Local voters eye 1964 elections with primaries and runoffs
Off year on state and county levels, residents plan May Democratic primary and June runoff. Poll taxes due by February 1. Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone counties select probate and county officials. August city race in Decatur. StatewideMay contests include president, Public Service Commission, congressional seats, and supreme court. September local races in many towns. Possible first Republican primary for some posts.
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James N. Bloodworth
Newton B. Powell
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Decatur
Town Creek
Hillsboro
Holly Pond
City paving totals show 62 blocks by Decatur. residents pay some
City Engineer Bill Wright notes more than 230000 spent in Decatur during 1963 on about 75 blocks of street work. The city funded 62 blocks at 226270, with 15 to 20 blocks of low cost paying where residents cover material costs averaging 60 cents per linear foot.
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Bill Wright
Decatur
Wright
Telephone additions raise Decatur and Hartselle counts
One thousand three hundred twenty new phone units were added by January 1, 1963, bringing Decatur area use to 17 148 and an estimated 18 468 by January 1, 1964. Hartselle’s total rose to 3 901 by January 1, 1964. An additional $217,200 building is under construction for more local and toll equipment. The first German submarine from 1850 is being repaired in Rostock for a military museum.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Telephone Company
Summarine
Rostock
East Germany
Decatur School Growth Hits Record 7300 Students
Decatur schools enroll a record 7300 students for 1963, with 24 new teachers and 500 students above projections. An expected 1964 expansion includes 12 new classrooms and a $150,000 addition at West Decatur and Austinville, plus plans for a new southwest elementary school by 1965.
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Leeman
Austin High School
West Decatur
Austinville
Austin High
Decatur
Seven Lives Lost On City Streets in Decatur 1963
The 1963 Decatur traffic toll reached seven fatalities, including four children and two adults. Notable incidents involved a 79 year old woman, a high school senior, a five year old, an eight year old bicyclist, and an elderly man struck near a grocery store.
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Decatur
Pack Self
Jackson St
Somerville Rd
John E. Hardiman
Athens 3
David Gene Smith
Gather Smith
14Th Ave. SE
Smith
Ray Standridge
Windell Standridge
6Th Ave
Ardmore
Tenn
Standridge
Ricky Edward Fuller
Marlene, Fuller
Decatur 1
Old Moulton Rd
Horn
Decatur General Hospital
Young Fuller
Fuller
Andrew Miller
Church St. NW
Miller
Births and Deaths Rise In Morgan County 1963 Stats
Vital records from Morgan County Health Office through November 1963 show increases over 1962. For 11 months, 601 deaths and 1 593 births. 1962 totals were 594 deaths and 1 592 births. Still births total 17 this year versus 29 in 1962.
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Morgan County Health Office
Dogin
Auto Fatality Rise in Four-County Area Alarms State Troopers
Alabama State Trooper data show a sharp rise in 1963 fatalities across Cullman Lawrence Limestone and Morgan counties with 663 highway deaths by December 18 up from 627 last year. The year ends with 54 fatalities in the four counties and 1 056 total accidents including 45 fatal crashes.
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Alabama
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
W. B. Little
Decatur Post
Morgan County
Cullman County
Lawrence County
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Raed
Ine Uc
Winford Turner
County Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan County Board of Education
Board of Revenue
Board of Educa
Minnie Dunn
City
Catur
H. R. Leeman
Decatur Board of Education
Larry Bridges
Bridges
Decatur Sanitary Fill
5Th Ave
Bridges Was the Son
Mrs
Royce M. Bridges
Ave. SW
John B. Franz, Jr
Randall Charles Frank
Ole Man
Mooresville
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