Downtown Decatur group eyes revival of shopping district
About 130 merchants property owners and officials met to plan steps for boosting downtown Decatur commerce. Proposals include more parking arts and crafts focus on Bank Street and 2nd Avenue SE longer hours and coordinated storefront upgrades. Mayor and housing authority support were voiced with a June 4 follow up meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Sentell
Ernestine Ling
Downtown Decatur Association
2Nd Ave
Bank St
Decatur
Austin High School
Milton Petty
Sterchi’s
Tennessee
Ling
Petty
Russell Bolding
Byron Vana
John Giles
Betts Allene Gift Shop Origin Name Story
Mrs Betty Sue Smith owner of Mrss Allene's Place created a gift shop name inspired by a boarding house in Eufaula run by a relative. The piece notes the local origin of the shop's branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sue Smith
Mrss Allene
Eufaula
Teens May Work At Summer Jobs
The U S Department of Labor Wage Hour Division outlines teen work rules for summer. Teens 14 and 15 may work 7 AM to 9 PM from June 1 to Labor Day with limits of 8 hours daily and 40 hours weekly. Exceptions include farm work, newspaper delivery, performing arts and work for parents. 16 and 17 year olds face limited jobs only if hazardous. 18 and older may work any job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Labor
Hansel J. Hunter
Birmingham
Alabama
Hunter
Secretary of Labor
5Th Avenue
South
Fire Insurance May Be Outdated Fire Coverage Checks Loom
The piece notes many homes carry replacement values below rising worths and urges homeowners to recalc with replacement cost multipliers from Prentice Hall. It explains 80 percent coverage rules, shows sample figures, and warns on land value ignoring in insured amounts. It cites premiums for typical homes and urges action if coverage lags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Fowler
New York Times News Service
New York
Prentice-Hall
Financial Publishing Company
Prentice Hall
3M Plant Operations Highlight Products and Workforce
The chemical plant produces Scotchgard finishes and Kel-F plastics for aviation use plus Light Water firefighting agent and other specialty chemicals. The film plant makes polyester film for metallizing and insulation while Scotchpak film packaging aids frozen foods and other plants rely on films for magnetic recording and printing. Personnel show steady growth from 1961 to 1973 with 926 employed in 1973. Monsanto employs about 2,500 and Wolverine Tube 1,038.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotchgard
Scotchpak
Bob Teuber
Jerry Paulson
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Husband
Sharrott
Bill
House of Representatives
Congress
Kenneth Sharrott
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corp
Hartselle
Sharott
Nixon
House
Sterchi
Sterchi Brothers
C. A. Terrell
Knoxville
New York Stock Exchange
Central Sells
Central Bancshares of the South Inc
Salomon Brothers
Blyth Eastman Dillon and Co., Inc
Harry B. Brock Jr
Brock
Central Bank and Trust, Co. of
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Montgomery
Central Bancshares
Space Shuttle
The
Space Center
United Technology Center
City Native
Gene Guthrie
Illinois California Express
Stockton
Calif
California
Schott Industries, Inc
Schott Industries
U.S
Montreal Stock Exchange
Montreal
Canada
First Federal Building
Merchants Association
Southern Airways Inc. Today
Toc
Southern
Wilson
Robert E. Wilson
Bankers Life and Casualty
Sales Management Institute
Chicago
Flint Rd
Cullman
Graceman
Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Development Board
ConAgra
Huntsville
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
America
Monsanto
Wolverine Tube
Martha Roberts
MA Dane
Sears
Sears and
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