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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
2
Boy Scout Troop 25 of Athens launches an ecological program to place litter barrels on each highway in Limestone County. Members participate in planning and public service efforts.
City faces loss of Texaco supply as bids failed for six month contract renewal. Officials report no bids received for 45,000 gallons of regular and 90,000 gallons of premium with current Texaco price terms under renewal talks.
Charles E. Smith, a Monsanto employee since 1955 and Decatur plant operator born in 1932 in Hartselle, was appointed head of the training division for the 1973 United Way Campaign. He has a long community background and resides in Hartselle with his wife Mary Nell Groover and two children.
Plaintiffs in the Alabama reapportionment case argue the legislature's district map has no verifiable population or racial data and accuse lawmakers of gerrymandering Jefferson County to dilute black voting strength. They contend the court plan would better reflect urban and black populations, and a July 26 hearing will decide which map governs the 1974 elections.
State Representative George McMillan of Jefferson County introduced a bill in Montgomery to deduct time spent in jail awaiting trial from the prison sentence. The proposal aims to grant credit toward the penitentiary term for pretrial detention.
The Alabama House advanced a motorcyclist safety bill requiring written and driving tests for riders and mandating protective gear. It also approved a DUI work-commute exception for suspended licenses, while opposing amendments and a higher minimum riding age. The Senate work stoppage delayed final action until July 10.
Wayne Forsythe of Athens spent 11 years and 15 revisions on his first novel titled The Midnight Stallion published by Carlton Press. He began the story in ninth grade at West Limestone High School and recalls worrying about getting it published and typed.
Wayne recalls scarce typewriters in youth and tells how The Midnight Stallion found Carlton Press after years of revisions and agent bidding. The western novel follows Midnight the black stallion pursued by Ghost Riders with a cavalry lieutenant, mixing realism and violence for adult readers. Wayne has prior TV script work and a film tie in before planning a next western.
The Alabama Health Department will assume control of the Montgomery Family Planning Center on July 1 amid a $1 million damages suit by Minnie and Mary Alice Reif. The court action accuses the clinic of sterilizing two young black girls without informed consent. The takeover follows federal reorganization under the Nixon administration, easing state management of federally funded programs.
An explosion and fire at Lakeshore Marina on Alabama 20 destroyed a boat owned by Jay H. Thomas and an adjacent boathouse, with debris thrown 150 feet. Police and fire officials attributed the blaze to gasoline fumes ignited by a spark from a battery charger and deemed accidental.
In Montgomery several bills address liquor sales in dry counties with cities voting to legalize. Rep. Culver of Tuscaloosa reintroduces a measure allowing city liquor sales if the municipality votes yes, replacing current county wide wet or dry status.
Agencies distribute birth control information and services in the state under rigid conditions. Alabama’s program reports 82 sterilizations in the past year with 40 for whites, including an 11 year old Mongoloid child and two retarded teenagers. Twenty-six men also underwent the operation.
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