Weather Observation Classes Set for Decatur and Other Cities
The Civil Defense department will offer weather observation and reporting classes on January 15 and 16 at the State Highway Department auditorium in Decatur with sponsors including the U S Weather Bureau and Alabama state agencies. Attendees include highway patrol and Civil Defense members, plus a school representative from each area. Governor Albert Brewer endorses the program which trains staff to observe conditions and relay reports through the National Warning System, aiding rapid severe weather warnings across Alabama cities.
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Civil Defense Department
State Highway Department
Decatur
The
Civil Defense
Montgomery U. S. Weather Bureau
Alabama Highway Patrol
United States
Weather Bureau
Albert Brewer
Alabama
National
Huntsville
Anniston
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Opelika
Selma
Montgomery
Dothan
Evergreen
Mobile
Brewer
Bauer Appointed To Crusade Post
W Cecil Bauer, president of South Central Bell, was named chairman of the public gifts division of the Lurleen Wallace Courage Crusade. Campaign leaders said his duties will span every Alabama county to fund a $15 million cancer hospital with $5 million from public subscriptions.
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W. Cecil Bauer
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Lurleen Wallace
Courage Crusade
Earl W. Mallick
Donald Comer Jr
Bauer
Jean
East Briarcliff Rd
Birmingham
Brewer To Get Education Talk In Alabama
The Alabama Education Study Commission will discuss progress toward a long term education report with Gov. Albert Brewer in Montgomery. Chairman Harry Philpott said a detailed written report aims for public release January 16, with a summary for lawmakers not available Thursday. Brewer may call a special session if recommendations have a good chance of acceptance.
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Montgomery
Brewer
State Capitol In Spotlight
The State Capitol in Montgomery Alabama now uses outdoor floodlights with a life expectancy many times that of the old lamps. The new setup needs 19 525 watts to output over one million lumens, while the old system produced 604 000 lumens on 25 000 watts.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
2500 In Mobile Struck By Flu Scare
The flu hits an estimated 2500 Mobile residents with no confirmed Hong Kong variant. Dr. George Newburn of the Mobile County Board of Health says some cases may be Hong Kong type and lab tests will take about two weeks to determine the strain.
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Mobile. Ala
API
Hong Kong
George Newburn
Mobile County Board of Health
AMLA Chief Hails Group Promotion in North Alabama
J Hubert Richter, president of the Alabama Mountain Lakes Association, celebrates a four year promotion drive shaping North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley. He cites AMLA led projects like McFarland Bottoms Park Point Park Wilson Dam area Lewis Smith Lake and Point Mallard Park as examples of cooperative planning and notes the $43 million state parks bill passage as a key success.
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Cullman
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
J. Hubert Richter
Richter
AMLA
Long
Chambers of Commerce
McFarland Bottoms
Point Park
Wilson Dam
Lauderdale County
Lewis Smith Lake
Cullman County
Point Mallard Park
Decatur
Aubrey Carr
Second Class Postage Rates Increase Across Newspapers
Decatur Postmaster I E Self announced today that second class postage for newspapers magazines and similar material rose as part of the 1967 rate law phase two The expansion follows the Jan 7 1968 first phase with a third phase planned for Jan 1 1970 The new rates depend on publication weight advertising content and mailing distance and apply to non profit classroom and controlled circulation items unless excluded by rules Public guidance is available at local post offices for mailers needing specifics.
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Decatur
Self
Train truck crash kills Scottsboro woman in Paint Rock area
A van carrying Jane Coffee 30 died after a wheel left the road at a crossing and the vehicle was struck by a train near Paint Rock Monday night. Mansell Garrett of Baileyton was the driver, who reportedly tried to flag the oncoming train.
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Huntsville
Ala
Scottsboro
Paint Rock
Jane Coffee
Mansell Garrett
Baileyton
Mt Hope farmers seek $132000 in crop damage claims
A group of 117 Mt Hope farmers filed claims totaling 132085 with the U S Forestry Service in Haleyville for cotton and truck crop losses from chemical spraying in Bankhead Forest in late May. Tests found traces of the pesticide in leaves. claims reference Rep Bob Jones and Sen John Sparkman.
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MT Hope
U.S. Forestry Service
Haleyville
Mt. Hope
Bankhead Forest
Gene Pickens
Forestry Service
Don Ezell
Billy Todd
International Mineral
Pickens
Bob Jones
Jones
John Sparkman
U. S. Attorney General's Office
Athens School Plans Okayed By Board
Athens Board of Education approved a six classroom addition to Julian Newman School and dressing rooms on the north end. Architect Evan Terry to prepare detailed working drawings. Superintendent Julian Newman noted potential separate wing for first and second graders if desired. Estimated cost about 90000 dollars. current enrollment around 350. No immediate plans for West Athens Elementary expansion.
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Athens
Allison Bailey
Julian Newman School
South Street
Athens High School
Athens College
City Board of Education
Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Library Services Construction Act
City of
Nancy Agnew
Athens Board of Education
Julian Newman
Evan Terry
Bruce Sherrill
Julian
Newman
West Athens
Sherrill
Retail Sales in Morgan County Dip 2.8 Percent
State Department of Revenue figures show Morgan County retail sales fell 2.8 percent from September 1967 to September 1968. Limestone rose 6.6 percent, and the statewide average gained 3.6 percent. Lumber and building materials plunged 22.7 percent in Morgan while hardware and farm implements rose over 20 percent in both counties.
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Morgan County
State Department of Revenue
Morgan
Limestone
Mobile
Gadsden
Alabama
Marine Lance Cpl. Maxwell Dies in Vietnam
The Defense Department said Lance Cpl. William E. Maxwell died in Vietnam not as a result of hostile action. He was married to Josie D. Maxwell of Tuscaloosa Route 2.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Lance Cpl
William E. Maxwell
Josie D. Maxwell
Rt. 2
Tuscaloosa
Vietnam
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Bob Walker
Houston Memorial
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Houston
Limestone County
C. J. Dutton
Tanner 1
Decatur General Hospital
E. C. Whitley
William
M. Depreast
James M. Coleman
Lonnie McDaniel
North Alabama
Crewe of Columbus
Mystic Society
Women’s Mystic Society
Mt. Hope Farmers Eye
Lee Sentell
Jiftil
Iit
Diddit
Ij di
Sherry Comer
J.H. Comer
Rogersville
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