Toll roads and power moves shape Huntsville Birmingham links
Huntsville and Birmingham debates toll road links with I-65 near Decatur sparking talk of separate Huntsville routes. Decatur growth rumors and Baker Manufacturing move plans mix with ads urging bold industry and new homes in southwest Decatur. Local leaders push anti poverty, politics heat up around Jim Fol som and Sam Englehart joins Alabama Power.
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Madison County
Birmingham
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Decature
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the Post
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Hartselle
Baker Manufacturing Co
L&n
19Th St
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Morgan County
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Bertha Timberlake
Morgan County Community Services Council
Big Jim
James E. Folsom
Jim
Ryan deGraffenried
John Patterson
Sam
Sam Englehart
Alabama Power Co
Englehart
Power Company
Security
Alabama
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Bill Nichols
Alabama Cotton Legislative Study Committee
Cullman Marine Dies In Crash In California
Sgt. Lingard from Cullman County was among 72 Marines killed when a jet transport crashed near El Toro California shortly after takeoff en route to Okinawa via Hawaii. He was 16 years with the Marines, survived by wife Glenda and four sons. Funeral plans await return to Cullman. Decatur builds new federal offices opening July 6 with Social Security IRS and other agencies moving in.
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Hartselle Dedicates New Municipal Airport Roundtree Field
City officials celebrate the June Alabama issue praising Roundtree Field as a civic triumph. A citizens aviation committee, led by Rev Milton Hamon and Ollie Camp, raised funds with nine businessmen each giving 1000 dollars and a 5000 dollar donation from the committee. The airport features a 3400 by 75 foot paved runway and apron with taxiway. future plans include runway lights T hangars and a field house. Mayor John Reynolds calls the airport an asset and it will be dedicated later this summer.
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Harold L. Blanton
R. Ollie Camp
William A. Hargrove
Troy F. Kilpatrick
Roland W. King
John Reynolds
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