Signpost Aims To Guide Tourists From Decatur To Timbuktu
A 17 foot signpost will be unveiled June 1 in front of the Chamber of Commerce to guide tourists from Decatur to Timbuktu and other world cities. The AMLA project, aided by Austin High School students and local businesses, features a mallard top from Point Mallard Park and distances to New York Tokyo London Miami Buenos Aires Mexico City San Francisco Honolulu Peking Moscow and Timbuktu.
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Decatur
Timbuktu
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama — Mountain Lakes
New York
Tokyo
London
Miami
Buenos Aires
Mexico City
San Francisco
Honolulu
Peking
Moscow
Lee
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Sam Timberlake to Perform Across United States Tour
Auburn University music faculty member Sam Timberlake, a former Decatur resident, will appear in concerts and operas nationwide. The schedule includes Decatur on Oct 27 with the Birmingham Symphony for the Decatur Concert Association, a May 24 voice recital at Auburn, a June Beethoven Ninth with the St Louis Symphony, a July Rodgers and Hammerstein program with the Milwaukee Symphony, and a September lead baritone role in La Boheme and Madama Butterfly with the New York City Opera in New York. He recently performed with the Mississippi Opera Association in Jackson, the Houston Grand Opera, the St Louis Symphony’s Beethoven Ninth and Messiah, and with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Bach Easter Oratorio and Elijah with the Augustana College Orchestra and Chorus.
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Sam. Timberlake
Auburn University
Decatur
United States
Timberlake
Auburn
St Louis Symphony
Rodgers and
Augustana College
Tuscaloosa
Trinity 2 Man Faces Drug Charge after Drive-In Fight
Hollis O Mahathy, 20, charged with illegal possession of barbituates after Tuesday night fight at David's Drive-In on 6th Ave. Jordy Wayne Hughes, 19, held for military authorities on AWOL charges. Both also held for Lawrence County. Mahathy and Hughes previously convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $25 each.
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Trinity 2
David
6Th Ave
Hollis
Mahathy
Kenneth Collier
Jordy Wayne Hughes
Hughes
Lawrence
Southwest Metroplex hosts vast aviation network
The eight-county Dallas Fort Worth metro area contains about 100 airports and over 75 miles of runways. Eighteen foreign airlines have offices in the Metroplex, with nine regular airlines and seven commuters operating more than 800 flights daily in a $1.5 billion aviation industry.
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Arlington
Ten
Southwest
Metroplex
Dallas and
Fort Worth
City Leaders To Attend 1973 Alabama Municipalities Convention
Mayor Russell Bolding and city officers will attend the 1973 Alabama League of Municipalities Convention in Birmingham from Saturday through Tuesday. The gathering will include municipal officials from across the state and discuss energy, labor, court police relations, and safety guidelines.
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Russell Bolding
Alabama League of Municipalities
Birmingham
Cook 11th Aide To Quit Office
Chairman G. Bradford Cook of the Securities and Exchange Commission resigns amid election irregularities as Nixon aides depart. He spoke before a House panel about Vesco funding and SEC actions. The move follows ongoing Watergate disclosures and other resignations in the administration.
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Washington
G. Bradford Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Nixon Administration
Cook
House
Robert L. Vesco
House Commerce Committee
Mittee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Staggers
SEC
New Jersey
Vesco
Richard G.kleindienst
White House
John Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
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City Recorder’s Court
Liberty Loan Corporation OF
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Alabama
MUNTZ
Jewel Herlo
Diamond Sale
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Huntsville
Russellville
Florence
Athens
Rutledge Thomas
Charles Martin
Richard Lee
Bill Levin
Bill Dukes
A. J. Coleman
Robert Straub
George C. Wallace
Ma Aley
Maalox
AQUA
SALE
Noxzema
Decatur Shopping Center
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