Interstate Era About To Descend On Decatur
Lee Sentell reports that the upcoming interstate bridge will shift traffic away from Decatur. Huntsville planners push for a Decatur spur while regional officials warn of an escalator effect as travelers bypass the city. A regional study urges Decatur to promote Point Mallard, trucking facilities, an industrial prospectus, and regional awareness to attract the new flow of travelers and business.
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Decatur
Lee Sentell
Huntsville
Riverbridge
Birmingham
Nashville
North Central Alabama
Point Mallard
Equality Bill May Become Key Issue in Alabama
The only woman in the Alabama Legislature voices grave misgivings about the equal rights amendment. She questions privacy and military implications and urges public input before a May 1 legislative convening. She supports equal pay and opportunity but fears societal changes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S
Retha Wynot
Europe
Calhoun Offers Cooperative Education and Police Training
Calhoun College promotes flexible study with student chosen subjects at any location in the region and a cooperative program mixing college work with industry education and government work. The police academy runs 240 hour law enforcement courses and degree programs, but ALEPA initially funded Calhoun and later dropped it with possible reconsideration for federal funding.
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Calhoun Junior College
Calhoun
Carlton Kelley
Police
North Alabama
Law Enforcement Department of
Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency
ALEPA
Laws Force VD Tests In Alabama To Fight Outbreaks
Alabama health authorities credit two 30 year old laws and a 1971 statute with giving power to test and screen for venereal disease. Since 1943 the State Health Department can require ages 14 to 50 to take blood tests for syphilis in any county. A separate law lets the health officer order examinations where probable exposure or infection is suspected. The program helped drive down syphilis to 6.2 per 1000, though gonorrhea remains a problem with 15,000 cases reported last year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Health Department
Willard Pope
Department
Public Health
VD Control
Pope
Montgomery County
Social Security age rule debated in Alabama and health notices
Readers submitted questions on widow benefits and business licensing. Answers explain the Senate lowering age to 55 was removed in the final Social Security bill, a drilling license is required from the Alabama Water Well Standards Board, and a VD examination policy was clarified. Also reports on education budget talks, Beta Club inductees, and Josh Wallace’s hospital admission.
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Decatur
Senate
House
Health Department
Hartselle
Alabama Water Well Standards Board
Morgan County Health Department
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Josh
Montgomery Hospital
Governor’s
Executive Mansion
Baptist Hospital
Wallace
Cornelia
Crisis Line Numbers and Emergency Guidance
Frontline numbers list the Crisis Call Center 355 8000 with collect option. It advises calling hospitals or family physicians for possible poisoning and suggests dialing 0 for unknown emergencies to reach an operator. Several local codes 353 6256 232 1530 734 0342 353 4612 232 1535 353 4739 accompany the guidance.
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Cullman
Athens
Ave Maria Grotto
Regional Planning Agency
Retha Deal Wynot
Etowah County
Judson College
Norman H. McCrummen
Decatur Judson
Woodmont Dr. SE
McCrummen
Joe Ray
McCrammen
Davis Woodreff
Alumnae
Jim Sparkman
James L. O’hara
Bobby Herbert
Alter Boat Harbor
Decatur Boat Harbor
Alabama Water Safety Commission
Loyd Wade
Somerville
Ronald Wallace
Byrd Williams
Bill Huffaker
Linda Parham
THE
Decatur Daily
O. H
Ill
Select Committee For
State Department of Education
Alabama Commission On Higher Education
Alabama Education Association
Alabama Education Study Commission
Clanton Williams
Commission On Higher Education
Paul Hubbert
Hubbert
AEA
Williams
Falkville High School
Beta Club
Martha Anders
Ginny Powell
Paul Henderson
Gary Pressley
Kay Light
Martha Smith
Judy Rowe
Phyllis Teague
Frankie West
Jan Laney
Kenny Tyler
John Summerford
Ramona Ryan
Susie Bramblett
Betty Sams
Greg Holmes
Pam Wilhite
Tony Lansdell
Eugene Cloer
Lawana Steele
Carol Conour
Bill Helton
Deborah Taylor
Cindy Thomas
Keith Smith
Nancy Winsett
Martha Janet Lacy
Woodland St
Memphis State University
Miss Lacy
Robert D. Lacy
Wallace Stepson
Jecatur
Gan County
Limestone County
Lawrence County
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