Redistricting Bills Pending In Legislature
Four Alabama redistricting bills would keep Rep. Bob Jones in the same district number but redraw others to pit Rep. Bill Dickinson against incumbents George Andrews or Bill Nichols. Bills vary on district alliances and map the old 8th District as new 5th or 7th, leaving Jones and the 8th's counties intact.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bob Jones
Bill Dickinson
Joe McCorquodale
Clark County
House Constitution
U.S
Congress
Dickinson
George Andrews
Bill Nichols
Dickson
Lee County
Andrews
Nichols
Bullock County
Talladega County
Ben Cherner
Jefferson County
Fred Ray Lybrand
Jones
Colbert
Jackson
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Morgan Counties
Pollution Bills Move Through Alabama House Committee
The House Conservation Committee approved two water pollution control bills altering commission makeup. One bill bars permit holders from serving on the commission, the other keeps the board under the State Health Department with a mix of public and industry members. Air pollution measures proceed with attempts to limit citizen suits and local control. A constitutional amendment to protect teacher retirement contributions also advances.
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Montgomery
Ala
House Conservation Committee
Control Commission
Charles Grainger
Madison County
Department of Conservation
House
Daniel Kinsey
Baldwin County
Kinsey
State Health Department
Senate
U.S. Senate
Bill Roberts
Mobile
Roberts
Birmingham
Gerald Waldrop
Etowah County
George Wallace
Waldrop
Wallace
Cherokee princess denounces Indian identity loss
A Cherokee tribal princess criticizes treatment of Indians, arguing Indian children are taught to be ashamed of their heritage. She traces identity loss among youths to a forced adoption of white culture.
Indian artist decries forced religion and land loss in Decatur visit
Mrs. Jimalee Burton, known as Ho-Chee-Nee, criticizes U S government treatment of American Indians, noting forced schooling, loss of land, and minimal returns from lands. She cites pollution near Sarasota and laments media portrayals shaping false beliefs about Indians. Burton, Tulsa University graduate, was the first woman featured at Tulsa's Gilchrist Museum with 31 paintings on legends and traditions.
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Jimalee Burton
Ho-Chee-Nee
United States
Decatur
Hank
Burton
University of Tulsa
University of Mexico
Mexico City
Sarasota
Fla
Thomas Gilchrist Museum of the American Indian
Tulsa
Okla
America
Bloodmobile to Visit Falkville
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Falkville Methodist Church on July 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is co sponsored by The Decatur Daily and Falkville area churches. Bobby Summerford chairs the visit and Mrs. John Collier sets a first visit goal of 50 pints and an annual goal of 4195 pints.
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Falkville
Red Cross
Falkville Methodist Church
Decatur Daily
Bobby Summerford
John Collier
Collier
Work Begins on Lawrence Hospital Expansion
Construction starts on a 34 bed addition at Lawrence County Hospital with a total project cost of 848000 funded by Appalachia Regional Planning Commission grants. Bigbee Construction Co. of Tuscumbia won the bid. other bids ranged up to 639000. The west side work will limit use of the emergency entrance with restricted access and towing of unattended vehicles.
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Moulton
Lawrence County Hospital
Bigbee Construction Co
Tuscumbia
Owen Sandlin
Sandlin
Appalachia
Library Grant Approved for Wheeler Basin Library Expansion
An Appalachian grant of 39,954 was approved for the Wheeler Basin Regional Library with Rep. Bob Jones and Sons noting the funds will complement about 119,000 pending HEW approval under the Library Construction Act. Construction is slated to start in September to serve Morgan and Limestone counties with a 20,000 square foot facility expanding space for books and study.
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Wheeler Basin
Bob Jones and Sons
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Morgan
Limestone
Waters To Reopen For Shrimping On Mobile Bay
A state official says more waters of lower Mobile Bay will reopen for commercial shrimping at noon Monday. W. F. Anderson, chief of the Alabama Conservation Department Seafoods Division, announced the decision. The upper part of Mobile Bay remains permanently closed to shrimpers.
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Dauphin Island
Ala
Mobile Bay
W. F. Anderson
Alabama Conservation Department
Seafoods Division
Emergency phone numbers for poisoning and emergencies
Emergency guidance lists contact options for possible poisoning at Decatur General Hospital and family physicians. For other emergencies dial zero and explain the nature of the emergency to the operator.
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Decatur General Hospital
Two Escapees Apprehended In Cullman County
Sheriff Orrin Busbee said Joseph Lee Holmes 25 and Charles E Weaver 17 escaped from a Cullman County deputy during a hearing at the courthouse and were later captured at Weaver’s mother's home. Holmes faced auto theft charges while Weaver was held on two counts of grand larceny and one count of receiving stolen property.
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Cullman
Cullman County
Robert Sapp
Orrin Busbee
Joseph Lee Holmes
Charles E. Weaver
Busbee
Weaver
Buzbee
Olmes
One Killed Six Hurt In Alabama 69 Crash
A four vehicle crash on Alabama 69 one mile north of Fairview left James E. Stancil 29 Arab dead and six others injured. Injured were Eva Stancil 25 Arab Kevin Stancil 5 Arab Christina Stancil 3 Roger Brasher 31 Cullman driver of a truck Chris Stevens 18 Cullman Roger Bredlove 18 Cullman. State trooper Noel Mize said a truck tried to pass another, causing the collision and an ongoing investigation.
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Fairview
Alabama 69
Here
James E. Stancil
Eva Stancil
Kevin Stancil
Christina Stancil
Roger Douglas Brasher
Cullman
Chris Stevens
Roger Bredlove
Noel Mize
Barrett Named Birmingham Postal District Director
MEMPHIS Tenn AP Paul W Barrett was named Wednesday as district director to supervise postal operations in most of Alabama. The appointment as manager of the Birmingham district of the new U S Postal Service was announced by Southern Regional Postmaster General Carl C Ulsaker.
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Memphis, Tenn
Paul W. Barrett
Alabama
Barrett
Birmingham
U.S. Postal Service
Southern
Carl C. Ulsaker
Black Politicians Meeting Planned in Alabama August
Dr John Cashin organizer of the National Democratic Party of Alabama says a three day top level strategy meeting for black politicians is planned in Mobile August 13 to 15. The event gathers national figures including Julian Bond Ben Brown Charles Evers Jesse Jackson Percy Sutton Mervyn Dymally Charles Diggs John Conyers Parren Mitchell and others to forge a unified strategy for the 1970s and possibly a 1972 presidential candidate.
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Huntsville
Ala
John Cashin
Alabama
Cashin
National Democratic Party of Alabama
Mobile
George Wallace
Georgia
Julian Bond
Ben Brown
Re Miss
Charles Evers
Greene County
Homo
Mississippi
Oceans
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Manhattan
Percy Sutton
California
Mervyn Dymally
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
John Conyers
Parren Mitchell
D-Md
Diggs
Congressional Black Caucus
Ck Political Rts
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Jane
John E. Wright
Pat
Coleman Young
Princess
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