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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1973
Page
2
Senator James Allen answered questions at a Decatur meeting of the Alabama Press Association. The event occurred Saturday as reporters and editors pressed the junior senator on national policy and administration.
This Decatur daily page reports reader questions about dangerous overgrowth at street corners and requests for right of way clearance within 10 days, donation tips for Point Mallard Prayer Chapel, and guidance on locating long lost music companies with caveats on identifying matching entities.
The Auburn Players' Theatre in Lee County Alabama has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places the Alabama Historical Commission announced. Built in 1850 on a John Harper donated lot the brick Gothic style building later gained Victorian embellishments. Bricks and labor were supplied by slaves and it served as a Presbyterian church before functioning as a Civil War hospital.
A terse notice lists the sheriff and a single contact number 232 1530 with 911 and a line about all departments operating nights and holidays.
Senator James A. Allen told the Alabama Press Association that freedom and truth require the press to inform the public. He argued officials and reporters share constituencies and duty to reveal the truth, citing Watergate and the First Amendment as core to a free press and democracy.
Four members of a Dothan family died in a train car collision near Dothan transferring the vehicle 200 feet down the track. Samuel A. Daughtry 30 Annie Daughtry 28 Britt 3 and Tracy Ann 6 all of Dothan perished.
Mr. and Mrs. George Webb of Union Hill Alabama fostered 108 children from six months to 17 years over 19 years. They raised crops on a 40 acre farm, provided rooms, food and care, and used love with discipline to guide the youngsters. They plan to continue fostering as long as possible.
Mrs Webb recalls moving out and packing for departures as the Webbs welcome foster children. She notes the pain of parting with babies and the adjustment for older kids, while mentioning visits from former foster children and plans for relatives from Chicago Texas and Florida.
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