Johnson proposes civil rights package targets southern discrimination
Civil rights leaders say the plan mostly clears up enforcement gaps in the South with jury reform stronger anti crime and intimidation laws and extra justice department authority to pursue school segregation cases. A single nationwide provision would ban housing discrimination but its passage is doubtful and would rely on court injunctions and voluntary compliance for enforcement.
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Johnson
Congress
Whit House
South
Justice Department
Legal notice on paving alignment in Decatur
Public notice records paving work starting 10.5 feet west of Country Road centerline and running per city engineers drawings on file in the City Clerk’s office. Adopted May 3 1966. AUTHENTICATED Florence Adams City Clerk May 5.
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Country Road
Decatur
Florence Adams
Board of Commissioners of
City of
Improvement Ordinance No. 1554 for Curtis Drive Decatur
The city commission enacts Curtis Drive SE street improvements in Decatur Alabama. The project includes grading drainage and paving with six inch base, DBST and 75 lb plant mix seal, plus concrete curbs and gutters. Describes limits from Country Club Road westerly to radius point station 266.3 with a 40.5 foot turnaround.
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Board of Commissioners
City of
Decatur
State of
Alabama
Curtis Drive
Curtis
Morgan County
Country Club Road
Radius Point Station
Civil rights bias widens slum turmoil and policy gaps
In Cleveland hearings the U S Civil Rights Commission heard sobering testimony about harsh conditions in Negro slums. Federal programs are seen as degrading those communities while civil rights efforts remain south focused, fueling debate over fair housing and de facto segregation.
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Cleveland
U. S. Commission On Civl Rights
South
Office of Education
Civil Rights Division
Department of Justice
City improves streets and sidewalks. public hearing set
An ordinance details street and sidewalk improvements with costs totaling 4 771 57 and assessments on abutting parcels. The Decatur City Commissioners will hold a hearing June 7 1965 at 10:00 AM in City Hall to hear objections and discuss materials and methods. The notice appears in The Decatur Daily.
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Fayer & See
Com
Seana Gee
Board Commissioners
City of Decal
Alabama
City of
Decatur
Decatur Daily
VFW Plans Saturday Bicycle Safety Project for Decatur
The VFW Post 4190 schedules a four hour event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 10 city schools to apply reflective tape to bikes and inspect equipment for elementary riders. Maj Jennings says tape improves visibility after dark, helping motorists spot riders from 1500 feet. The Lite-A-Bike program is funded by the National Safety Council and 3M donated over 1.6 million in tape.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Decatur
James P. Jennings
VFW
Ustin High
Austinville Eletary
Decatur Junior High
Itwood
Lakeside High
Riverside
Walter Jackson
Westlawn
West Decatur
Gordon-Bibb
Alabama
National Safety Council
3M Co
Cedars of Leba Reduced to 400 Trees Guarded as Treasure
The Cedars of Leba once used for King Solomon Tempe and Egyptian pharaohs funerary boats have dwindled to 400 trees and are safeguarded as a national treasure by authorities.
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Lebanon
Solomon Tempe
Chemstrand promotes James E. Craig to day supervisor
James E. Craig is named day supervisor at Chemstrand’s Decatur plant. He will oversee the Acrilan lacrylic fiber area south after 14 years with the company, beginning as a dope preparation operator in 1952 and rising to shift foreman, relief foreman, and day foreman before his latest promotion. Craig, a native of Moulton, previously served as shift supervisor.
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James E. Craig
Chemstrand
Decatur
Craig
Moulton
Harris Figures Are Revised In Morgan Limestone Race
Morgan County totals put attorney Bob Harris at 8 479 votes with 5 913 in Morgan and 2 more in Limestone and his lead over Daren Easter stands at 3 182. The two face a May 31 runoff with Norman Albright and Carl Sides also in the race.
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Young
Decatur
Bob Harris
Morgan
Limestone Counties
Harris
Morgan County
Lestate
Daren Easter
Easter
Norman Albright
Carl Sides
Albright
Boy Chosen as Lifelong Water Carrier by Indian Family
A boy in India is selected by a family at a young age to serve for life as a water boy. He will haul water from a nearby oasis to meet the household's daily needs.
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India
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