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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1971
Page
2
Alabama Senate ends session without a vote on ad valorem reform urged by Gov. George Wallace. Wallace blasted delay tactics and urged action or resignation, while House moves to keep sessions through holidays to push tax measures.
Walter Hickel awarded Harry W. Rice the Distinguished Service Award for 35 years of federal service. Rice, a Decatur native, helped overhaul accounting and pioneer the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, later joining Calhoun Junior College as director of institutional development. He serves on local boards in Morgan County and the Point Mallard Park Authority.
Lee Sentell profiles Rice a CPA and former Interior assistant budget chief who helped secure a $150000 Land Water and Conservation Fund appropriation for Point Mallard. He opposed a Mini jetport in the Everglades, supported L A Airport, and testified in federal court on Overton Park.
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley announced a statewide antidrug effort financed by a federal antitrust settlement with five large drug companies. About 500000 dollars will fund University of Alabama Medical School led programs focusing on LSD antidote research and education for students teachers and law officers with emphasis on prevention. Baxley urged careful use of the funds and outlined a petition to federal court to allocate the money to the program.
Police say more than 30 people, mostly teenagers, were arrested on marijuana and LSD selling charges after raids Thursday night. A total of 103 warrants were issued against about 70 individuals, with more arrests anticipated.
Three out of state hitchhikers were arrested late Thursday night by police and charged with possession of marijuana. Michael Erick Lockhart 17 Delbert M. Davis 21 and Royce Dewy Rhodes Jr. 20 were taken into custody at 11 55 pm at a service station on US 31 as they hitchhiked to New Orleans. The material is being tested by State Toxicologist Vann Pruitt.
Two people were injured in a two car accident on Thompson Road east of here. Troopers named Linda Crow Montgomery 24 and Denise K Montgomery 2 of Decatur as the injured. They were treated at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
A busy schedule features multiple Christmas programs and parties across Morgan County. The Southeast Decatur Homemakers host a Christmas party at Mrs. Howie Lawrence's home while churches in Falkville Hartselle Somerville Flint Midway and nearby areas present Cantatas, programs, revivals, rummage sales, youth rallies, and gospel singings through the holiday period. The Morgan County Board of Registrars hours and First Christian Church activities round out community observances.
Monsanto Textiles Co. celebrated a top safety record at the Decatur plant with 350 consecutive safe days and over 5 million man hours without a disabling injury. Plant Manager C. E. Hieserman accepted the safety pennant from President E. J. Bock and NSC officials, as employees pledged to reach 600 safe days and a Monsanto Safety Award.
A government style note lists police fire highway patrol and sheriff numbers along with Crisis Call Center lines for personal crises and poisoning. It advises dialing 0 if unsure of the emergency number and provides hospital and physician contacts.
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