Cullman Seeks Federal Aid as Alabama Drought Deepens
Cullman County joins 12 counties requesting disaster designation after 42 Alabama counties were declared drought disaster areas. Farmers with 2 percent or more income loss may qualify for low interest loans, contingent on bank loan denials. No applicants yet in Cullman this year. results depend on corn harvest.
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Central
South Alabama
Cullman County
George Wallace
Bill Spears
Washington
Spears
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Morgan and
Lawrence County
Charles Rutledge
Morgan County
North
Alabama
South
Tallapoosa Leaders Convicted in Gasoline Theft Conspiracy
Mayor Alta Dryden and Police Chief Jimmy Folsom of Tallapoosa along with 15 others were found guilty in a federal court trial over a four month gasoline theft scheme from Colonial and Plantation pipelines. Assistant police chief Robert Folsom and Councilman Buran Robinson were also convicted.
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Newnan, Ga
Tallapoosa
Alta Sam Dryden
Jimmy Doyle Folsom
Dryden
Folsom
Robert Lee Folsom
Buran Robinson
Robinson
Don Howe
Colonial Pipeline
Villa Rica
Muscadine
Ala
Teenager charged in kidnapping of three teachers
Preston Pearson, 19, is charged with kidnapping after abducting three kindergarten teachers Wednesday afternoon near Montgomery. The teachers forced him into a car and drove about 20 miles south, where they overpowered him and escaped. State troopers later arrested Pearson two miles north of the escape site.
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Montgomery
Ala
Preston
Pearson
Austin High Band Chooses Camp Chalkee Near Guntersville
Austin High School band will attend Camp Chalkee near Guntersville the week of August 14 for annual rehearsals. About 130 students and 15 chaperones will report by 4 p.m. August 14 and depart by 5 p.m. August 19. The YMCA facility provides a good marching field and recreation options.
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Austin
Camp Chalokee
Guntersville
Bill Brunner
YMCA
Camp Laney
Mentone
Elkmont man charged in $10 check forgery case
Athens authorities charged 42 year old Bill Gibson of Elkmont with forgery after he attempted to pass a $10 check at Batrum's Service Station. Sheriff's clerk Judy Whitehead said Gibson was arrested and posted a $1,000 bond.
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Elkmont 3
Limestone County
Judy Whitehead
Bill Gibson
Batrum
Gibson
Senator Roberts enters 1978 lieutenant governor race
State Senator Bill Roberts of Mobile announced his bid for lieutenant governor in 1978 after a statewide poll by Pat Caddell. The 500-person sample showed him slightly ahead of rivals including Mayor Jamie Eteredge, Senators Bert Bank and Richard Shelby, and others from Alabama cities. The $15,000 poll surveyed potential matchups with U S Senate and governor candidates.
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Ala
Bill Roberts
Roberts
Pat Caddell
Jamie Eteredge
Greenville
Bert Bank
Richard Shelby
Tuscaloosa
Eddie Gilmore
George McMillan
Birmingham
Bill King
Huntsville
Blood Drive Nets 225 Pints in Morgan County Campaign
A Red Cross joint drive in Decatur and Hartselle collected 225 pints this week, short of the 5 009 pint county quota by 400. Donors at the Hartselle Civic Center and Decatur Chapter House include numerous residents, with names listed among the volunteers.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
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Johnette Tidd
Paul Wiley
Gary Taylor
Catherine Taylor
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John Willima
Lynda Grant
Charles Parker
Kenneth Hayes
Steven Holladay
Henry Westmoreland
Arnold Melson
Roy T. Hall
Davie Long
Sherry Randolph
Teddie Turrentine
Alan Sparkman
Mary Gibson
Janet Cunningham
Jim Legg
Michael Wiggins
Richard Barnett
Charlotte Hughes
Roy Kent
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Wayne Maze
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Barbara Moore
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Rita Seaton
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Lottie Wynn
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Jackie Turner
Henry Huerkamp
Judy Hale
Judy Barbee
William Croy
Ray Clemons
Jesse Flatt
James Jennings
Lawrence Jennings
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Aubrey Quattlebuam
Deborah Nine
Cynthia Britt
Limestone burglary suspect charged in Athens
A 25 year old Huntsville man was charged with second degree burglary by Limestone County authorities after a Wednesday arrest following a warrant by Donald A Frost. No additional case details were immediately released.
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Limestone
Huntsville
Judy Whitehead
Terry Lee McKinney
Donald A. Frost
Pedestrian Signal Changer Installed At City Intersection
Lt. C. B. Tutwiler reports a pedestrian activated device installed at the 6th Ave and Jackson St SE cross. Buttons on southwest and southeast poles trigger a green for pedestrians to cross the highway, differing from the Prospect Dr SE unit.
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Jackson St. SE
C. B. Tutwiler
City Police
Tutwiler
Jackson St
Dr. SE
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