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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1968
Page
2
Sterchi Bros. Stores Inc reports April sales of 1 913 570 dollars up 16 11 percent from a year earlier and the ninth straight month of record sales. The Decatur area location at 307 2nd Ave is among 55 stores across seven Southeastern states.
E Byron Hale, president of the defunct Bank of Pine Apple, faces sentencing after a federal jury convicted him on four counts of false entries two of misapplying bank funds and four of willful misapplication of securities. He was acquitted on eight false entries and two misapplication securities counts. Hale, 48, is free on bond and plans to appeal to the 5th Circuit. The Wilcox County bank closed February 1 1967 and FDIC liabilities may top 3.8 million.
Gov. Brewer announced new cabinet members Ingram and Clecker during a weekend visit to Decatur. Ingram, a 41 year old former Montgomery Advertiser political writer, becomes a finance department executive while Clecker, 59, previously state banking superintendent, now assumes a top banking post. The move follows pay changes for the finance director and executive secretary and sparks expectations of further cabinet reshuffles as Brewer returns to Montgomery.
Montogmery group aims to name a new cancer and tumor hospital for the late Governor Lurleen Wallace. The Courage Crusade reports strong initial mail response but has not disclosed totals. A UA clinic is part of a $400 million expansion. site decisions remain under study with Mobile Huntsville and Decatur among options. Mrs. Wallace died Tuesday after a two year cancer battle.
Alabama's largest Baptist church, Dauphin Way in Mobile, voted to invest five million dollars to build the Christian Life and Training Center a 10 to 15 year project adjoining the church. Five buildings will include an activities center elderly citizens center care center women's center and worship center to extend religious and social outreach seven days a week. The first building will house a gym skating rink bowling lanes Bible study and child care.
The piece compares commission and mayor council systems, noting a mayor chosen by the commission yet elected for honorary posts by voters. It cites 1967 data from the International City Manager Association and National Municipal League views, with Alabama cities mostly council-manager or mayor-council, urging professional city management.
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