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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1971

Page

2

Teacher Miss Beams Plans Saturday Wedding at Six

Miss Polly Anne Beams a Austin High School general mathematics teacher with a master's in guidance and counseling from Athens College will marry L B Partridge this Saturday at 6 pm The article details her teaching philosophy travel in Europe and a 1967 study year in Mayrhofen Austria along with a Rotary Club talk by Rev Robert W Gunn and his Denmark study program selection

Polly Anne Beams Europe Austin University of Austria Mayrhofen Austria Robert W. Gunn Aliceville United Methodist Parrish Rotary Club Gunn Gwen Dillard Decatur Alabama Rotary International Denmark

LEPA Heads to Subcommittee Quiz on Alabama Contract Scrutiny

Former Decatur residents Robert Davis and Bobby Jett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency will testify Wednesday before a congressional subcommittee examining LEPA activities over 14 months. The panel reviews contracts including a $93,000 five year plan with Criminal Justice Inc. and federal funding implications. Davis and Jett dispute calls for tighter federal control amid audits and possible impacts on a $5 million appropriations request. Morgan County planning council meets Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the North Central Alabama Mental Health Center.

Washington Decatur Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency LEPA Congressional Robert Bo) Davis Bobby Jett Alabama Bill Baxley Melba Till Allen and Montgomery Harold Martin Congressional Committee Albert Brewer Criminal Justice, Inc Huntsville Baxley U.S SEPA Davis Jett Wallace Mongtomery Morgan County Community Services Planning Council North Central Alabama Mental Health Center 4Th Ave

Bishop Hao Speaks Tonight in Decatur Arrival Today

Bishop Yap Kim Hao, first episcopal leader of the Methodist Church in Malaysia Singapore, arrives in Decatur at 1 30 p m today at the Decatur Inn and will be welcomed by Mayor Charles Gunthorth He speaks at 7 30 p m tonight at the First United Methodist Church and will stay in Decatur for one day.

Yap Kim Hao Methodist Church Malaysia Singapore Decatur Decatur Inn Charles Gunthorp First United Methodist Church

Stolen Stereo Case From Car Reported At Medical Arts Building

A physician reported Monday that a man drove into the Medical Arts Building parking lot off Somerville Road and took a stereo tape player case from a car. The case and vehicle belonged to Mrs. John Matthews, 1710 Summerlane Street SE.

Medical Arts Somerville Rd John Matthews Summerlane St

Alabama Senate takes up textbook funding measure

The Alabama Senate agreed to take up an out of order House approved appropriation for free textbooks. The session also heard talks on utilities pass through taxes and a highway program compromise while redistricting and pollution control bills move through the House and Ways and Means work on the two year state budget continues.

Rex Thomas Associated Press Montgomery Ala Alabama Senate Senate Finance Committee Public Service Commission Senate Finance Committee George C. Wallace Special Committee House Rules Committee Alabama Jefferson County Ben Cherner Montgomery County Bullock Milam Turner Dallas County Talladega County Bill Dickinson Fred Gray Macon Gray Tom Drake Cullman Ways and Means Committee George Wallace

White and Abercrombie Named To Commission

Morgan County commissioners appointed E V White and Robert Abercrombie to the North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments board. Chairman Thornton Fleming, by virtue of his chairmanship, also sits on the board. A future August meeting could nominate Morgan County Board of Equalization candidates.

Morgan County E.V. “Plug” White Robert Abercrombie North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments Regional Planning Commission Thornton “Dick” Felming Fleming Morgan County Board of Equalization

Emergency Numbers Listed for Crises in Decatur

The Decatur Daily lists emergency contacts for police fire and highway patrol plus the Morgan Sheriff Ambulance Crisis Call Center numbers 355 8000 and 353 2515 for poisoning and emergencies. It advises dialing 0 if unsure and provides additional numbers 353 6256 355 844 and department lines 353 4012 232 1535 853 4939.

Highway Patrol Morgan

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Mike Rogers Mama Mike Charles Rogers Cecil St. SW France Belgium Italy Miss Beams Detroit Miss Beam Beams Innsbruck Paris London L.B. Partridge Miss Polly Anne Beams Linda Parham Bobby Herbert Hao THE Decatur Daily
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