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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1969
Page
5
The Moulton City Council fights hogs at the city dump six miles south of town. Owner C. C. Strickland claims the dump sits on his land, offers timber rights instead of a price, and threatens to block access with a fence. A county-wide pickup plan is being discussed to ease the issue.
The Bluehaven and Paradise pools will open Saturday with most classes starting Monday. At Aquadome, competitive swimming is 8-10 a.m. weekdays, diving 6-7 p.m. weekdays, Red Cross sessions begin June 9, and public swimming runs 1-5 p.m. daily. Bluehaven hosts synchronized swimming 9-10 a.m. weekdays.
A community drive led by Theodore High School teacher Delvin Lathan raises over 5,000 dollars nationwide to cover his kidney transplant costs. The goal is 20,000 with students, Civitan Club, and local groups raising funds through car washes, bake sales, and a benefit baseball game. A nephew volunteers to donate a kidney. Lathan has taught since 1959.
A federal panel in Montgomery gave lawyers 45 days to file briefs in a case requiring the State Board of Education to desegregate Alabama's trade schools and junior colleges. The panel also heard a motion to remove State School Supt. Ernest Stone and ordered Elmore County to revise bus plans.
Gov Albert Brewer announced final clearance for a $1 million Limestone County vocational high school financed by $490 078 ARC grant plus $235 532 Vocational Education Act funds and $241 367 local sources. The 460-student day program will include eight area high schools and 230 adults in evening classes with courses in business offices auto mechanics data processing air conditioning refrigeration food service and graphic arts.
Rep Ralph Slate was hospitalized Sunday with a kidney problem and released Tuesday. County coroner John McBride remained at Decatur General for tests to determine kidney ailment. Pi Kappa Phi members at Athens College presented Kelly Bitting with a 30 year membership certificate.
Dr. Ira L. Myers head of the Alabama Public Health Department will speak Friday at 7 p.m. to the Women's Missionary Union and a Brotherhood meeting of the Muscle Shoals Baptist Association at Enon Baptist Church. He will discuss drugs and combating their abuse. Myers, a native of Alabama, is a deacon and trustee of Dalraida Baptist Church in Montgomery.
A 36 year old man was arrested in a car with two missing boys and held on kidnapping charges in Fulton and Clayton counties. Kenneth Wayne Spinks seven and Paul Schulten five were found unharmed after disappearing from Conley and Adams Park respectively, with wide volunteer searches continuing.
Councilman Charles Martin announced the city will start commercial container trash pickup on Monday with similar or lower rates. The program adds an extra crew member for cleanup and offers occasional free pickups. Billing will appear on electric bills starting in July with adjustments after one month and then quarterly. For questions contact Harold Smith at 353-5414.
Florence State University will hold its 96th spring commencement Friday at 7 p.m. in the Lurleen Burns Wallace Fine Arts Center auditorium. Ninety seven candidates will graduate including 26 for science, 23 for arts, and three for masters. Commencement speaker is Charles G. Dobbins, executive secretary of the American Council of Education. Degrees will be conferred by President E. B. Norton and Dean Turner Allen. Nineteen ROTC cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants, with Col. William L. Koob Jr. officiating and a chorus led by Joseph D. Groom providing music.
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