Legislators Open 1971 Regular Session in Alabama
Alabama legislators convened after a month of special session, approving 53 million for expanded medical facilities but refusing highway funds. The Senate plus House passed a 50 million medical bond with 3 million extra, funded by a 4 percent rental leasing tax and higher utility taxes for heavy industry. Funds support a Mobile medical college, Birmingham medical facilities, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville campuses, nursing and pharmacy upgrades, and mental health projects, with a note on Beasley’s office funding and a pending conference on a deficiency bill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
House
Senate
Jere Beasley
University of South Alabama At
Mobile
University of Alabama Medical School
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Auburn University
Downtown Parking Survey Announced by City Council
Rutledge Thomas announces a downtown parking survey to gauge merchant sentiment on meter limits as council debates returning meters. About 15 merchants hear the call for compromise while Harold Michelson warns the move could be the kiss of death for the central business district. A mailed questionnaire will ask about two hour meters, two hours no meters, or one hour limits enforced by police.
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Lee Sentell
Rutledge Thomas
Thomas
Bank St
2Nd Ave
Harold Michelson
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Nixon
Daily news tip winner Judy Childers richer by $10
Judy Childers of Somerville 2 won ten dollars for a tip about an automobile accident. She called THE DAILY at 353 4612 to report the news and earned a five dollar prize plus a five dollar subscriber bonus.
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Judy Childers
Somerville 2
the Daily
Antiwar Protest Ranks Swell in Washington
About 3,000 antiwar demonstrators marched to the Justice Department with police watching from the doorway steps. Thousands were released from jail as 4,000 federal troops began withdrawing, while 10,600 had been mobilized.
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Lee
Byrd
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
John Mitchell
SCLC
William Gauther
Pentagon
Record Low Established in May Frost Survey
A 6 am temperature of 36 degrees set a May 4 record, near the all time May low. Crop damage from Sunday’s frost was reported by Pumpkin Center farmer Curtis Stroup, with 200 acres of cotton reportedly killed. Forecast calls for continued cool, with increasing clouds and a 50 percent chance of rain Wednesday.
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Extension
Charles Rutledge
Rutledge
Pumpkin Center
Curtis Stroup
Stroup
Decatur’s Friendliest Shopping Area noted in Daily
In this issue a calendar note highlights Decatur as a friendly shopping area in Alabama with listings for horoscope classified landers comics obituaries editorials sports entertainment TV and weather. It recalls the 1863 Chancellorsville battle and provides brief local weather for Athens showing a clear cool today with showers tonight and highs around 70 to 76.
Alabama bill seeks six month residency for divorces
State Rep. Hugh Merrill of Calhoun County introduced a measure to end the quickie divorce practice. The bill, now before the Judiciary Committee, would set a six month minimum residence before a divorce filing. A campus bell toll marked memorial services at Kent State and Jackson State anniversaries. Secretary Rogers met Lebanese leaders on Palestinian refugees before touring Cairo. In Buhl a rural home fire killed seven people including five children, with one survivor.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hugh Merrill
Calhoun County
Alabama
Judiciary Committee
Merrill
Kent
Ohio
Kent State
Jackson State
Beirut
Lebanon
William P. Rogers
Cairo
Buhl
Tuscaloosa County
Jack Coleman Jr
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Wallace
Frank Gryzenhouse
Los Angeles
al Rowe
Decatur Country Club
Leo Rowe
Horsetree
Decatur Junior High
Gary Wilhite
Frigidaire
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Decatur
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Potomac River
Virginia
Mary Davis
Larkwood Dr
Chancellorsville
Athens
Tennessee Valley
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