Homeowners Seek Sewer Renovation Halt in Athens Subdivision
Campbell Subdivision homeowners petitioned the Athens city council to halt a $3 million sewer system upgrade, signing 36 of about 72 owners. The council delayed action two weeks as Hightower Subdivision approved the project 10 to 9, with costs estimated at $11 per foot. Payments would be 10 yearly installments at 6 percent interest. The council also voted to transfer $20,000.
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Athens
Campbell
Higgins
Hightower Subdivision
Hightower
City Board of Education Receives Dinal VUR Tax Funds
The city allocates Dinal VUR gross receipt tax funds to the city board of education. A policy sets vacation eligibility for city employees after leaving and rejoining. If an employee works, leaves for a year or more, eligibility is based on the latest date of employment. Recommendations by Police Chief.
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City Board of Education
Decatur High School Class of 1952 holds 20th reunion event
The Decatur High School class of 1952 gathered for a 20th anniversary reunion with attendees listed in three rows headed by Jackie Thornbrough Imbusch and others. City officials discussed speed limit changes and tabled the action. Mayor Higgins asked for time to negotiate with the State Highway Department. The council approved bidding for a chain link fence around the sanitary landfill, estimated at about 3320 dollars.
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Decatur High School
Jackie Thornbrough Imbusch
Hilda Thrasher Cooper
Eloise Compton
Richard Faulk
Higgins
State Highway Department
Cullman County weighs auction barn plan for pork producers
Cullman County leaders meet feeder pig association to study a proposed 55 000 to 58 000 dollar auction barn on 10 acres near Johnson's Crossing. Alabama Marketing Association would fund building and equipment with land cost to be determined by the county. About 300 pork producers exist. hospital board nominees named. Job Corps program invites 16 to 21 year olds statewide with 400 openings. Decatur office hours listed. Madeira School honors 81 graduates. Miss Anne Wills Martin to attend Rice University.
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Cullman
Cullman County
C. H. Bradford
G.w.pinkerton
State Department of Industrial Relations
Decatur
Vine St. NW
Anne Wills Martin
David L. Martin. Courtland
Madeira School
Greenway
Martin
Rice University
Supreme Court ruling aids poor charged with any offense
A 7-2 Supreme Court decision by Justice William O. Douglas extends the right to free counsel to those charged with any offense including traffic violations and petty offenses. Morgan County judges warn it could burden courts and raise costs, urging state and federal help to cover attorney fees and promote a possible public defender option.
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Supreme Court
Morgan County
William O. Douglas
Morgan County Justice Court
Robert Milam
Alabama
State Bar Association
Milam
Justice Court
Decatur
Bar Association
Circuit Court
Newton B. Powell
Powell
25 Cases Considered By McRae
Morgan County Court dispositions issued Monday as Judge C Bennett McRae announced 25 case outcomes. Individuals named include Dewey E Sandford fined 150 dollars for illegal liquor possession, Nolen Hamlin guilty for illegal liquor possession with costs, and Jerry Smith and Thomas E Perry bond forfeitures for worthless checks. Multiple charges of assault and battery, drunken driving, and traffic offenses were noted as not pressed or resolved by fines and costs.
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Morgan County Court
C. Bennett McRae
Dewey E. Sandford
Moulton
Sanford
Baove Carmen Holladay
Danville 1
Jerry Smith
Oliver
N.C
Thomas E. Perry
Oak St
Charlie Jones
Cashin St
John D. Wise
Somerville Rd
State Board of Health
Walter M. Horn
Decatur 5
Willard Laurence
Nolen Hamlin
Hamlin
W. Moulton
Murray Alexander
Vine St
J. C. Cash
Hartseller
Betty Dean Verner
Sth Ave
Clyde C. Vandiver
Hartseile 2
Sreeeed Aaneae
Ivey June Baker
Hartseile
John Darrell Waldraw
Cullman
Jimmy D. Hill
Ambers Lee Kearce Jr
Americas
Jackie Levie Bates
Laura Themes
Artseile
Donnie Brown
Danville 3
Pete Ivy
Decatur 2
No Reelection Bid by Cullman Official Jim Berry
Cullman City Councilman Jim Berry announced he will not seek reelection in the August 8 municipal election. Berry has served as council president for 12 years and said he is leaving to devote more time to his family and his law practice. He called his service to the city most self-satisfying.
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Cullman
Jim Berry
Berry
Council
Memories of a POW endure for ex-soldier John Aldridge
John Aldridge recalls 14 months as a prisoner in North Korea during the early 1950s. He faced near daily beatings and relentless interrogations, slept little for months, and escaped through a tunnel before walking 600 miles to freedom. He survived frozen feet, was treated in Tokyo, and continued service until retiring as a first sergeant in 1958 after a career beginning in 1923.
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John Aldridge
North Korea
Sherman
Seoul
Tokyo
Aldridge
Trinity
Aldridge urges harsher tactics to end war in Southeast Asia
Inside Mr. Aldridge advocates bombing North Vietnam to cut supply lines and says Geneva Convention rules on prisoner treatment are ignored by the communists. He urges more POW camp raids to secure the return of American prisoners.
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Aldridge
Asia
America
North Vietnam
U.S
Dukes Elected To Legion Post Commander
Duke Bill Dukes was elected commander of American Legion Post 15 on Monday night succeeding Bill Falls who did not seek reelection. Falls will become department chaplain after five years leading the post. Dukes will lead with Anthony Roberts as second vice commander and Joe Flynn as finance officer. Installation is June 26 and a state region convention is set for Birmingham July 15-16.
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Bill Dukes
American Legion
Bill Falls
Falls
Dukes
Anthony Roberts
Joe Flynn
Legion
L. A. Strain Sr
T. M. Tribble
Snake attack at Smith Lake leaves swimmers startled
Fourteen year old swimmers report a cottonmouth bite scare at Cullman County’s Smith Lake as a snake, possibly with young nearby, rose from a sunken tree and was killed by the group. Roger Watson, 16, described the serpent as longer than he is and over four feet tall, noting the incident occurred Monday. Attendees Gary Watson and Billy Borden were present during the event.
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Roger Watson
Mondaygia Smith Lake
Cullman County
Watson
Roger
Gary Watson
Decatur 3
Center
Billy Borden
Decatur 5
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Marjorie Cain Masterson
Jo Fuller
Edna Jackson Cardwell
Jane Michael Boozer
Nada Praytor
Cook
Betty Wear Landers
Betty Bailey Frahn
Shirley Compton Terry
Letha Parker Conrad
Anne Siviey Lee
Nancy Phillips
Glasco
Bob Campbell
Bill Couch
Charles Bowler
Bill Culver
al Hill
Mack Graham
Marvin Breeding
Max Patterson
Ernest Matthews
Robert French
David Rowe
Bob Bowen
Bob Halbrooks
Earl D. Benfield
Myron Melton
Raymond Nixon
Ray Nixon
Lee Price
Bobby Lang
Roland Oliver
Bobby Harrison
Cullman Feeder Pig Barn
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Court
Robert Straub
Robert McWhorter
McRae
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Sentell
Limestone County
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E. Moulton St
Billy Paul Johnson
M.W. Buddy Evans
D. L. Rosenal Jr
American Academy of Judicial Education
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