Highway plan eyed to link Memphis and Birmingham
Sen John Stennis proposes revising the Appalachian Regional Program to allow a new east west highway from Batesville Mississippi near Memphis to Decatur Alabama. The plan would create a four lane divided road with non controlled access linking Memphis to Birmingham, extending the Appalachian route toward Chattanooga. The Appalachian program expires June 30 and Congress debates extension amid House approval of 1.5 billion for four more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAILY
Alabama
John Stennis
D-Miss
Batesville
Miss
Memphis
Decatur
Birmingham
Stennis
Public Works Committee
Senate
Gary Voketz
North Central Alabama
Huntsville
Voketz
Congress
House
Appalachian Program
Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley
Hartley Delivers Endurance in Front Yard Swing Marathon
Danny Hartley aged 13 continues a swinging marathon with partner Allen Hamman 15 in the Hartley residence yard in Athens. Hamman fell asleep and dropped out while Hartley also dozed but remains determined to challenge the 100 hour national swing record set earlier.
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Danny Hartley
Steve W. Hartley
Crutcher St
Athens
Allen Hamman
Henry Ham
Crutcher
Hartley
Danny
Decatur Reports Air Pollution Count Exceeding Standard
Decatur's annual air pollution count tops the U.S. standard according to local environmental data reported by RANDY QUARLES. The figure highlights ongoing air quality concerns and calls for review of pollution controls and enforcement actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Quarles
Decatur
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Alabama Air Pollution Control Commission
AAPCC
Montgomery
James Cooper
Cooper
Gene Saywell
Milton Jones Sells 175 Piano Via Daily Want Ad
Milon Jones of 918 Carridale SW sold a piano for 175 using a daily want ad and drew at least four additional responses. The note highlights low cost ads for selling items and promotes Decatur Daily Want Ads as a marketplace. The article also includes an air pollution report from Alabama officials and references EPA standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Jones
Carridale
Decatur Daily
Classified Ads Dial 353-4612 Nights SunDays and Holidays
Classified line lists numbers for telephone ads in Decatur Daily. Reads Dial 353 4612 for nights Sundays and holidays and 353 4739 with area Athens dial 232 1535 for advertising.
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Athens
Dial
Decatur Daily
Robinson's Furniture Announces Frigidaire Service Ad
Guaranteed Frigidaire service offered by Robinson's Furniture located on Downtown Second Avenue in Decatur. Call 353-2370 for details.
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Robinson's Furniture
Second Avenue
Decatur
Midway Battle Opens in 1942 Pacific War
The 1942 Battle of Midway began marking Japan's first decisive defeat. The event is noted in a column on this day with references to wartime chronology and future weather and pages.
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Midway
Japan
Woman Escapee Still At Large From Bryce Hospital
Debbie Shiles Peoples remains at large after walking away from Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa Sunday night. She is among four Lawrence County residents charged with first degree murder kidnapping and robbery in the Feb. 8 shotgun slaying of Harold Young. Her husband Bob Peoples and James Junior Borden with wife Mary Frances Calvert Borden are also at Bryce undergoing mental evaluations ahead of trials set for the September term.
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Debbie Shiles Peoples
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Lawrence County
Landersville
Harold Young
Bob Peoples
James
Junior) Borden
Mary Francis Calvert Borden
Bryce
Billy C. Burney
Criminal Court
Falkville Man Burns To Death
A 56 year old Falkville man Coy M. Brown burned to death in his home, aid coroner Guy Hollaway. Fire started likely from a cigarette while Brown smoked in bed, shortly after 10 p.m. at a rural house 2.7 miles north of Eva. Firefighters saved most of the house. funeral arrangements by Peck Funeral Home.
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Eva
Falkville
Guy Hollaway
Hollway
Coy M. Brown
Peck Funeral Home
Brown
Hollaway
Tennessee
Coy Frost
Baker Manufacturing Co
Hartselle
Holloway
Budget alternative to be posed by AEA in budget plan
Alabama Education Association officials say Gov. Wallace should use federal revenue sharing funds from a pet project to cover general fund programs while keeping the special education trust fund intact. AEA criticizes the governor for not allocating revenue sharing money in his budgets and plans to present the alternative to legislators. Senate moves to lower adulthood age to 19 while House and Senate recess amid a busy Capitol schedule.
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Tommy Stevenson
Montgomery
Alabama Education Association
AEA
George Wallace
Wallace
Amy Burks
Burks
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Alabama
Senate
Three Suspects Questioned in Athens Juvenile Rapes
Limestone County authorities questioned three suspects about a midnight rape and beating of two runaways from Albertville. Two girls aged 14 and 15 and a 14 year old boy were camping near Greenbrier when intruders forced access to their tent. All three were treated at Athens Limestone Hospital and detained in Limestone County Jail as investigations continue. Sheriff Evans and deputies are leading the inquiry.
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Sonny Turner
Athens
Limestone County
Albertville
Earnest Knox
Knox
Greenbrier
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens Teens Seek 106 Hour Swinging World Record
Athens teenagers Allen Hamman and Danny Hartley aim to surpass the Guinness 100 hour world endurance record by swinging from noon Monday and continuing until 106 hours, despite blisters and fatigue. They hope to prove their parents wrong and earn a place in the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Turner
Athens
Allen Hamman
Danny Hartley
Hamman
Seattle
Wash
Jim Anderson
Lyle Hendrickson
Hartley
Elusive Youth Escapes Again From County Jail
Gary Williams, 17, escaped from Lawrence County Jail Tuesday night after secretly sawing through cell bars for days and hiding the cuts with tape. Sheriff Harold Terry says the quiet inmate was in a shared cell. other inmates did not escape as Williams vanished into nearby woods. An investigation continues into the incident.
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Paul Foreman
Moulton
Gary Williams
Lawrence County
Harold Terry
Williams
U S Reduces Gold Imports Shifts Global Price Influence
Washington reports show the United States nearly ends gold imports enabling greater sway over world gold pricing. In Granite Oklahoma inmates seize the education building at the Granite Reformatory with hostages claimed by a governor’s spokesman. Senate intelligence chair Frank Church asserts CIA produced murder lots backed by hard evidence.
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Washington
United States
Itelf
Washington (Ap
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate Intelligence Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
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Reggie Watkins
Bill Watkins
Dr. SE
Delano Park
Bobby Herbert
By Lee Sentell
Billy Smith
U.S
Landers
M.W
Buddy) Evans
Sheriff's Department
Sonny Craig
Salvation Army Development Fund
Emmett McClary
McClary Tire Co
Salvation Army
14Th St. SW
McClary Tire
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