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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1971
Page
1
City schools loosen dress and grooming rules at Decatur and Austin High, with parents responsible for appropriate wear. The plan, devised by principals Sailors and Worth, also introduces senior privileges including open campus for last period study and lab/library access.
The FBI has opened an inquiry into an assault on 70 year old William A. Jackson at Bryce Hospital by two aides Roy Mullenix and Ulysses Lavender both Tuscaloosa residents. They were charged with assault and battery, fired, and released on bond. The hospital says witnesses include patients in the geriatrics ward and one staff member.
Morgan County motorists can buy automobile tags at the courthouse starting October 1 with mail orders accepted later this week. License Commissioner Cleon Yates says receipts will be mailed today and must be returned by November 5 for mailing purchases, plus an extra dollar per tag for mail handling.
Walter Orr, age 105, longtime Danville area resident, died at a local rest home. Funeral service Sunday at 3 p.m. at Hartselle Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Davis. burial in Hartselle Cemetery. Survived by a daughter, Mrs. Dretha Gauldin of Tampa, Fla. He lived at 105 Pine St in Hartselle and had preached in local churches.
August 1971 total ads exceed August 1970 by large margin and January through August 1971 show 21 763 more ads than 1970. The paper attributes the rise to results and advertises a 3 lines 14 days promo for nine 4 on the family rate during September.
Decatur Planning Commission rejected a proposal allowing two meat packers John H. Nelms & Son and Barneys Park House near Alabama 24 to connect to the city sewer system. The 4 to 2 vote blocks the action, citing new Health Department and USDA waste rules that push plants to find alternatives to private septic tanks or lagoons.
Morgan County earns 177710 under the Emergency Employment Act. The grant funds salaries for about 20 government jobs including a sheriff narcotics agent and three Decatur police trainee positions. Most money pays wages. 10 percent covers administration.
The paper notes Japan's surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in World War II ending the war. Weather outlook shows 70 percent rain today and Thursday with highs near 86 and lows around 68.
Morgan County Board of Registrars led by Myrtle Cobb will hold Labor Day voting registration in the courthouse basement from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. The group notes strong turnout on holidays and hopes area college students will register before heading back to school. Last meeting Aug. 16 drew about 95 registrants, with many aged 18 to 20. Next session scheduled Sept. 20 with same hours.
In Andalusia Covington County three men were found dead after their car went off a road into the Pastaliga River. In Pittsburgh a tense gun battle outside a Hill District precinct killed a white police sergeant and two black civilians.
Decatur stores pull Campbell’s vegetarian vegetable soup after FDA recall cites botulism contamination risk. Campbells Paris Texas plant produced the product dated July 2 and distributed to eight southern states including Alabama and Tennessee. No toxin or illnesses reported. tests to confirm safety will take three to four days.
Amoco Chemicals Corp of Decatur donates 1000 dollars to the Wheeler Basin Regional Library building fund. J D Reed plant manager presents the check to library director Nancy Agnew, raising total building fund contributions to 270000 dollars.
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