Calendar of Local Events and Public Talks
A dense calendar lists Morgan County Red Cross at city hall 3 15 p.m. plus Decatur Model Airplane Club 7 30 p.m. at the Aquadome planning an August contest at Courtland Air Base with president Bob Wathen urging attendance and a local phone contact 355 0083. Also notes meetings and sermons across Athens Trinity and Decatur with speakers Pettus Shorrosh Montgomery and other clergy. garden clubs and a civic picnic at Joe Wheeler State Park. executive talks on drugs at Midway School and library development by TARCOG.
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Decatur Model Airplane Club
Aquadome
Courtland Air Base
Bob Wathen
Athens
Morgan-Lawrence- Limestone
The
Association For Retarded Children
Hayes Mill School
C. S. Pettus
Limestone County
Ralph Smith
Decatur
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic
Yo Trinity
Richard Montgomery
Midway School
Midway Homemakers Club
Browns Ferry worker killed. second on site this year
The Browns Ferry incident left a worker dead while at another site. spokesman said two other workers died off the job. Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 a.m. at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Best and Hodges officiating. Burial follows in Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include widow Willie Christian of Decatur, daughter Thelma Gaines of El Paso, two sons Samuel and Larry, two sisters Mary Knight and Juline Robertson, and four brothers John, Jessie, Harry, and Bobby. He belonged to Rising Sun Lodge No. 29. Pallbearers named Chenault Aday Billard Thornton Evans Ware.
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Browns Ferry
Christian
Gunthorp Funeral Home
James Best
Ed Hodges
Roselawn
Willie Christian
Decatur
Thelma Gaines
el Paso
Tex
Samuel Christian
Larry Christian
Mary Knight
Huntsville
Juline Robertson
Chicago
John Christian
Salinas
Calif
Jessie Christian
Harry Christian
Bobby Christian
Rising Sun Lodge No. 29
Bill Chenault
James Aday
Cecil Billard
Cecil Thornton
Pete Evans
Jerry Ware
Brewer To Hurt By Harris Bill
In Alabama the Senate moved to repeal a 1969 act creating public corporations for pollution control. The measure, by Sen. Bob Harris, would liquidate the corporations and transfer their powers to the State Industrial Development Board. Brewer's firm and allied lawyers represent each of the three corporations. Separately, Dr. Hansberry was reelected to the American Academy of General Practice and Fred Abt was elected regional vice president of the Alabama Association for Retarded Children.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Albert Brewer
Bob Harris
Brewer
Decatur
State Industrial Development Board
Alabama
Alton Turner
Garet van Antwerp III
George W. Hansberry
American Academy of General Practice
National Association of Family Doctors
Fred Abt
Cullman
Alabama Association For Retarded Children
Birmingham
University of Alabama Huntsville introduces two year child development certificate
The division of continuous education at the University of Alabama Huntsville announces a two year certificate program in child development for teacher aides kindergarten and day care workers. Florence State University reports record summer enrollment totaling 1 856 students including 1 603 undergraduates and 253 graduates, up from 1 705 in 1970.
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University of Alabama, Huntsville
Division of Continuous Education
Florence State University
Regional liquor laws vary across Southern states
The piece surveys liquor by the drink status in several states. It notes Louisiana allows liquor by the drink in most parishes, South Carolina debates the issue amid brown bag laws, Georgia permits mixed drinks in some counties while others restrict beer and liquor, and Atlanta area rules show varied local restrictions. Local options and pending legislation shape access to alcoholic beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Louisiana
Florida
South Carolina
Charleston
North Carolina
Georgia
Atlanta
Veteran senator ends filibuster pledge to study bills
The 18 year old continuation on page one notes the senator would vote by noon to allow the Senate time to consider two or three bills on its calendar. He repeats he will not continue the filibuster and signals a easier path for passage.
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Senate
Senate roll call on adoption of resolution vote tally
The Senate adopted the resolution with 26 voting for and 4 against. Absent or not voting were 5. the listed names include Bailes Carr Clark Cook Dominick Dozier Edington Fine Foshee Gilmore Hammond Hawkins King Littleton Lybrand McLain Malone Noonan O Bannon Owen Register Shelby Vacca Weaver Wilder Wilson Branyon Cooper Givhat Harris Horne Jones Lindsey Pelham Pierce. The House was ready to convene after the roll call.
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Senate
Bailes
Carr
Clark
Cook
Dominick
Dozier
Edington
Fine
Foshee
Gilmore
Hammond
Hawkins
King
Littleton
Lybrand
McLain
Malone
Noonan
O'Bannon
Owen
Register
Shelby
Vacca
Weaver
Wilder
Wilson
Branyon
Cooper
Givhat
Harris
Horne
Jones
Lindsey
Pelham
Pierce
House
Strike Looms at Scott Paper Mobile Plant
A Scott Paper Co official says a strike at the Mobile Alabama plant seems inevitable as the union deadline nears. The 10 day contract termination notice expires Saturday afternoon, with lifting possible if an agreement is reached before then. In a separate item, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Perry County Alabama school board to address faculty and student assignments in its public schools following a district ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Scott Paper Co
Perry Col . Ala
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bats Found in Backyard Of Mrs Fay May Relatives Report
A relative of Mrs Fay May of 716 3rd Ave SE found three bats in her back yard on Wednesday. The animals were moved to her front porch where a mother bat sheltered two offspring under her wing. The bats stayed in a box in a tree, with no sign of returning home by this morning.
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Fay May
3Rd Ave
Gary Wilhite
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Morgan County Red Cross
City Hall Auditorium
Southside
Baptist Church
Anis Shorrosh
Granville Tyler
Somerville Road Church
Valley Grove Baptist Church
Moulton
Decatur Christian Women’s Club
Decatur Inn
Joyce Jones
Gary Blagburn
Jack Coker
J.C. McBride
Lawrence Cow Bells
Joe Wheeler State Park
Caddo Congregational
Old Friendship Baptist Church
Danville
Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs
Red Cross
University of Alabama
Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Parks
Alabama Public Library Service
Potter
Pentagon
Vietnam
Knight
Los Angeles Times
Chicago Sun- Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
National Security Council
State Department
United States
Chicago Sun-Times
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Harris Bill
New Orleans
Sears
OLE Fashon Price
Sears Handy
Sears and Save
Bie
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