TVA Attacks Valley Mosquito Hatch Near Wheeler Reservoir
TVA helicopter sprayed Abate over Point Mallard to curb a mosquito surge after floods. John Matthews, park manager, says weekly applications will continue until infestations end and hot weather slows breeding. TVA engineer James Bedsole notes expectations of decline within three weeks and a return to normal by the second week of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Mallard
TVA
Abate
John Matthews
Matthews
James Bedsole
TVA Environmental
Department of Environmental Research and Development
Muscle Shoals
Bedsole
Wheeler Resevoir
W.W. Barnes
Muscle Shoals Tva Environmental Division
Barnes
Attorney Asks For Colvin Transcript In Kidnaping Case
Attorney Harold G. Peck and Florida based Glenn and Sue Dolvin seek appeal transcripts for the 1970 Colvin kidnapping of Charles Ray Lovett. Judge Hundley denied a new trial last May. Dolvins await action at Mt Meigs and Morgan County Jail, unable to post bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Morris
Anderson
Florida
Decatur
Harold G. Peck
Florence
Glenn
Sue Dolvin
Alabama State Court of Criminal Appeals
Dolvins
Charles Ray Lovett
R.L
Dick) Hundley
Peck
Colvins
Dolvin
Mt. Meigs Diagnostic Center
Morgan County
Decatur zone change denied near hospital sparking drainage concerns
Decatur Planning Commission denied a rezoning request for medical center use on property near Decatur General Hospital after neighbor complaints about worsening drainage. The site lies between an alley east of Somerville Road SE and 11th Avenue SE, with dénouements around nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Planning Commission
Decatur General Hospital
Erskine Chenault
Somerville Rd
11Th Ave
Th St
R.W
Bud) Orr Jr
Standard Oil
Beltline Rd
Westmead St
Decatur
Prisoner in Terre Haute Seeks Speedy Morgan Co. Trial
George Ronald Chuke, a former Decatur man jailed in the U. S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute Indiana, petitions Morgan County Circuit Court for a speedy trial on two counts of false pretense alleging he posed as P C Williams owner of P & C Auto Sales to obtain two automobile license receipts. He seeks either a speedy trial or dismissal of the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Terre Haute
Ind
Morgan County
George Ronald Chuke
U.S. Penitentiary
Indiana
Chuke
P.C. Williams
P & C Auto Sales
Circuit Court
Captain Honored at MAC Headquarters
Captain William W. Hatcher of the Military Airlift Command at Scott AFB Illinois was named MAC Headquarters Junior Officer of the Month for July. He is a computer systems analyst who received congratulations from Maj. Gen. William V. McBride as he accepted a desk pen set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Hatcher
Headquarters Military Airlift Command
MAC
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Hatcher
MAC Headquarters
William V. McBride
Capt. Hatcher
Diane H. Harris
Mary D. Harris
Decatur
Babies Bring Back Secretary In Probation Office
Mrs. Onelia House returns to replace Mrs. Carol Martin on maternity leave as secretary to Dalton Moss the federal probation officer in Decatur. House left in December 1969 for a 14 week leave that stretched as she cared for her baby Joey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Martin
Larry House
House
Dalton Moss
Mrs. Martin
Tony Estes
Larry
Onelia) House
David
Carol) Martin
Joey
Carol
Mrs. House
Moss
Decatur Daily
Blount County
Oneonta
House and Martin Families Cite Jobs and Hopes
Mrs Martin, a Austin High School graduate who studied secretarial science at Calhoun Junior College, and her husband at Decatur Transfer and Storage, await a girl next month. Mrs House, a Oneonta High School and Athens College graduate, works at Monsanto and jokes about new criminals as she returns to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Martin
Austin High School
Calhoun Junior College
Huntsville
Decatur Transfer and Storage
Mrs. House
Oneonta High School
Athens College
Monsanto
Western Union Office Re-Opens After 57-Day Strike
The longest strike in Western Union history ended at midnight Tuesday after 57 days. Office manager James Hollingsworth said they are glad to return to work and look forward to serving customers with service equal to or better than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
James Hollingsworth
Emergency numbers and crisis contacts published
The Decatur Daily lists emergency numbers for police fire and highway patrol as well as hospital and ambulance contacts. It directs dial zero for operator help and provides Crisis Call Center numbers for personal crises and poisoning inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Reader asks who clears overgrown area near Summer Manor
Decatur readers request action to clear LaFayette and Well Streets area, hazardous for pedestrians. Charles Mathias head of Morgan Beautiful committee says cleanup crews will remove overgrowth in a few days to restore passable walkways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette St
Well St
Summer Manor
Charles Mathias
Morgan Beautiful Committee
Baxley seeks injunction to stop coal strip mining in Bankhead
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley filed a suit to halt strip mining of coal in Bankhead National Forest and surrounding counties led by Peabody Coal Co. The action seeks a temporary injunction and names several federal officials as defendants. Also noted are changes in local legal staff with John A. Caddell Jr joining the Decatur firm after earning his law degree from the University of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Bill Baxley
Bankhead National Forest
Alabama
Lawrence
Peabody Coal Co
Evansville
Ind
John A
Jack) Caddell Jr
Decatur
Caddell, Shanks, Harris and Moore
Decatur High School
Caddell
University of Alabama
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Colvin
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Denise Sandlin
Sara Brown
Pat Spencer
Star Plunk
Alison Loggins
Jan Johnson
Vicki Gey
Debbie Daws
Limestone County
Proctor
Washington
Morgan County Civil Defense
Howard Proctor
National Civil Defense
U.S. Civil Defense Council
John E. Davis
Civil Defense
Pentagon
Belle Mina Experimental Station
Wilson Ray Posey
Posey
Austinville Rd
Draper Correctional Institute
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Montgomery
Joe Perry
Madison County
Probation Office
U.S
Federal Building
THE
Athens
Ala
W. C. Bowen
Wheeler Highway Federal Credit Union
Fruehaus Co
Billy Pointer
C&c Order Service
Odessa
Tex
Somerville
Avery Roan
Huntsville Better Business Bureau
Odessa Junior College
Roan
Baxley
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