Courtland Bridge to Get Immediate Guard Rail Repair
Alabama Highway Department will replace curbing and guard rails on the Alabama 20 railroad bridge west of Courtland using 23000 dollars from Death Trap Elimination funds. Project aims for next spring with beam rails and 3000 feet of guard rails on approaches amid prior safety concerns.
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Courtland
George Wallace
Alabama Highway Department
J. B. Vinson
Highway Division
Vinson
Southern Railway
Highway Department
Tommy Carter
Wallace
Courtland Bridge
Masterson Mill Creek
Third In Custody In Store Robbery
Decatur police arrested Eddie Joe Coffey and Willie Frank Sears both 19 for robbery after an attempted holdup at Vaughn's Superette on old Moulton Road. A 15 year old was also detained. Mrs Opal Vaughn foiled the robbery firing on the getaway car as the suspects fled toward Alabama 20 near 12th Ave NW. The .25 pistol was recovered and the store is six miles west of Decatur.
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Decatur
Vaughn
Superette
Moulton Rd
Eddie Joe Coffey
Trinity
Willie Frank Sears
Washington St. NW
Opal Vaughn
Alabama 20
12Th Ave. NW
ConAgra to Double Hatchery Capacity Here in Moulton
ConAgra will double hatchery capacity and employment in Moulton from 55 to about 110 as it consolidates operations from Jasper Albertville and Pell City. A new 800000 second hatchery will add incubators and raise annual chick output from 21 million to 41 million.
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Lee Sentell
Moulton
ConAgra
H. A. Alexander
Jasper
Albertville
Pell City
Lawrence County
Athens
Alexander
Walter Kirksey
Harold Ellis
Decatur
Max Bradshaw
Limestone County
Moulton Hatchery
ConAgra’s
Nebraska
Martin to Stay City Councilman in State Representative Race
Charles Martin will remain on the city council while seeking the District Eight state representative post. He says he need not resign unless elected and sworn in. Swearing in is planned for May 1975, with resignation effective April 30 if elected.
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Charles Martin
Martin
Power outage hits 300 in southwest Decatur area
About 300 residents in the Sandlin Road and Beltline Road fringes near Austinville experienced a roughly 12 minute outage this morning as four cranes damaged power transmission facilities on Sandlin Road. Electric Department Manager Dick Watkins says crews are using construction equipment to upgrade a nearby bridge and related facilities.
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Decatur
Sandlin Rd
Electric Department
Dick Watkins
Beltline Rd
Austinville
Sandlin
Church Complex Given Planning Commission Nod
The Decatur Planning Commission approved a 280000 development permit Tuesday for a Westside Baptist Church religious complex at Westmeade Street and Beltline Road. Plans include a two story educational building a 340 seat chapel youth activities building and a kitchen on seven acres with future sanctuary for 800. A frontage road facing Beltline is required.
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Decatur Planning Commission
Westmeade St
Beltline Rd
Westside Baptist Church
Elree T. Waddell
Huntsville
Waddell
Somerville Rd
Magnolia St
Sandlin
Austinville
Lifeguard urged for harbor safety at Decatur area
A Hartford Loss Control rep advised closing the Decatur Harbor swimming area if safety facilities cannot be adequately provided. The plan calls for trained lifeguards, proper equipment, posted rules, and winter-time action if needed, following two summer drownings.
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Decatur Harbor
Ed Stevens
The
Hartford Co
Bill Dukes
Stevens
Wallace Yule Show Tonight at Lurleen Wallace Center
The Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center music department led by Miss Velma Jones presents its second annual Christmas musical tonight at 7 in the center gymnasium. More than 50 students perform a pantomime to The 12 Days of Christmas and sing traditional carols including Frosty the Snowman I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Twas The Night Before Christmas Santa Claus is Coming to Town and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
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Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center
Velma Jones
Coal Theft Reported at Westside Coal Co
An undetermined amount of coal was reported stolen Tuesday from Westside Coal Co at 202 Vine St NW. A separate incident involved two rocks thrown through a bedroom window at Maison de Ville Apartments 1514 Carridale St SW. police searched for prowlers in the 2300 block of Spring Ave SW Tuesday night.
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Westside Coal Co
Vine St. NW
Maison de Ville Apartments
Carridale St
Spring Ave
Wallace Aide Resigns After DUI Arrest
The Rev. Jesse Gann, 47, an administrative assistant to Gov. George C. Wallace, resigned noting his and his wife's health. He was arrested Saturday night in Hoover on a drunken driving charge, released on bonds under 300 dollars. The incident followed reports he disrupted a Montgomery drug seminar and fired a pistol in the 1973 legislative session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jesse Gann
George C. Wallace
Gann
Hoover
Birmingham
Oscar Davis
Alabama Journal
Crisis numbers guidance from The Decatur Daily
The notice provides crisis contact options including the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 and guidance to call local hospitals or physicians for possible poisoning. It advises dialing 0 to reach an operator if uncertain of the emergency number.
Limestone County History Book Details Early County Records
Athens writer Robert Henry Walker Jr. completed a 217 page history of Limestone County Alabama for the Limestone County Commission. The book uncovers forgotten early records including an 1818 court docket, road trustees and ferry routes, Fort Hampton correspondence, and a 1812 petition to President Monroe listing more than 1,000 settlers deemed intruders by the federal government.
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Athens
Limestone County
Robert Henry Walker Jr
Alabama
Limestone County Commission
Walker
Commission
Old Fort Hampton
Lee High Bridge
Elk River
Historical Names of Limestone County Tied to Early Settlers
Walker notes many Limestone County place names reflect early settler families such as Capshaw Roszell Pettusville and Lentzille with lines to Edmund Pettus and others. He cites faded names like Cartwright Harris Station Wooley Springs Hay's Mill Leggtown and says the book covers Limestone history from 1807 to present as its first complete history.
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James Madison
Congress
Walker
Limestone County
Capshaw
Limestone
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Schrimsher
A. E. Bumpus
Bill Claxton
Bumpus
Sonny Turner
Bradshaw
Bassett Ave
Longleaf
Susie Seymoure
Wesley C. Gholston
Decatur High School
Wallace Yule
Decatur Daily
L’stone
James Monroe
New Orleans
Bob Henry Walker
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