Freedom of Choice Eliminated by Court Ruling Stuns Alabama Districts
U S Circuit Court of Appeals outlawed freedom of choice desegregation in Jefferson County and two other Alabama districts. The ruling directs new desegregation plans with transfers between majority and minority schools, phasing out all Negro schools and avoiding dual systems.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Board of Education
U. S Circuit Court of Appeals
Jefferson County
Alabama
William A. Jenkins
Supreme Court
Choctaw County
City of
Bessemer
U. S. Department of Health Education and Welfare
HEW
Order of
Jefferson and Bessemer
Bessemer and
Jefferson
District Court
Appeals Court
Taylor Appointed Hartselle Trustee In Unexpired Term
Morgan County Board of Education met Thursday night to appoint James Taylor Tanner Heights to fill the unexpired term of Barney Smith at Hartselle High School. Mayer Smith, a Monsanto employee, will transfer out of the county. The board also announced Massey School will close due to low average daily attendance. About 50 students and two teachers remained, with state funding requiring at least 28 students per teacher.
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James Taylor
Tanner Heights
Barney Smith
Hartselle
Morgan County Board of Education
Smith
Monsanto
Taylor
Massey School
Alvis Briscoe
Briscoe
Marshall- Morgan-Lawrence Community Action Committee
Anniston TV Station to Begin on UHF Channel 40 This Fall
Anniston Broadcasting Co announces a new television station on UHF 40 this fall. Malcolm Street will serve as president and general manager and NBC CBS programming will be shown in full color. Harry Mabry becomes general manager after leading WBRC TV Birmingham since 1960.
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Anniston
Ala
Malcolm Street
Anniston Broadcasting Co
NBC
CBS
Harry Mabry
Wbrc-Tv
Birmingham
Mabry
Whma Radio
Whma-Tv
Alabama
School board weighs OEO project at Morgan County site
The Morgan County board discussed a definite program for Office of Economic Opportunity projects at Morgan County Training School and approved funds transfer to Hartselle Intermediate School to cover bills until school starts. It also authorized Superintendent J. C. Pettey to write the Decatur School System offering cooperation on exchanging technical students if space permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Training School
Office of Economic Opportunity
Hartselle
J. C. Pettey
Decatur
Names On State Ballot Studied
Alabama may drop residency requirements for presidential voting under Nixon voting rights plan. Current rules demand one year in Alabama to vote state and federal, six months for county, three months for precinct elections. The plan would replace literacy tests with a nationwide standard.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Nixon
Monsanto plans new Marshall County plant near Guntersville
Monsanto Co will build an $80 million plant on about 174 acres bought at auction with 200 acres initial development. The site is 10 miles northeast of Guntersville, 12 miles north of Albertville, with a September groundbreaking planned. Officials expect long term regional industrial growth.
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Guntersville Monsanto Co
Marshall County
Decatur
North Alabama Industrial Association
Johnson and Monsanto
Monsanto
Alabama
Anniston
Guntersville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Marshall — Jackson
Goodyear
Scotts Montsanto
Here
Albertville
Lawrence Blood Drive Faces 22 Pint Shortage Start
Lawrence County Red Cross Blood Program opens its 1969 70 fiscal year with a 22 pint shortfall. Fred Gillespie says a Bloodmobile visit is set July 1 at Lawrence County Hospital from 2 to 8 pm and urges strong turnout before the July 4 weekend increases demand. Blood borrowed from other chapters must be repaid as shortages threaten further declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County Red Cross
Fred Gillespie
Gillespie
Lawrence County Hospital
Lawrence
HUD approves $435000 grant for Bexar Avenue renewal plan
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a $435,000 grant for the final plan of the Bexar Avenue urban renewal project in Hamilton Alabama. The money funds planning work and prepares for future redevelopment efforts in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bexar Avenue
Hamilton
Ala
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Geological Grant Okayed to Study Limestone Waters
A $75,000 grant to the Geological Survey of Alabama and the University of Alabama Geology Department funds a $150,000 project in Limestone and Madison counties. Led by P. E. LaMoreaux, the study probes groundwater movement in calcareous terrains with pumping tests and water-level observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey of Alabama
University of Alabama Geology Department
Limestone
Madison
P. E. LaMoreaux
Water Resources Research Institute
U.S
Tuscaloosa
Notes of Interest Decatur Market Opens Saturday
The Decatur Curb and Country Market at 1st Ave and Grant St will open Saturday from 6 30 a m to 5 p m. Local vendors offer shelled butterbeans and peas squash cucumbers peas butterbeans onions new potatoes corn tomatoes peaches beets turnip greens homemade cakes jams jellies and green beans and squash for the freezer.
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Decatur
1St Ave
Grant St
Banks Standing Still Says Former Exec at Decatur Meeting
Chester A. Rude, former vice chairman of Security Pacific National Bank, told area bank directors in Decatur that banks have returned to 1929-30 conditions. He noted 30 000 banks in 1926 and 15 000 in 1933, attributing closures to overly liberal credit and urging restraint to protect dollar purchasing power. James Davis, president of the First committee of Security Pacific.
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Chester A. Rude
Security Pacific National Bank
First National Bank of
Decatur
Rude
Elmore, Minn
The
University of Washington
Security Pacific
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United States
James Davis
Committee of the Security Pacific
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Jeffco Board
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Bessemer Board of Education
Choctaw County Board
Freedom of Choice Plan
Mobile
Charles Gunthorp
Paula Davis
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Jr
Dick Cooper
Albert Brewer
Lakeen Wallace
Capitol
Dmitri Vail
Dallas
Tex
Winford Turner
Tom Johnson
Tennessee Valley
Johnson
Banks
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