Pollutant Bill Gets Bipartisan Praise For Jones Leadership
Washington lawmakers applaud Rep. Bob Jones for guiding the water pollution control act to final passage. The conference chair steered tough talks, earning acclaim from Dem and GOP lawmakers as the bill clears House 366 11 and Senate 74 0.
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Washington
Bob Jones
Congress
House
Senate
Jones
A.s.house-Senate
John Blatnik
Minnesota
Nation
Jim Wright
Texas
Rep. Jones
City Fire Department seeks four lieutenants and raises aid plan
City Councilman Byron Vann announced a requisition for four new lieutenants to fill vacancies in the fire department and an exam for a replacement for assistant fire chief Murry Degraffenried who died today. He outlined a 16 hour Civil Defense first aid training for all 65 fire personnel and said exams will be administered after council approval. Degraffenried was one of four assistant chiefs serving the department’s three shifts.
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Byron Vann
Vann
Murry Degraffenried
Degraffenried
Kidnaping Case To Go To Jury In Lawrence County Court
MOULTON The Louisiana man Willard Joseph Martin is on trial for kidnaping and robbing a Courtland policeman as the case heads to a jury in Lawrence County Circuit Court. Also noted is a plaque presentation honoring John C. Calhoun by Dr. Carlton Kelley.
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Moulton
Louisiana
Courtland
Lawrence County
Willard Joseph Martin
Emergency numbers for crisis and poison emergencies
The notice lists the Crisis Call Center number 355 8000 for personal crises and poison emergencies. It advises calling the nearest hospital or family physician, or dial 0 for operator guidance during uncertain emergencies. It also provides Decatur Daily department numbers for nights holidays and general inquiries.
Courtland Abduction Case Ties Two Louisiana Men
Courtland policeman David Briscoe said he was abducted by two men near Courtland after stopping a car for a traffic violation. Another Louisiana man, Louis Ricarte Jr., has yet to stand trial on the same charges.
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Louisiana
Louis Ricarte Jr
Courtland
David Briscoe
Moulton Student Arrested in Major Drug Raid
In Livingston Alabama Sumter County Sheriff Melvin Stephens announced the daylong operation led to eight arrests including Paul Timothy Johnson a Moulton student charged with sale of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon. Other defendants faced counts of marijuana and MDA sales along with barbiturate trafficking.
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Moulton
West Alabama University
Sumter County
Melvin Stephens
Stephens
Paul Timothy Johnson
Johnson
Livingston University
Sheriff's Department
West Alabama
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Nicholas Paul Kosteck III
York
MDA
Robert Earl Wilson
Selma
Terry Glenn Martin
Albertville
Mixie Ramsey Holloway Jr
Tuscaloosa
Samuel F. Slughter
Wildwood
Fla
Jarvis Walter Pierce
Charles Payne Smith
Grand Jury
History buff honors Calhoun at Calhoun College in Alabama
C. J. Hayden 82 of Calhoun, South Carolina, a philanthropist and horticulture expert, donated a plaque a Calhoun portrait and two books on John C. Calhoun to the Albert P. Brewer Library at Calhoun College. Hayden recalled growing up near Calhoun’s Clemson ties and noted his prior Clemson library endowments. The gifts honor the senator who shaped state rights policy and served as vice president before dying in 1850. Government officials recognized his lasting impact when Calhoun College was named in 1965 by Gov. George Wallace.
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South Carolina
C. J. Hayden
Philanthroper
Hayden
Calhoun College
John C. Calhoun
Alabama
Calhoun
Albert P. Brewer
Cope, S.C
Clemson University
Congress
Washington
Clemson
George Wallace
Newspapers as whipping boys during National Newspaper Week speech
AP Southeast bureau chief Ron Autry told Rotarians that newspapers are used as whipping boys by neglected politicians seeking attention. He argued readers blame media when coverage harms their views and praised journalism as truthful and unbiased, noting repression in Uganda and the Philippines. James Red Coman resigned as Calhoun Junior College coach to join the State Department of Education as assistant to Supt LeRoy Brown.
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Associated Press
Ron Autry
Southeast
Atlanta
Center
Sam Nettles
Charlie
Autry
Uganda
Philippines
James
Red) Coman
Calhoun Junior College
State Department of Education
Coman
LeRoy Brown
Stolen Bag From Bob's Quick Shop At Locust Street
Police report says a bag with about 300 dollars was stolen Monday from Bob's Quick Shop at 1209 Locust St. SE. Storeowner Bob Harrison left the bag in the grocery while he lunches and returned to find it missing. he declined comment. A 21 year old Decatur man was treated for sleeping pill overdose Monday at Decatur General Hospital per a police report.
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Decatur
4Th Ave. SE
Decatur General Hospital
Bob Patton
Bob
Locust St. SE
Bob Harrison
Harrison
One-Room School Pupils at Johnson Chapel Danville 1910
Pupils from Johnson Chapel School near Danville 1910 1911 pose with teacher Mrs Mabel Aldridge. Seated are Clarence Owens Parks Glasgow Bo Long Gurnie Glasgow Bernice Long Wesley Long Tom Owens Ruby Hembree Herman Glasgow Cordie Roberts Jimmy McDonald second row Lina T Era Glasgow Bell Roberts Trudy Glasgow Lola McCaghren Addie McAbee Connie Roberts Walter McCaghren Alfred McCaghren Jimmy Long. In third row Hortense Roberts Maida Thompson Gordon McCaghren Diarias McAbee Charlie Roberts Fred Shean Davis Roberts Tobsted McAhes Fhe shen aon Robert Long acount yw.
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Danville
Mabel Aldridge
Clarence Owens
Parks Glasgow
Bo Long
Gurnie Glasgow
Bernice Long
Wesley Long
Tom Owens
Ruby
Hortense Roberts
Maida Thompson
Gordon McCaghren
Diarias McAbee
Charlie Roberts
Fred Shean
Davis Roberts
Tobsted McAhes
Fhe Shen Aon
Robert Long
Acount
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Bill Harsha
Ohio
Republican
Committee of Conference
John Dingell
Michigan
Don H. Clausen
California
Environmental Leadership
Harold Johnson
Democrat
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Robert Jones
Ed Muskie
Maine
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Robert E. Jones
Muskie
Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Carlton Kelley
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