Waterway Project Backed by Army Expert in Environmental Hearing
Army environmental specialist John Rushing testified that the proposed 253 mile Tennessee Tombigbee waterway linking the Tennessee River to Mobile would not have major environmental effects. He noted extensive mapping and that alternatives have been studied since the 1930s. The suit to block the project continues as witnesses and earlier studies are reviewed.
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Aberdeen. Miss
Army
John Rushing
Rushing
Engineers’ Mobile Office
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Florida
Alligator Harbor
Panel Recommends Buzbee Impeachment
Cullman County grand jury urged the attorney general to begin impeachment against Sheriff Orlin Buzbee on grounds of moral turpitude neglect of office and corruption. The panel cited raids, improper releases and failed enforcement linked to a bribery case as Buzbee faces trial on charges of accepting protection money for an illegal beer and whisky operation.
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Cullman
Cullman County
Attorney General's Office
Orlin Buzbee
Buzbee
State Alcohol Beverage Control Board
Cullman Ells Lodge
I-65 Spur Fees Aim Gun Sight
Huntsville opposition to an interstate spur to I-65 gathers farmers, businessmen, and conservationists led by former Limestone County Sen. Ed Horton at the Madison County Courthouse. They oppose all routes, citing environmental and economic harm including loss of Madison revenue and cotton land. highway officials push ahead with planning, eyeing a late July approval and public hearings.
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Huntsville
Madison
Limestone County
Ed Horton
Madison County
Alabama Highway Department
Horton
Jerry Stapp
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Redstone Arsenal
Arsenal
Highway Department
Federal Highway Administration
Department of the Interior
Glass
Huntsville Planning Commission
Bill Starnes
Huntsville-Decatur
Andrew Jackson Way
Oakwood Ave
Decatur
6Th Ave
Alabama 20
Memorial Dr
He's High Man On Utility Pole
Lewis Hitson, low bidder to paint 224 utility poles for the City Electric Department, faces a risky job. His helper Butch Gower climbs high while an aluminum ladder lashed to the lightarm offers only shaky support. A young Jim Rodgers holds the ladder base as wind collapses it before the work can proceed.
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Lewis Hitson
City Electric Department
Hitson
Lewis
Butch
Jim Rodgers
Steeple Painter in Gower Finds High Places Rewarding
Inside Gower, Butch, a five year painter of the First Baptist Church steeple, recalls never avoiding heights though others balk at ladders. He and wife Brenda live at 206 7th Ave SW with children Robert Shane and Marica Kay. International director John C. Eddins installed Decatur Lions Club officers this week, featuring Sam Patten, Bud Fisher, Dave Trevino, Billy Farris, Bill Kreitlein, Joe Medders, Bill Stone, Bill Washington, Harry Raley, Allison Smith, Al Stephenson, Bob Campbell, Don Stanford, Ed Cathey, Wesley Cook, Dewey Lightsey, John Meyers.
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Butch
Hitson
Brenda
Robert Shane
Marica Kay
7Th Ave. SW
Alabama
John C. Eddins
Decatur Lions Club
Sam Patten
E. W
Bud) Fisher
Camper Caravan Here Today
A caravan of 27 campers from Texas is due at Point Mallard Park this afternoon as one of the facilitys first officially sanctioned groups. They will overnight at the Spirit of America Festival site near the T C Almon Center while the campground is completed. Park Director Harry Rice said the park will host them in anticipation of their return.
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Texas
Point Mallard Park
Point Mallard
T.C. Almon Center
Harry Rice
Emergency crisis numbers and contact guidance
The Decatur Daily excerpt lists the Crisis Call Center number 355 8000 for personal crises and possible poisoning, instructs calling a hospital or family physician, and advises dialing zero to reach an operator with the emergency nature. It includes general notes about departments and night and holiday operation.
How to value an original Webster's Dictionary inquiry
A reader asks for price quotations on an original Unabridged Webster's Dictionary with author portrait, preface and memoirs. The answer directs writing to Bookpost in California and to Harry Knapp in Florida to inquire about the dictionary and newspaper value respectively. The note also mentions vacation plans and a correction about a Camelot resort near Rogersville Tennessee.
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Times Republican
Corydon
Iowa
A. S. Burleson
North St
Bookpost
Neptune
Leucadia
Calif
Harry Knapp
Helen Ave
Orlando
Fla
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Tennessee River
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Ala
U.S. District Court
William Keady
William B. White
Penn State University
Tennessee
Tombigbee
White
Army Corps of Engineers
Roy Reynolds
Wheeler
Lawrence County
Daniel Gilchrist Sr
Spring Creek
Gilchrist
Reynolds
Bill Baxley
Baxley
State Supreme Court
Ruth Gasser
Grand Jury
Hugh
Pete) Chambers
Chambers
Sheriff's Office
By Lee Sentell
U.S. 72
Sheriff's Department
Robert
Gower
Gary Wilhite
Mississippi
Butch) Gower
By Faye Brewington
First Baptist Church
Dave Trevino
Billy Farris
Bill Kreitlein
Joe Medders
Bill Stone
Bill
Howard Bending
Ed Cathey
Wesley Cook
Dewey Lightsey
John Meyers
Lion Tamer
Decatur Lions
Highway Patrol
THE
Decatur Daily
ROE
Limestone
Athens
Cupaareios
Lawrence
Morgan County
Hartselle
Camelot
Tenn
Knoxville
E. B
Ein
Rogersville
Tenan
U.S. 11
Kingsport
State Training School For Girls
P.O
East Lake
Birmingham
Kris Kristofferson
P. Campbell
Hartseller
Kristofferson
San Mateo
Oxford University
Rhodes
Nashville
Roger Miller
Barbra Streisand
Janis Joplin
Rita Coolidge
William Blake
Johnny Cash
Kris
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