Commissioner Seeks Stronger Stripping Law in Alabama
Archie Phillips of the Alabama Surface Mining and Reclamation Commission advocates stronger 1975 law provisions to require full topsoil preservation, backfilling with mining, limited open pits, treated acid drainage, restricted blasting, and permit freezes. He vows to pressure zoning boards and may back federal bill if the state commission fails to act.
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Jasper
Ala
Alabama
Archie Phillips
Phillips
Alabama Surface Mining and Reclamation Commission
Pennsylvania
Commission
Councilman Criticizes Fireworks Sale Policy Change
Athens councilman Johnny Black condemned the plan to allow sale of fireworks in the police jurisdiction while banning use in the city. He warned the move could raise fire insurance rates for businesses and individuals selling fireworks, despite assurances residential rates won’t rise.
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Athens
Johnny Black
Black
Limestone County
November Teens of the Month named at Decatur Elks Lodge
Two Brewer High School seniors Sandy Mann and Kent Lenox were named November Teens of the Month by the Decatur Elks Lodge. They received a certificate of achievement and a savings bond for scholarship leadership and community service. Their parents listed as Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lennox of Somerville.
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Brewer High School
Decatur Elks Lodge
Sandy Mann
Kent Lenox
C. W. Mann
Lester Lennox
Somerville 2
Mann
Miss Mann
Ronald Baraglia
Ellis
Lenox
Bill to strip speaker of committee assign powers
In Montgomery Alabama state Rep Alvin Holmes says he will introduce or co sponsor a resolution in the next session to take away the power to assign committees from Speaker Joe McCorquodale. Holmes says the power has been abused after McCorquodale removed Rep Bishop Barron from Ways and Means following Barron’s criticisms of a state jet and welfare officials.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alvin Holmes
Joe McCorquodale
House
Holmes
McCorquodale
Bishop Barron
Barron
Veteran Birmingham reporter Bill Mobley dies at 68
William A. Mobley, 68, a long time police and city hall reporter for The Birmingham Post and Birmingham Post-Herald, died after a heart attack. A native of Hamilton, he worked in Marion and Fayette counties and McComb Miss. He boxed over 100 fights, was Birmingham's Boxer of the Year, and served as an atomic bomb project photographer at Los Alamos before joining the Post. He retired three years ago and twice ran for Hamilton city clerk plus a Birmingham City Council bid last summer.
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Birmingham
Ala
William A
Bill
Mobley
City Hall
Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post-Herald
Hamilton
Marion
Fayette Counties
McComb
Miss
The
Post
Los Alamos
N. M
Post- Herald
Birmingham City Council
Detroit Cabbies Face Insurance Exodus at New Year
Detroit taxi drivers threaten to idle 3,000 cabs as Stonewall Insurance cancels or refuses to renew policies in the Detroit area. The move could leave 40,000 to 52,000 daily riders without service, prompting calls for a 60 day extension or legislative relief and possible assigned risk coverage at higher rates.
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Charles C. Cain
Associated Press
Detroit
Stonewall Insurance Co
Birmingham
Ala
Michigan
Robert E. Barnes
Metropolitan Taxi Association
Barnes
Checker Cab
Stonewall
New Jersey
Larry Owen
State Insurance Bureau
Owen
Jack Kelly
Wayne County
Christmas Actresses Play Impresses at West Decatur
Six year old Donna Sloan in clown makeup backstage at West Decatur Elementary School’s production of The Unwanted Toys. Donna, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilburn Sloan of 222 16th Ave NW, posed for the Daily Photo as the show unfolds.
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Donna Sloan
West Decatur Elementary School
Donna
Wilburn Sloan
16Th Ave
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