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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1967
Page
2
The 2.4 million City Hall project in Decatur seeks bids at the January meeting with construction tentatively set for March or April. Land acquisition delays persist as three parcels remain, with funding from federal sources uncertain and possible local borrowing if needed.
Area schools resume after holidays with Morgan Limestone County pupils returning Tuesday and Decatur Wednesday. Lawrence County opens January 8 as flu absenteeism recedes. Superintendents hope a new semester starts with healthier attendance.
Marilyn King 18 of Cullman is highlighted as one of 17 exemplary teens in Seventeen's You The Reader issue. Her 1967 achievements include Presidential Scholar honors, a Phi Beta Kappa scholarship, National Merit recognition, and leadership roles at Cullman High School and First Methodist Church.
Cordova officials urged Governor Lurleen Wallace to reexamine laws regulating safety on state and county construction sites. Mayor Joe A. Poe spoke as Warrior River searchers sought bodies of a woman and her daughter who died when their car plunged from a bridge undergoing demolition amid heavy fog. One body had been recovered. a third person died and another girl was injured. Authorities worry barricades were absent to keep drivers from the wrong road.
Decatur City Commission will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to open bids on a crawler loader for use at the city dump. Estimated cost about 25000 dollars as the city moves to a new refuse burial system seven miles west of Decatur. Army engineer William Loy Wells, stationed Ft. Meade Md., has been promoted to Sp 4 after the holidays with parents at 120 Memorial Dr NW.
A five year old girl Roslyn Patterson of Gadsden was struck and killed Saturday afternoon inside city limits. Etowah County Coroner Noble Yocum said the accident was unavoidable and no charges were placed against the driver. No rural Alabama highway fatalities were reported in the first 24 hours of the 78 hour weekend.
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