Brewer to rule on five day extension for registrar busy period
Gov Albert Brewer may grant a five day extension this month for the Lawrence County Board of Registrars to allow extra time for voter registration before the November 5 general election. Wheeler Smith said only two regular registration days remain. Athens Band Parents Club to sponsor a chicken stew Friday in Athens High Cafeteria before the Athens Scottsboro game. Stew priced at $1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12, proceeds fund new uniforms for the band.
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Moulton
Albert Brewer
Lawrence County Board of Registrars
Wheeler Smith
Athens
Athens Band Parents Club
Athens High
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Jury rules for defendant in Norton estate ring case
A Limestone County civil court jury found in favor of defendant F. B. Pete Biles on a suit by Rutch McClung as administrator of Edna H. Norton estate. McClung claimed three diamond rings valued at 2000 and 500 each were owed. Biles argued the rings were gifts from Mrs Norton.
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Athens
Limestone County
F. B
Pete) Biles
Rutch McClung
Edna H. Norton
McClung
Biles
Norton
Decatur Wives Who Wait Meet Friday Evening
The Decatur Wives Who Wait gather Friday at 7 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Jerry Moebes 1903 Mosley Rd SE. For more information call Mrs. Marvin Bertsch at 353 7298.
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Decatur
Jerry Moebes
Mosley Rd
Marvin Bertsch
Decatur Pioneers Club Rummage Sale Planned on 2nd Ave
The Decatur Telephone Pioneers of America chapter holds a rummage sale Saturday at the former Lee's location on 2nd Avenue. Project chairman Mrs. Marjorie Smith says hats clothing shoes jewelry and household items will be offered. Proceeds support club community service projects.
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Decatur Club
The
Telephone Pioneers of America
Lee’s
2Nd Ave
Marjorie Smith
Third Printing Finished for Tories of the Hills by Wesley S. Thompson
Calhoun Junior College history professor Wesley S. Thompson has completed a third printing of Tories of the Hills a Civil War history covering Winston and surrounding counties and including Decatur and Athens among other locations.
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Calhoun Junior College
Wesley S. Thompson
Winston
Decatur
Athens
Chief Engineer Named By State Highway Dept
W F Land 43 and longtime State Highway Department employee was named chief engineer by new director Robert Kendall and Gov Albert Brewer on Wednesday. Land, a Eufaula native, has served as interstate engineer design engineer and assistant federal aid engineer among other posts.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. F. Land
State Highway Department
Robert Kendall
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Land
Alabama
sLand
Eufaula
Rural Telephone Hearings Scheduled
Public hearings on rural telephone service will be held despite cancellations. Milton Parsons of the Alabama Farm Bureau said five more hearings will be arranged to gauge rural opinion on telephone service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Farm Bureau
Milton Parsons
The
Farm Bureau
Juvenile Home in Morgan County Seeks Normal School Learning
At the Flint Morgan County home for delinquent and neglected youths, Miss June Perkins teaches academic subjects half a day while a one teacher program runs mornings at a tuberculosis hospital. The residence houses teens awaiting court decisions and possible transfer to state facilities, under local officials and boards.
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Lee Sentell
Tennessee Valley
Morgan County
Flint
June Perkins
Athens College
Miss Perkins
Perkins
Tennessee Tech
Bennett McRae
Douglas Crag Crab
County Board of Revenue and Control
County School Board
Morgan
Alabama
Surplus Funds Aid Alabama Medicaid Financing
Gov. Albert Brewer said Alabama’s general fund surplus of more than 7.5 million will largely finance the state’s share of Medicaid. He credited economy measures from Gov. Lurleen Wallace’s administration for about 2 million in savings and noted education fund gains reduce proration risk. Brewer discussed education upgrades and possible special legislative session after the Education Study Commission survey. He also cited reports of many Negro principals noting 60 percent student flight to avoid desegregation efforts and criticized a federal court desegregation order affecting Alabama schools.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Brewer
Lurleen—Wallace
Education Study Commission
Adult Classes Start Tonight in Limestone and Lawrence Counties
Adult education programs begin in Limestone County tonight for 1968-69 with 19 teachers and 3 aides serving 178 adults in eight schools from 7 to 9 p m. Federal funds total 12 000 for Limestone and 10 800 for Lawrence County to support classes in reading spelling writing and math at multiple high schools and centers.
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Limestone County
Lawrence County
County Board of Education
George Roberts
West Limestone
Trinity
East Limestone
Tanner
Southwest Center
Greenbriar
New Hope
Dogwood Flats
Limestone
Roberts
Central
Courtland
Tennessee Valley
Moulton
Speake
Town Creek
Probe Made In Fish Kill Near Holt Lock And Dam
A minor fish kill on the Warrior River below Holt Lock and Dam prompts an Alabama Water Improvement Commission inquiry. Staff director Joe L. Crockett says about 500 fish were lost Monday, apparently due to waste from local firms, while water flow changes and stagnation are noted factors.
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Montgomery
Ala
New Holt Lock
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
Joe L. Crockett
Commission
Warrior
Crockett
Power Dam's Operation Limited to Daily Three-Hour Release
Construction two years past led Alabama Power to operate the dam for electricity generation. Water backs up behind the structure and is released for a three hour period each day.
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Alabama Power Company
Decatur Trucker Saves Ailing Peer On Interstate 65
A Decatur truck driver suffered a heart attack beside Interstate 65 and lay helpless for about an hour before fellow Decatur Petroleum Haulers driver John Webb stopped to help. Webb flagged a motorist for an ambulance, kept him comfortable, and later refused credit, saying anyone would have acted similarly.
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Decatur
Fred Horn
Black Chandler Hospital
John Webb
Decatur Petroleum
Horn
Webb
Man Charged In Robbery Case Ties Banks Across Counties
Mobile man James H. Parker, 22, was arrested by FBI agents in Mobile and charged in a federal warrant with the April 5 Bank of Pine Hill robbery worth about 39 000. He faced a state warrant for the June 24 Sweet Water Bank holdup, 5339 stolen, as authorities say the two crimes used similar three man tactics. P A Green 65 Mobile County man linked to Parker was released after bail.
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Mobile
Ala
Pine Hill
Marengo County
Linden
James H. Parker
FBI
Bank of Pine Hill
Parker
William H. Sweet
Sweet Water Bank
Sweet
P. A. Green
Mobile County
Green
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United Terry Club
Lawrence County United Fund
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State Highway Dept
Jan Price
Birmingham
Mississippi
Tennessee
Charles Moore
Hartselle
Celina
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Lonnie McDaniel
Lacon and
Cullman
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