Wheeler Refuge Draws Quarter Million Visitors Amid Growth Concerns
A confidential management summary warns Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge risks overuse as area population and leisure time rise. Officials note 250000 visitors yearly with 38364 to 60000 birds migrating. jetport and I 65 threaten wildlife safety and landscape balance.
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Morgan
Limestone
Madison
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Atkeson
Jetport
Interim President Gobbel to Lead Athens College
Dr. Luther L. Gobbel named interim president arrives with Mrs Gobbel from Durban North Carolina to assume duties. He formerly led Greensboro College in North Carolina and Lambuth College in Tennessee and holds degrees from Trinity Duke and Yale. He serves until a permanent president is chosen after Dr. Philpot resigns June 1.
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Bob Walker
Athens
Luther L. Gobbel
Athens College
Gobbel
Durban
N. C
Greensboro College
Greensboro
Lambuth College
Jackson, Tenn
Durham
Trinity College
Philpot
Memphis State University
July 1 Big Day For Hartselle
Hartselle marks July 1 with a fourfold garbage fee rise collected via utility bills and a push toward a sanitary landfill. Officials expect the Morgan County revenue board to share landfill costs, while HUD funds for urban renewal back downtown redevelopment. Local leaders anticipate renewed HUD funding amid confidence Sparkman will aid prioritization.
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Lee Sentell
Hartselle
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur
the Revenue Board
Mallard Bid Opening Set for Point Mallard Park
Bids for the initial stage of Point Mallard Park are due Tuesday afternoon at Decatur City Hall. Park authority coordinator Jimmy Brown expects about three bids for the 2 p.m. opening on the beach complex. If prices are suitable construction could start soon with optional features in the two-pool project, estimated at 1 million dollars. Groundbreaking occurred earlier this year at the 550 acre site near Flint Creek and the Tennessee River intersection.
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Point Mallard Park
Park Authority
Decatur City Hall
Jimmy Brown
Flint Creek
Tennessee River
Three Arrested for Transporting Illegal Beverages in Athens
Limestone County sheriff's officers arrested Howard Arnold of Greensboro North Carolina for hauling three cases of Tennessee beer. Claude Springer of Athens posted bonds after allegedly transporting 12 gallons of wildcat whisky. Athens cab driver William Young faced charges for transporting three cases of Tennessee beer. his cab was seized.
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Athens
Limestone County
Howard Arnold
Greensboro
N. C
Claude Willian Springer
Athens 8
Wiliam Greer Young
Young
Sheriff's Department
John Hardy
Tanner
Newtie Nix
States' weekend accident toll rises with 24 dead
A Jackson Mississippi family of three died in an intersection crash on U S 98 near Fairhope. Florence men died in a single-vehicle crash on a Lauderdale County dirt road. Two 18 year olds from Gurley killed near Huntsville. Five drownings reported including youths from Louisville and Tuscaloosa and an adult from Talladega.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
Alabama
Paul D. Loper
Jeanette
Paul
U. S. 98
Fairhope
Baldwin County
Florence
Robert Barnett
John Ragland
Robert Smith
Lauderdale County
Gurley
Ala
A. B. Anderson III
Michael Wayne Perry
Madison
Huntsville
Moses Russaw
Louisville
Barbour County
Don Russaw
Larry Young
Tuscaloosa
Holt Lock and Dam
Arthur Patterson
Talladega
Choccolocco Creek
Deborah Ann McDonald Enters Miss Spirit Contest
Deborah Ann McDonald, 17, of 1603 College St. SE, is the 21st entrant in the Miss Spirit of America Contest to be held Friday at Delano Park. She is a Decatur High senior, secretary of the Jets and Phi Sigma Alpha, in Concert Chorus, annual staff, and training as a lab technician for part time work.
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Deborah Ann McDonald
1603
College St. SE
Delano Park
Miss McDonald
Carl McDonald
Decatur High School
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Jets
Agriculture Support Urged in Tennessee Valley
Don McBride of TVA urged ongoing interest in agriculture to sustain 30 percent of private jobs in the Tennessee Valley. He noted farmers’ high use of steel and electricity and called for better communication among farmers and related businesses to meet changing consumer demand at a regional conference. A separate fire at 316 Cherry St NW caused heavy loss to J L Wolf’s home early Sunday morning.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Don McBride
McBride
Baltimore
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Houston
Washington
TVA
Tennessee
J. L. Wolf
Cherry St
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Tom Atkeson
Nine Man
Highway Department
Department of Interior
Boundry
Grandoise
Sentell
Robert Noll
Ft. McClellan
Jerry Nelson
James Campbell
AC Proxy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Atlanta
HUD
John Reynolds
Charles Parker
John D. Long
U. S
John Sparkman
Sparkman
Mallard
Mizpah Chapter 19
Decatur Transfer and Storage
1St Ave. NE
Irvin Commander
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Deborah McDonald
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Evans
David Byess
Edgar Smith Jr
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