll. The firm builds 40 53 and 60 foot coaches at about 20 units weekly, selling mainly in Tennessee Kentucky and Ohio with orders reaching Florida and Texas. The company plans expansion or a second shift to meet a $5 million first year sales target and a February 1 deadline for an order of 100 coaches.
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Econ-O-Line Homes, Inc
Haleyville
William Patterson
Lexington
Leighton
Athens
Econ-O-Line
Sarasota
Fla
Mobile Home
Brewer Endorses Home Rule as Alabama Votes on Amendments
Alabama Governor Albert Brewer urged home rule after a light turnout in Tuesday’s amendments election. He praised a constitutional change to pick top education officials and a mail registration amendment for military personnel. Brewer criticized tax-increase voter reluctance and discussed race for governor. He noted progress locating a full-time prison commissioner and mentioned Justice Robert Bradley’s appointment. Brewer also commented on Sen. McCarley’s bribery case and potential extradition matters related to the Sharon Tate case, while visiting Decatur and Calhoun Junior College.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Constitutional Revision Commission
George Wallace
State Prison Board
Frank Lee
Robert Bradley
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
W.G. McCarley
McCarley
Brewer
Sharon Tate
California
Patricia Krenwinkel
Decatur Country Club
Decatur
State Awarded Merit For Sesquicentennial Promotion
Gov. Albert Brewer announced Alabama received the Award of Merit from Discovery America Travel for its 1969 Sesquicentennial promotion. The recognition cited nationwide exposure and a massed effort by media and public private sectors, presented at the U S Travel Industry Conference in Puerto Rico to Mrs. Katherine McTyeire and Martin Darity.
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Albert Brewer
Alabama
Discovery America Travel Organizations
Puerto Rico
Katherine McTyeire
Martin Darity
State Bureau of Publicity and Information
Alabama Wins Merit Award for Sesquicentennial Promotion
The State Bureau of Publicity and Information received an award of merit from Discover America Travel Organizations for promoting Alabama’s sesquicentennial. The honor, the third for the state in six years, was accepted this week at the U S Travel Industry Conference in San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Montgomery. Ala
State Bureau of Publicity and Information
Discover America Travel Organizations
Alabama
Rabren outlines transfer rules for high value vehicle tags
Alabama Revenue Commissioner Harvey L. Rabren said license tags costing 100 dollars or more may be transferred under specific conditions. The transfer is allowed only if the original vehicle was destroyed junked or sold by the owner.
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Montgomery. Ala
Harvey L. Rabren
Rabren
Sponsors Needed For 20 Morgan Foster Kids
Twenty foster children in Morgan County seek Christmas sponsors as 60 of 80 have been matched. Youths 11 to 16 await gifts. donations of cash or specific items are welcome. Call 353-8181 or after hours at 353-1118 to help.
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Faye Brewington
Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security
Emily Polk
Polk
Moon Rock Display at Alabama Capitol Rotunda
Four small moon rock fragments gifted by President Nixon and Apollo 11 astronauts on display in the Alabama State Capitol Rotunda. Gov. Albert Brewer announced the exhibit during a White House visit for a governors conference. Rocks, enclosed in plexiglas, include an Apollo 11 flag and weigh about 50 milligrams.
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Alabama
Nixon
Albert Brewer
White House
Brewer
Capitol
State Capitol
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Gadsden murder charges filed against two men
Two men Roylean Therman 42 of Birmingham and Burnett Franklin 31 of Gadsden are jailed without bond in Etowah County charged with the slaying of a Gadsden tree trimmer. They were arrested in Atlanta and returned to Gadsden on warrants issued November 9.
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Gadsden, Ala
Etowah County
Gadsden
Roylean Therman
Birmingham
Burnett Franklin
Atlanta
Gallion Named In Law Suit
A federal suit in Montgomery names Attorney General MacDonald Gallion and Gov. Albert Brewer along with local officials. Plaintiffs John D. Wallace Joe Sledge from Birmingham Last Found Nation of Islam seek a preliminary injunction to halt prosecutions of Black Muslims over land purchase efforts in St Clair County and northern Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala Iap
Atty
Gen
MacDonald
Gallion
U.S
North Alabama
United States
John D. Wallace
Joe Sledge
Birmingham
Last Found Nation of Islam
Jimmy Holmes
Georgia
Orrell Billingsley Jr
St. Clair County
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John C. Calhoun State Technical Junior College
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Huntsville
O. G. Kuenelle
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Tri- County
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