Lawyers Get First Taste Of New Rules In July
Local attorneys face new Alabama civil action rules effective July 3 with pre-trial hearings starting July 10. Judges say these steps push settlement, cut trial time, and require full fact admissions with cost implications for refusals. Seminars educated lawyers statewide.
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Boblowry
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Alabama
Powell
Alabama Supreme Court
Howell Heflin
Houston trip revives 111th Observation Squadron memories
Neel resident Jim Maddox and family attended the 50th reunion of the 111th Observation Squadron in Houston. Maddox, a Bronze Star recipient, recounted wartime service from Britain to Sicily and Italy, and a perilous return to duty after injuries.
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Neel
Jim Maddox
Houston
Theodora
Mack
Claude Patton
Eva
Maddoxes
Pattons
111Th Observation Squadron
Texas Air National Guard
Maddox
Patton
11Th
Air Corps
Sargeant Maddox
Monsanto
111Th
Augusta
Oregon
Florida
George Standridge
Kingsport
Tenn
Britain
Atlantic
France
Germany
Airport Board Seeks Go Ahead On Pryor Field Master Plan
The Decatur Athens Airport Authority plans a $13,000 master plan study for Pryor Field and seeks council and owners board approval. Funding would come from FAA, Alabama Department of Aeronautics, and the authority, with college integration debated due to FAA rules.
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Airport Board
Decatur-Athens
Pryor Field
Bill Levin
Calhoun Junior College
Decatur Council
Rutledge Thomas
Authority Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Russell Bolding
Airport Authority Board
FAA
Alabama Department of Aeronautics
Calhoun College Receives Three Federal Grants
Calhoun Junior College has secured three grants from two federal agencies to aid students. The Department of Health Education and Welfare provides 44,000 for a work-study program covering 80 percent of on campus part time salaries, plus 17,000 to cover tuition for financially needy students. An additional Basic Opportunity Grant is expected from the Office. Aid caps at 50 percent of college costs per student.
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Calhoun Junior College
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Carlton Kelley
Federal judge freezes Alabama school aid impounded by Nixon
A federal judge in Montgomery ordered the U S government to temporarily refrain from reclaiming about 10 million dollars in Alabama school aid impounded by President Nixon. The funds are held at the AG office pending three lawsuits claiming presidential authority to hold the money.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S
Alabama
Nixon
Robert Warner
U. S. Treasury
Warner
Congress
George Beck
Ofder
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Washington
Emergency Phone Numbers and Crisis Contacts
A Decatur Daily listing provides emergency numbers for various counties and services. It includes Decatur 911 Morgan County Sheriff Hartselle Limestone County Sheriff Lawrence County and Cullman Crisis Call Center numbers, with guidance to dial 0 for operator help and to call hospitals or physicians for possible poisoning emergencies. Athens nights and holidays contact 353 4739.
Decatur Daily reader Q A column covers dating service and bonds
A reader asks about a dating by mail service run by a Decatur housewife and notes no progress reports since the initial article. Other inquiries answer Grand Ole Opry tickets cost three dollars. a vacant lot on 12th Ave NW will be cleaned within ten days. VA bond allotment issue resolved with expected payment soon.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur
Mating Service
Ala
Grand Ole Opry
Opry Place
Nashville
Tenn
12Th Ave
A. O. James
Decatur Man Dies After Memorial Drive Collision With Rail Engine
Posey Horton 58 dies after his car is struck by a Southern Railroad engine on Memorial Drive NW in Huntsville vicinity. He was taken to Decatur General then Huntsville Hospital, passing away Friday night. Funeral set for Westside Baptist Church Tuesday at 2:30 with burial in Horton Cemetery. Survivors include widow Katie Horton and six children, plus extended family.
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Decatur
Huntsville Hospital
Southern Railroad
Memorial Drive NW
Posey Horton
Memorial Dr
Washington St
6Th St
Horton
4Th St. NW
AAA
South End
Decatur General Hospital
Westside Baptist Church
George Smith
Horton Cemetery
Limestone County
Reynolds Funeral Home
Katie Horton
Nettie Pryor
Athens
Susie L. Byrd
Gladys Horton
Aldies D. Horton
Geraldine Horton
Sheila Horton
Posey Horton III
Billy Joe Horton
Hamilton
Minerva Horton
Bobby Lee Horton
Jessie M. Stewart
Georgia Readus
Huntsville
Annie W. Maples
Lester
Mae E. Norman
Ella W. King
Nashville
Athens Bible School Teacher Named Outstanding Educator of America
Ron Halbrook of Athens Bible School has been chosen as Outstanding Secondary Educator of America for 1973. He will be included in the biographical awards volume and is entered in competition for the Outstanding Secondary Educator of the Year Trophy.
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Athens
Ron Halbrook
Athens Bible School
Halbrook
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Heflin
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile
Bob Lowry
North Africa
Africa
Sicily
Algiers
Deran
Glenn O. Barcus
United States Army
Jon
AAA Southend Ambulance Service
Cathy Duncan
Troup
Calhoun
Highway Patrol
911
Hartselle
Lawrence County
Cullman
THE
Veterans Administration
Finance Center
U.S. Army
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