Local crash on Beltline Road injures several officials
A traffic incident at Beltline Road and Sandlin Road injured policemen Jerry Sharp Dan Price electric department employee Harvey Red Norris and Mrs Roberta Sapp. Only Price remained in good condition as others were reported hurt.
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Beltline Rd
Sandlin Rd
Jerry Sharp
Dan Price
Electric Department
Harvey
Red) Norris
Roberta Sapp
Price
TVA official hails ERDA work in Elk River Valley
Don McBride of TVA praised Elk River Development Association at its 10th annual meeting for guiding future plans in agriculture downtown development water resources and industrial studies. He cited cooperative efforts in Operation Townlife and the Tims Ford Dams project and noted ERDA’s role in recreational development across 10 counties including Limestone County Alabama. The reconnaissance study for a proposed semi urban town near the Alabama Tennessee line was discussed. Joe Sir, first ERDA president, helped found the project. Athens insurance exec Frank Turner is ERDA president.
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Fayetteville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Don McBride
Elk River Development Association
Elk River Valley
TVA
Erda
McBride
Tims Ford Dams
Fayetteville
Joe Sir
Athens
Athens Insurance
Frank Turner
Ardmore Bank Names New Ardmore Manager
Edwin Moore assistant vice president of the First National Bank of Pulaski named manager of the Ardmore branch. He begins January 1. Darwin Lankford leaves Ardmore after four years for a chief executive post at the Peoples Bank of Lebanon Tennessee.
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Ardmore
Edwin Moore
First National Bank of
Court To Withhold McCarley Decision
A federal three judge panel will not rule for at least a month on whether ousted state Senator W G McCarley will be reinstated to the Alabama legislature. The panel set a one week reply window for briefs from McCarley’s attorneys and three weeks for opposing counsel.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. G. McCarley
Alabama
McCarley
Senate
Prattville
Athens Fairgrounds Slated for sale on April 2
The Veterans Fair Board votes 10 to 0 to advertise bids to sell the 22 acre Athens fairgrounds. Bids must be sealed by 8 p.m. April 2 with right to reject any bid. The sale follows years of decreasing profits and prior ownership by American Legion Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Bob Walker
Athens
Veterans Fair Board
Bale Black
Fair Board
Dewitt Garrett
American Legion
The
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kansas City Mo
Brenda Wiginton Wins Florence State Holiday Pageant
Brenda Wiginton, a Hamilton junior majoring in home economics at Florence State University, is chosen as December Leo’s Loveliest for the Christmas tree selection event.
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Brenda Wiginton
Leo
Florence State University
Hamilton
Brenda
Rescue Squad Aids Flint Family After House Fire
The Flint Rescue Squad volunteers to collect and deliver clothing household items furnishings and cash to aid the Tom Whitehead family left destitute by a Tuesday fire. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church began the drive with phone contact through Rev Alvin Tucker 355-0667. Mrs Whitehead remains in Decatur General Hospital unaware of the tragedy as the father worked at Alabama Flour Mills.
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Flint
Flint Rescue Squad
Tom Whitehead
Charles Knowlton
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Knowlton
Alvin Tucker
Pleasant Valley
Whitehead
Decatur General Hospital
Alabama Flour Mills
Five Killed On State Roads Across Alabama
Five people died in Alabama traffic incidents on Thursday. Judith Turk of Theodore and Mary Wiggins of Mobile perished in a two car collision in Mobile. Richard Earl Compton, 16, of Decatur was found beside an overturned car on a Morgan County road. James E. Holbrook, 60, of Glencoe died in a single vehicle crash in Gadsden. Robert Johnson Jr. , 40, of Haleyville was killed when his tractor trailer jackknifed on US 43 near Muscle Shoals.
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Alabama
Mobile Area
Judith Turk
Theodore
Mary Wiggins
Mobile
Richard Earl Compton
Decatur
Morgan County
James E. Holbrook
Glencoe
City Hires Teacher For Detention Home
Decatur board hires Mrs. Helen Cochran to teach a special education class at Morgan County Detention Home. A nonprofit mental health group funds salary and supplies, marking the third such unit for the system. Eight students are at the home, focus on reading and arithmetic. Payroll computerization planned with help from nearby colleges.
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Helen Cochran
11Th St. SE
Decatur Board of Education
Morgan County
Decatur
North Central Alabama Mental Health Association
Jerry McGee
The
Mental Health Organization
Westlawn
Woodmeade
McGee
Cochran
Auburn University
Ardmore Christmas Parade Set for Saturday
Ardmore hosts the sixth annual Christmas parade at 2 p.m. Saturday. Sponsored by the Ardmore Jaycees and Jaycettes, the form at Ardmore High School. Betty McNeese Jaycette president will marshal. High school bands from the area invited to participate. After the parade a $500 script drawing will be held on the Alabama side of the line across from town hall.
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Ardmore
Ardmore Jaycees
Jaycettes
Ardmore High School
Betty McNeese
Jaycette
Marshall
Alabama
Army Helicopter Crash Probed Near Ft. Rucker
Army investigators probe a UH1 helicopter crash that killed two student pilots near Samson Alabama less than a mile from Geneva County. The two victims, from outside the state, were on a training mission when the craft went down. Names withheld until next of kin are notified.
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Geneva County
Army
Hartselle Woman Wins Daily Kriss Kross Contest
Mrs Arnold R Eddy of Hartselle won The Daily Kriss Kross contest on her second try earning a $50 gift certificate toward a piano for her daughter. She and her husband work near Alabama Flour Mills and she credited her Gift Spotter slogan for her win. The final puzzle remains in The Decatur Daily classified section.
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Arnold R. Eddy
Hartselle
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Beltline
Sapp
Billy Smith
IVA
Limestone County
Elk River
Ardmore Bank
P. A. Lamont
Standard Oil Foundation
Luther L. Gobbel
Athens College
the Nations
U.S
Richard Rives
U.S. Dist
Virgil Pittman
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Pittfan
Robert H
Harris
Morris Dees
1St Ave
Grant St
Wheeler Basin
Athens Fairgrounds
Associated Press
E. R. Cochran
Austin High School
Curtis P. Sellers
John. C. Calhoun Junior College
Sellers
Anniston
Vietnam
H’selle Woman
Kross
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