Jury Duty Pays To Serve Under Alabama Law Upheld
Alabama law requiring employers to cover the wage gap for jurors was upheld by the U S Supreme Court. The 1969 act mandates compensation differences between jurors’ daily pay of 10 and their usual earnings, with enforcement potential via contempt of court.
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Bob Lowry
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Sam Dean
Gadsden Times Publishing Corp
Alabama Supreme Court
Dean
Newton B. Powell
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Powell
County Commission
Morgan County
Retired Teacher Proud She's In Select Group
Mrs. Harriet Montgomery, a 36 year Lawrence County teacher who retired in May, still lives in her birthplace home in Town Creek. She notes only about two percent of Americans stay in one place their whole lives and reflects on education progress from one room schools to modern facilities. She recalls buying her own chalk and fond memories of guiding many children, expressing pride in her enduring place in the community.
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Town Creek
Harriet Montgomery
Lawrence County
White House
United States
Hazlewood Elementary
Montgomery
Tennessee Valley Authority
Florence State
Florence State University
Teachers’ College
Brent
Texas
Opelika
Huntsville
Minnie Owens
Senator Andrews topic frames Alabama legislative clash
The piece surveys Alabama politics with Sen. Lawrence K. Andrews urging caution on bills and a Senate gridlock over Appropriations and a toll road bond measure. It notes administration pressure, potential term hopes for Gov. Wallace, and filibuster battles shaping a slow session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Lawrence K
Andrews
Alabama
Senate
George C. Wallace
Rules Committee
Rylee
Jimmy Clark
Barbour County
RESILVERING MIRROR WORKER NAME AND CHESTNUT ROAST TIPS
Decatur reader seeks a resilvering firm and chestnut roasting instructions. Wheelock Glass Co Birmingham is noted for resilvering. Chestnut roasting tips are inconclusive. one reader suggests open fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Justus von Liebig
Wheelock Glass Co
27Th St
Birmingham
Ala
Moulton-Courtland Rd
Alabama 33
Highway Department
Courtland
Emergency phone numbers for Alabama counties and crisis line
The notice lists emergency contact numbers for Decatur and Morgan County Sheriff Athens Limestone Cullman Lawrence and a Crisis Call Center at 355 8000. It advises dialing 0 if unsure of the correct number and mentions poisoning help through hospitals or physicians.
Third Beecher Trial Set After Long Continuance
Johnny D. Beecher faces a third degree murder trial in Moulton for the 1964 killing of Martha Jane Chisenall of Jackson County. The case moved from Cherokee County amid venue disputes and was delayed by a key witness illness and ongoing pretrial motions. Beecher, captured after a prison escape that left him with a severed leg, has prior convictions overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court over alleged coercion in a confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Stevenson Moulton
Johnny D. Beecher
Martha Jane Chisenall
Jackson County
Moulton
Cherokee County
Newton B. Powell
Beecher
U.S. Supreme Court
Mrs. Chisenall
Stevenson
Powell
Morgan County
9Th Judicial Circuit Court Dist
John T. Black
Claude Sisk
Scottsboro
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C. Bennett McRae
McRae
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Albert P. Brewer
Bobby Herbert
Wallace
Jere Beasley
George Lewis Bailes
Jefferson County
Beasley
By Angie Kirk
Kim Crenshaw
Huntsville Pony Sts
Southeastern Horse Center
Hantsville Club
Belmont
Ricky Books
THE
Decatur Daily
Action
C.A.S
Lee St
N.E
Decatur Planning Commission
Universal American Life Co
B.S.H
Trinity
Atlantic American Life Insurance Co
Fairlie St. N.W
P.O. Box
Atlanta
Georgia Department of Insurance
Highway Patrol
Hartselle
Limestone County
Athens
Cullman
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