North Alabama to Launch 1.6 Million Child Care Program
Athens College President Dr. Sidney E. Sandridge announced a 1.6 million federally funded program formed with Alabama A&M University and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The two year plan creates full day centers for 45 children in five counties with locations in Fort Payne Scottsboro Huntsville and Athens College.
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Athens — Athens College
Sidney E. Sandridge
Alabama A&m University
University of Alabama In
Huntsville
North
Alabama
Sandridge
Fort Payne
Carver High School
Scottsboro
Guntersville
Council Training Center
McCain Hall
Athens College
REA Honors Bob Jones At Alabama Electrification Event
The Alabama Rural Electric Association named Rep. Bob Jones its Eminent Service Award recipient during a two day convention in Montgomery. The group planned to denounce President Nixon for cutting low interest loans for electric co ops and warned of higher rates and potential end to rural electrification programs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Rural Electric Association
Nixon
Bob Jones
North Alabama
Congress
House
Alabama
John Sparkman
Senate
Roscoe Young
Young
U.S
Decatur 4 Man Beaten And More Local Incidents
A 51 year old Decatur resident James Rogers was found in a ditch on Norris Mill Rd with a five inch head wound and treated at Decatur General Hospital. An 18 year old Decatur youth was arrested for disorderly conduct after being intoxicated from enamel remover fumes. A payroll check exceeding 120 dollars was stolen from Lynn McGinnis’s mailbox and cashed at Bob's Shop Ezy. A battery was stolen from A G Cannon’s car on 20th Ave SE and clothing items were stolen from a clothesline on 17th Ave SE including jeans pajamas tops underwear and a white bodysuit. The Morgan County Sheriff's Department is handling the beating case.
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Flint
Decatur 4
Decatur General Hospital
Norris Mill Rd
James Rogers
Rogers
Aaa-Southend
Morgan County Sheriff’s Department
Decatur
Prospect Dr
Lynn McGinnis
Church St. NW
Bob
Charlotte Sparks
17Th Ave. SE
Munitions Inspector Called To Testify In Federal Trial
Government munitions inspector William E. Snider testified in a federal court case involving Southern Airways and nine former employees charged with conspiring to supply defective artillery shells. Snider described duties at the Sylacauga plant and approval of a company inspection plan from 1969. The Delaware firm linked to Southern Metals Products faces separate trials for some defendants. judge Clarence W. Allgood presides.
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Southern Airways
William E. Snider
Sylacauga
Snider
Delaware Corporation
Southern Metals Products, Co
U.S. District Court
Clarence W. Allgood
Emergency numbers and crisis contact guidance
The notice provides crisis hotlines and emergency dialing guidance. It lists the Crisis Call Center numbers 355-8000 and 353-4612, advises contacting hospitals or physicians for poisoning, and suggests dialing 0 for operator assistance. The fragment notes night and holiday lines and references THE DECATUR DAILY.
Decatur Teacher Awaits Balloting For AEA Presidency
Decatur teacher Amy Burks seeks the Alabama Education Association presidency at a delegate convention in Mobile. Burks, a West Madison Elementary social studies teacher, is nominated by local associations and represents multiple counties. The AEA installed president will be chosen at the Birmingham convention March 15 to 17.
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Mobile
Decatur
Alabama Education Association
Amy Burks
West Madison
Madison County
AEA
Madison
Marshall
Jackson
Blount
Birmingham
Mirian Heaton
Butler,High School
Blackmailing Case Continues In Morgan County Court
A Decatur construction worker Buddy Franklin Mitchell 38 was charged with blackmailing Frank B Baier Jr. The case was continued to February 6 with no attorney present. Several other defendants faced various misdemeanor and felony charges in Morgan County court including drunkenness DWI and illegal liquor violations. A 20 year old Hartselle man was jailed on marijuana possession and paraphernalia after a Falkville arrest.
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Decatur
State National Bank
Morgan County
Buddy
Franklin
Mitchell
Sherman St. SE
Decatur Boat Harbor
Limestone County
Frank B. Baier Jr
Lakeside Dr. SE
C. Bennett McRae
Alabama
R. D. Collum
Felton W. Hendrix
Lacey’s
James Brandon Adkins
Hartseller
Robert Wright
Thomas
John) Mosley
18Th Ave
James F. Ratliff
Shelby Drinkard
Tras. Latham
John Walter Bain
Decatur 4
Nathaniel Polk
Vine St. NW
Joe Thomas Jones
Athens
DWI
Rey E. Waits
Lester Vandiver
John G. Smartt Jr
Symma
Tenn
Tom. Bolling
Lexington
Criminal County Court
Hartselle
Falkville
No Horsing Around For Walker Trainer
Bobby Young dedicates his life to Tennessee Walking Horses at Southeastern Horse Center. He trained Moon Glow Junior and Sun Dust Jamboree, and now works for Ed Shelton with Ebony's Leading Lady priced at 25000. Young stresses patient, tailored handling and slow progression from saddleless starts to full gait for each horse.
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Bobby Young
Young
Southeastern Horse Center
Allen Young
Old
Athens Fairgrounds
Tennessee Walker
Shelbyville
Tenn
Ed Shelton
Athens
Shelton
Ebony
Midnight Sun
Trainer discusses ethical training of walking horses
Young condemns soring and explains his minimal training tools. He cites leg weights and trotting balls as his main devices and mentions applying ankle salve to prevent rubbing. The remarks contrast with illicit practices used to force a higher gait.
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Young
Calhoun Space Needs Discussed With City Officials
City leaders and Calhoun Junior College officials including Mayor Russell Bolding Dr Carlton Kelley and council members Bill Levin and Rutledge Thomas met to discuss space needs and expansion plans for the college The talk covered land constraints and future development while Pryor Field expansion was not commented on An Airport Authority Board meeting is set for Monday at 7 p m at the Decatur Inn to discuss airport facility development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Junior College
Calhoun
Egg
Carlton Kelley
Harry Ke
Russell Bolding
Bill Levin
Rutledge Thomas
Kelley
North
Alabama
Pryor Field
Airport Authority Board
Decatur Inn
City Clerk bids three printing calculators at 1770
Ed Smith Office Machines Co. was the apparent low bidder at 1770 for three printing calculators for the city clerk. Burroughs Corp Huntsville bid 1794.60 and Monroe Business Equipment 1779.06. Bids will be opened Friday for renovations on the third floor of city hall to house the Alabama Mountain Lakes Association offices moving from Bank Street.
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Ed Smith Office Machines Co
Burroughs Corp
Huntsville
Monroe Business Equipment
City Hall
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Bank St
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THE
Decatur Daily
REA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of Child Development
Division of Pensions and Securities
Appalachian Regional Commission
Gerald Zeigler
North Alabama Electric Cooperative
A. G. Cannon
20Th Ave. SE
Thedecatur
Weaver
Stewart Weaver
City Personnel Board
Richard Lee
James F . Davis
Decatur 5
Charles Gunthorp
Lee
Otis Trammell
Phillip Terry
Roger Dale Baker
Thomas G. Baker
O’neal W. Springer
Wilson St
Volunteer Bureau
Bingham Edwards
Lynas Belt
Marcia Cole
Naomi Griffith
Jean Hunter
Odelle Sheffield
Edna Earl Eich
Margaret Price
Billy Mitchell
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