Benefit Show Tonight for Blind in Priceville
A benefit concert at Priceville High School at 7 30 tonight features Dexter and his Derbies from Athens The Soul Seekers from Hopewell Baptist Church and other local and Birmingham groups. Proceeds aid forming the Decatur Chapter of the Alabama Association for the Blind. Rev Ray Speakman leads and accompanies on piano. Admission is 1 with free entry for blind attendees. Tickets available at Sears Big E or at the door.
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Priceville
Priceville High School
Decatur
Alabama Association For the Blind
Dexter
Athens
Hopewell Baptist Church
Birmingham
Ray Speakman
Hopewell
Sears
Big E
Santa myth endures as belief clashes with doubt
Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan predicts Santa will remain a cultural symbol as myths revive among future generations despite skeptical doubt. Commerce and media sustain Santa Claus as a business staple with large crowds visiting stores nationwide, from Chicago to Cedar Rapids and Nashville, while some plans like a Santa hotline face cancellation.
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Santa Claus
Jerome Kagan
Harvard
Santa
Chicago
Isa
America
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Loop
Marshall Field & Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Armstrong’s Department
Nashville
Phillip Smith
New York
Hudson's
Detroit
Long Island
Smith
Decatur Business Leaders Note Bank Directors Assembly
Richard C. Patrick Jr of Patrick Lumber and director at State National Bank of Alabama represented Decatur at the Sixth Assembly for Bank Directors in the Bahamas. Two local residents earned KU degrees since June: Gretchen Gann with a bachelor of science in human development and family life and Harriette Stallworth with a bachelor of arts. Decatur Curb and Country Market on 1st Ave and Grant St opens Wednesday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. with backbone, spare ribs, country sausage, Christmas greenery, apples, and oranges for sale.
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Richard C. Patrick, Jr
Patrick Lumber Co
State National Bank of Alabama
Decatur
Bahamas
University of Kansas
Gretchen Lou Gann
Sherwood
1St Ave
Grant St
Fire incident at Villa Fontaine apartments hallway
A smoke bomb was thrown into the hall of the Villa Fontaine apartments at 1520 Carridale SW burning part of a nylon rug Monday night. The manager noted the housing complex has been under police attention.
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Villa Fontaine
Carridale
Cemetery Open To All Burials After Civil Rights Ruling
A federal judge in Birmingham ruled a cemetery cannot bar burials to non whites, signaling an end to segregated cemeteries nationwide. The decision followed a suit by the family of Pfc. Bill Terry who died in Vietnam, who sought burial for the 20 year old Black serviceman.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dist
Seybourn Lynne
Pfc
Bill Terry
Vietnam
Elmwood
Terry
Margaret Terry
Jimmie Lee Terry
Lynne
Supreme Court
The
United States
Elmwood Cemetery
Shean
Bill
Officials Spar Over North, South Racial School Segregation
Western and southern complaint centers on federal law treating de facto northern segregation too leniently while de jure southern segregation is barred. HEW officials Panetta and Finch cite lack of Supreme Court mandate and congressional discouragement as key reasons.
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G.C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Congress
Leon E. Panetta
Office For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
South
Panetta
HEW
Robert H. Finch
John Stennis
D-Miss
Finch
County program costs and new regional district plans noted
Commissioners reported four thousand five hundred sixty two dollars in commissions for the food stamp program since May with shared costs by towns and the county. About six hundred families joined in November. They will meet January 8 with Resource Conservation and Development to discuss forming a valley wide CD and R district to study natural resource development and two additional lakes of 65 and 74 acres may be pursued for recreation.
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Guntersville
Chapman
Illumination Display and Christmas Eve Services Scheduled
Residents of Horsetree Place in southeast Decatur will present an Illumination Display from 6 to 8 p.m. The Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 3200 will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Hall. Joint Christmas Eve services with First Presbyterian and Covenant Presbyterian are at 5 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. The Regents of Huntsville will present inspirational music at McKendree Methodist Church at Massey at 6 p.m. The public is invited.
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Horsetree Place
Decatur
Mary Lou Dancy
E.S
Masonic Hall
First Presbyterian
Covenant Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Regents of Huntsville
McKendree Methodist Church
Massey
Watershed program hopes hinge on new recreation center plans
Morgan County officials weigh a watershed lake proposal with recreation center needs cited by Chapman and Nelson. Police and investigators pursue linked robberies at Decatur and Huntsville stores as authorities seek clarity on costs and participation.
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Chapman
Athens Hires Meter Reader
Mahlon LeCroix former Limestone County Board of Revenue member for District 3 has been hired by the City of Athens as a meter reader in the gas department. He previously worked for the Production Credit Association in Athens. City hall says he started at a salary of 400 dollars per month.
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Athens
Mahlon LeCroix
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Board of Revenue
District 3
LeCroix
Production Credit Association
City Hall
King Denies Resignation in Alabama Welfare Post
Alabama Pensions and Security Commissioner Ruben K. King denied submitting a resignation to Gov. Albert Brewer after a Huntsville Times report claimed he had left his post as welfare program supervisor. He would not rule out the possibility.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama_ Pensions and _ Security
Ruben K. King
Albert Brewer
King
Huntsville Times
Bankhead Bates to retire after 34 years with patrol
Maj. Bankhead Bates commonly known as the Cinderella man of the Alabama Highway Patrol will retire Wednesday after 34 years of service in Montgomery. His career spans four decades of state highway patrol duties and leadership.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bankhead Bates
Alabama Highway Patrol
Cinderella Man Bates Rises and Falls in Public Safety
Maj Bates a longtime public safety figure rises to head the department in 1951 then returns to patrolman as a new governor brings in a fresh director. He is later made a major again to lead the Drivers License Division with Maj Claude Peter succeeding him. An officers’ farewell gift includes a wrist watch and a grandfather clock.
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Bates
Public Safety Department
James Folsom
Maj
Claude Peter
Athens Audit Shows Revenue and Expenditures Up
Athens general fund revenue rose to 185 307 plus 23 003 over 1967 68. TVA tax equivalent provided 171 789 and gasoline tax 115 270. Fines fell, fees grew, and garbage charges rose 95 986 while salaries and benefits drove most spending increases.
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Athens
T. C. Christopher
General Fund
Elk River
City of Athens General Fund
Tennessee Valley Authority
Disputed civil rights veto stalls federal appropriations
The stalled 19.9 billion health education and labor appropriation and related foreign aid funds face delay as Congress adjourns. The Philadelphia plan minority employment goal controversy and a looming court decision mark the dispute while a major tax bill offers large income tax cuts and Social Security increases.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Philadelphia
Elmer B. Staats
John N. Mitchell
Three Killed In Alabama Traffic Accidents
Three people died Monday in separate traffic accidents reported by the Alabama Highway Patrol. Betty Lloyd, 18, of Cullman, died when her car left Interstate 65 north of Cullman and hit a concrete drain. Alvin William Heffner, 96, of Boaz, died from injuries after his vehicle ran off a Marshall County road and struck an embankment. Marshal McCrainey Jr., 30, of Milton Florida, was injured when his car left U.S. 90 west of Loxley and crashed into a bridge.
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Associated Press
Alabama Highway Patrol
Betty Lloyd
Cullman
Interstate 65
Alvin William Heffner
Boaz
Marshall County
Florida
Marshal McCrainey Jr
Milton
McCrainey
U.S. 90
Loxley
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