Prison system faces uncertain revenue in Alabama
Alabama's prison budget, about seven million dollars annually for 4000 inmates, relies on uncertain revenues from farming, car tag production, and convict leasing. Commissioner L B Sullivan urges full budgeting, expanded prison industries, and potential drug testing under university medical supervision to stabilize funds.
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L. B. Sullivan
Sullivan
University of Alabama Medical School
Revenue Department
State Capitol
Highway Department
Pison
Education Seat Match Pits Limestone Candidates
Limestone County voters face contested races for school board positions with Tommy Ham and Dave Davis seeking Place 5 while incumbent Prentis Davis stands opposed. Pettus and J. C. Chisholm vie for Limestone superintendent. several others seek county commission seats with no Republican candidates qualified.
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Athens
W. T
Tommy) Ham
Limestone County Board of Education
Binford Turner
Limestone Democratic Executive Committee
Ham
Monsanto Co
Decatur
Prentis Davis
William B. Tribble
Turner
Dave Davis
Limestone County Commission
Limestone Superior Court
D. L. Rosenall Jr
Limestone
C. S. (Stout) Pettus
Athens Elementary
J. C. Chisholm
Grady Holland
R. P
Red) Ennis
Russell Throneberry
Throneberry
Holland
Young candidate enters Morgan County tax collector race
W G Bill Roberts 20 of 413 8th Ave NW qualifies as Democratic nominee hopeful for tax collector, claiming need for young blood in Morgan County politics. He says he will campaign hard and learn the tax structure, calling himself the youngest candidate in county office race. His parents support him fully. Also, a 30-year-old Athens man Homer Lee Elders remained in critical condition after a Thursday car collision near New Cut Road.
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W. G
Bill) Roberts
Ricky Whitener
Roberts
Morgan County
Bobby Herbert
W.G
8Th Ave
Democratic Executive Committee
Samuel __L. McClendon
Austin High School
Calhoun Junior College
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Kirby Co
McClendon
Stanley P. Roberts
Athens
Huntsville Hospital
Homer Lee Elders
Ellis Kelley
Here
New Cut Rd
Announcer John Marusak Covers Decatur High Sports Passionately
Decatur High School announcer John Marusak voices football basketball and Calhoun JC games with enthusiasm. He plans to return next season unless a big break arrives and studies rivals to improve his craft.
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Decatur High School
John Marusak
John
Decatur
Calhoun
Voice of the Red Raiders Joins WMSL Broadcast Team
Marusak, 28, known as the Voice of the Red Raiders, describes his excitement while calling games on WMSL. He has lived in Decatur 18 years and worked full time at WMSL since 1970, starting in sports as a color commentator for Austin High School and moving to Decatur High and Calhoun JC assignments.
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John Marusak
Red Raiders
Decatur
WMSL
Marusak
Harry Carey
LSU
John Ferguson
K. W. Ledford
Kentucky
Fred Henson
Austin
Jan
Hazelton
Penn
Decatur High
Calhoun JC
Earl
Webb
Morris
Califoun
Tuscaloosa
James Edward Glenn
Stauffer Chemical Company Foundation
University of Alabama
Decatur High School
Glenn
W. A. Glenn
Athens Science Convention Begins This Thursday
The annual three day Athens College Science Convention opens Thursday in the college gymnasium. Sponsored by the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, entries will come from Limestone Madison Morgan Lauderdale counties and Giles County Tennessee.
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Athens
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Limestone
Madison
Morgan
Lauderdale
Giles County
Tenn
JA Conference on Free Enterprise in Calhoun Saturday
Junior Achievement of North Central Alabama hosts a one day Free Enterprise Conference at Calhoun Junior College. Registration at 8:30 a.m. with events from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Teens from Lawrence Limestone and Morgan counties and the Tri Cities area participate.
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Junior Achievement of
North Central
Alabama
Calhoun Junior College
Robert Doyle
Lawrence, Limestone
Morgan Counties
Tri-Cities
Emergency Numbers for Decatur Area
The Decatur Daily lists emergency contacts including Fire Department, Highway Patrol, and Morgan Sheriff with local numbers and an Ambulance line. It also provides Crisis Call Center numbers for personal crises and poisoning guidance and advises calling 0 for operator help.
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US Fire Department
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Competition Opens For Area Bands
The District 2 Alabama Bandmasters Association contest starts today at Florence State University and runs to Saturday at Austin High School. It aims to improve bands via critique and select top acts for the state contest at Tuscaloosa April 6 to 8.
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Florence State University
Austin High School
Tuscaloosa
Florence State
Athens
Hazlewood
East Limestone
West Limestone
Athens High School
Morgan County High School
Austin
Brookhaven
Oak Park
Falkville
Tanner High School
West Morgan High School
Lawrence County High School
Decatur High School
Area men among 42 parolees granted by state board
Six area men were among 42 prisoners granted paroles by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles Thursday. They include James E. Coffey of Lawrence County and Terry Coker, John Anthony Rice, and Willie James Sykes of Morgan County, plus Bobby Ray Redding and Deveron Wayne Speegle of Cullman County. Coffey, jailed for grand larceny, received 18 months. Coker, for indecent molestation, 18 months. Rice, for burglary, 18 months. Sykes, for first degree burglary, 99 years. Redding, life for first degree murder. Speegle, for grand larceny, two years.
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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
James E. Coffey
Lawrence County
Terry Coker
John Anthony Rice
Willie James Sykes
Morgan County
Bobby Ray Redding
Deveron Wayne Speegle
Cullman County
Coffey
Coker
Rice
Sykes
Redding
Speegle
Altrusa Plans Easter Mailing to Morgan County Servicemen
The Altrusa Club finalized plans to assemble and mail Easter care packages to Morgan County servicemen in Vietnam. The group will work Tuesday at Robb Printing Co and asks friends or relatives to call Mrs Hobson Clark at 353-1623 with names and addresses.
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Altrusa Club
Morgan County
Vietnam
Robb Printing Co
Hobson Clark
Limestone Man Beaten Found Near Belle-Mina
A 78 year old Limestone County man, George Kingston, was badly beaten and robbed, found in a ditch two miles south of U S 31. He was transported to Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital in Decatur. his condition was not known.
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Athens
Limestone County
Belle-Mina
Limestone County Sheriff's Department
George Kingston
U.S. 31
AAA _ Southend Ambulance Service
Decatur
Kingston
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Omega Psi Phi Planned as Auburns First Black Fraternity
Auburn University approved colonization of Omega Psi Phi on a predominantly white campus, aiming for eventual charter and a fraternity house. The national group with 40 000 members and 360 chapters will assist, with 26 colonized students and support from Madison faculty adviser.
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Auburn
Auburn University
Alabama
Interfraternity Council
Garth Jenkins
Omega Psi Phi
The
D.C. Madison
America
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Montgomery
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Elkmont
Frances Rogers
L. J. Swinen
Melvin H. Irvin
Rosenau
Irvin
Doyle
Decatur Daily
Col. C. K. Butler
Art Thiel
Memphis State University
James Ferguson
Altrusa
Nashville
Rebecca Merritt Holmes
Tanner
David Lipscomb College
Milton T. Holmes
Birmingham
Alabama Air Pollutions Control Commission
U.S. Steel
Justice Department
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