Traffic snarl shutters school start at Brookhaven Oak Park
Traffic delays stretched from 5th Ave at Westwood to Danville Rd as Brookhaven and Oak Park Middle School braced for the first day of school. Officials estimated about 1,000 cars. a plan to ease flow and parking was set for Monday with possible facility upgrades and parent outreach.
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Westwood Dr
Danville Rd
Levin
Byron West
Brookhaven
Ward Webster
West
Oak Park Middle School
Nell Clem
Carter Tutwiler
Decatur Police Department
Tutwiler
Clem
Oak Park
8Th St
16Th Ave
Alabama House poised to approve antibusing bill in Wallace push
The Alabama House is moving to pass another Wallace antibusing measure after approving a funding bill. A press conference by Gov. Wallace is planned, while the Senate debates a similar bill slowed by filibusters. The House also advanced a ban on state funds for court ordered desegregation busing and a 1.5 million dollar trooper hiring plan to guard schools.
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Ala
Alabama House
George C. Wallace
Senate
House
Wallace
PTA Council Session Tonight at Brookhaven Middle School
The Decatur City Council PTA meets at Brookhaven Middle School at 7 to plan the year. President Mrs. Howard Ellis notes attendance by state PTA leaders Mrs. Henry Schaffner and Mrs. Harry Nelson. Frances Nungester will speak. parking guidance is given for north and south approach routes.
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Decatur City Council
PTA
Brookhaven Middle School
Howard Ellis
Henry Schaffner
Harry Nelson
Ellis
Frances Nungester
Decatur
City mead packers seek extended sewer service
Decatur area meat packing plants want city sewer service beyond limits, risking relocation or closure if denied. Commission split 2 4 with Frank Chenault and Mrs Dorothy Schwachow for the plan. Engineers note lines near plants but grade and right of way pose drainage and access issues. project costs about six dollars per foot.
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Frank Chenault
Dorothy L. Schwachow
F.D. Peebles
Bill Wright
Russell Johnson
Levin
Locklear
Decatur
George Godwin
City Water and Sewer Department
Alabama 24
Ratliff
Godwin
5Th St
16Th Ave
Barney’s
Burglars Enter Empty House on Somerville Road
Police report three burglars broke into an empty Southeast Decatur home at 508 Somerville Rd SE Wednesday night by breaking a front window and entering through a door, stealing several screens.
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Decatur
Somerville Rd. SE
Calendar Of Events Shows Local Meetings This Week
The Cotillion Club meets at 1 30 p.m. at City Hall. Demola Commandry No 14 Knights Templar holds a 7 32 p.m. conclave in the Masonic Temple. City Council PTA gathers at 7 p.m. at Brookhaven Middle School with Frances Nungester speaking. Elkmont PTA begins its 1971 72 year at 7 30 p.m. in the lunchroom. Burningtree Country Club Women’s Golf Association hosts a luncheon at 1 p.m.
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Demola Commandry
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Elkmont P.T.A
Burningtree Country Club Women’s Golf Association
Weekend visits for Decatur students prompt questions
Students and Wallace Center staff welcomed visitors in Decatur on a Wednesday. They asked about beds, closets, swapping clothes, and school start dates. Cottage life staff accompanied the group, with lining notes on Mrs Lurleen Wallace.
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Decatur
Wallace Center
Cullman
Roy Ray
Annette Grimsley
Lee Wheeler
Puckett
Tuscaloosa
Lurleen B. Wallace
Partlow
SBA Rep to Discuss Loan Policies in Huntsville
A Small Business Administration representative will be in Room 121 of The Acuff Building at 904 Bob Wallace Ave in Huntsville from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to discuss loan policies. Contact the representative during these hours for details.
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The
Small Business Administration
Acuff
Bob Wallace
Huntsville
First Submarine Attack Carried Out By Turtle Vessel
On September 7 1776 the Turtle the first submarine attack in history attempted against the British Eagle. Built by Connecticut inventor David Bushnell the one man oak acorn shaped craft used a hand crank and flooding to submerge. Ezra Lee piloted the craft and sparked an explosive charge though the copper bottomed Eagle remained afloat.
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David Bushnell
Connecticut
Eagle
Ezra Lee
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