Wallace Naps Lawmakers Over Pay In Alabama
AP report notes the Alabama Legislature faces possible funding issues for 1973 as Gov. George Wallace could withhold or condition the $750 000 base appropriation and $1.25 million optional funds. It recalls past gaps including 1947 and 1971 when pay roll disputes stalled funding and salaries were delayed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Law of Economics
Alabama
George C. Wallace
House
Senate
Wallace
Beecher Trial Set Before Powell for Third Time
Centre Morgan County Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell will preside Monday over Johnny D. Beecher's third trial in the 1964 slaying of a Jackson County housewife. Beecher has faced two overturned convictions and a sanity hearing. after evaluation he was deemed sane and competent.
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Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Johnny D. Beecher
Jackson County
U. S. Supreme Court
Beecher
Powell
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Scottsboro
Martha Jane Chisenhall
Try To Keep Him Down We Bet It Won't Work
Moulton policeman Buford Pearson, famed for his service, was struck by a car while stopping a vehicle suspected of drunken driving on October 27 near Lawrence County High School. He was chaperoning a teenage dance at the time.
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Moulton
Buford Pearson
Lawrence County High School
Pearson
Moulton Auxiliary Officer Honored After Crash
Pearson recalls a wreck that left him with a broken leg, crushed knee, broken hip and pelvis. Since then the community raises funds at a 6:30 p.m. doubleheader at Lawrence County Coliseum with Red Trotters vs Moulton Police and Speake Bob Kittens vs Basebells to cover hospital bills. Pearson plans a fourth operation March 22 and aims to return to the police force, with local officials and supporters urging his comeback.
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Joe Killingsworth
Moulton
Pearson
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Coliseum
Red Trotters
H.A
Alexander
Farris
James
Richard Montgomery
Buford
Montgomery
Fractured Education Budget Backing in Alabama
Dr Clanton Williams criticized the Unified Education Budget Committee after a 4-2 vote adopted a budget $8 million above estimated revenue. House Speaker G Sage Lyons joined Williams in opposing the plan while Lt Gov Jere Beasley did not vote. Williams called for a budget that aligns with revenue and unites all education segments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Unified Education Budget Committee
Clanton Williams
House
G. Sage Lyons
Williams
Jere Beasley
Alabama Board to Host Southeast School Boards Conference
The Alabama Board of Education will host a three day Southeast conference starting Sunday focusing on reading writing arithmetic and evaluating teaching procedures. Panel on granting diplomas features Hugh T McDade with regional board representatives and education officials. Keith Absher new secretary treasurer at Jacksonville State University graduate school joins Dean Battram Eddy Smith Hueytown SGA senator and Alabama Law School student Stephen Van Hammond in roles. The Hammond family ties connect Decatur High School and Univ of Alabama.
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Point Clear
Ala
Alabama Board of Education
Isabelle Thomasson
Montgomery
National Association of State Boards of Education
Hugh T. McDade
Alcoa, Tenn
Tennessee Board of Education
Keith Absher
Hanceville
Jacksonville State University
Dean Battram
Centre
Eddy Smith
Weaver
Larry Masters
Hueytown
SGA
Stephen van Hammond
University of Alabama Law School
Alabama Law Review
Robert E
Beech St
Shirley Eaken
Decatur
Hammond
University
Emergency numbers list from The Decatur Daily split by county
Emergency numbers for Morgan Limestone Athens Lawrence Cullman and city crisis lines are provided. Dial 911 for life threats and sheriff questions, 355 8000 for Crisis Call Center, 0 to reach an operator. Also note hospital or physician for poisoning and after hours contacts.
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Decatur Daily
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Lauderdale County
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Athens
Florence
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Park
Lee Sentell
James E. Folsom
By Tommy Stevenson
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Wheeler Basin
Vantage Press, Inc
NW 31St St
New York
N.Y
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Bureau of Publicity
State of Alabama
Chattanooga
Barry Wood
David Austin
Austin
Weed
Austin Nrotc
Central High School
Rickie Brooks
Highway Patrol
Hartselle
Limestone County
Cullman
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