Athens Considers Govern Statute Ruling For Mayor Choice
Athens City Council seeks attorney general guidance on proper statutes for selecting a mayor after the death of Mayor Charles P. Bailey. A 1960 census figure keeps the city under 12 000, affecting succession rules despite a 1964 census showing expansion.
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Athens
Charles Bailey
Malone
Oscar Barker
Barker
Malcolm Moore
Eugene Thornton
Harry Dale Patterson
Leonard McLemore
PSC member invites lawmakers to probe agency over utilities
Montgomery Alabama AP A Public Service Commission member Jack Owen urged legislators to conduct a thorough investigation of the PSC amid complaints about utility regulation especially General Telephone Co. A hearing before the legislative Council focused on a temporary rate increase that could be as high as 300 percent in parts of Southeast Alabama. Owen cautioned against a blanket ban on such increases and noted potential public harm if expansion funds stop during disputes. He was pressed on possible personality clashes within the commission.
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Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Jack Owen
Owen
Legislative Council
PSC
General Telephone Co
Alabama
Henry Steagall
Dale County
Alabama Governor Seeks Reform of Electoral College
Gov Albert Brewer urged changing the electoral college system after Alabama electors voted for third party George Wallace. He favored a district plan delivering one electoral vote per district plus two statewide, suggesting popular election could also improve the process. Electors Richard Speard Earl Morgan and Frank Mizell supported the district idea. The ceremony marked the third time in 20 years Alabama electors abstained from major party candidates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Brewer
Jone
Congress
Agriculture
Richard Speard
Atty
Earl Morgan
Birmingham
Frank Mizell
Wallace
American Independent Party
Spiro
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
State Traffic Probe Launched in Alabama Police Action
State troopers will investigate highway fatalities as rigorously as robberies or murders under a new get tougher program. Col. Floyd Mann says the effort seeks every factor behind crashes to reduce Alabama’s high death toll after 826 rural highway deaths in 1968.
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Montgomery. Ala
Alabama
Floyd Mann
Mann
Limestone Nursing Home Names New Administrator
Limestone Nursing Home Inc on West Hobbs Street has named Billy R. Hunt as administrator to succeed the late Nelson Swinen. Hunt, from Greenwood Mississippi, is a University of Southwestern Louisiana graduate and has moved with his wife and four children to Country Club Acres.
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Athens
Nelson Swinen
Limestone Nursing Home Inc
West Hobbs St
Billy R. Hunt
Greenwood
Miss
Hunt
University of Southwestern Louisana
Country Club Acres
Morgan County Christmas Seal drive reaches halfway goal
County chairman Mrs Elaine Shirley reports Morgan County TB drive has $5375 raised toward an $8395 goal with Christmas deadline. She notes 226 Alabama TB deaths last year and 1379 new active cases versus 1249 prior year as statewide progress shows 44 percent of the goal met.
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Morgan _County
Elaine Shirley
Suirkey
Alabama
Prisoner Escapes From County Jail
A prisoner serving 12 months for non-support escaped Morgan County Jail Monday night after six months served. Deputy Sheriff Bill Kappler identified the escapee as William E. Thomas who had a North Carolina misdemeanor detainer filed last week.
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Morgan County
Bill Kappler
William E. Thomas
Sheriff's Office
Thomas
North Carolina
Decatur Jayceettes Sell Flame of Hope Candles
Peggy Benfield reports the Decatur Jayceettes will sell door to door flame of hope candles this evening to raise funds for Partlow Hospital in Tuscaloosa. St. Ann's PTA plans a 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting and Christmas program in the school auditorium.
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Decatur Jayceettes
Peggy Benfield
Partlow Hospital
Tuscaloosa
St. Ann’s
Birmingham State Crime Rate Leader
FBI figures for January through September show Birmingham leading Alabama cities in major crimes for 1968 with murders rising from 40 to 52 year over year and rapes up from 36 to 47. Mobile and Montgomery also report changes, while Huntsville shows declines. the data covers robberies, aggravated assaults, larcenies and auto thefts across cities.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama
FBI
Mobile
Montgomery
Huntsville
Athens Library Notice Receives Library Grant Approval
The Athens city council on Monday night acknowledged approval of a new public library with a $165,000 grant authorized for preliminary drawings by architect Allison Bailey for a site next to Julian Newman School on South Street. Also approved a $10 Christmas bonus for city workers and a $5 bonus for volunteer firemen. A separate incident reported a burglary at Pioneer Finance at 217 Grant Street, with $1,102 stolen and no prior burglaries noted.
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Athens
Charles Bailey
Nancy Agnew
Wheeler Basin Regional
Decatur
Pioneer Finance
Grant St
Mathews Back On MCC Board
John H. Matthews, longtime head of Alabama Farmers Cooperative, was reelected for a three year term on the boards of Mississippi Chemical Corp. and Coastal Chemical Corp. Matthews, an Auburn graduate and Decatur Rotary Club member, also serves as secretary treasurer of the Alabama cooperative and is a trustee of the American Institute of Cooperation.
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John H. Matthews
Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc
Decatur
Mississippi Chemical Corp
Coastal Chemical Corp
Coastal
MCC
Mathews
Auburn
Decatur Rotary Club
Central Baptist Church
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Mary Bailey
Bailey
Dorothy Stover
Trinity Rd
Dick Cooper
Owens
Rex Thomas
General Telephone
Tom Radney
Tallapoosa County
L’stone Nursing Home
Elkmont
David Moss
Elkmont 2
Here
Mobile. Ala
Richard E. Gray
Bloomington, Ill
U.S. District Court
The
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, Inc
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio
Gray
Gay
Somerville Road
West Decatur
Riverside
Gordon Bibb
Walter Jackson
Westlawn
Walter ~Jackson
Bloodmobile
Arnold Gordon
Moulton Insurance
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Lawr Corp
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