State Ad Valorem Tax Inequities Hit Alabama Households
A Daily Staff analysis shows property tax disparities in Alabama where Smith paid 30 percent of value while a cousin paid 16 percent on similar homes. The piece notes state law requires 60 percent valuation, yet 40 percent utilities rates dominate, prompting calls for an interim study.
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David Knight
DAILY
John Smith
Butler County
Alabama
Smith
Priceville
Morgan County
North Alabama
Atlantic Coast Line
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Mobile
The
Alabama League
Tax variation across Alabama counties noted in ad valorem system
The text discusses uneven ad valorem tax assessment procedures across Alabama counties like Morgan and Cullman. It notes that tax rates vary county to county rather than uniformly across the state, with examples such as Jefferson County farmers facing different property tax levels.
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Alabama
Morgan and Cullman
Jefferson County
North Alabama Hairdressers Affiliate meeting and local crimes in Decatur
The North Alabama Hairdressers Affiliate 8 will meet Monday at 7 30 PM at Martha Helen Beauty Salon Morning side Shopping Center Decatur. Jerald Nicholas reported a stolen blue 1962 International Harvester truck with state body and J M Tull on left door. Jimmy Rhodes reports a stolen 12 volt car battery. City court docket lists multiple traffic and license violations including speeding disregard traffic lights and driving while intoxicated. Perry Edwards visits his mother after two months in Europe and David Glenn Hunt attends Auburn music institute with 100 peers.
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North Alabama
Martha- Helen Beauty Salon
Morningside Shopping Center
11th—St SE
Jerald Nicholas
Alabama 20
U.S. 31
Nicholas
International Harvester
J. M. Tull
City Recorders Court
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage Ad
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage advertises services and lists Daniel at the contact number 353-4014 for inquiries.
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Bekins Worldwide Moving
Call Daniel
Lady
Airline talks bogged down in stalled wage dispute
The Machinists Union and five major airlines resumed talks but made no progress toward ending a two day strike as missing union chairmen hinder discussions. Talks were recessed until Sunday while the Defense Department aids aim to speed return and the Civil Aeronautics Board grants broader carrier authority to relieve strike pressures.
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Washington (Ap
Machinists
Defense Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charier
Southern Airways reroutes Decatur to Atlanta flight amid strike
Southern Airways alters its Pryor Field schedule with a non stop 7:25 a.m. Decatur to Atlanta flight rerouted and other Southeast changes to aid travelers stranded by a major airline strike. Verlon Whaley, spokesman for Pryor Field operations, noted the routing change.
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Southern Airways
Pryor Field
Verlon Whaley
Southern
Decatur
Atlanta
Soviet protest not necessary Rusk declares
The Soviet Union protested U S air raids near Haiphong saying they endangered Russian shipping and lives. Secretary of State Dean Rusk dismissed the protest as unnecessary and said U S raids would continue, noting no aim to halt them. The Kremlin note blamed the United States while Moscow avoided public elaboration.
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Kremlin
U.S
Moscow
United States
Washington
Rusk
Russia
Britain
Indochina
Soviet Union
Defense Department
Haiphong
TB Officials Map Legislative Plan
Alabama TB officials seek a special session bill to boost or rewrite the per diem and payment formula for seven TB sanatoriums. House Speaker Albert Brewer backs a proposal. leaders argue the current $7.25 per patient per day is too low and that bed-based funding could better cover costs. They press for at least $10 per day as a minimum and discuss paying by beds rather than occupancy.
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Alabama
House
Albert Brewer
Alabama Tuberculosis Association
Battle Near Loc Breaks D-Day Lull
American forces reported killing 160 Viet Cong after luring an ambush near An Lec, breaking a 10 day ground war lull. The operation involved 99 air sorties and heavy air assault as U S troops pursued about 2,000 enemy toward the Cambodian border, with light American losses overall.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
An Lec
U.S
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U S
Federal Judge Sentences two Ga. Klansmen
US District Judge William A Bootle sentenced two Ku Klux Klansmen, Joseph Howard Sims and Cecil W. Myers, to 10 years in prison for crimes against Negroes. The 1964 shooting of Lemuel A Penn led to back to back trials and multiple acquittals for co-defendants. Bootle also imposed $35,000 bonds each with one codefendant pleading guilty to unlicensed sale of pep pills.
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Sanders Carter
Athens. Ga
William A Bootle
Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil W. Myers
Bootle
Sims Myers
Lemuel
A Penn
Athens
Washington
D.C
Ft. Benning
Ga Sims
Myers
Penn
James Hudson
Herbert Gues
Bottle
Medicare Influx Under Estimates
Hospitals in Decatur Moulton Athens and Cullman report fewer elderly admissions than expected after Medicare began on July 1 About 100 people aged 65 plus have been admitted since then and many were preexisting in hospitals Transferring to Medicare accounted for over half the total nationwide trend observed by the Associated Press study
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David Knight
DAILY
Decatur
Moulton
Athens
Cullman
Associated Press
New Athens College President Faces Expansion Challenge
Dr. Frank Philpot takes the helm at Athens College amid a demanding expansion program. Daily staffer Faye Blair reports on Page B-6. State editor Winford Turner notes no progress after seven months in the sniper slaying investigation of T. K. O Ran Jr. of Athens on Page B-7. Sports editor Ron Tate covered the Allstars football game in Atlanta with more sports coverage in the section.
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Frank Philpot
Athens College
Faye Blair
Daily State
Winford Turner
T. K
Kent) O’ran Jr
Athens
Ron Tate
Atlanta
Allstars
Wonder How City Tax Dollars Are Spent
City Administrator Larkin Yates presents monthly departmental summaries detailing how tax funds are used. June shows 62 fire alarms the highest in three months, police charged 87 times with 162 disorderly conduct and 113 red lights, plus 568 complaints, 29 break-ins, and 118 accidents. The street department reports progress with new equipment and a new street sweeper in operation.
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Larkin Yates
May
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Auburn University
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