SBA Office Receives Regional Year Award in Alabama
The Birmingham SBA Regional Office was honored July 12 1968 with the SBA Regional Office of the Year Award for the Southeast and the Public Contact Award. The letter thanks the press for cooperation in disseminating public information and notes plans for renewed economic development efforts in Alabama and rural areas.
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Birmingham
Small Business Administration
SBA
Southeastern United States
Sweney
Alabama
The
Library expansion eyed with new tax plan for area
Mrs. Agnew outlined a proposed library tax plan aiming for a three to four mill levy to raise about 250 000 annually for a 30 000 square foot headquarters in Decatur. A half mill tax would yield around 40 000, with funds sourced from multiple counties and existing cigarette tax revenue supporting library needs. Construction of the 275 000 Athens branch would proceed unaffected.
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Rs. Agnew
Tie Wheeler Basin
Morgan
Pestone
Limere
Agnewa
Maine
General
Decatur
Morgan County
Limestone County
Hartselle
Rabbit Control in Australia Targets Crop Loss
Rabbits devastate thousands of acres of crops annually in Australia. Researchers are testing multiple methods to curb the rabbit population and lessen agricultural damage.
Weeds Away Sale Promotes Builder Bags and Sizes
Advertising fragment lists Weeds Away Sale items including Builder Plus 2 10,000 sq ft bags priced 12.95 and 11.95, 5,000 sq ft bags at 6.95 and 4.45, location Moulton St with contact 353-3942.
Point System Sets Suspension Rules for Traffic Violations
The article explains how points are assigned for traffic violations and the resulting suspensions. It notes court delays affect reporting of violations and cause fluctuations in suspension numbers. It lists specific point values for violations and the corresponding suspension periods from 12 to 24 points.
Ten men fall as city endures night of gunfire and blasts
Ten men were killed as a heavy thunderstorm cooled off the steaming streets after a night of fires and explosions. Police armed with rifles joined National Guardsmen on patrol today. Witnesses said the shooting began when two armed snipers fled from an alley and crouched behind bushes with rifles and sacks of ammunition.
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National
Violence erupts in Cleveland as police face snipers and riots
In a chaotic July 13 clash near Lakeview Avenue, 11 officers were shot and at least 18 people injured as armed snipers battled police. Gov. Rhodes mobilized 15,250 National Guardsmen while Mayor Stokes urged calm amid reports of organized plan and gas masks found with a dead sniper.
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James A. Rhodes
Cincinnati
Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Lakeview Avenue
Adj
Sylvester T. del Corso
Akron
Clevelland
Hough
East 125Th Street
Superior Avenue
Fire damages furniture store then harms local telephone lines
Six weeks after a blaze at Harper and Johnsons Furniture Co. caused about 40000 damage, a second incident damaged a large South Central Bell Co. telephone cable serving roughly 200 residents and 40 businesses. A spokesman said service should be restored by five this afternoon.
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Harper and Johnson
Furniture i Co
South Central Bell Co
South Central Bell
Amateur Photographs Highlight Children and Families
An assortment of snapshots features children, family groups, and household pets. The collection captures everyday domestic life, presenting candid moments and cheerful scenes from home.
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Furf Builder
Moulton “St
Aul
C. Davis
Dean
Rotary Club
Kings Memorial Methodist Church
Decatur Inn
Brink
Lakesview Road
125Th Street
Leroy Jones
Louis Golonka
Willard Wolf
James Chapman
James Haynes
Clifford Miller
Twinsburg
Huron Road Hospital
Moulton St
15Th Ave
St. Call
Oldsmobile
8Th Ave
H.P. Johnson Motor
Burningtree Country Club
7Th Ave
S.E
Fender Electric
Silvertone Tree
Shure
Call
Old Moulton Rd
Cone Restaurant
Martin Luther King Jr
Athens
United
Fred
New York
Washington, DC
Uncle Pred
Aunt Min
Jonneys
Fashion Manor
Pencale
Penn-Prest
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