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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1969
Page
5
The six acre civic center hub rises with a $2.5 million City Hall as the core. Operation New Decatur aims to transform the city near Birmingham and Washville with a courthouse library auditorium and a five block civic center plan.
The year saw 302 more students, eight new teachers, raises to average salaries, and plans for new middle schools after a study by Dr. Orin Graff. Accreditation for all 10 elementary schools by SACS and the State Board was achieved, while fire damage, integration orders, and the resignation of Superintendent Leeman shaped a challenging year. Over 600 seniors were set to graduate.
Since the program began last month in Morgan County about half of applicants have been approved. Only about a quarter of those eligible have signed up to buy stamps at rates below their value and redeem them for food. Coupons are sold only at...
The 1969 Spirit of America Festival in North Alabama schedules a Fiddlers and Old Time Band Contest at Delano Park on Saturday July 5 with three divisions and about six hundred dollars in prizes. Entry is free, with rules limiting instruments and performance lengths.
Athens city officials opened bids for gas diesel oil and kerosene for the next year starting June 1. Minster Standard Oil bid gas at 21.47 cents per gallon Burton Stroupe bid diesel 12.3 cents, Pure Oil kerosene 14 cents and bulk 30W oil 80 cents, Gulf 10-30W oil 1.04. City Council must approve the apparent lows.
Appalachian funds for Limestone County vocational-technical school won't be available until after July 1, delaying a $1 million project largely financed by the Appalachia Commission. Pettus says state officials confirmed the timing during a Tanner High graduation visit. The project, located in Athens, aims to provide trades training and will not affect the John C Calhoun Technical School.
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