Traffic Woes On Decatur Sixth Avenue Highlight Driver Habits
Decatur Daily reports ongoing hazards on Sixth Avenue US 31 as drivers repeatedly break basic rules. Wobblers Non-Signalers Drag-Strippers and Left-Lane drivers congest intersections and endanger pedestrians and other motorists. Police patrols exist but reckless behavior persists.
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Phillip Kyle
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Sixth Avenue
Lth
Decatur Police Department
Original County Agent Harrell Dies at 88
A. G. Harrell, Choctaw County farm agent from 1909, dies at 88 in a Quitman Mississippi hospital. He was the last survivor from Alabama's original group of county agents in the farm demonstration program. He lived in Melvin, Alabama.
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Butler
Ala
A. G. Harrell
Quitman
Miss
Harrell
Alabama
Melvin
Watershed OK Given In Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee approved the Crowdabout Creek watershed program led by Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman. The project costs 1.088 million with federal share 808 thousand, including eight flood water retarding structures and 29 miles of stream improvements in Morgan Lawrence and Cullman counties. President Kennedy urged approval under the Small Watershed Improvement Program. The House Agriculture Committee is the only remaining step.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Kennedy
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Morgan, Lawrence
Cullman Counties
Mayo Hotel Towels Sing Tiny Misspelling
A Mayos Hotel batch in Tulsa Oklahoma carried the woven inscription The Mayo, Tusla causing a lighthearted mix up. The misprint highlights the hotel’s branded linen during AP reporting from Okla.
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Tussa
Okla
Mayo Hotel
Mayo
Tusla
Slaying of Prominent Ow Hero Sparks Trial Date
Hobbs is to come to trial this month over the 194 slaying of a prominent local hero and his attorney Macon Weaver said.
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Macon Weaver
Hobbs
Remote control doubles TV image by 2 percent per press
A television remote control device increases picture size by two percent with each button press. The item highlights a simple scaling feature intended to adjust viewing comfort.
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State Farm Oe
Linda Jean Lamb
Peanut
Georgia
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Bee Fee
Senate
Mayo’s Fienst
Bell « Howell
Decater
Buschs Kremit Jewelers -Opticians
Avenue S.E
Firestone
Firestone Champions
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Athens
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