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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1968
Page
8
The Morgan County Red Cross organizes 800 gift filled bags for troops in Vietnam as part of the Dirty Bag project. Volunteers sew bags, donate cash, and ship by October 15 with greeting cards and contributor names.
Grady Lowery 36, formerly assistant QC manager at the Day & Night Manufacturing Co. and The Payne Company Plant in Collierville, has been named quality control manager. He joined the firms in November 1967 after 14 years with Wolverine Tube Division at Decatur and will lead a staff of inspectors at the $7.6 million facility.
Gov. Brewer announced the appointment of Richard L. Holmes as director of the State Department of Industrial Relations effective August 1. Holmes, 31, a Mobile native and University of Alabama graduate, has practiced law in Elba and Montgomery since 1961 and serves on multiple professional groups. He will become assistant director immediately until the current director Rex Roach resigns.
A reader asks about children drawing on a mother's Social Security record and the impact of quarters rules. The answer confirms eligibility if the mother has enough quarters, noting the older six quarters rule no longer applies. The dialogue also covers reduced work requirements for disability for those disabled before age 31 with specific quarter guidelines. Interesse.
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