Cancer Program Founder Honored By St Peters College
Mrs Terese Lasser founder and national coordinator of Reach to Recovery received an honorary doctor of humane letters from St Peters College Jersey City New York. The program supports mastectomy patients with volunteers offering guidance on exercises forms and clothing across nearly 1000 hospitals reaching about 50000 patients this year. Contributions to the American Cancer Society may be sent via Mrs Dan Brewer 308 Brookhaven Decatur.
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Terese Lasser
St. Peter’s College
Jersey City
N.Y
Lasser
American Cancer Society
Dan Brewer
Brookhaven
Decatur
Capitol Row and Banking Bill Stirs Alabama Legislature
Lawmakers clashed over a new banking bill allowing branches without explicit legislative approval while a dispute over public salaries and a long standing blue law repeal heated sessions. House Clerk income questions and committee meetings framed a tense day at the Capitol after the Fourth of July recess.
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Wilson
Harris
House
Senate
Capitol
Banking Committee
Robert H. Wilder
Tallapoosa County
Wilder
Dadeville
Jimmy Clark
Barbour County
Bert Nettles
Mobile
John Pemberton
McDowell Lee
Lee
Nettles
Pemberton
Nixon era hearings reveal White House shielding Watergate facts
Testimony shows Mitchell defending Nixon’s reelection, arguing delay to disclose Watergate material avoided political damage. Baker pressed for direct White House talks. Mitchell warned against entangling Nixon, citing White House horrors and other alleged plots. Lawmakers also consider Alabama Sunday law changes and trucking weight limits.
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Mitchell
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Baker
White House
Nixorr
Daniel Ellsberg
Kennedy
International Telephone& Telegraph Corp
Brookings Institute
Washington
Railroad Bridge Back In Service After Tow Strike
The Southern Railway river bridge was out of service 19 hours when a barge tow struck the turn span. The repair finished Tuesday at 6 p.m. tug Hazel, captained by James Pruitt, owned by the Crounce Corp. of Paducah, Kentucky, caused the closure. Freight was detoured via Sheffield. L and N passenger service bypassed Decatur during the outage.
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Southern Railway
Charles Margret
Washington
Margret
Hazel
James Pruitt
The
Crounce Corp
Paducah
CP Workshop Planned Saturday
A one day workshop outlining aid for Cerebral Palsy victims will be held at Lurléen B. Wallace Educational Training Building Saturday. The seminar begins at 9 a.m. and covers fund raising grants scholarships youth organizations and services for the cerebral palsied. Speakers include Perry Giles Jerry Goss Jerry West and Skip Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lurléen B. Wallace
United Cerebral Palsy Association Cablethen
Perry Giles
Jerry Goss
Gadsden
Jerry West
Alabama
Skip Meadows
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
North Central Alabama
Atted
West
Decatur Man Charged With Forgery In Bankes Case
A Decatur man, Jim Mack Jones, 26, employed at the Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center, was arrested Tuesday on three counts of forgery. A forged 2100 check attempted at Central Bank on Danville Road and two withdrawals totaling 1000 from Willie Jones’s passbook savings on June 25 were linked to him.
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Decatur 5
Jim Mack Jones
Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center
Central Bank
Danville Rd
Willie Jones
12Th Ave. NW
Jones
First Federal Savings
Chapel Hill water project to extend services to 100 customers
The city awards Tucker Brothers for 328 331 95 dollar pipes and pump station works and Chicago Bridge and Iron for 89225 to build a reservoir tank. Total project cost 417 585 95 with HUD 185 200 grant Appalachian grant 100 000 and remaining funded by customer advances 114 525 95 and Water Department funds 114 525 95. The system will also serve Northwest Morgan County Water System and connect Danville and Modaus roads. Eight months to completion.
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Chapel Hill Rd
Vestavia Dr
Tucker Brothers Contracting Co
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
HUD
Water Department
Municipal Utilities Board
Morgan County Water System
Chapel Hill
Danville Rd
Modaus Rd
Charge at Weeks home leads to gun use link asserts
The report connects a gun used in a later shooting at the Weeks residence to a bullet pulled from a Cullman teacher's body. Weeks faces charges for discharging firearms within city limits amid the home incident. TVA seeks summary disposition on its license, with Parker and Alabama AG Baxley as potential intervenors in the licensing process. Baxley withdrew earlier, after TVA pledged to meet state standards. The AEC board hinted a decision on TVA within two weeks.
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Weeks
Cullman
TVA
Parker
Baxley
Tennessee
AEC
Tuition Grant Bill Killed in Alabama
Rep. Finis St. John says he will not push the bill after the State Supreme Court advisory opinion finds private college tuition aid unconstitutional. The court cites excessive entanglement of state and religion in violation of state and federal constitutions, noting most private colleges are church-supported.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Supreme Court
High Court
Rep
Finis St. John of
Cullman
Fluoride Levels Target Seasonal Water Needs
The state health department urges adding 0.8 ppm fluoride in summer and 1.0 ppm in winter to offset higher water intake. Decatur has used fluoride since the early 1960s, led by water manager George Godwin, with earlier introduction than Hartselle. Dr. Bob Sittason, a Hartselle dentist, says fluoridation benefits children and can cut tooth decay by about 60 percent. most dentists agree fluoridation is a decay preventant.
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State Health Department
Decatur
George Godwin
Water Department
Hartselle
Bob Sittason
Bingo Bugs color coded weekly game in Decatur Daily
The Decatur Daily runs a weekly Bingo Bugs promotion with red cards this week and purple next. Merchants offer free cards with one per visit while players may hold unlimited cards. If no winner, the jackpot rises to 200 dollars next week.
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Decatur Daily
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