Education Budget Pleases College Presidents in Alabama
Alabama state college presidents welcomed Gov. Wallace's education budget as a compromise between elementary and secondary funding and higher education. The plan totals near 300 million for higher education with 672 million for K-12, while four campuses including Montevallo Livingston Troy and Huntsville faced smaller increases, and Huntsville seeks more funding for growth.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
House
Ways and Means Committee
Paul’ Hubbert
Alabama Education
Wkssociation
AEA
Higher Education Commission
Wallace
University of Montevallo
Troy State
Livingston State
University of Alabama At Huntsville
Finance Department
H. Williams
Troy
Livingston
Montevallo
Kermit Johnson
Asa Greene
Ralph Adams
Adams
Benjamin Graves
Council Weighs Sewer Line Extensions In Athens
Athens city council will decide whether to extend sewer lines into Belmont Campbell and Hightower areas as part of a 3 million system renovation. Some 600 property owners face higher costs per foot amid bids up about 122000. residents in other subdivisions approved the plan with per foot increases averaging 7.47 to 9.47. Construction by Steel City and Building and Utility Construction of Birmingham underpins a plant expansion south of the city and a lagoon project, with full capacity due later this year. The council also plans to set specifications for sanitation works and authorize bids to resurface streets.
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Athens
Belmont
Campbell
Hightower
Here
Steel City
Building and Utility Construction Companies
Birmingham
Two Hurt In Sunday Wreck
A three car collision at Church and Sycamore streets NW Sunday injured Rosie Reynolds 57 of 615 Cherry St NW and Eva Iris Austin 16 of Hillsboro 2. They were taken to Decatur General Hospital and treated.
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Church and
Sycamore
Rosie Reynolds
Cherry St. NW
Eva Iris Austin
Hillsboro 2
AAA Southend Ambulance
Decatur General Hospital
Reynolds
Flora G. Elliott
Trinity
Miss Austin
James Patrick Austin
Donald A. Wilson
Church St. NW
Decatur
Ferry and
Cain Streets
Three Injured in Thornton Park Crash Involving Bullingtons
Three passengers Shirley Ann Bullington 19 Tina Ann Bullington 1 and Timothy Ray Bullington 2 of Thornton's Trailer Park suffered injuries in a car crash driven by Timmie D. Bullington 19. The other driver Michael Allen Patterson 16 of Decatur 3 was not injured.
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Shirley Ann Bullington
Tina Ann Bullington
Timothy Ray Bullington
Thornton
Timmie D
Bullington
Michael Allen Patterson
Decatur 3
William Szczepanski
Memories Of Bluff City Recalled In Decatur Memoir
A Decatur businesswoman recounts a childhood trip on a Tennessee River steamboat carrying her family’s cotton and corn from Lacey's Spring to Decatur. She recalls Bluff City as a once booming port near Decatur, 15 miles east, north of Somerville, famed for grand meals and elegance on the voyage.
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Bluff City
W. B. ‘Jer
Lacey
Decatur
Tennessee River
New York
Bluff City Tennessee River Port Once Bustling Boomtown
The Bluff City river port near the Tennessee bend faded from a lively hub with cotton gins tavern and mussel boats to a forest surrounded area with four houses and a mobile home. Mrs Loosier preserves the past while developers survey nearby land. Arrowheads reveal Bluff City’s ancient Cherokee and Creek roots.
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Tennessee
Wheeler Refuge
Norman Young
Somerville
Bluff City
Derailment Delays Amtrak Floridian Near Decatur
A boxcar jumped the tracks six miles south of Decatur causing a minor derailment and delaying the Floridian on the Miami to Chicago route. Louisville and Nashville Railroad officials reported the car was repaired and trains are back on schedule.
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Decatur
Amtrak
Chicago
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Allen pledges federal help for Alabama tornado victims
Senator Jim Allen of Alabama vowed to marshal federal forces to alleviate hardship after a sequence of tornadoes hit Alabama on Sunday. He expressed deep grief and heartbreak over the statewide disaster.
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Washington
Jim Allen
D-Ala
Marshall
Alabama
Allen
Citywide PE Program in Decatur Tonight
Nearly 1,100 Decatur city school children will demonstrate skills at the annual physical education spring festival at 7 p.m. at Ogle Stadium, Decatur High School. The event, postponed from last Thursday due to rain, depends on the field drying out for safety.
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Decatur City
Ogle Stadium
Decatur High School
Berval Bennett
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Decatur Daily
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Clanton Williams
Alabama Commission On Higher Education
Williams
Sage Lyons
University of South Alabama Medical Center
Taylor Hardin
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Alabama A&m
University of South Alabama
Graves
Huntsville
Commission
State Capitol
Lurleen B. Wallace
Roselawn
John Williams
Lamar St
Danville Rd
Claude Nelson
Nelson Bonding Co
Carrie Matthews Recreation Center
Nelson
Val Foster
Somerville Rd
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Foster
James Atkins
Hartseller
Atkins
Carrie W. Matthews
Cashin St. NW
Barbara Ann Pence
W. Moulton St
AAA
Southend
Central Ave
U.S. 31
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