Calhoun Receives HUD Debt Service Grant for Student Center
Calhoun Junior College will build a 22 000 square foot student center fronted by the administration building and the F C Smith Cafetorium. HUD will cover debt costs above 3 percent, with total grant payments around 500 000 dollars. Bonds of 750 000 dollars are to be sold within two months for completion by spring 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Calhoun Junior College
Carlton Kelley
Kelley
College Administration
F.C. Smith
Boy Serious Injured In Accidental Face Shot In Huntsville
A 15 year old Decatur boy, James O Neal Brown, was accidentally shot in the face with a .22 rifle last Friday while he and a friend examined the weapon. Decatur police called the incident accidental and said he remains hospitalized in Huntsville. Winton M Blount former U S postmaster general and Republican senate hopeful visited Decatur on Wednesday attending coffees at two private homes.
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Huntsville
Decatur
James O’neal Brown
10Th Ave
Winton M. Blount
U.S
US Senate
Blount
P.R. Hoffman
C. H
Hundley Denies Writ in 1957 Murder Case
Morgan County Circuit Judge R L Hundley denied Jeff Mitchells writ of coram nobis seeking to overturn his 1957 30 year murder plea. Mitchell claimed coercion by promise not to press his wifes case and by potential death penalty exposure. The judge ruled the prosecutors plea bargaining did not constitute wrongful inducement and would not void the plea.
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Morgan County
R. L
Dick) Hundley
Jeff Mitchell
Mitchell
Grady Long
Hartselle
George Johnson
Johnson
Hundley
Emergency Numbers and Crisis Resources Listed
The notice provides emergency contacts for police fire highway patrol and sheriff agencies with phone numbers and directs dialing 0 for unknown emergencies. It cautions calling Crisis Call Center and hospital or physician in poisoning or personal crises and notes the Decatur Daily main line.
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Ee Ee
Shoet Fire Department
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Sheriff
Tim Baker Decatur couple elected to Red Angus Association
Mr and Mrs Tim Baker of Decatur have been elected to membership in the Red Angus Association of America which is headquartered in Denton Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton, Tex
Tim Baker
Decatur
Red Angus Association — of —America
Firefighters Suit Briefs Set After Final Hearing
A ruling in the Fire Fighters Association case against the city council and mayor may be delayed for about a month. Judge Newton B. Powell heard arguments and set 30 days for the firefighters' final brief to be filed, with the city given 10 days to respond. The suit seeks a ruling on whether the council may negotiate labor contracts with firefighters, a power the city denies while the union concedes no right to strike and notes any agreement would require court enforcement.
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Fire Fighters Association
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Robert Sterling Smith
Huntsville
Turmoil Over Long-Distance Busing Warned by Rep Jones
U S Rep Bob Jones of Scottsboro warns that long-distance busing to achieve racial balance harms education and causes turmoil. He backs a constitutional amendment and discharge petition to curb federal funds and desegregation orders while urging quick House action.
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U.S
Bob Jones
Scottsboro
Jones
House
Senated
Hospital Wing Approved at Decatur General
The city Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a two story wing at Decatur General Hospital, nearing completion. An eight foot front yard variance for a vocational education wing at Austin High School was also approved. A beauty shop at 1629 Tower St SE was deferred and an 11 foot variance at 2002 16th Ave SE denied.
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Decatur General Hospital
City Board of
Austin High School
C. B. Fairbanks
Tower St
Ave
Decatur Civic Theater Announces Tonight's The Owl and the Pussycat Tryouts
Riverside Schol auditorium hosts tryouts for The Owl and the Pussycat directed by Mrs Karl Dunlap. Two roles require a woman 25 to 30 and a man up to 40. auditions begin at 7 p.m.
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Decatur Civic Theater
Riverside Schol Auditorium
Karl Dunlap
Rabbit Hobbyist Lamon Competes At Morgan County Show
Eugene L. Lamon of 425 8th Ave NW raises rabbits strictly for show and breeding. A warehouse foreman by trade, he belongs to 11 clubs and will have entries at the North Central Alabama Rabbit Club show at Morgan County Fairgrounds. In February in Birmingham his rabbits earned top honors, and Lamon has collected 76 trophies over 20 years in the hobby.
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Eugene L. Lamon
Lamon
8Th Ave
Alabama Rabbit Club
Morgan County Fairgrounds
Birmingham
Alabama Rabbit Breeders Association
Hobby grows into rabbit breeding enterprise in Decatur
Lamon keeps 60 to 70 rabbits at his Southwest Decatur property. He breeds New Zealand Red New Zealand White and Ruby Eyed White Polish not for food or pets but for show. Rabbits sell at four months old for about 15 dollars, with occasional higher offers. He belongs to 11 rabbit clubs and serves as president of the All Southern Show Circuit. Local Southeast-entry shows start 8 a.m. at Beltline Highway fairgrounds this weekend.
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Lamon
Decatur
New Zealand
Town Creek Man Charged In Mishap
A 23 year old Town Creek man Jimmy H Harville was charged with second degree murder in a traffic crash on Alabama 101 near Town Creek that killed 49 year old Robert Kenneth Mardis. Two others were injured and one driver fled on foot. Harville was released on a 5000 bond after arrest Sunday night.
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Moulton
Town Creek
Robert Kenneth Mardis
Lawrence County
Jimmy H. Harville
Alabama 101
Harville
Tom Ligon
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Senator Sparkman
Wade
County
John Sparkman
Calhoun
O’brien
Hoffman
Clarence Byerly
Harold Knight
Vernon McMahan
Sam Gerwin
By Bill Cornwell
Long
Arkansas
the Decatur Daily
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Brookhaven Middle School
Karen Coffey
Richard McGahan
Kay
Golden
The
Nashville Express
Tommy Overstreet
James Billy Chenault
Eunice
Cullman
Cullman County
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Orlin Buzbee
Buzbee
Eugene .L. Lamon
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