Wallace Faces Tight Legislature As Session Nears End
Alabama Governor George Wallace weighs using the House Rules Committee to influence votes as the 1971 session nears its close. Budgets and revenue measures loom, with possible moves on the teacher retirement fund and a 4 percent utility tax. He also seeks to run for president via a Wallace-led electors slate and urges primaries to select electors and to drop party loyalty oaths.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
House
Rules Committee
Wallace
Ways and Means
Alabama
Democratic Party
Democratic Executive Committee
Patriarch Stephen Penn’s Grave Sought in Valley
Family descendants converge on Decatur for the annual Penn reunion while authorities search for the grave of Revolutionary soldier and Baptist preacher Stephen Penn born 1760 died 1839. Penn served in the army, crossed Valley Forge winter, preached across Maryland North Carolina Keny and Tennessee, and founded Baptist churches in Alabama before dying near Danville.
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Stephen Penn
Tennessee Valley
Valley Forge
Penn
Maryland
North Carolina
Keny
Tennessee
Alabama
Danville
Decatur
Penn family roots traced to Stephen Penn era in Morgan County
Thurman Penn of Hartselle searches Morgan County area cemeteries for the grave of Stephen Penn born 1800 who settled near Danville and preached in North Alabama. The Penns intermarried with the Day family. descendants settled Massey, Battleground and near Plainview.
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Stephen
Thurman Penn
Hartselle
Penn
Enon
Danville
Moulton
Mary
Sarah
House of Worship
William
Stephen Chandler
Elizabeth
John
Day
Day's Gap
Morgan County
Esther Day
Richard Day
Elizabeth Day
Lawrence- Morgan
Stephen Penn
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Stephen C. Penn
Somerville
Cotaco
Morgan
Basham
Gibsons
Minters
Duttons
Hunters
Massey
Battleground
Plainview School
John Knox
Emma Day
Speegle
Motorcycle and alley safety rules clarified by police
City police officials say alley motorcycle use follows street rules with speed limits and mufflers required. Racing is illegal, lighting is needed after dark, and enforcement of cycling laws continues.
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THE
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Wallace says Supreme Court will bow to protests over busing
Gov. George C. Wallace told a conference that the Supreme Court will back down from the school busing ruling if a national protest grows. He urged school officials to lead protests, blamed federal intrusion, and cited public opposition and rising tax fears as factors in education's image decline.
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Point Clear
Ala
George C. Wallace
Supreme Court
Southern Regional School Boards
America
Wallace
Mao
Senior To Sell Agriculture Speake Senior Named Alabama FFA President
Speake High School senior Carl Shewart has been named president of the Alabama Future Farmers of America Association. He will serve as public relations lead for Alabama FFA and promote agri business to growers, bankers, and the public. He travels to Washington for a leadership conference with peers from 49 states. He plans to study medicine after college.
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Carl Shewart
Carl
Alabama Future Farmers of America
FFA
Alabama
Huntsville— Decatur
Washington
Alabama Ffa
Decatur
James Shewart
Speake
Lawrence County
Franklin County
Speaker S
Limestone Group Denied Intervention in Desegregation Suit
U S District Judge Sam C. Pointer denied the request by southeast Limestone County white families to intervene in the Limestone County School desegregation case. The judge encouraged submitting the group's integration proposal to the Limestone County Schools for consideration. Don Horton of the Mooresville Belle Mina group said the process was fair and they will be kept informed and able to suggest ideas.
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Athens
Limestone County
U.S. Dist
Sam C. Pointer
Pointer
C. S. Pettus
Solomon Seay
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Don Horton
Mooresville-Belle Mina
Horton
Mooresville- Belle Mina
Limestone
Five traffic deaths mark Alabama weekend toll rise
The Associated Press reports five people died in weekend Alabama traffic crashes. Gerald Eugene Hardin, 39, died after his car rear ended his wife’s on Alabama Highway 79 near Tarrant. Other victims include Larry Hobson, 17, of Jackson. Ralph Cordez, 23, of Dothan. Joseph Perry, 22, of Odenville. and Laura Wood, 62, of Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Gerald Eugene Hardin
Tarrant
Jackson
Ala
U.S. 43
Wagarville
Washington County
Ralph Edward Cordez
Dothan
Houston
Joseph Michael Perry
Odenville
Selma
Laura Lloyd Wood
U.S
Montgomery
Associated Press
Emergency numbers for Athens and surrounding counties listed
The page lists emergency contacts for Decatur Limestone County Athens and Lawrence County including police, fire department, sheriff offices and a Crisis Call Center. It advises dialing O if unsure and provides line numbers such as 353-0631 353-2515 353-4141 353-6256 and 355-8000 for crises.
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Decatur Police
Fire Department
Morgan County
Mrs McClanahan Voted International PBX VP
Mrs Sara McClanahan of Decatur was elected international vice president of the International PBX Club at the convention in Dallas She defeated Lee Troyer Oakland California Alice Willeford Fort Worth ex and Ruby Sykes Richmond Virginia on the first ballot Her campaign slogan was Sincere imaginative Resourceful and Abie naming her husband and herself
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Dallas
Tex
Sara McClanahan
Decatur
International Pbx Club
State National Bank of Alabama
Lee Troyer
Oakland
Calif
Alice Willeford
Ft."Worth
Ruby
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