City considers Stratford Rd extension to ease park access
City notes traffic on 1th and 13th streets Greenwood Drive and Magnolia Street hampers near Point Mallard Park. Residents urge extending Stratford Road to link to Point Mallard Drive or Alabama 67. 300 foot extension proposed. Council also approves a 5.5 percent merit raise for about 350 employees and installs a traffic signal at 8th Street and 5th Avenue SW along with several rezoning annexation and taxation actions.
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1Th St
13Th St
Greenwood Dr
Magnolia St
Point Mallard Park
Hames
Stratford
Secretary of the Interior
Alabama 67
Flint Creek
Point Mallard
Thomas
Stratford Rd
8Th St
Point Mallard Dr
Vann
John A. Caddell Jr
Robert McWhorter Jr
5Th Ave
Calhoun to Become Unified Community College
The Lawson and George C. Wallace junior colleges will be renamed as part of Calhoun Community College as the board approved the change. President Dr. Carlton Kelley noted plans to unify administration and budgets while keeping current leaders, with Dr. Jack Campbell as academic dean and Barrett C. Shelton Health Building to be dedicated. The combined enrollment exceeds 3 800, up from about 400, and Kelley plans no formal ceremony though a governor visit for a field house dedication is hoped.
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Brown
Faulkner
Calhoun
Kelley
Roberts
Jack Campbell
Barrett C. Shelton
Decatur
Hugo Barton
George Wallace
Kelley Field
Decatur council projects revenues for 1972-73 in city budget
The proposed city budget lists revenue streams totaling 4,953,850 with 4,458,465 after the 10 percent set aside. Notes include taxes, licenses, permits, fines, gasoline taxes, interfund transfers, and departmental funds. Two Decatur women were arrested for petit larceny after stealing cigarettes from Bruno's Food Store. A battery theft occurred at 2208 Harrison St. SE, and prowler checks at Webster Trailer Park and Woodland St. SE yielded no arrests.
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Electric
Gas Department
Housing Authority
Water Department
Alabama
ABC
Department of Labor
EEA
Decature
Bruno
Decatur
Webster Trailer Park
Woodland St
National Jogging Day Observed By Decatur Area Runners
Decatur area joggers will gather at T C Almon Recreation Center Saturday at 6 am for a two mile jog to observe National Jogging Day. Certificates of merit will be given to participants in the event sponsored by the Decatur Parks and Recreation Department and national fitness programs.
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Decatur Area
T.C. Almon
Decatur Parks and Recreation Department
Alabama Commission On Physical Fitness
President's Council On Physical Fitness
Tom Syers
T.C. Almon Center
Boggs and Holloway named to circuit judgeships in Alabama
Gov. Wallace appointed Linden district attorney Thomas H. Boggs to a Marengo County circuit court seat replacing the late Emmett F. Hildreth. He also named Hugh Edwin Holloway of Pell City to a new Saint Clair County circuit court post. Both terms end January 1975. The Public Service Commission votes to hold hearings on a 2.1 million dollar General Telephone rate hike, delaying action for up to six months. if no action is taken, the increase auto goes into effect. A Montgomery real estate developer Pinkie Hassan says he will sue the State Building Commission if Baxley does not review a bid contest favoring Capitol Development Co. for a state office building.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas H. Boggs
Linden
Marengo County
Emmett F. Hildreth
Boggs
George C. Wallace
Hugh Edwin Holloway
Pell City
Saint Clair County
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Jackson County
Alabama
PSC
Atty
Bill Baxley
State Building Commission
Baxley
Pinkie Hassan
Capitol Development Co
Cotton farmers weigh suit as cotton buyers face escrow plan
Cotton growers debate legal action over contract prices as they demand buyers hold funds in escrow until courts rule on contract legality. Thompson cites harvest urgency and a $1 million price gap. hearings expected within a week as prior federal rulings in Birmingham and Georgia shape the dispute.
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Thompson
Birmingham
Georgia
Mitchell- Huntley Cotton Co
Huntsville
Colbert and Lauderdale
Davis-Hunt
Norman Harris
William Shinn
Bob Harris
Sivley
Calhoun Receives Nursing Grant for AN Program
Calhoun Community College is awarded 139000 dollars by the Appalachian Regional Commission to continue its associate degree in nursing. Now in the fifth year, the program trains nurses for North Alabama with clinical work at Huntsville Decatur Athens and Hartselle hospitals.
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Calhoun Community College
Appalachian Regional Commission
Carlton Kelley
North Alabama
Huntsville
Decatur
Athens
Hartsellé
National Hospital
Beltone Free Tiny Hearing Aid Offer
Beltone in Chicago announces a free non operating miniature hearing aid model for at home trial. The ultra light unit weighs under a third of an ounce and is worn at the ear with no body wires. Write Dept. 9494 Beltone Electronics 4201 W Victoria Chicago IL 60646.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics
Victoria
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Community College
Lawson Junior College
Dothan
George Corley Wallace
Selma
Council
Louis Vance
Harrison St. SE
Walter Johnsey
Hassan
Johnsey
ADV
Ist
Jerry Young
Sixth Avenue
Thur
Grant St
Sixth Ave
Jefferson
Hortselle
U.S. Highway
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