Registrar law sparks review of voter applications in Morgan County
Harris defends a clerk position for voter applications as lawful under the Voting Rights Act while Board Chairman Ann Bell asks the Justice Department to review the Alabama measure. Bell cites fraud risks and seeks legal clarification before the clerk accepts applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Harris
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Harris
Ann Bell
Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
Alabama
Department
Department of Justice
U.S
Bell
County Commission
Thelma Krueger
Probate Judge's Office
Board of Registrars
Prescription Altered Leads to Arrest in Narcotic Forgery Case
A 20-year-old Falkville man, Geral d Patterson, was arrested for forging a narcotic prescription after a dentist prescription was altered from 12 to 42 percodan tablets. Also jailed Wednesday was a 15-year-old Courtland youth for illegal marijuana possession. five cigarette butts and marijuana were seized. A man and woman sought for a quick change scam at Kroger in Decatur Shopping Center after a $100 bill misused. An attempted break in at 1022 6th Ave SW failed. James C. Williams, 22, remained in critical condition after a 50-foot fall at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
E. C. Bowman
Gerlad Patterson
Bowman
Decatur
Courtland
Kroger
6Th Ave
Browns Ferry
Huntsville Hospital
James C. Williams
New Moulton Rd
Landowner Suit Decision Expected
A Morgan County Circuit Court jury is to decide a civil suit filed by Wilma Hutson Burleson and Carol Hutson White against Huntsville contractor Ashburn and Gray, Inc. They seek 150000 in damages claiming fraud in the execution of a contract over alleged improper land filling beside Interstate 65.
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Morgan County
Priceville
Wilma Hutson Burleson
Carol Jean Hutson White
Ashburn and Gray, Inc
Huntsville
Tennis Court Progress Cited
Parks official reports faster than expected work on six tennis courts at the T. C. Almon Recreation Center with surface ready by next month and play possible by late November. State Construction Co. won a 43084 contract to build courts with planned bleachers and lighting for evening use and a Snowball Tournament.
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T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Parks and Recreation Department
Julian Walker
Walker
State Construction Co. of
Hartselle
Almon Center
Brief School Board Meet Set
The Decatur Board of Education plans an afternoon session to review financial statements. At a prior meeting at the administration headquarters on Well St the board discussed Riverside High School and Benson Park deeds. A Riverside use plan for civic groups was also examined. Firemen fought a small railroad fire east of Sumner Ave damaging cross ties before it spread and was controlled.
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Decatur Board of Education
Well St
Riverside High School
Benson Park
Riverside
Curtis P. Sellers
Sumner Ave
Emergency crisis numbers and contact guidance
The Decatur Daily provides crisis contact information including the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 for personal crises and possible poisoning. It advises calling a hospital or family physician if needed and dialing 0 to reach an operator with the nature of the emergency.
Pardee Promoted to US Public Health Service Director
Thomas Pardee former director of the Tri- County District Health Service environmental health division has been promoted to a director level in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The promotion equates to a Naval captain rank as Pardee returnsafter a loan to Tri-County beginning June 1969. He now serves as program analyst for the Indian Health Service in Rockville assigned to meet health needs of American Indians and Alaska natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Thomas Pardee
Tri- County District Health Service
Pardee
Tri-County District Health Service
Indian Health Service
Alaska
Tag House in Alabama Becomes Local Landmark
Lilly Ledlow lives in a Hartselle area home completely covered with 1954 Cullman County vehicle tags. Her late father collected and hammered the blue and white numbered tags onto the walls, creating a weathered, heat reflecting, and insulative exterior now famous as the Tag House in Morgan County.
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Lily Ledlow
Cullman County
Hartselle
Tommy Stevenson
Snow Hill
Lilly Ledlow
W. R. Ledlow
Miss Ledlow
Alabama
Lilly
Morgan County
Parking debate and Halloween dance plan at Calhoun SGA
Calhoun Community College SGA meets on campus this afternoon to discuss parking space complaints and a preliminary plan to pave or gravel more lots. The committee includes Danny Woodruff and Greg Savage among Huntsville and Decatur senators and reports on the project will be shared. The agenda also covers a Halloween Dance on Nov 3 from 8 p.m. to midnight with band nominees Creek Monsters and What 4. A mobile unit for free chest X-rays and Miss Merry Christmas contest preparations are also on the agenda.
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Mbers
Calhoun Community College
Technical School
Greg Savage
Huntsville
Paul Kalisperas
Sally Holloway
Decatur
Calhoun
The
Creek Monsters
SGA
Miss Hunt
Kathie Fisher
Limestone Team Heads to National Dairy Judging Finals
West Limestone High School FFA dairy judging team competes for the national title in Kansas City Missouri. Members include Tommy Barnett Billy Jackson Doug Jackson and team sponsor Elmer Jackson. They won the Alabama contest earlier this year and face teams from 49 states.
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Athens
West Limestone High School
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Tommy Barnett
Billy Jackson
Mr. Long
Doug Jackson
Alabama
West Limestone
Elmer Jackson
FFA
Flip Timberlake’s tale of early talkies and theater life
Decatur Water Department office manager C K Flip Timberlake recalls growing up around a Stevenson theater owned by his father Tim Timberlake. He describes ushering in sound films with vitaphone records, kids in crowds whistling at misaligned audio, and matinee idols like Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, and Ramon Navarro.
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Yesteryear
America
Clara Bow
Stevenson
Scottsboro
Bridgeport
Decatur
C. K
Flip) Timberlake
Decatur Water Department
Tim Timberlake
Timberlake
Buddy
Timberlake’s early years in theater and film memories
Decatur and Stevenson era actor Timberlake recalls his boyhood in a family theater as film stars like Harold Lloyd Chaplin and Ruby Keeler shaped his world. He details early jobs in Decatur and his lifelong theater ties while editing the Lions Roar and chronicling North Alabama film history.
Parks Hire Nearing Decision on Assistant Director
Parks and recreation chief Julian Walker said a recommendation for the vacant assistant director post will go to the city personnel board by next Wednesday. Six applicants remain after Don Stanford left for the U S Postal Service. testing occurs this week and early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Recreation Department
Julian Walker
Don Stanford
U. S. Postal Service
Walker
City Personnel Board
Union Vote at 3M Decatur Plant Narrowly Passes
The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International union won a Decatur election at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. plant by six votes. Production and maintenance workers voted 343 to 337 in favor at a 1,030-employee facility with 703 eligible to vote. Employees from both film and chemical plants participated.
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Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Decatur
Gerald Paulson
Film
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Bob Gilchrist
R. L.M
Dick) Hundley
Decatur Daily
Athense Ence Eee
Tag
Elrod Cr
Calhoun Association
Limestone
Mix
Tony
Harold Lloyd
Charlies Chaplin
Stevenson Theater
Ruby Keeler
al Jolson
Fanny Brice
Old Princess Theater
Lion's Roar
Lion's Club
North
Movey Tenner
Posedike
Minthee
Bobby Herbert
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