Lawmakers May Handle Blue Law Controversy in Alabama
Alabama faces a new legal test over Sunday blue laws. Courts have not defined if convenience stores count as delicatessens while drugstores may stay open. Prattville, Muscle Shoals, Florence, and other cities report arrests and fines as the issue awaits possible legislative action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Prattville
Dist
Atty
Glen Curlee
Bill Baxley
Baxley
Tri- Cities
Sheffield
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Tuscumbia
State Supreme Court
Physicians Blast Prison Sanitation in Alabama
A physician team auditing Alabama prisons reports serious sanitation and medical care failures. Atmore State Prison Farm tour sickened one doctor, who cried after seeing conditions. The findings, filed with U.S. District Judge Frank A. Johnson Jr., accompany a court-ordered hospital care upgrade for inmates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Atmore
U.S
Frank A. Johnson Jr
State Prison Board
Johnson
Julius N. Michaelson
Mobile One
Medical Association of Alabama
Readers Ask Tax Help and Collectibles Values
A Decatur reader asks if kindergarten fees are tax deductible and officials say yes for child care if both parents work with a $400 monthly max and a 50 percent credit if annual income exceeds $18,000. Also notes contact suggestions for valuing antique toys and Irish vases and a fourth class mail rate summary.
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Decatur
Internal Revenue Service
Huntsville
Smith Twins Excel At Delivering Newspapers
Lucille and Lillian Smith, 64, run a highly efficient paper route for Decatur Daily. They deliver 359 papers daily from a shared route near Austin High School, weatherproof wraps included, with a unique system and near-zero complaints. They began together two years ago after drawing Social Security.
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Lucille
Lillian Smith
Decatur Daily
Lillian
Austin High School
Decatur
Don Kincaid
John Martin
Kincaid
Brother Robert
7Th Ave
Lucille Wins Car at Morgan County Fair Then Delivers Papers
In 1959 Lucille won a car at the Morgan County Fair and began delivering papers in 1965. She and Lillian shared routes using Lucille's car until an ankle injury forced Lucille to deliver about 600 papers alone.
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Lucille
Morgan County
Lillian
Water meeting to discuss Danville Road high level system
Residents of the Chapel Hill area meet Monday at 7 30 p m at Chapel Hill Methodist Church to discuss connecting homes along Vestavia Danville and Chapel Hill roads to a new high level water supply system. cost details include a 230 tapping fee and 203 715 total project cost with 185 200 HUD grant.
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Chapel Hill Rd
Danville
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
Vestavia Dr
Danville Rd
Maxie Blankenship
George Godwin Jr
Decatur Water Department
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Blankenship
Wreckage of Small Airplane Located in Hollis Alabama
Civil Air Patrol crews found the missing Cessna 210 wreckage near Hollis in Clay County Alabama after a weeklong search across south central Alabama. Four aboard were believed to be Lloyd Kauffman of Pellston and his three teenage children. Authorities noted low ceilings hampered earlier efforts and that the pilots had contacted FAA centers about weather before the crash. Captain Lynn Rice, CAP search coordinator, commented on the discovery.
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Hollis
Ala
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pellston
Mich
Civil Air Patrol
Alabama
Lloyd Kauffman
Fazio
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Birmingham
Waas
Emergency numbers and crisis lines in Alabama area
A fragmented notice lists emergency contacts for Morgan and Limestone counties in Alabama. It includes sheriff and crisis call center numbers, poison risk guidance, hospital or physician contact points, and a general operator tip.
Policeman Ray Swanner Hurt in Athens Motorcycle Crash
Policeman Ray Swanner was injured in a two car accident on U S 72 inside Athens city limits while en route to another crash. He was treated and released from Athens Limestone Hospital. No other injuries were reported. He is the second Athens officer injured in three days following Patrolman Oscar Smith, who was hit by a truck while investigating a crash on Interstate 65.
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Athens
Ray Swanner
U. S
Swanner
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Swarner
Oscar Smith
Interstate 65
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Ricky Brooks
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Bissell
J.C.M
Stuart A.parvin
Hobbies Magazine
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
Ireland
C. M
Edward L. Kreinheder
Main
Warrensburg
N.Y
Smith
Line St
Sam Frank
Moore
Bank St
Robert
Alvin Benn
Decatur and
Austin
Pauline Yates
Blanche Holt
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
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Snead State
Valerie Neal
Holly Pond
Robert Sandusky
Robert Garrison
Ronald Collins
Lacey's Spring
Holman
Tinsley R. Harrison
University of Alabama
Tinsley
Sentinels
Huntsville-Decatur
A-5
Joe Fazio
Montgomery Cap Division
Maj
Bubba Brantley
Clay County
Sylacauga
Daly
Talladega County
Lynn Rice
CAP
Atlanta, Ga
Highway Patrol
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Limestone
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Lawrence County
Cullman
Grange
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