Brewer outlines plan to merge Alabama program office
Governor Albert Brewer says the Alabama Program Development Office will be folded into the State Department of Planning and Industrial Development to improve efficiency. Lt. Gen. Ralph Swofford heads the ADPO and has sought to resign. Brewer asks him to stay until consolidation. The governor also notes a likely University of Alabama president successor to Frank Rose and hints at a potential university administration reorganization with a chancellor. He praises House bill progress and comments on legislative pace.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Alabama
State Department of Planning and Industrial Development
Brewer
ADPO
Ralph Swofford
Ed Mitchell
Govenor
Swofford
University of Alabama
Frank Rose
Rose
Sparkman urges aid for small refiners in oil import policy
Sen. John Sparkman notes Senate evidence showing small independent refiners spur competition. He urges the Nixon administration to protect these firms in import control policy and argues 1959 ceilings blocked overseas growth and coastal refinery building, calling allocation of foreign crude to small refiners an issue of economic justice.
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Washington
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Nixon Administration
Oil Import Control Task Force
Senate
Sparkman
Record 18,000 Vessels Locked Through TVA Dams in 1969
The Tennessee Valley Authority reports a 1969 record of 18,000 recreation vessels locking through TVA dams on the Tennessee River chain from Knoxville to Paducah. Key totals include 2,890 at Chickamauga Dam and 2,868 at Guntersville, with boats signaling readiness via bell ropes at each lock.
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Tennessee River
TVA
Tennessee
Knoxville
Alabama
Kentucky
Paducah
Ohio
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Guntersville
Watts Bar
Fort Loudoun
Nickajack
Pickwick
Wilson
Melton Hill
Clinch River
Wheeler
The
Corps of Engineers
Birmingham Boy Presented Award
George M. Callen of Birmingham received Alabama’s outstanding Teenager of 1969 from Gov. Albert Brewer. Callen, son of Mr and Mrs George Callen Jr, topped his Ramsay High School graduating class and was selected from Alabama teens in the 1969 Outstanding Teenagers of America program.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
George M. Callen
Albert Brewer
Alabama
George Callen Jr
Ramsay High School
Trinity Soldier Wins Bronze Star for Meritorious Service
Sgt. Charles B. Poole of Trinity receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service as a Noncommissioned Officer Controller with the 7th Air Force in Vietnam. He served Dec 28 1967 to Oct 29 1968 at Tan Son Nhut Air Base under combat conditions.
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Charles B. Poole
Trinity
7Th Air Force
Vietnam
J. K. Poole
Poole
Tan Son Nhut
Seventh Air Force Command Center
Command and Control Division
REA Loan Okayed To Ozark Firm
Washington AP reports a $503000 Rural Electrification Administration loan approved to Pea River Electric Cooperative in Ozark Alabama. The funds will build 82 miles of distribution line to serve 1844 new customers and upgrade 22 miles of existing line and related facilities, announced by Senators Sparkman Allen and Representative Andrews.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Pea River Electric Cooperative
Ozark
Ala
John Sparkman
James Allen
George Andrews
Cullman Man Hurt In Wreck
A two car collision north of here on County Road 35 Tuesday night sent Talmedge Lee Galin 38 to Cullman Hospital then to University Hospital in Birmingham for emergency care. Galin suffered a nose bleed. passenger Wilbert Bedard 41 was not injured. The crash occurred about 7 50 p.m. State Trooper R L Howell investigated.
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Cullman
R. L. Howell
Homewood Mayor to Give Thanks to Lions Club
Homewood Alabama Mayor Bob Waldrop will thank the Homewood Lions Club for a park water fountain. He will speak as mayor and as Lions Club president he will receive the city’s gratitude.
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Homewood
Ala
Bob Waldrop
Homewood Lions Club
Lions Club
Coed Seeks Unique Summer Stints in Archaeology
University of Alabama student Jane Lumpkin pursued a string of archaeology summers from digs in Zeror and Tell Arab to Rome and Pompeii. She earned a British Association scholarship for July lectures at Oxford and field work in Sussex. This year she travels to the Smithsonian with a stipend of 800 dollars to identify antiquities from Thailand and Pakistan.
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University
Ala
University of Alabama
Jane Lumpkin
Tell Arab
Israel
Rome
Pompeii
Italy
British Association For Cultural Exchange
Oxford
Sussex
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Eugene I. Knez
Thailand
Pakistan
Albertville Coed
Anthropology Department
Yucatan
Miss Lumkin
Capstone
England
Sparkman Seeks 31 Million For Alabama Waterways
Sen. John Sparkman testified before a House subcommittee seeking 31.483 million for operation maintenance and construction of Alabama waterways. He backed Coosa Alabama River Improvement Association Warrior Tombigbee group and Tennessee Tombigbee authority and urged 2.2 million for Carter's Dam and 2 million for Bankhead Lock and Dam plus 0.5 million for advanced Tennessee Tombigbee work. He noted benefits rise with studies and said the waterway will aid 23 states. In Washington the Alabama delegation backed a bill to bar camping on government property in DC. passed 327-51 with Rep. Walter Flowers praising the vote.
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Washington
John Sparkman
Public Works
House Appropriations Committee
Alabama
Sparkman
Coosa
U. S. Corps
Carter’s Dam
Rome
Coosa Alabama
Bankhead Lock
Warrior Tombigbee Waterway
Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway
Corps of Engineers
U.S
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
Congress
Army Pfc Barge Dies in Vietnam Not From Hostile Action
The Army announced on Wednesday that Pfc. Frederick D. Barge son of Mr and Mrs Roy Barge Rt 1 Selma Alabama has died in Vietnam but not due to hostile action.
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Washington (Ap
Army
Pfc
Frederick D. Barge
Roy Barge
Rt. 1
Selma, Ala
Vietnam
Car Insurance Hike Approved in Alabama Rates Rise
State Superintendent R. Frank Ussery announced new car insurance rates effective immediately, with average overall premiums up about 15.9 percent. Collision policies rise over 11 dollars yearly on a 50 or 100 dollar deductible. comprehensive up about 2.82. liability premiums up roughly 9.64 annually due to inflation and accident trends.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Superintendent of Insurance
Ussery
Insurance Rating Board
Alabama
Mobile To Buy Brookley Site In Civilian Use Plan
Mobile plans to buy the 371 acre Brookley industrial area for 9.8 million dollars from the General Services Administration. The city seeks a 60 day loan to cover the purchase and will repay with proceeds from bonds. The base will transfer from the Air Force for civilian use by June 30.
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Mobile
Ala
Brookley Air Force Base
U. S. General Services Administration
Air Force
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