Tri County Area Eyed Government Efficiency Study Awaits Federal Okay
The North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission seeks 18 000 from this year’s funds to study county government efficiency in Morgan Lawrence and Cullman counties. If approved, the six months to a year project may be conducted by a college or qualified researcher. Authorities expect approvals from Morgan and Lawrence counties and Cullman County began backing the survey.
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Morgan
Lawrence — Cullman
Washington
Gary Voketz
Alabama
Development Commission
Ncarpdc
Voketz
Brewer Seeks $500000 for Tenn-Tombigbee Project
Alabama Governor Gert Brewer urged Congress to approve 500000 for engineering and design work on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn backed the request, citing regional economic benefits and Gulf access. Sen. Sparkman supported 31.5 million for Alabama waterways.
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Nashington
Alabama
Gert Brewer
Congress
Brewer
House
Xon
Appalachian
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
mid-South
Gulf of Mexi
Corps of Engineers
John Sparkman
Lawmakers Cut Medicaid Funds And Rework Tax Plan
Alabama House committee cut 3 million annually from expanded Medicaid funding as Gov. Brewer’s administration revised tax proposals. Amendments raise cigarette taxes, adjust whiskey beer wine rates, and fund a 12 million per year Medicaid rise next year and 17 million the following year.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Jays and Means
Albert Brewer
Harry Pennington
Madison County
Hartselle approves $2 monthly garbage fee plan
Hartselle council backs a $2 monthly residential garbage fee by a 2 vote in a preliminary move. The measure seeks a July 1 effective date and faces a final vote at the June 24 council meeting with two pickups weekly opposed by the mayor and a councilman.
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Lee Sentell
Hartselle
John D. Long
Bruce Johnson
Sanitation Department
David Buckelew
Johnson
Jerry Putman
Bob Horton
Putman
Optimist Club To Hear War Veteran
First Lt. James L. Wettengel, decorated five times for combat and meritorious service in Vietnam, will address the Decatur Optimist Club at 7:30 as part of the Army National Speakers Program. Wettengel, a Florida State University graduate, earned the Silver Star the Bronze Star Medal twice the Air Medal and the Gallantry Cross. He was assigned to Fort Rucker and resides in Ozark with his wife.
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Albert Brewer
Charles Wright
Etowah County
Fite
Wright
Wih
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Consumer Credit Code
House
House Health Committee
Alabama
Senate Finance Committee
James L. Wettengel
Vietnam
Decatur Optimist Club
Wettengel
Decatur
Army
Sation
Fort Rucker
Ala
United States
Ozark
Hartselle Meeting To Discuss Local Development Plans
The North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission will hold a dinner and meeting June 19 at Corral Restaurant. Guy Roberts will discuss district activities and Rust Engineering will report on a water and sewer plan plus a population and economic study. Attendance costs $3.90 per plate.
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Hartselle
North Central
Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission
Corral Restaurant
U. S. 31
Guy Roberts
Commission
Rust Engineering Co
Decatur Entrants Dominate Miss Alabama Pageant Field
More than 100 contestants entered the Miss Alabama Beauty Pageant in Birmingham with five Decatur entrants Lynelle Weber Shirley Eaken Connie Collier Karen McWaters and Glenda Ogle. Deadline to enter was midnight Tuesday and preliminary judging starts June 21 ahead of the July 5 final.
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Decatur
Birmingham
Lynelle Weber
Shirley Eaken
Connie Collier
Karen McWaters
Glenda Ogle
Diggers Win Sixth in Garden Club Yearbook Contest
Planning committee seeks addresses for Riverview High School Class of 1939 members Millard Lenz Elbert McMeans Dave Tingle and James Robert Belue. Mrs Edwards requests information or referrals and is taking reunion reservations while noting progress on a local project adding miles and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview High School
Millard Lenz
Elbert McMeans
Dave Tingle
James Robert Belue
Leon Edwards
No Clues In Lawrence Shooting: Authorities
Fourth day of investigation into the murder of rural Lawrence county grocer Louis Lane with no motive or solid leads. His wife Mary Lou Lane remains critically injured. Investigators seek a .22 caliber pistol and any robbery links as they review cash found in the adjoining grocery apartment. State investigator Dexter Haney assists Sheriff Rutherford in Mt Hope.
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MT. Hope
Lawrence County
Harlon
Pete) Rutherford
Louis Lane
Russellville
Ala
Mary Lou Lane
Huntsville Hospital
Lane
Dexter Haney
Florence
Rutherford
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Tri County Area
Cullman County
Board of Revenue
Board of Directors
Bob McGookin
Cullman Commissioners
Local Boards of Revenue
Morgan and
Shriners
Charles H. McGill
McGill
Smith
Sharp
Lucian D. McCullough
Ruben H. McCullough
Joe Davis
Travis English
G. P. Kelley
Muscle Shoals
Billy Smith
Mississippi
Tennessee
Tombigbee River
Demopolis
Sparkman
Medicaid
House Agriculture and Judiciary
Senate Rules Committee
Alabama National Guard
Senate
Rankin Fite
Anniston
Chester Jones
University of Alabama At Tuscaloosa
College of Engineering
Harry Weaver
Marshall Lewis
Diana Massey
Seth Hersh
Pete Orr
Optimist Club
Willie Lott
Wishful Diggers Garden Club
Garden Club
Horticulture Magazine
The
Massachusetts Horticulture Society
Lawrence
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