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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1977
Page
3
A brief notes Miss Alabama tours the daily want ads inviting readers to discover great home buys advertised in the classified section. Local shoppers hear appeals to browse real estate listings and sale notices for affordable homes.
Job advertisement seeking an ambitious, hardworking individual with proven selling ability. Must take over an established account list and show above average growth. Excellent salary and fringe benefits. Send a complete resume to Box T care of The Decatur Daily.
Efforts to locate Dr. Farris Walker intensified as a state helicopter and radio volunteers joined the search in Opelika area. Police say there is no sign of foul play after Walker, 43, failed to report to his Opelika office on Monday and one car remains missing.
Dry weather plagues farms in the Wiregrass Alabama area with only 83 percent of peanuts planted, ten days left in the planting window, and corn losses reported. June outlook shows some rain but temperatures near normal, while May was unusually dry with southeast counties hardest hit. A separate Morgan County public sale notice outlines land described for court sale on June 7 1977.
Athens State College faces an $89,000 second interest payment on a $899,000 dormitory bond issue as officials seek permission from the State Board of Education to rent or lease the dorms to cover debt due in 1991. Bondholders have delayed foreclosure while a rental plan is considered. The campus plans to use dorms for an Olympic diving camp later this month in Decatur.
Decatur police officers Keith Mickle Randall Smith and detective Kenneth Collier are candidates for the Exchange Club Policeman of the Year award. The winner will be announced at a banquet Monday at 6 30 p.m. at the Ole Farm Beef House after a department vote.
The Wheeler Basin Regional Library invites six to eight grade students to start a six week Young Adult Summer Reading Program on June 15 at 10 a.m. Director Mrs. Melba Chasteen, formerly of Montevallo, leads the effort with no charge. The program, a joint project with Decature City Schools, includes films record albums book discussions and a new teen section funded by Friends of the Library.
The Morgan County School Board unanimously approved selling $1.3 million in capital warrants to fund county construction projects including a Danville cafeteria and classrooms, a Flint gym and classrooms, a West Morgan vocational building, and the Falkville gym completion. Bids open June 14 at 11 a.m. at the school board office.
Athens Limestone Industrial Development Board has entertained several industrial prospects in recent weeks but no firm commitments. A metal can plant in the city industrial park could employ more than 300 people if constructed, though officials gave no announcements or names.
The letter questions President proposals for penalties on large cars and new taxes. It notes a $449 tax on 1978 cars under 13 mpg, rising to $2,488 on 1985 cars under 12.5 mpg, plus a standby gasoline tax possibly starting at five cents a gallon and rising. The writer argues the wealthy will still buy big cars and manufacturers will continue producing them.
A Toyota dealer argues against large gas guzzlers noting that big American cars are comfortable but costly. He claims Toyota sedans offer nimble handling and driving fun with responsive manuals, appealing to buyers tired of oversized autos.
Taxes rebates and incentives aside a Toyota is a quality built automobile. You can see it when you look one over. It costs less than a big car to buy and to run. With 148 Toyota Dealers in the southeast you can be assured of parts and service. Your Toyota Dealer is a volume dealer and you’ll buy a Toyota for what you want to pay.
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