Austin High trumpeter wins first Band Boosters scholarship
Mark Pettey 18, Austin High School principal trumpeter, won the inaugural Austin Band Boosters scholarship of 200 dollars, awarded to an Austin High graduate pursuing music in college. He will attend the University of Tennessee Chattanooga on a music scholarship, turning down Memphis State. He has four straight All-State Band selections, McDonald’s All-American Band honors, and performed with Holiday On Ice and other ensembles.
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Mark Pettey
Austin High School
Austin Band Boosters
Austin High
Hilda Murphy
Bearl Whitsett
Bill Brunner
Mark
Austin
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Memphis State
United States
Carnegie Hall
Holiday On Ice
von Braun Civic Center
Huntsville
Accent Music Magazine
University of Alabama- Huntsville Wind Ensemble
Huntsville Youth Orchestra
Huntsville Symphony
Earl ‘Pettey
Calhoun Community College
Steve
Mary Oliver
Chattanooga Civic Center
Alabama Troopers Sue IRS Over Subsistence Pay Tax
Alabama state troopers led by James M. Elliott Jr. filed a class action in U.S. District Court to stop taxation of their $5 per day subsistence pay. The pay, approved by the 1973 Legislature, totals $1,000 annually and is funded from a separate appropriation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Internal Revenue Service
Alabama
IRS
U.S. District Court
James M. Elliott Jr
Birmingham Post
Alabama Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Free Lunch Program Begins Across Three Counties
Last summer Al, a nearly two year old, joined Morgan Lawrence Cullman county sites for free lunches in a cardboard box. The program runs five days weekly through Aug 19 with 22 sites offering balanced meals and milk plus supervised recreation. No formal registration. open to all children up to 18 in need.
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Morgan-Lawrence
Community Action Committee
Community Action
Morgan-Lawrence- Cullman County
Jim Gunn
Guin
County Park and Recreation Department
Irate residents chase vandals after car damage spree
Police report vandals damaged 14 cars Monday night and three more Tuesday in southwest Decatur. Citizens chased three youths at 1203 Garth Ave SW as one left behind a bicycle and a tire tool. Other incidents include tires slashed on four homes and a theft of a CB radio from a truck at Westgate Shopping Center.
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Decatur
Tommy Wilson
Garth Ave
Ray Morgan
Citizens Band
Albert Cox
Hartselle
Westgate Shopping Center
Betty Cooper
Decature
Cox
Irvin Fisher
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Austin's
Morgan County Grand Jury
Billy Ray Williamson
Bradley Jackson
Jessie Davenport
Edward Earl Robinson
David B. Baldwin
James S. Barnes
Randy Martin Hill
Donnie Dee Farris
Michael E. Farris
Woodrow Pitts Jr
James Michael Singleton
Billy Joe Thompson
Barbara Carr
Sherry Williams
Joseph Houston Jones
David Earl Riggins
Jacqueline Young
Julian C. Carter Jr
Anthony Fletcher
Gerry Wayne Ray
Harold Wesley Green
Billy Don Hass
James Wade Rodgers
Richard van Riggs
Lisa Gail Speake
Regina Diana Strong
J. W Tucker
Bonnie Faye Young
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Thlant Place Corner Hwy
S. & Stratford Rd
Courtland
Old North Alabama Baptist Academy
Spring Creek Rd
Town Creek
Bradley St
Hillsboro
Old Vocational Agricultural
Old Hillsboro
Cedar Lake
Ray St
East Acres
18Th Ave
Jessie Smith Park
Somerville Rd
Cashin Center
Cherry St
Pines Park
5Th St
AME
Old Moulton Rd
Morgan County
Moulton Heights
Oakville
Danville
Moulton
Lawrence Manor
Alexander St
Morgan County Training School
Bethel St
Southside Park
McDaniel St
West End Terrace
South Corsbie St
Roberts Court
Roberts Dr
Cullman
West Park
Loring St
Hanceville
Colony Center
Stanley Walker
Cardinal Dr. SW
Lynn Reed
Clifton Depreast
Joseph Scott Archer
Edgewood Dr
Decatur General Hospital
Ing
Spring Ave
Archer
Timothy Austin
Decatur 5
Bridgetender Coy Clem
Keller Memorial Bridge
Muscle Shoals
Aycock
6Th Ave
Janis Grant
Moulton — Lawrence
Ralph Heflin
Roy Borden
Mt. Hope
Heflin
Borden
Lawrence County
Sears
Gateway Shopping Center
Holey AM
Michael A. Petti
Wegen
Coppertané
Coppertone
Os. Lotion
SS Rresge Company
Iro
Sds Nnay
Cac
Sea & Ski
Saxony
Tae Pema de A
Columbia Carpets
Village Plaza
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