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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
2
Rock singer Tony Joe White popularized Poke Salad Annie but now the nostalgia fades as Leon R. Bentley of Trinity notices poke salad invading his pasture. He had planted Bermuda seed on May 15 and three weeks later poke salad appeared across the field.
Bentley reports six acres of poke salad sprouting in his bermuda pasture after seed mix up. He planned cattle grazing but cattle refuse poke salad and goats won t touch it. He sprays to kill roots and contemplates next steps, while visitors flock to view the unusual field.
A community tale features Bentley facing poke salad despite fame as the poke salad man. He warns on emergency lines for possible poisoning and notes the nickname he wishes to drop. Two year old Mark Clark, of Priceville, holds a cotton bloom found in his father Jerry Clark’s field.
The Alabama LEPA Region One office will relocate from Decatur to Huntsville. Madison County Sheriff Jerry Crabtree, named council chairman, urges the move as better for operations. the office will sit in the Madison County Courthouse with Huntsville Police Chief Gene Sweeton as fiscal officer. Morgan Limestone Circuit Judge Newton B Powell voiced cautious support.
Decatur residents are invited to view the Decatur Post Office on Thursday as part of the U S Postal Service inauguration. Postmaster I E Self says visitors will receive a limited souvenir envelope with old and new insignias for an eight cent stamp. Agency Director Robert Davis and assistant Bobby Jett, former Decatur residents, attended. Davis announced five grants totaling 24638.90 to Arab Lauderdale County and Stevenson police and sheriff departments. He stressed no involvement in moving a regional headquarters from Decatur to Huntsville and noted the decision rests with the council.
Decatur readers ask if I 65 between Lacon and Priceville will have asphalt and when the highway and its bridge open. C F Camp, Division Engineer, says asphalt is planned, and the section will open in fall. the bridge is a separate three year project on schedule. Parcel post delays explained by Decatur Postmaster I E Self due to space availability and multi terminal routing.
The state is expected to rest its case today in Clyde Mays murder trial over the fatal shooting of Geneva Roden in Lawrence County. A former first degree charge was reduced to second degree to proceed to trial.
Miami Beach officials estimate 12 to 15 million in business from hosting the 1972 Democratic National Convention and are reviewing security plans. The DNC announced the gathering will be held there next summer, with security and publicity seen as priorities after Chicago 1968.
Alabama Governor George Wallace urged Attorney General John Mitchell to provide federal protection for racially integrated schools and warned he will ask the legislature for 1.5 million to hire 200 additional state troopers if denied. He announced at a news conference with concludes on reopening some all Negro schools under freedom of choice and outlined plans on taxes and teacher pay.
The 5th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Oxford Alabama’s bid to secede from Calhoun County schools. The court sent the case back to district court to craft a desegregation plan using all tools, including pairing and busing, to integrate classes.
The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approves a bill to abolish the Alabama State Milk Control Board and create a five member Alabama Dairy Commission with the agriculture commissioner and four non industry members. Witnesses say the new panel would protect consumers and improve milk quality locally.
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