Action Delayed On Industry Water Voice Measure
A legislative committee voted 64 to postpone indefinitely action on a bill to curb industry influence on the Alabama Water Improvement Commission. The proposal would reduce industry representation on a nine member board, amid claims the current panel favors pollution oriented interests.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
House Conservation Committee
Sage Lyons
Mobile
Lyons
Lyon
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Commission
Alabama
James J. Britton
The
State Chamber of Commerce
Salary Hike Bill To Be Voted On In Limestone County
Sen. Bob Harris indicates a local bill to raise Limestone County superintendent of education salary to 13000 will be reported from a Senate committee and placed on the calendar for Wednesday vote. If not passed before July 1, increases would not take effect until 1973.
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House Business and Labor Committee
Bob Walker
Athens
Bob Harris
Limestone County
State Senate
Harris
Senate
House of Representatives
C. S. Pettus
Ed Burgreen
Board of Education
Cullman Approves Park Lighting Spend Over $1600
Cullman City Council votes to light a southeast Carroll Acres park for night sports and play, approving a $1,636.27 expenditure after alderman Burns leads the proposal and a debate on financing. The council also advances a street paving ordinance and a bidless equipment purchase plan for the sewer department.
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Marc Miller
Cullman
Carroll Acres
Clifford Burns
Burns
Power Board
James F. Berry
Sewer Department
Berry
Ralph Sanderson
W. J. Nesmith
Cecil Romine
John King
Rutherford family reunion set for Wheeler Park July 6
The Rutherford family reunion will be held at Wheeler Park on July 6 and all relatives are asked to bring basket lunches. Decatur Curb and Country Market at 1st Ave and Grant St opens Wednesday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. selling shelled butter beans peas tomatoes onions plums peaches sweet corn green beans and squash for the freezer.
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Rutherford
Wheeler Park
Decatur
1St Ave
Grant St
Courage Drive Sets Final Push forounty Pledge Total
Lawrence County campaign for the Courage Crusade led by Paul Miller Johnson reports $31,000 pledged toward a $37,500 to $40,000 goal. A Monday meeting reviewed who was contacted and planned last efforts with Mrs. Paul Horton covering Hillsboro Courtland.
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Lawrence County
Johnson
Paul Horton
Hillsboro
Hillsboro-Courtland
Cullman County Board Hires Civil Defense Secretary
The Cullman County Board of Revenue named Ruth Gretty of Hanceville as secretary for the civil defense office replacing the resigning Marc Miller. The board also bought a used air conditioner for 200 dollars for the commodity warehouse and slated courthouse closures on July 4 and 5.
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Cullman
Cullman County
Area Planning Group To Meet At DeSoto State Park
The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments plans a Wednesday meeting at DeSoto State Park lodge. Officials from Limestone Madison Jackson Marshall and DeKalb counties plus participating municipalities will attend at 1 p m.
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Fort Payne
Alabama
Hammons Named To State Post In Alabama Commissioners
Athensite Thomas Lee Hammons, chair of Limestone County Board of Revenue, was elected fourth vice president of the Alabama Association of County Commissioners at a Birmingham summer convention. The group backed a plan to standardize titles to County Commissions across Alabama, aiming for law change by 1972.
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Athens
Thomas Lee Hammons
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Birmingham
Hammons
Madison County Commission
James Record
Alabama
Limestone
Board of Revenue
Marshall County
Commission On Government and Finance
Morgan County
Board of Revenue and Control
Franchise Discussed Morgan County Garbage Method Study
Morgan County Board of Revenue members discussed a franchise method of garbage collection as a possible approach. Lee Sentell noted study aspects and potential impacts on county services and residents.
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Lee Sentell
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Morgan GI Honored At Ft. Benning
Pvt. Gary D. Dobbs of Somerville tops basic trainees at the U S Army Training Center Infantry scoring 500 on the final combat proficiency test. He received a trophy and a 500 Club Certificate as part of Company C 9th Battalion 2nd Brigade. Dobbs will report to Redstone Arsenal Huntsville for specialized training after a promotion to pay grade E 2.
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FT. Benning
Gary D. Dobbs
Somerville
U. S. Army Training Center
Infantry
Co. C
9Th Battalion
2Nd Brigade
Dobbs
Army
Priceville High School
4-H
Future Farmers of America
William H. Dobbs
Mary Sue
Ruby Slayton
Decatur 2
Redstone
Arsenal
Huntsville
Morgan County Blood Program Urges Donors Wednesday
Morgan County Red Cross Blood Program lags and appeals for response as a Bloodmobile visits St. John s Episcopal Parrish House Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. Two Birmingham open heart surgeries last week used borrowed blood. five to six pints were needed for each child.
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Morgan County
Red Cross
St. John’s Episcopal Parrish House
Tom Roberts
Birmingham
Stephanie Ennis
B. L. Ennis
Royal Dr
Jennifer Flack
Benny Ray Flack
Decatur 3
Waverly Man Killed in Alabama Road Crash
A Waverly man 33 Edgar Rigsby died when his car left a Lee County road two miles east of Roxana, overturned, state troopers said on Monday.
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Roxana, Ala
Ala
Lee County
Roxana
Edgar Rigsby
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