Supreme Court to Hear Alabama Ballot Appeal Friday
The US Supreme Court will hear Friday the appeal of a pro Humphrey splinter group denied a place on Alabama’s November 5 ballot.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1968
Page
2
The US Supreme Court will hear Friday the appeal of a pro Humphrey splinter group denied a place on Alabama’s November 5 ballot.
Athens area notes report the third annual interclub council banquet at 7 p.m. at H and H Barbecue with District Attorney R. L. Dick Jundley addressing the gathering of local civic clubs.
Decatur curb and country market on the corner of 1st Ave and Grant St will operate Wednesday from 6 30 am to 5 30 pm with pumpkins green beans butter beans squash cucumbers apples sweet potatoes tomatoes and turnips for sale Eastwood PTA meets at 7 30 tonight at Eastwood School with Mrs Azalea Francis of Athens College presenting a program on the new math.
Decatur and Morgan County schools see about half of 885 graduates not going to college. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce team plans a three prong effort with plant tours a speakers bureau and a career day to inform students about blue collar jobs with high pay and required courses. Industry talks will outline available jobs and salary ranges, aided by counselors and local businesses.
Limestone County United Givers Fund opens its campaign with a breakfast in Athens. President Robert Semmler speaks at the event as about 100 attendees receive campaign kits to aid soliciting for a $50,242 goal.
In Athens the city will not appoint department supervisors for four years replacing the system with special committees as Mayor Charles Bailey aims for a mayor council team. The council also approved water line expansion, purchases for city departments, bids for meals and uniforms, and renewed the animal shelter contract.
Lester Mayor D E Jackson and J M Owsley say preliminary cost estimates from Paxton and Alexander total 31500 for the water system. Farmers Home Administration has state approval and funds in Montgomery for a loan up to 290000 to build a hospital memorial, with 60 000 raised locally for a clinic. The system will serve a low income rural medical area and ties to ongoing FHA efforts for nearby projects.
Democratic nominee Dick Fleming urged Morgan County commissioners to mark all county maintained roads with signs in each district. He warned of possible naming conflicts on community roads and aims to succeed Guy Roberts as revenue and control chairman, facing Republican Harmon Williams Sr. The board also settled two county claims totaling 900 dollars for road damage and a bridge extension dispute affecting Ora Ware’s six acres on Kirby Ridge Road.
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