Sunday Fire Damages Old Decatur Rest Home
A vacated Decatur Rest Home at 601 2nd Ave SW was heavily damaged in an 11 34 AM Sunday fire. Fire Chief A D Terry said two trucks responded, two rooms gutted and other areas damaged by smoke and water. No injuries reported. Owner Mrs Faye E Green, who said she is selling the building, did not estimate the loss.
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2Nd Ave
Decatur
A. D. Terry
Terry
Decatur Rest Home
Faye E. Green
Plane makes emergency landing on Alabama 79 after fuel gauge misreads
A single engine plane piloted by Bob Mitchell from Brumley’s Chapel landed safely on Alabama 79 between Tarrant and Robinwood after the engine quit during ascent from Birmingham Airport. Mitchell said the fuel gauge read half full while tanks were nearly empty.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama 79
Tarrant
Robinwood
Bob Mitchell
Brumley’s Chapel
Mitchell
Elk Control Averts Flood Damage in Tennessee and Tennessee River
TVA flood control operations on the Elk River and Tennessee River prevented an estimated 46,000 and 10 million dollars in flood damage respectively during mid December. Tim's Ford Dam regulated Elk River near Fayetteville and prevented crests near six feet above flood stage. The Chattanooga river crest was kept well below flood stage, and Oliver Springs benefited from a 1970 floodway project reducing damage to about 375,000.
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Knoxville
Fayetteville
Tenn
TVA
Elk River
Federal
Chattanooga
Tennessee River
Limestone County
Middle Tennessee
Tennessee
Oliver Springs
Indian Creek
Architect Rides Boom Settle Here
Huntsville area faces construction slowdown as firms diversify or expand northward. Wally Inscho, an architect turned builder, moved to Decatur with family while his firm takes jobs in Birmingham and North Alabama to stay busy. He cites overcapacity among firms and steady growth in Decatur, with prefabricated buildings mixing conventional materials.
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Huntsville
Decatur
Alabama
Birmingham
North Alabama
City fines rise under state mandate in Decatur
An across the board increase in city recorder’s court fines goes into effect raising most penalties by two dollars to three dollars. The changes target disorderly conduct speeding and other offenses with proceeds credited to state funds for driver education and indigent defense. Officials say total impact for December isn’t yet known. A separate atomic energy exhibit titled This Atomic World will visit area schools in January, sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission and University of Alabama Birmingham, visiting Speake High Athens Danville Clements High and Union Hill Junior High Somerville.
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Richard Lee
Pack Self
Alabama Peace Officers Benefit Fund
Fair Trial Tax Fund
Atomic Energy Commission
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Speake
Danville
Clements High
Athens
Johnson Junior High
Union Hill
Somerville
Rural loan cuts may drive rural to urban migration
Birmingham activist Tom Walker of Citizens for Fair Utility Rates warns the Nixon admin's curtailment of Rural Electrification Administration low interest loans harms rural cooperatives. He says reduced funding will curb service upgrades and spur migration to cities, harming Alabama's rural development and energy, communications access.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tom Walker
Nixon
Rural Electrification Administration
Walker
Citizens For Fair Utility Rates
Alabama
Washington
Insche's career shifts from Auburn architect to Huntsville builder
After earning an Auburn architecture degree in 1958, Insche served as a jet fighter pilot for five years. He worked three years in an architectural firm before starting his own general contracting firm. Seeking better opportunities, he joined a cousin’s government construction firm in Birmingham in 1962 and formed his own firm in Huntsville two years later, later moving to Decatur with his family.
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Air Force
Auburn
Insche
Wally
Birmingham
Huntsville
Decatur
Woman charged in shooting at O K Tire Store
Mrs. Bonnie Hopper, 40, of Falkville has been charged with assault with intent to murder after her 21 year old son in law was shot in the leg at the O K Tire Store on 6th Ave SE. Paul Hogan, 21, of Danville was shot once in the left leg. the wound was described as superficial. Hopper was released on a $750 bond by Morgan County Jail.
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Bonnie Hopper
Falkville 3
Paul Hogan
Danville 1
O.K
6Th Ave
Emergency numbers listed for Alabama counties and crisis centers
A reader provided a list of emergency numbers for Decatur and Morgan County Hartselle Limestone Athens Lawrence Cullman and crisis resources. It includes 911 353-0631 353-6956 232-1530 974-8782 734-0342 and the Crisis Call Center 355-8000 with guidance to call zero if unsure.
Youth Injured On Motorcycle In Decatur Collision
An 18 year old Decatur youth, Joe B Spell Jr., was injured Sunday when his motorcycle collided with an automobile on lth St SE between l1th Ct and 8th Ave. He was taken by AAA Southend Ambulance to Decatur General Hospital in fair condition. The auto driver, Richard W Kimbrough, 18, of 1205 Pennsylane SE, was not injured.
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Decatur
Lth
St. SE
L1th Ct
8Th Ave
Joe B. Spell Jr
Somerville Rd
Aaa-Southend
Decatur General Hospital
Richard W. Kimbrough
Pennsylane SE
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Athens College
Cathy Jackson
Rex Cheatham
Donna Long
Mitchell Long
Jerry Smith
Athens College Division of Education
Wally Inscho
Insho
Inscho
Lee
Atomic Energy Exhibit
By Lee Sentell
Lawrence County
Herschel Boyles
Billy Barney
Boyles
Fred Gillespie
Highway Patrol
Morgan County
Hartselle
Cullman
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