Lawmakers Weigh Leases and Auto Liability in Alabama
Alabama lawmakers held committee sessions amid a dispute over state agency leases of private office space. A Judiciary panel considered restoring licenses for drunken driving acquittals, while the Senate urged a review of long leases and future space needs. A separate optometrist in stores bill passed the House alongside an expanded mental health budget and a consumer‑weighted Blue Cross board. The Senate advanced funeral director licensing after ending a filibuster as a mobile home safety bill was postponed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
George Lewis Bailes
Jefferson County
Milam Turner
Dallas County
Turner
State Pensions and Security Department
Selma
Dallas County Pensions and Security Board
George C. Wallace
Walter F. Johnsey
Joe McCorquodale
Clarke County
McCorquodale
Chamber
Ronnie Flippo
Lauderdale County
Ways and Means Committee
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Board
Long Drive Unites Family On Holiday
Bobby Glass moved to Lacey's Spring not long ago and plans a July Fourth gathering to avoid spending the holiday alone. He aims to reconnect with relatives and celebrate with family once more.
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Bobby Glass
Lacey's
Glass family reunion headed to North Alabama from Minnesota
Lee Sentell explains how his family planned a multi day reunion in Huntsville for relatives traveling by car from Minnesota and Michigan. He moved from Minneapolis area to northeast Morgan County last spring to escape winter and enjoy Alabama life.
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Minnesota
Huntsville
Glass
North Alabama
Minneapolis
South Alabama
Mobile
Morgan County
Alabama
Michigan
Lacey's
Spring
Decatur
Texas
Tennessee Valley
Hartselle Building Damaged By Blaze
Fire crews responded to an apartment building on E Main Street after an air conditioning unit ignited. The fire caused slight smoke damage and officials did not have the exact address or ownership details as of early morning.
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Hartselle
E. Main St
State Begins Beecher Trial
Johnny Daniel Beecher faces a first degree murder trial for the 1964 slaying of Martha Jane Chisenall near a Sand Mountain strip mine. The defense seeks to suppress evidence while the state plans to prove Beecher as the killer. Seven witnesses testified including Raymond Chisenall and prison guard Claude Sisk.
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Tommy Stevenson Moulton
Johnny Daniel Beecher
Martha Jane Chisenall
Chisenall
Sand Mountain
Jackson County
Beecher
U. S. Supreme Court
Newton B
Raymond Chisenall
Clemon
Sisk
William Andrew Wilson
Draper
Wilson
Jasper
Herbert Acher
Bombay Lions Leader Visits Decatur Meeting
Indravadan Choksi president of one Bombay Lions clubs and wife Varsha visited Decatur Lions Club with their U S tour lasting two months. They toured Medical Park Convalescent Center Alabama Baptist Children's Home Calhoun Junior College and spoke on village aids and civic education in India.
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Linda Parham
Bombay
India
Decatur
Decatur Lions Club
Lions
Indravadan Choksi
Varsha
United States
Mike Modi
Huntsville
Monsanto
Choksis
New York
Washington
San Francisco
Europe
Choksi
Lions Organization
Sasunavagher
Kalayan
Lions Club
Pakistan
Medical Park Convalescent Center
Alabama Baptists Children’s Home
Calhoun Junior College
Technical School
The
Marine Times
Sajani
Lions Clubs
Decatur Club
Varsha Choksi
Five Hundred Dollar Bills Stolen From Coy McLemore Home
Police report says five hundred one dollar bills tied to notes signed by Joseph Barr were taken from Coy McLemore in Decatur along with a .22 revolver valued at 150 dollars after a rear door entry. A Decatur man Joe Carter, 59, was arrested on grand larceny charges for an incident at Big E Department Store where a 69.88 radio was allegedly shoplifted.
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Coy McLemore
Decature
Treasury
Joseph Barr
Decatur
Big E
Joe
al Carter
Lth
Ave
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L. L. “Dago”’ Dozier
Pike County
Dozier
John Thomas Marks
Athens 7
Browns Ferry Rd
Tony Estes
Lee Sentell
Delano Park
Jimmy Troupe
Elsie Coger
Nicole Priest
Bill Washington
Modi
Decatur Daily
Athens
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