Unpaved Streets Highlight Decatur Road Network
The city counts 37 miles of unpaved or semi paved streets inside Decatur limits, over 21 percent of all streets. Total roads and alleys reach 228 miles, with 56 miles of alleys treated or unpaved and 1.5 miles paved. There is no current citywide paving program beyond private development and urban renewal projects.
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City of
Decatur
Teily
Hood
Bill Wright
Federal
Wright
Morgan County Remembers Visitors and Attendees at Local Events
Mrs. Garner Duskin and Mrs. W. C. Hill return home after visiting Grady Duskin. Tom Drinkard and Burl West attended the Alabama Auburn game in Birmingham. Horace Patterson of Detroit visits A L Roberts, with Exer McElroy hosting guests from Savannah and Cullman. The Ng family hosts Jimmy Ng and Don Stephenson with Dr. Oscar Crawford and family from Nashville.
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Garner Duskin
Brooklyn
N.Y
W. C. Hill
Arkon
Ohio
Grady Duskin
Tom Drinkard
Burl West
Birmingham
Horace Patterson
Detroit
Mich
A. L. Roberts
Exer McElroy
Hubert Sullivan
Savannah
Rs. C. D. Hinkle
Cullman
H. G.ng
Jimmyng
Don Stephenson
Birmingam
Oscar Craford
Nashville
Enn
Author of Cool Hand Luke Finds Self in Character
Donn Pearce, a bit player and author of the source novel, recalls seeing Paul Newman as Cool Hand Luke and notes a strong parallel between himself and the title role. A former safecracker and Florida prison camp inmate, Pearce describes his troubled youth, wartime stint, and long path to becoming a writer after 16 years at sea and in prison.
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Hollywood (Ap
Donn Pearce
Cool Hand
Luke
Paul Newman
Pearce
Warner Brothers
Florida
Croydon
Merchant ,Marine
Tampa
Stanford
Roger Smith Injured After Bermuda Boating Accident
Roger Smith suffered a leg injury in a boating accident in Bermuda while building a cruiser in his hillside yard. He reportedly fell overboard from a height and was treated for non fatal injuries.
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Roger Smith
Bermuda
Smith
Yale Music Set Sunday Christmas Concert at Central High
Central High School presents its annual Christmas musical Sunday at 7 30 p m in the school gymnasium. The band directed by Waddie L Williams will perform varied selections while the elementary and high school choirs directed by Mrs Dorothy Jones and Miss Warner J Martin sing sacred and secular numbers. The program is open to the public per principal R A Hubbard.
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Courtland — Central High School
Central High
Waddie L. Williams
Dorothy Jones
Warner J. Martin
R. A. Hubbard
Hopkinsville welcomes Bath County football visitors
John Bockey arrived in Hopkinsville on the eve of Bath County High School's visit. He noted the town's unusually strict cleanliness culture, remarking on signs reading TAKE BATH as he joked with a friend.
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Hopkinsville
John Bockey
Bath County High School
Bockey
Bath
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Ed Bruchac
Morgan County
Summerford
Magnavox
Frigidaire
2Nd Ave
Holly St
Bob Thomas
Bank Street
Structo
Texas Ranger
Kenners
Louis Marx
Mystery
Fiction Classic
Yuletide
West Morgan High School
Sara Hammett
Linda Rhodes
Cathy Ogles
Teresa Lake
Nena Maner
Sharon McCaig
Rhonda McCurley
Linda Meares
Linda Kimbrel
Dee Bauer
Yale Music
Exoemreses
Coca-Cola Company
Decatur Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Italien
West Moulton St
Gibson’s
Westgate Shopping Center
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