South Africans Impress Decatur With Diving Visit
South African divers Gail Thompson and Jonathan Samuels, ages 15 and 11, arrived in Decatur for the International Age Group Diving Championships. They spoke of adapting to Alabama weather, praised Point Mallard Park, and recalled their World Age Group results in Belgium. They travel with manager Willie Welgemoed and stay with the Marmann family during the event.
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Decatur
Gail Thompson
Jonathan Samuels
Jonathan
Gail
South Africa
Belgium
New York
Deep South
Johannesburg
Rhodesia
Durban
Huntsville-Decatur Jetport
Willie Welgemoed
Pretoria
Richard A. Marmann
Point Mallard
Manhattan
Empire State Building
Times Square
Old Decatur
Tennessee River
Point Mallard Park
Welgemoed
Sports Foundation
Flint Creek
United States
Alabama
C. R. Thompson
P. Samuels
Runnymeade Ave
Marmann
Attorney Turns Hobbyist Racer In Alabama Dirt Track Action
Sherman Blackstone Powell Jr., a Decatur attorney and cattle farmer near Falkville, races for fun at Moulton Speedway. He recalls a vivid first race on the front row, wrecks but no injuries, and hopes to move to a faster class while balancing law, hunting, flying, canoeing, and elk trapping in the Rockies.
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Sherman B. Powell Jr
Decatur
Powell
Falkville 1
Sherman Blackstone Powell Jr
Rocky Mountains
Falkville
Moulton Speedway
Moulton
Talladega
Daytona
Miles Powell
J. N. Powell
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Colorado
Rockies
Sipsey
Warrior
Georgia
Local racer Powell competes in dirt oval events this summer
Powell, a Moulton street class racer driving a 1955 Chevrolet with Wayne Green as pit crew, reports two heats and a feature per outing at three-eighths mile dirt ovals. He notes speeds around 70 mph in second gear, with car safety features and typical car value up to 1000 dollars. Dotson dies in an apparent accidental shooting at a Courtland service station. Funeral set for Saturday at Flower Hill Baptist Church Roselawn burial.
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Cullman
Moulton
Powell
Wayne Green
Hartselle
Green
St. Bernard College
Cumberland Law School
Trinity
Courtland
Herbert Grady Dotson
Lawrence County
Dan Ligon
Ligon
Harvey Hitt
Dotson
Hitt
Wavaho
Flower Hill Baptist Church
Roselawn
Brown Service Funeral Home
Mental Health Speaker Earl Pippin to Speak at Morgan County Meeting
Earl Pippin president of the Alabama Association for Mental Health will address the Morgan County Association for Mental Health at 7 30 p m in the Tri County District Health Service auditorium. He will discuss local state and national mental health groups and pending legislation affecting the field.
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Earl Pippin
Alabama Association For Mental Health
Morgan County Association For Mental Health
Tri- County
Pippin
Wallace Leaders Win Budget Victory In Alabama Senate
lawmakers avert a Senate clash over Gov. Wallace budget bill as Bailes relents on motion to recommit. The 25-6 vote to table preserved the $259 million general appropriations measure though a key senator was absent. House debates clergymen testimony immunity and health board reform as sessions adjourn to Biloxi.
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Montgomery
Ald
George C. Wallace
Alabama Senate
Senate
George Lewis Bailes
Jefferson County
House
Alabama Bar Association
Biloxi
Miss
Bailes
Finance Committee
Joe Fine
Franklin County
John Baker
Dekalb
Fine
Bob Harris
Morgan County
Capitol
Birmingham
Stewart O’bannon
Lauderdale County
House Insurance Committee
Tim Conway
House Health Committee
Bert Bank
Tuscaloosa
State Board of Health
Decatur Teen Held For Military Absence Without Leave
A 19 year old Decatur youth named Donnie Miller was arrested on Wednesday and held for military authorities for being away without leave from the marines. He was taken into custody at Gordon Drive and 2nd Street SE. A second police report notes a theft at Webster Trailer Park where a tape player two speakers and two handbags were stolen from Mrs. Phyllis Anders home.
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Decatur
Donnie Miller
Gordon Dr
2Nd St. SE
Phyllis Anders
Webster Trailer Park
Educators Gather for Brookhaven Middle School Workshop
A week long July 30 workshop at Brookhaven Middle School will draw about 50 teachers from the Southeast with three prominent leaders Dr Eichhorn Dr Toepfer and Dr Pomerantz. The program covers building a realistic middle school curriculum staff development community support and flexible scheduling. A bicycle safety unit will be demonstrated by Brookhaven sixth graders and visiting teachers will observe the hands on teaching. University of Alabama Birmingham will offer one hour of graduate credit.
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Brookhaven Middle School
Donald H. Eichhorn
Upper St. Clair
Conrad Toepfer
State University of New York
Philip Pomerantz
University of Bridgeport
Connecticut
Pisces Winter House
Carolyn Edlund
Edlund
Biehhorn
University of Pittsburgh
George Peabody College
University of Alabama
Boyce Middle School
Pennsylvania
Pumerantz
Toepfer
Bumpus
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Decatur City Schools and Educational Leadership Institute, Inc
Tougher Strip Mining Bill Faces Senate Committee
Alabama sponsor calls his measure useless under federal standards as a federal bill likely to pass looms. Sen. Richard Dominick pushes for a substitute to Sen. Robert Wilson’s plan creating a multi member permit and reclamation commission while Wilson seeks bonds and fines to compel restoration.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate Health Committee
Sen
Richard Dominick
Congress
Dominick
Robert Wilson
Walker County
Wilson
Town Creek Mayor Resigns Over Health Ahead of Departure
Lawrence Mayor Frank Babacy resigns effective Aug. 30 after a long tenure since 1968. The Army veteran cites health concerns and plans to move to Anniston near Ft McClellan Hospital. He notes successors may be appointed or selected from outside and mentions family ties in Town Creek.
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Tommy Stevenson
Town Creek
Frank Babacy
Babacy
Anniston
U.S. Army Hospital
Ft.McClellan
Army Hospital
Bama Babacy
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Mallard
Bob Lowry
Wallace
Decatur Police Department
Decatur Safety Council
Journal “Impact On
Robert Bumpus
Brookhaven
Lawrence
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