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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1976
Page
4
A fifty year look at The Daily shows obituary phrasing evolving from quiet exits to direct notices. Past era favored page one headlines like Mrs So and So Called To Reward and reported long illness with repeated rallies before death.
A look back 90 years to Decatur with notes on funeral customs, telephone woes, a three-Thursday holiday pattern, and a plea to placate subscribers. Ted Sheppard recalls the Bee Line Highway progress toward Albany, 16 years after 1910, at a cost of 30 000 per mile. W T Jordan named Riverside High principal, traffic stop signs installed on busy intersections, and the first cotton bloom reported by Frank Preuitt on Courtland Pike west of town.
AP: In Chattanooga a series of river contamination events reveals residents have been drinking water containing reformed sanitary wastes. EPA regional chief Al J. Smith notes such issues occur nationwide. May spills left up to 250,000 without water, with derails, pesticides, and oil scares following. Tennessee-American Water Co. defends current intake placement and treatment, while Tennessee contemplates moving intakes north of Chickamauga Creek to limit sewage influence.
Former federal Judge G Harrold Carswell, known for his rejected 1970 Supreme Court nomination, was arrested by vice squad officers outside a Northwood Mall men’s room on a battery charge. He was admitted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for a nervous condition and released on recognizance as authorities considered whether to file new charges or drop the case.
The Alabama Highway Department opened bids totaling about 16.4 million dollars for 21 construction and improvement projects across 24 counties. NewMe Inc of Montgomery filed a 3.7 million bid for U.S. 43 four-lane expansion from Calvert to McIntosh. Ashburn & Gray Inc of Huntsville bid 2.5 million for U.S. 72 grading and drainage from Paint Rock to Woodville. Meeme Miller Law of Huntsville submitted 562,988 for bridge construction. Gibson Electric of Tifton Ga bid 1.2 million to install lighting in Birmingham's central business district. Wright Contracting Co of Columbus Ga won two I-65 resurfacing jobs in Chilton County at 1.6 and 1.8 million. Texas first joined the union in 1845.
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