Morgan County Asked to Fund 11 School Buses
The Morgan County Commission weighs an $88,000 appropriation request from the Morgan County School Board to replace 11 buses bought in 1962 and 1963 after state transportation funds were cut. Nancarrow cites a 1968 fatal bus wreck and a GM suit as context for public concern.
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Morgan County Commission
Morgan County School Board
George Nancarrow
Nancarrow
Cotaco
General Motors
Huntsville
Morgan County
Girls Ranch Planned To Copy Boys Ranch
The Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women Clubs plans a Girls Ranch near Auburn in Lee and Tallapoosa counties to house homeless girls. Don Acton says the ranch will operate with six homes and a full campus. charter memberships run through April 14, 1973, with donor car tags and a plaza plaque. Local officials discuss site work, funding needs, and future collaboration with the Boys Ranch.
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Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women Clubs
Sheriff's Boys
Helen Lorenz
District Seven
Miss Lorenz
Decatur
Alabama Bpw
Boys’ Ranch
Alabama Sheriff's Boys’ and
Girls’ Ranch
Lee
Tallapoosa
Auburn
BPW
Don Acton
Department of Pensions and Security
Linda McGrew
Alabama Sheriff’s Boys’ and Girls’ Ranch
Emergency crisis numbers and contact guidance
The notice outlines the Crisis Call Center numbers 355 8000 for personal crises and poisoning guidance. It advises calling nearest hospital or family physician if poisoning is suspected and to dial 0 for unknown emergencies. It lists departmental lines S 353 4612 and nights holidays 353 4739.
Four Named To Landfill Board In Morgan County
Four members of a five man board were named to administer the proposed Morgan County sanitary landfill serving Decatur and Hartselle. County commissioners E V White and Jack Maddox will represent the county alongside Decatur councilmen Bill Levin and Charles Martin. Hartselle to name its representative tonight. The board follows a $102 000 bid for a 96 acre tract near Flint City approved by health officials. Local and state funding and a nearly 450 000 dollar project cost are noted with federal grant prospects.
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Hinds
Danville
Flint
Fleming
E. V
Plug) White
Jack Maddox
Leon Nelson
West Morgan
Curtis Key
L. C. Smith
McIntiren
North Central Alabama Mental Health Center
J. R. Williams
District 1 Tuberculosis Hospital Board
IBM
Morgan County
Decatur-Athens
Decatur
Hartselle
Plug
White
Bill Levin
Charles Martin
Willie Lott
U. S. 31
Flint City
Commission
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
City Woman's Career At NASA A Blast
Irene Shafer of Decatur rose from secretary to administrative officer at Marshall Space Flight Center amid NASA's early space milestones. She earned a second Outstanding Performance Rating after aiding dignitaries and tours since 1967, recalling Centaur missions and lunar dreams with notable figures like Kennedy von Braun and Johnson.
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Irene Shafer
Decatur
America
Centaur
Apollo
NASA
Miss Shafer
Marshall Space Flight Center
Bart Slattery
MSFC
Trene
Shafer
Public Information Office
John Kennedy
Wernher von Braun
Lyndon Johnson
Marshall
Hubert Humphrey
Oliver Shafer
Eleanor Dr. SW
New Orleans
Decatur High School
American Business Women Association
Calhoun Junior College
Irene Shafer and Her Space Program Milestones
Irene Shafer reflects on her decades near Cape Canaveral including Gus Grissom’s Mercury launch and every manned Apollo mission. She recalls Apollo 11 as an emotional milestone and notes her long friendships with figures like Wernher von Braun.
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Cape
Gus Grissom
Miss Shafer
John Glenn
von Braun
MSFC
Alabama Water Commission to Refer Cease and Desist Cases
Alabama Water Improvement Commission votes to automatically refer future cease and desist orders to the attorney general. It also turns over the Benel Washeteria case in Slapout Elmore County to Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley after Harigel failed to install pollution control equipment or shut down.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
Bill Baxley
Ben el Washeteria
Elmore County
Slapout
Harigel
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THE
Decatur Daily
Bob Lowry
Karl Hough
Delano (Duggie) Johnson
Jean Whitley
Johnson
Thornton (Dick) Fleming
Health Department
West Morgan High School
Trinity
Perry Hinds
Dick Fleming
Boys
Barbara Pence
Decatur Bpw Club
Plan Travel Guide
Carol Meadows
Sam Stewart
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
North
Alabama
Gale Montgomery
Association
Bob Lee
AMLA
Cape Kennedy
All Department S
Southend
Gladys Campbell
Moélton
Decatur General Hospital
Edith Heflin
Trinity 1
Billy Smith
Miss.Shafer
Cape Canaveral
Mission Control
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