UW Board To Visit Agencies
United Way of Morgan County board members will observe agency results by visiting member agencies throughout the year. Quarterly meetings will be at the Red Cross building Retarded Children's Association office Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center and Decatur Boy's Club. Each one hour meeting begins at 7 p.m. with a business session and service presentation.
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United Way of
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Retarded Children’s Association
Temnessee Valley Rehabilitation Center
Boy’s Club
Curtis Sellers
Retarded Children Association
Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center
Decatur Boy’s Club
Flood Damage Estimates Reported for City and Waste Water Depts
Preliminary figures show street damages at 25 000 dollars and unassessed items at 200 000 dollars. Water department losses total 4 285.82 dollars and wastewater 1 009.03 dollars with flood water submerging power and control circuits and the 14th Street lift station. Federal officials from the Office of Emergency Preparedness toured to assess losses for disaster area qualification.
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Water Department
Waste Water Department
14Th St. Wastewater Department
Office of Emergency Preparedness
TVA says flood avoided large damages in North Alabama
TVA notes damages in Chattanooga could have reached 500 million but dam system saved many areas. The Tennessee River crest at 37 feet in Chattanooga, 7 feet above flood stage, with reservoirs rising to store floodwaters. Major lakes Douglas, Fontana, Norris, and Cherokee gained 13 to 25 feet as storage capacity was rebuilt.
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TVA
Alabama
Chattanooga
Keller
Decatur
West
Tennessee
Douglas Lake
Fontana
Norris
Cherokee
Knoxville
Chickamauga Creek
Brainerd
Rail Worker Injured After Fall From Freight Car
A Southern Railway employee William Gentry 52 of Knoxville was injured Tuesday when he fell from a freight train near Belle Mina Alabama and was taken to Decatur General Hospital. He suffered cuts to the head and this marks a second similar accident in two weeks.
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Bellemina
Southern Railway
William Gentry
Knoxville
Decatur General Hospital
AAA
South _ End Ambulance Service
Gentry
Tuscumbia
Alabama 20
Decatur
Kennedy aide downplays political event amid Chappaquiddick recall
An aide said Kennedy invited and phoned Wallace Monday night but stressed the trip is not political. Four years after the Chappaquiddick drowning tragedy, Kennedy has kept a low profile with few public appearances and fund raising.
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Wallace
Kennedy
Gray nomination defends Watergate probe amid White House support
Gray has testified to an all-out FBI investigation while White House aides deny talk of abandoning the nomination. White House spokesman Ziegler says the nomination is not abandoned as Senate Republicans resist politically timing a special Watergate hearing later this year.
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FBI
White House
Ziegler
Scott
Senate
Bishop Rescues Farmer in Canal Near Pavia
The bishop of Pavia, 62, jumped into a canal after seeing farmer Nandino De Carli, 51, lose control of his bicycle and fall in. The farmer was reported in good condition at a hospital.
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Pavia
Italy
Antonio Angioni
Nandino de Carli
Private properties at risk as area flood declaration pursued
The area faces widespread damage from floodwaters as officials seek a disaster declaration. President must review an inspection report after regional officials discuss the impact and flood recovery options. Meanwhile, James Michael Hodge, 26, and Marvin Hively were swept away. Hodge’s body was recovered near Courtland after their car was engulfed by Big Nance Creek.
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James Michael Hodge
Big Nance Creek
Courtland
Lawrence County
Dan Ligon
Hodge
Little Sam Road
Marvin Hively
Ligon
Irish Declared Nation’s First Official Language
The text states that Irish is designated as the first official language while English is the second official language. It notes Irish belongs to the Goidelic branch of Celtic and is among the oldest written vernaculars in Europe.
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Europe
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Colbert County Rescue Squad
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