Decatur News Half Century Ago: Paving Plans and Populations
Fifty years ago in Decatur residents debated street paving on Se cond Ave with two methods costing 15 000 or 18 000. Decatur High graduated its largest senior class to date on May 24 1927. Morgan County population was about 50 000 per a Health Department estimate, with census data from 1925 and a note on wartime flights and local humor pages.
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Second Ave
Decatur
Decatur High
Morgan County
50 Years Ago Lynching in Braggadocia Shocked Town
A black man accused of assaulting a white woman was lynched in Braggadocia Mo after a police shooting as he fled. A mob hanged him in the public square and fired twelve times. An inside-page ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic priced 60 cents.
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Braggadocia
AEA Sues Over Non Tenured Teacher Firings in Alabama
The Alabama Education Association filed suits to protect non tenured teachers in Barbour County and Dothan. Barbour County challenges dismissals of most non tenured teachers and seeks 40000 dollars for three named teachers. In Dothan a federal suit seeks reinstatement for Gregory Day and Sheila Baker who allegedly were dismissed after testifying against a principal during yearbook irregularities inquiry.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Education Association
Dothan
Barbour County
Joe Reed
Reed
AFA
Helen Underwood
Flossie Crosley
Lucy Lamar Baker
AEA
Dothan High School
Gregory Day
Sheila Baker
A. C. Allen
Allen
School System
Islands hold deep resentments as Dutch threat lingers
In Ambon, Molucca Islands, fear grips locals amid fears of Indonesian crackdowns after Dutch based South Moluccan terrorism. Residents recount past uprisings, accuse Java authorities of bias, and lament high living costs and lack of local governance.
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David A. Andelman
N.Y. Times
Ambon
Molucca Islands
Holland
Netherlands
Indonesia
Java
Moluccas
Spice Islands
C. A. Loppies
Ambones
Ambonese
Jakarta
Pattimura University
Loppies
America
Sukarno
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Decatur Daily
Glory
the Office
Ice
Steele Holman
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Colbert County
Louisiana
Mississippi
Walter
Meyer Rosenberger
Brooklyn
Meyer Rosenberg
Gutlay
Optical Warehouse Manufacturing Showroom
Decatur Ala
6Th. Ave. S.E
Joe Wheeler
Co-Op
Morgan County Board of Health
Alabama
Joe Wheeler Electric Cooperative
Tri- County District Health Service
Joe Wheeler Co-op
Joe Wheeler Coop
Health Department
Falkville
Sherbrook Mobile Home Park
Lacey's Spring
County Health Department
Lawrence County
Worth Ala
Pool and Const. CO
Trinity, Ala
Yamaha
Baldwin
Hammond
Tony Banones
Huntsville
Memorial Plza
Biks
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