North Alabama United Methodist Church plans retirement home wing
Rev G Brown OQuinn of Gadsden said the North Alabama Annual Conference plans a 2.6 million retirement home and a 750000 nursing wing in Decatur. The facility would be non denominal and open to all, with a HUD loan decision expected by late summer or early fall.
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Decatur
North Alabama
The
United Methodist Church
G. Brown O'Quinn
Gadsden
O’quinn
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Navalanmant
East Gadsden United Methodist
Major Streets Project Ready In Decatur County
The Decatur Housing Authority contracts with Burgreen Construction Co. to upgrade streets from the county courthouse to Jackson Street, including drainage work on Moulton Street and Lee Street four laning. The project budget is nearly 800000 with a 12 month schedule. several alternates were dropped for high bids.
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Entell Daily
Decatur Housing Authority
Athens
Organ County Courthouse
Jackson St
2Nd Ave
Byron Thomas
Burgreen Construction Co
Housing Authority
Line St
Moulton St
4Th. Ave
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Lee St
Mabry Engineering Co
Burgreen
Shelby Contractors
Huntsville
1St
4Th Aves
Bob Neill
Thomas
Cain Sts
Courthouse
City Hall
4Th Ave
Moulton
Jackson Sts
Authority
4Th
6Th
2Nd
Thomas Abstract Co
Mabry
Joe Pugh
6Th Ave
Morgan County
Pugh
Neill
Decision Due On Request To Strip Mine Bankhead
Winston Mining seeks to strip mine a 40 acre Bankhead National Forest tract near Smith Lake. An environmental impact study will precede a Forest Service decision, with state official Arthur Woody noting most mineral rights are private and a forest mine could set a precedent.
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Winston Mining Company
Bankhead National Forest
Smith Lake
U.S. Forest Service
Arthur Woody
Alabama
Winston Mining
Black Pond
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
AWIC
Woody
Forest Service
Bankhead
Winston County
Franklin's kite experiment links lightning and electricity
On this date in 1752 Benjamin Franklin proved the link between lightning and electricity by flying a kite during a storm in Philadelphia. Weather today shows upper 80s, low tonight 60s with a 60 percent rain chance and a 40 percent chance tonight.
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Benjamin “Franklin
Philadelphia
CIA bans hiring military retirees
Washington Adm. Stansfield Turner, head of the CIA, issues an order barring the agency from hiring military retirees as well as civil service and foreign service retirees. The move spurs speculation on the agency’s personnel policies.
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Washington
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Central Intelligence Agency
Foreign Service
Turner
Locust Grove Man Arrested Over Girl Scout Slayings
An unemployed Locust Grove man was arrested early today in Ottawa County on suspicion related to the sex murders of three Girl Scouts. Ottawa County deputies planned to interview him in Miami, about 60 miles away, after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol detained him on "suspicious circumstances."
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Locust Grove
Okla
Ottawa County
Miami
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Veto Could Stand As House Backs 16 Water Projects
In Washington AP reports the House narrowly votes 218 194 to fund 16 water projects while opposing Carter on the broader package. A veto fight looms as White House officials weigh the next step.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Carter
White House
Eastern Airlines to pay fine over nonsmoking seating
The settlement requires Eastern Airlines to reserve at least 65 percent of seats for nonsmokers and to pay a $10,000 penalty for denying nonsmoking seating. The move could set an industry precedent amid tobacco lobby pressure.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Dewease Named To Ferry Post At TVA Nuclear Plant
Jerrald G Dewease named head of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Limestone County effective Sunday. He replaces H Jim Green who becomes chief of nuclear generation at TVA Chattanooga Tennessee. Dewease, of Hartselle, joined TVA in 1965 and has served as assistant plant superintendent at Browns Ferry since January last year. He is a Memphis native married with four children. The Browns Ferry plant is TVA’s largest, with over 3.3 million kilowatts and the first of seven plants planned by the mid 1980s.
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Athens
Jerrold
Dewedemee
Dewease
TVA
Browns Ferry
Allen
Memphis
Green
Butler
Shady Sn
Hartselle
Browns
Fireboat Purchase Idea To Be Given Study Here
The Decatur boat fire Monday prompted talk of a joint effort to buy a small fireboat. Mayor Dukes and Fire Chief Terry weigh cooperation with state and federal agencies and the industry for better fire prevention. Coast Guard aid arrived as marine officer Robinson waited for extinguishers.
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Paul Foreman
Decatur
Bill Dukes
Dukes
A. D. Terry
Fire Department
State
John Robinson
Robinson
John Guice
Jimmy Moore
Jim Barnes
Tennessee
Coast Guard
Courthouse Fire Plan Drafted After False Alarm
Morgan County officials draft an emergency evacuation plan after a prank fire alarm at the courthouse last Wednesday. Chairman Dick Fleming cites unresponsiveness during the incident and says regular fire drills will be instituted to save lives in a real disaster.
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Morgan County
Morgan Commission
Dick Fleming
Moulton Jury Convicts George E Hodge of Manslaughter
George Edward Hodge was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the slaying of James H Broughm and sentenced to five years in prison. He sought probation as the jurors weighed self defense claims and conflicting testimony from the March 2 incident in Decatur.
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Bulletin Moulton
George E. Hodge
James H. Broughm
Steele
Dist
Atty
Tim Littrell
Broughm
Noble Hodge
Hodge
John Kilbourne
Littrell
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