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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1969
Page
5
In Montgomery the Alabama Senate moved a priority calendar item to the top and passed 23 to 1 a constitutional amendment authorizing a $4 million bond issue for the State Docks at Mobile. The plan includes revenue bonds if the amendment fails and funds dredging and facility upgrades at Theodore.
The Speaker’s calendar move could unclog the Senate but not until next week after the House returns from a weekend recess. Senators, back from a two day break, faced continued debate over Sen. Alton Turner’s consumer credit code proposal.
The Alabama State Docks at Mobile were found to have misspent 5297 over two years, mostly on advertising for the International Trade Center. Feaster reimbursed all but 163. 160 paid for flowers and a bid overcharge. The audit recommends tightening promotional spending and bidding rules.
WMSL announcer Jerry Binkley known as the voice of Decatur is leaving after nine years to become operations manager at WAZE radio in Clearwater Florida. He cites future opportunities while noting he will miss Decatur and its sports broadcasts with Red Raider teams.
U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr ruled a Alabama bonding firms case must stay in state court. He dismissed transfer requests from two firms, saying the federal court lacks jurisdiction and Baxley’s public interest claim belongs to the state. Baxley alleges uncollected forfeited bonds from Resolute Insurance Alabama Bonding United Bonding.
The Air Force pilot program at Auburn University enrolls four coeds with four-year service goals after commissioning. Linda Lee Bess and Linda Coleman, both students, plan field training and orientation at Myrtle Beach and pursue careers in education or engineering. Camp rules and a June 16 deadline shape the pathway for additional applicants including Susan Lowe, Phyllis Brewster, Barbara Black, and Leslie Farr.
Bishop W Kenneth Goodson urged the North Alabama Conference to approve uniting the Central Alabama Conference with the North Alabama and Alabama West Florida conferences. The merger, voted next year, aims to address church and community issues. He cited Alabama infant mortality surpassing 2,100 deaths last year due to malnutrition as a motivating factor. New ministerial appointments were announced as the convention ended.
Alabama Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Co. of Mobile submitted a revised 16.15 million dollar bid to reconstruct two cargo vessels into full container ships. The bid was accepted by United States Lines Inc. and the Maritime Subsidy Board on Tuesday.
Montgomery officials plan a Monday meeting with St. Jude Hospital administrators to discuss a new approach for handling emergency patients and improving care coordination.
U S Department of Agriculture reports 14 172 people aided in Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties during April with 276 906 statewide. Cullman had 5 359 recipients, Limestone 4 710, Lawrence 4 103. Morgan County begins new food stamp program. 74 566 in 20 counties participate receiving 555 128 in coupons.
Washington senators and a representative announced a $43,920 grant from the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to Cordova Alabama. Funds will back a secondary sewerage treatment plant and outfall sewers.
In Mobile County a 4-year-old girl Penny Fairley and two other youths died after a 15-year-old girl fell into Chocolatta Bay while fish watching. Roy Lee Fairley, 55, jumped in to save her and perished with his 4-year-old daughter. Hellen Jones, 17, died after entering the water to aid the younger girl. Mike Awalt, 18, attempted a rescue but could not reach Jones. The accident occurred on Battleship Parkway near the Tensaw River Bridge. Jones was Fairley’s foster daughter. The Taylor girl was not related.
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