More Thundershowers Likely Friday Across North Alabama
The National Weather Service forecast scattered thundershowers increasing through Friday, with 50 percent precipitation tonight and 60 percent Friday. North Alabama faces another chance for drought relief though totals remain low statewide, and temperatures will stay in the 80s with overnight lows in the upper 60s.
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North Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama
National Weather Service
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Weather and river readings for Decatur area reported this morning
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge was 21.73 feet with sea level at 556.03. Wednesday high 78 at 3 p.m. and low 69 at 4 a.m. Forecast calls for cloudy skies with rain and thundershowers tonight and Friday. Highs near 80s, lows in upper 60s. Extended outlook: thundershowers, highs in low 90s, lows around 70 through Monday.
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Decatur
Weather Service
North
Alabama
Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Plan To Redraw Attendance Zones Considered By Board
Decatur Board of Education plans to ask the Justice Department to redraw attendance zones to ease overcrowding at West Decatur Elementary Brookhaven Middle and Austin High. Nelson outlined changes affecting West Decatur and the middle and high schools while stressing minimal impact on racial balance under federal integration orders.
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Gay Barber
Decatur Board of Education
U.S. Justice Department
Byron Nelson
West Decatur
Brookhaven
Austin
Decatur High School
Oak Park School
Nelson
Gordon Bibb
Sth Ave
Betty St
Wildwood St
5Th Ave
Glenwood Rd
2Nd St
Southern Railroad
Oak Park and
Oak Park
Decatur
Justice Department
U.S
James Hancock
No Major Opposition On Saturday Mail Cutbacks
Post master I. E. Self reports little opposition to Saturday mail delivery cuts after visits to about 70 businesses. He doubts Congress will approve curtailing delivery this year, noting businessmen often say they do not understand why it has not been done before.
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Lee Sentell
I. E. Self
Congress
Scott McClanahan
Alabama
Ronnie Flippo
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
McClanahan
Decatur
Self
Scott
National Rural Letter Carrier
Association
Miss Alabama pageant heats up with area contestants
Four area contestants performed in the Miss Alabama preliminary rounds at the Birmingham Civic Center. Courtney Leaverton and Dinah Johnson competed in evening gown and talent respectively, with Beverly Carraway and Karen Pressnell in swimsuit and talent. Preliminary rounds continue with group rotations and interviews shaping the field for the pageant theme Everything's Looking Up.
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Amanda Kruidenier
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
Courtney Leaverton
Decatur
Morgan County
Dinah Johnson
Athens
University of North Alabama
Karen Pressnell
Elkmont
Miss Central Alabama
Beverly Carraway
Trinity
Miss Leaverton
Pat Laughlin
Miss Pressnell
Laughlin
Teresa Ann Cheatam
Wellington
Kismet
Julia Ann Houston
Heflin
Miss Johnson
Miss Presswell
Miss Carraway
Jeanne Leaverton
Judson College
Gulf Coast Alabama
Barney Pressnell
Elkmont 3
Widow of Slovik Deserter Seeks Army Insurance Payout
Author William Bradford Huie testified before the Army Board for the Correction of Military Records in Washington, seeking about 68 000 to 70 000 for Antoinette Slovik, widow of Pvt Ed Slovik, the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. He urged a favorable decision within days.
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Cheri Shipper
Hartselle
William Bradford Huie
United States Army
Washington
Eddie Slovik
Huie
Army Board
Antoinette Slovik
Army
Slovik
Dwight BD
Eisenhower
Huse
Mar Lever
Edward Woods
Red
Aten
Deicmie Ds
Board For Correction
Calhoun Community College set to enroll 100000th student
Calhoun Community College expects its 100000th student since 1965 to enroll this fall at the Calhoun campus. The 100000th figure covers the junior college division. the older technical school now a division reports 29000 enrollees since 1965.
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Calhoun Community College
Harry Rice
Rice
Enrollment projections and campus growth at Southern College
A year by year enrollment forecast through 1982 projects 7700 students in 1982, with Rice noting the school has stayed within 200 of that figure yearly since 1972. He cites five years of construction including new agribusiness, student union, classroom building, health and expanded science and library facilities, plus plans for a 40000 square foot fine arts building and ball field move, alongside new programs in chemical technology child care and guidance agribusiness.
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Rice
Shelton Health
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Rose
Gary Lloyd
NOAA
Dep of Commerce
Tri-County District Health Service
Pvt. Slovik
Woods
Judge Advocate General's Office
France
Bernard Edelson
Arnold Shaw
Lufkin
Tex
Calhoun
Technical School
Pvt
Pentagon
By David Miller
County College Tech
Morgan
Madison
Limestone
Lawrence
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