Morgan Poverty Program Opens First County Center in Cedar Lake
Morgan County anti poverty effort enters a pivotal phase with the Cedar Lake center now open in a former school building. Counselor Yvonne Kincaid cites aims to help low income families access free health care, dental work, medicines, and eye glasses while outreach teams visit homes in target areas to inform residents of available services.
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Morgan County
Cedar Lake
Collene Acklen
Yvonne Kincaid
Hartselle
Willodene Nash
Athens hosts election official training at elementary school
Limestone Sheriff M W Evans said a 6 30 p m class for election officials operating voting machines will be held Thursday night in Athens Elementary School visual aids room. The item notes a separate TVA energy project and vehicle tag deadline in Limestone County.
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Athens
Limestone County
Limestone
M. W. Evans
Athens Limestone consider projects via Top of Alabama council
Athens Mayor Charles P Bailey and Limestone Board of Revenue Chairman Thomas L Hammons outlined possible Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments projects. They cited rural water systems for Limestone, sewer and plant expansion for Athens, and long range recreational planning as potential council aided efforts.
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Athens
Charles P. Bailey
Limestone Board of Revenue
Thomas L. Hammons
Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Alabama Council of Governments
Bridgeport
Limestone
Madison
Marshall
Jackson
Hammons
Tanner
East Limestone
Alabama
Bailey
Alan
Hammons and Bailey
James Record
Madison County Board of Commissioners
Robert Gunn
Madison County
Top of Alabama
Development Commission
Morgan, Cullman
Lawrence
Top of
Ardmore
William Hill
Southern Planning and Consulting Engineers
Ralph Abbott
Office of Economic Development
Purple Heart Awarded to Marine Lance Cpl Eddie Burnett
Lance Cpl Eddie G L Burnett, 20, of Hartselle, received the Purple Heart in Vietnam for wounds from combat operations. A Morgan County High School alumnus, he is the grandson of Mrs. Edd Powell of Hartselle and Mrs. Pearl Burnett of Chicago.
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Lance Cpl
Eddie G L. Burnett
Hartselle
Vietnam
Burnett
Morgan County High School
Edd Powell
Pearl Burnett
Chicago
Florence Man Wins Stamp Design Award
A Florence man, John Michael Thigpen, won the $200 first prize for a stamp design celebrating Alabama sesquicentennial. His olive green stamp features the state seal and celebration dates.
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Florence Man
Birmingham. Ala
Florence
Alabama
Birmingham
John Michael Thigpen
U.S Post Office Department
Thigpen
Price named assistant vice president at South Central Bell
Charles D. Price Jr. of Birmingham is named assistant vice president at South Central Bell Telephone Co Alabama headquarters effective November 1. He succeeds Carl F. Bailey who transfers to AT&T in Washington DC. Price handles public affairs relations with independent telephone companies and public relations. Cullman Rotary to host JSU president Houston Cole for 31st anniversary celebration Tuesday at Holiday Inn Cole a former Rotary District Governor.
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Charles D. Price Jr
Birmingham
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Alabama
Price
Carl F. Bailey
Washington D.C
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Cullman
Houston Cole
Jacksonville State University
Cullman Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Cole
Rotary
Haley Named Engineering Service Supervisor At Prestolite Plant
Decatur resident Vernie R Haley 2105 Sandlin Rd SW has been named engineering service supervisor at the Prestolite Co plant here. Haley, who joined as quality control supervisor in 1961, has held several supervisory posts. He is married to Jo and they have three children. A Vine St resident reported a fire set in a home. Bonita Terrell 622 NE St NW awoke about 4:50 am found the house smoky and saw a man in a black coat and gray trousers building a fire in a stove before he fled out the back door.
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Vernie R. Haley
Sandlin Rd
Prestolite Co
Haley
Jon
Ek Vine St
Bonita Terrell
Ne St. NW
Local Groups Schedule Evening Meetings Today
The Decatur Arts Council meets at 7 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. American Legion Post 15 meets at 7 30 p.m. at 92 Bank Street. A Veterans Day program will be discussed during both gatherings.
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Decatur Arts Council
Chamber of Commerce
Ican Legion
Bank St
Boeing Awarded Saturn Contracts in NASA Marshall Work
Boeing received three Saturn V contract modifications totaling 4.65 million dollars for instrumentation in a second stage verification test, abort and alternate mission analyses, and reliability and safety programs at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Huntsville
Ala
Boeing Co
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Boeing
MSFC
Treaters Will Be Under Close Watch On Halloween
Mobile Alabama police will closely monitor Halloween night with Chief James Robinson warning parents they may be held responsible for up to 500 dollars in damages by children under 16. Those over 16 face fines up to 100 dollars for malicious destruction of private property. Prohibited tricks include soap on windows egging houses firecrackers in mailboxes and paper rolls laid on lawns.
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Mobile. Ala
Mobile
James Robinson
Robinson
Four Killed In Weekend Alabama Crashes Near Haleyville
Thirteen people died in Alabama weekend accidents including four killed when a car being chased by a state trooper collided head on with another on Alabama 5 near Haleyville. Victims include Bobby Gen Godsey and Mrs. Gara Phillips. Additional fatalities occurred in a Cherokee area head‑on on US 72 and other single vehicle wrecks in Walker County and Etowah County.
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Alabama
State Highway Patrol
Alabama 5
Haleyville
Bobby Gen Godsey
Gara Phillips
Fayette
Ala
Phillip
U.S
Cherokee
Edgar Wallace
Ernest Dotstroy
Lou E. Mimms
Walker County
Cov
Danny Mitchell
Carbon Hill
Marvin Kelly
Miller's Hollow
Kelly
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Morgan
Ray Martin
DAILY
Lawrence-Marshall- Morgan Community Action Agency
Decatur
Decatur Housing Authority
Miss Kincaid
Health Department
Kincaid
Anti-Property Agency
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Elkton Rd
Brown's Ferry
Mason Freeman
Freeman
Oakdale
Lee Malone
Oakdale Extension Homemakers Club
Regional Council
L’stone
Red Cross
Cullman Health Center
George Hinckley
Harrell W. Little Jr
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado
H. W. Little
C. E. Monroe Jr
Chase
Environmental Science Service Administration
Saturn
THE
Associated Press
Miller’s Hollow
Etowah
William Horne
Bertha
Abbeville
Horne
Flora Mitchell
Heflin
Oxford
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