Southern Bell Plans Split to Form South Central Bell
Southern Bell announces July 1 split to form South Central Bell with Birmingham headquarters. The new unit will take Alabama Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee operations while Georgia Florida North Carolina and South Carolina stay with Southern Bell. Both firms become separate subsidiaries of American Telephone and Telegraph.
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Birmingham
Southern Bell
Frank M. Malone
Atlanta
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Commpany, American Telephone and Telegraph Co
South Central Co
Central Bank
Collision at Monsanto plant entrance injures driver
A Monsanto employee, Theron Mote, 26, of Trinity, was hospitalized in good condition after his car hit a 1964 International tractor trailer at the Monsanto plant entrance on Alabama 20 west of Decatur. The crash occurred at 3 10 p.m. Mote, driving north toward the plant, collided with the truck headed west on Alabama 20. the truck, bound for Cherokee, carried corn. Pounders, 20, of Cherokee, the driver, reported no injuries.
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Monsanto
Alabama
Decatur
Theron Mote
Trinity
Decatur General Hospital
L. E. Gautney
Mote
Raymond J. Pounders
Cherokee
Pounders
Gautney
Beth Carpenter Chooses Vet Career After Land Claims News
A State Board approved 20500 in landowner claims for highway work despite engineer opposition. In Hartselle Dusty Carpenter, Morgan County High School senior, plans to study veterinary medicine at Auburn after graduation, aiming for a scholarship and a future as a veterinarian amid family pride.
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State Board of the
Mrrs. Allen
Highway Department
Faye Blair
DAILY
Hartselle
Beth
Dusty’ Carpenter
Pensacola
Fla
Dusty
Morgan County
Auburn University
J. W. Carpenter Jr
Nelson St
Smary Susan
Jer Ward
David
MCHS
Monsanto Co
Decatur
Carpenters
Shelton Pinkerton
Auburn
Three Morgan Students Win U of A Scholarships and Grants
The daughter of W H Johnson of 827th Ave SE won a University of Alabama scholarship as a music major freshman. Robert Skidmore of Decatur, a chemistry major junior, received an Educational Opportunity Grant and an NDBA Loan. The deadline for 1968 Alabama Junior Miss entries is Saturday for a Birmingham contest on January 11.
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Morgan
U of A Financial Aid
W. H. Johnson
827Th Ave
University of Alabama
Miss Johnson
Decatur High
Robert Skidmore
M. L. Skidmore
Decature
Skidmore
College of Arts and Sciences
Circle K
Aeisec
Priceville High School
Alabama
Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
Mooresville Wins Gas Franchise Expansion
Mooresville gains gas service after Muscle Shoals Natural Gas Co is granted a franchise approved by the town council and the Alabama Public Service Commission. Lines will come from Belle Mina, expanding toward Alabama 20 and adding new service for area residents.
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Mooresville
Muscle Shoals Natural Gas Co
Alabama Public Service Commission
Belle Mina
Alabama 20
Tanner, Pryor
Flint
Madison
Alabama-American Oil Pact Expands North Central Alabama
One of Worth Alabama’s largest distributors has become a distributor for American Oil Co. products in north central Alabama. Alabama Oil Co. of Decatur operates about 80 service stations in Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties and announced the change Monday night. President Guy J. Spencer of Huntsville, who runs two other oil ventures in the area, heads the firms involved.
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Worth
Alabama
American Oil Co
Alabama Oil Co
Decatur
Morgam
Lawrence Counties
Guy J. Spencer
Huntsville
Log chimneys in Kentucky settlers built to collapse for fire
In Kentucky settlers constructed log chimneys with a key log to allow rapid collapse if a chimney caught fire, a precaution noted in historical accounts.
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Kentucky
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Iin Mew
AVE. “Division
Bell System
South
Monsanto Employe
L'stone
Athens
Limestone County Department of Pensions and Security
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Cutler-Hammer
N. Jefferson St
A. B. Lightfoot Jr
Jonn Raybon
Dorothy E. Rackey
Angelo
Cullman
St. Bernard College
Charles J. Biegepenter
Air Force
Angelo T. Acerra
O.S.B
St- Bernard
Jége
Memphis
Tenn
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Tennessee Valley Authority
Trfinity
Cogenel
Inc
Villeurbanne
France
TVA
Mullin Killer
Alabama Courier and
Limestone Democrat
Beth Carpenter
Allen
Agnes Baggett
Shirley Ann Johnson
Jefferson County
Mary Patterhart
Public Affairs
The
Birmingham News
Alabama-American Oil Company
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