City plans for downtown clearance and parking decks
The city seeks to clear a block bounded by Davis Ferry Line and Lee for a future auditorium library and utilities while Second Ave project awaits council approval. Federal funds of 6 million require a 2 million local share via in kind improvements such as city hall, streets and multi level parking decks near shopping areas. Tomorrow: Streets and drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis, Ferry, Line
Lee St
Second Ave
Bank St
Decatur
Wallace Threat Talk Drives Delegates Meeting Report
Wallace urged countering a Wallace threat but offered no explicit bid for presidential support. Reagan and attendees noted the governor did not declare candidacy at the convention. North Carolina sent thirteen delegates to the closed-door gathering alongside Georgia fourteen, Virginia three, South Carolina three, and Tennessee one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Reagan
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Court Asked To Delay DA Impeachment Move
The Alabama Supreme Court was asked to delay impeachment proceedings against suspended Madison County District Attorney David Thomas. A motion requests halting impeachment until bribery embezzlement and defamation charges in circuit court are resolved. Thomas and his lawyers seek abatement to block new suits and protect constitutional rights to a speedy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Madison County
David Thomas
Thomas
Supreme Court
Montgomery
High Court
Thonth
State Attorney General's
Hospital Dismissals List Names and Addresses
The record lists patient names and home streets from Harold Gene Conatser to Mrs. Bobby Don including hospitals and districts. It compiles multiple individuals with associated street addresses and towns such as Moulton Athens Decatur Danville and Morristown along with dismissal notes for Anthony Tony Ray Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Tony Ray Wiley
Stratford Rd
Bobby Don
Wallace Advocates Support for Military Chiefs and Prison Stance
The speaker says a president would rely on military chiefs of staff if they decide on a military conclusion and would back them. He criticizes foreign aid to nations trading with North Vietnam and vows indictments for treasonable statements, aiming to jail offenders. He also threatens to jail college rioters, promising swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
North Vietnam
Brezhnev and Czechoslovakia Seek Reform Route Amid Pressure
Three Czechoslovak delegates opposed to Dubcek confined by Moscow reportedly shift toward his reform program as popular backing and Soviet threats influence outcomes. Tass reports talks occurred in frank and comradely atmosphere, CTIK echoes the same. No threats of drastic action noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Vasil Bilak
Slovak Communist Party
Oldrich Svestka
Rude Pravo
Drahomir Kolder
Dubcek
Tass
Czechostotes
CTIK
Allied units sweep east with light contact near Saigon
The 9th Division moved about two miles east with minimal engagements while South Vietnamese forces fought three skirmishes on Saigon outskirts, reporting seven enemy killed, six captured and 18 weapons seized. Northwest of Saigon American B52 bombers conducted their 50th mission in seven days, dropping 1,200 tons over 30 to 60 miles away.
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Saigon
Westrn
Hau Nghia
Ay Ninh
Binh Long
Camboian
Local Notices List of Residents and Addresses
A series of brief notices lists residents and addresses including Hamilton with infant daughter on 4th St SW, Mrs Garth Harris and infant son in Decatur 3, Mrs Ernest Gibson on 11th St SE, Jimmy Roy Rodgers Sr on 6th Ave SW, Harold Elton Hazel in Moulton 2, Mrs Stephen Cole Yarbrough with infant son in Danville, Mrs Jerry Hayes and infant daughter in Trinity 1, John Owen Power Jr on Fairway Dr, Mrs John Lambert 8th Ave SW, Curley Shoulders in Athens 7, John Newton Kelso in Tennessee Valley Rest Home Flint, Melvin Hubert Maples in Somerville 1, Mrs Roy Jones on 9th Ave SE, Jack Rudolph Taylor in Somerville, and Mrs James Flowers on Wilson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Newton Kelso
Tennessee Valley Rest Home
Flint
Melvin Hubert Maples
Somerville
Roy Jones
9Th Ave
Jack Rudolph Taylor
James Flowers
Wilson St
Sheriff tests fire details after TNT claim in blaze
Fire Baker quoted Morgan saying the man threatened to settle it with TNT. The sheriff found no explosion evidence before the fire and is investigating with help from the state fire marshal's office.
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Baker
Morgan
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Market prices report for cottonseed and grains
Market data shows cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton and milk at 6.55 per hundred for Grade A. Grains list No 2 Yellow Corn at 1.15 and No 2 White Corn at 1.20, No 2 Milling Wheat at 1.21, No 2 Soybean at 2.60, and other commodities including wood and pulpwood with varied figures.
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Pope Decatur
NASD Over the Counter Prices Snapshot
Quotations from the NASD reflect representative interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. Interdealer market moves during the day. Prices shown exclude retail markup markdown and commissions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fice
William Baxley
Dothan
Decatur General Admissions
Harold Gene Conatser
Bradley St
Oliver T. Rogers
6Th Ave
Patsy Dell McCaghren
Main St. Moulton
Tonia Lynn Mapies
Church St
David A. Ledingham
Trinity
Charles Calvin Williams
Athens 7
Alva Richardson
Wadsworth St
Sammy Glenn Thompson
Calray Ave
Kenneth Bernard Balentine
Walnut St
Donald R. Dickey
Courtland
Wilbur Lydon Miller
Hartseller
JamesMakemson
Arbor Ave
Frank Dancy
Robert Snyder
Buffalo Trail
Morristown
Tenn
Pruitt Burks
Burton Kidd
John Randell Teague
5Th Ave
G. H. Levin
12Th St
Hubert Alos Hagood
Moulton
Jerry Glenn Moore
Madison
Eugenia Faye Bynum
Betty St
Bobby Lee Jr
Bluntsville
Gordon Bishop
7Th Ave
Shirley Daniel Smith
Danville
Gillum A. Pitts
16Th Ave
Joseph Carson Roberts
N. Malone St
Athens
Garland Corman Chapman
Hanceville
Maurice Ray Serda
David Bruce Dapell
Hartselle
Elton Keith Russell
Decature
Morgan County
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Decatur Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Brezhnev
United States
Decatur Markets
Pexae
Alabama Tenn. Nat’l Gas Allied American
Amicable Life Bank
Coastal States Life First Colbert National Bank
First National Bank
Decatur First State Bank
Jefferson Pilot Life
Liberty National Life
Life of
Mutual Savings Life Ins
National Life & Accident
Nebraska Consolidated
Protective Life
Southern United Life Ins
Mu State Nat’l Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins
Louis J
Sonny) Namie, Jr
Albert Brewer
Port of St. Jude Research Hospital
Memphis
Gov. Brewer
Joseph J. Rookie
Whos Radio
ED Piery Pdl
Pol. Adv
Friends of
Ed Piery
Jerry O'Mahony
Corning & Revere
Kem
2Nd Ave
N.E
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