Rankin Plans New Insurance Firm Home By LEE SENTELL
Rex Rankin announces Your Insurance Man Inc will build a multi story home office on Walnut Street NE and possibly add 25 000 square feet for tenants in a four story complex. The 10 000 square foot base will cost 350000 to near 1 million dollars and sit on Decatur City Schools land behind Decatur Inn.
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Lee Sentell
Your Insurance Man, Inc
Walnut St
Rex Rankin
Decatur
Decatur Inn
Rankin
Your Insurance Man
Lafayette St
Walnut
Lafayette
Otasco
Hartselle
Crestwood
L. N. Speake
West Hartselle
Gay Holloway
Leroy Griffith
Holloway St
Alabama
Kahn's
Variety
Crestwood Center
Kuhn's
Columbia, Tenn
Cotton States Insurance
Gary Lawrence
Tanner Heights
Construction timelines and local business expansions noted
Eight month build schedule targeted for fall. Barr & Tune Architects led by Fred Underwood designs the project. John Logan of Universal Oil Products Co. elected Procon Inc. chairman of the board. Local firms announcing openings include Hawkins and Letson Discount Jewelers and West Hartselle Laundromat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr & Tune Architects
Fred Underwood
A John ©. Logan
Universal Oil Products Co
Procon Inc
International Engineering and Construction Company
UOP
Decatur
Wolverine Tube
Traffic accidents cited as leading cause of death in North America
The article notes traffic crashes as the top cause of death across ages from 1 to 37 in North America, highlighting road dangers and prevention concerns.
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North America
Calhoun Students Take Third in Trouble Shooting Contest
Calhoun auto mechanics students placed third in the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest in Birmingham with instructor Chet Ellis guiding the team. Danny Zills and Claud Bullard, both 19, earned individual prizes as second runners up, while Gadsden State Technical Trade School won first. The team earned an expense paid trip to Los Angeles for the National Trouble Shooting Finals to join more than 100 teams.
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Calhoun Auto Mechanics
Plymouth
Birmingham
Danny Zills
Claud Bullard
Gadsden State Technical Trade School
Chet Ellis
Decatur School
Gadsden
Los Angeles
Roussel urges involvement to shield Decatur industry
New Orleans oil producer Louie Roussel urged Decatur civic leaders to back local industries and work with them to solve environmental problems. He warned that one plant shutdown would deter new firms and hurt the community, and urged meeting with owners to fix issues. He recalled keeping Mutual Savings in Decatur amid legal action and praised community leaders who persuaded him to stay.
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Decatur
New Orleans
Louie Roussel
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Mutual Savings
Bank St
John Bookout
Barrett Shelton
Alabama
Roussel
Coke Bottlers to Expand Decatur Operation Nationwide
Coke Bottlers buys an Athens bottling firm and will add at least two lines of soft drinks to its Decatur plant on June 1. Five Nichols Bottling Co. employees will transfer, with more hires expected. Nu Grape and Suncrest Orange franchises remain undecided. The Decatur site dates to 1887 and occupies 6th Ave SE since 1955.
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Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Co
Frank Troup
Athens
Troup
Nichols Bottling Co
Decatur
Dr. Pepper
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Lauderdale
Coca-Cola
Nu- Grape
Suncrest Orange
Nichols
Buchell Bottling Works
4Th Ave
Roy Nash
6Th Ave
R. B. Nichols
Record April marks all time high in U S construction
New York April construction starts set a record as the value of contracts reached 8.100 billion dollars, 6 percent above a year ago and surpassing the prior monthly peak. Nonresidential work totaled 2.182 billion, residential 3.971 billion, with Dodge Index rising to 167.
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New York
N.Y
F. W. Dodge
McGraw- Hill Information Systems Co
George A. Christie
Dodge
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Ewell Smith
Jefferson St
First National Bank of Athens
Athens College
Smith
Decatur Gas Department
Alabama Natural Gas Association
Mahlon Trimble
Biloxi
Miss
Garner Pride
Hawkins and Letson Discount Jewelers
Letson
1St Ave
Moulton St
James T. Letson
Bruce Hawkins
Guntersville
Bobby Childers
James Lewis Terry
Paul Harbin
Amoco Chemicals Corp
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Southern Life Insurance Co
Kenneth Hulsey
Hulsey
Jimmy N. Phillips
Pat Golden
Wayne Holt
Athens 9
Certification Council
The
Data Processing Management Association
Alabama Farmers Cooperative
University of Alabama, Huntsville
State National Bank of Alabama
Comptroller of the Currency
Gunter Ave
Henry Sr
National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counsellors
Minnesota
C. K. Day Sr
World Life Insurance Society
Western Union
Cullman
E. M. Holberton
Rexall Drags
Raymond Parker
WATS
Frank Bobbitt
Southern Alley Corp
Sylacauga
John Sparkman
Small Business Administration
Calhoun State Technical School
Calhoun
Ellis
Spencer Johnson
State Department of Education
Herbert Murrath
Chrysler Corporation
Rotary Club
Harold Smith
Billy Smith
China
CamGrank& Moore
Bank
Hwy
Madam Star
Austin Drug Store
Darwille Rd
S.W
Roy
Westgate
Setts Bethnrami West
the Sundowner Restaurant
6Th Avenue
S.E
Coke Bottlers
Christie
House OF Pizza
Austin Plaza Center
Uhr
Penns
von ST A HO
Revane
Ralph Carmichall
Immies
Collier
Westside Baptist Church
Memorial Drive
N.W
Prospectus
Ussr
Ich Belts Etn
Church Securities Inc
Clairmont RD
TEL Free
Waliaut
Matua
Shoe City
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