Industry Growth Bonds To Be Sold In Athens
The Athens Industrial Development Board will issue 250000 in bonds Friday to finance a 68000 square foot addition to Martin Stamping and Stove Co. fireplace division plant on Elm Street. The expansion is expected to add 70 jobs, with the current workforce near 30. Sewer extensions will serve the plant and Jefferson Electric, a Litton Industries unit nearby, which plans a transformer plant with about 160 workers initially and over 200 within a year.
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Sonny Turner
Athens
Athens Industrial Development Board
Martin Stamping and Stove Co
Martin
Elm St
Chamber
Jefferson Electric
Browns Ferry inspection set before operating permit
An AEC inspection team from Atlanta plans a Thursday visit to Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant to review documentation ahead of an operating permit for unit one. The $700 million facility, six years under construction, awaits final approval with three units planned and fuel loaded yet held up by licensing disputes.
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Athens
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Browns Ferry
AEC
Vanderbilt
Frank Parker
Limestone County
Atlanta
Browns
Hatchote
TVA Directors Meet At Browns Ferry
Athens reports the Tennessee Valley Authority board will meet local leaders on June 25 at the city recreation center to discuss energy, environment and the economy and tour the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant. The event marks TVA’s 40th anniversary and aims to strengthen regional partnership.
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TVA
Browns Ferry
Athens
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pryor St
Registration Days Set In July for Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Registrars schedules six July registration days under Chair Ann Bell. Applications will be accepted July 2 to 6 and July 16 from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the courthouse basement. Phone 355-8118 for information.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Mrs. Ann Bell
Point Mallard Park
County Schools Get Tornado Safety Guidance
The Civil Defense-Professional Advisory Center at Auburn University leads a pilot program in Morgan County to help principals identify the safest spots in schools during a tornado alert. The plan warns that auditoriums or gyms may be dangerous and emphasizes directing students to safer interior locations.
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Morgan County
Civil Defense — Professional Advisory Center
Auburn University
Morgan County tornado risk program trains engineers and students
Billy R Manning directs the CDPAC in Morgan County training one engineer and four students in selecting tornado resistant areas for schools. Eight hours of classroom work and on site inspections at county facilities guide design, with Baldwin County cited as a success before wider expansion in Georgia and beyond. The Decatur pilot aims for a state wide mushroom effect by summer.
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Billy R Manning
CDPAC
Morgan County
Courthouse Civil Defense
Lucille Lindsey
Manning
Civil Defense Office
Baldwin County
Decatur
Georgia
Eyewitnesses Helped Secure Murder Charge in Tuskegee Case
State investigator credited eyewitnesses and science with enabling local authorities to charge Varnall Weeks, 21, with first degree murder in the May 31 shooting death of Cullman teacher Eloise Benefield on the Tuskegee Institute campus. Weeks was moved to Macon County Jail after a prior arrest. a reward fund with no informers was mentioned. The report notes Benefield taught special education at Cullman Middle School and was found shot in her car on campus.
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Tuskegee
Varnall Weeks
Macon
Charles Conley
Eloise Benefield
Rayford Tapley
Weeks
Montgomery
Herman Chapman
State Department of Public Safety
Chapman
Tapley
Macon County
David Lee Goode
Lucius) Amerson
City of
Tuskegee Citizens Council
Greenville
I 65 Stretch Opening Delayed By Floods
Alabama officials now say the 13 mile I 65 link between Mooresville and Athens will open in the next six months or this month. March flooding slowed finishing touches and contractors may not complete soon. Motorists ignore barricades as earth movers work on rights of way, prompting warnings.
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Mooresville
Athens
Alabama Highway Department
Montgomery
Highway Department
C. F. Camp
Decatur
Four Hurt In Calhoun Accident Near Calhoun Junior College
Four people, including a two year old child, were injured Tuesday afternoon in a two car crash on U S 31 near Calhoun Junior College. The injured were Michael B Ruark 21 of Decatur and three Crabtrees Patricia 19 Athens Tracey L 2 Athens Jackie E 21 Athens. They were treated at Decatur General Hospital after being transported by Athens Limestone Ambulance Service. Troopers said Ruark was in one vehicle and Crabtree in the other. The crash occurred shortly after 2 p m.
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U. S. 31
Calhoun Junior College
Michael B. Ruark
Decatur
Jackie E. Crabtree
Athens
Patricia Crabtree
Tracey L. Crabtree
Decatur General Hospital
Athens Limestone
Ruark
Crabtree
Stolen Air Conditioners and Televisions Reported
A weekend break in at Westlawn School led to the theft of one air conditioner and three televisions valued at 250 and 85.30 each. Two fence locks were cut and a library window broken. a 16 year old Decatur youth was arrested on charges of theft.
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Westlawn School
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Alabama
Calhoun
Veterans Fairgrounds
Morgan Rodeo Co
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Veterans Organization
Fairgrounds
Courthouse Square
Bob Clem
Clem
Wayne Pennington
Terry Jo Wilbanks
Clements High School
Delano Park
Ellease Miller
14Th Ave
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