Federal court orders racial balance in Choctaw County schools
A federal judge in Mobile Alabama mandates quotas for teacher race in Choctaw County schools under the freedom of choice plan for 1968 69 and sets targets for 1969 70. The decree requires a ratio of six white teachers to one Negro and six Negro teachers to one white in respective schools plus minimum black attendance in white schools and annual reporting to the court. It notes past plan failures due to harassment and boycotts and warns harsher measures could follow if integration goals are not met.
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Mobile
Ala
Chattaw County
U.S. Dist
Virgil Pittman
Choctaw County
Pittman
Alabama
U. S. Department of Justice
Athens Rezoning Ruling Expected
Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell is to rule today on a suit by Bill Sheeran and John Harlow asking the City of Athens to rezone two residential lots on S. Jefferson Street from residential to commercial. The plaintiffs say the city council did not act after Planning Commission twice recommended rezoning adjacent to Glen Auger Subdivision.
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Athens
Newton B. Powell
S. Jefferson St
Bill Sheeran
John Harlow
Sheeran
Athens Planning Commission
Glen Auger Subdivision
Decatur School Enrollment Rises Across City
Total enrollment in Decatur city schools reaches 8,911 this year, up from 8,486 after two days of registration. Superintendent H. R. Lee announced after the first full day of the new school year, with per-school figures listed for Austin High, Decatur High, Lakeside, Decatur Junior High and fourteen elementary campuses.
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Decatur City Schools
Austin High
Decatur High
Lakeside
Decatur Junior High
Austinville
Cherry” St
Eastswood
Gordon Bibb
Riverside
Westlawn
Somerville Road
Walter Jackson
West Decatur
Woodmeade
Cullinan Charges Told in Prohibition and Drunk Driving
Cullinan Sheriff's Department charged one person with violation of prohibition laws and highway intoxication Tuesday. Two others were charged with highway intoxication and one with public drunkenness. Hartssel firemen and state rangers fought a noon brush fire that burned a 10 acre undeveloped tract in the southwest Hartselle area. DeMolay Commandery No. 14 meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple on Johnston Street. Cotillion Club of Decatur meets Thursday at 1 30 p.m. at City Hall.
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Cullman
Cullinan Sheriff's Department
Hartselle
DeMolay Commandery No. 14
Knight Templer
Masonic Temple
Johnston St
The
Cotillion Club of
Decatur
City Hall
Mobile water hike discussed for antipollution funds
Mobile Water and Sewer Board chairman estimates a ten percent rate increase would fund antipollution measures for local streams and tributaries. The board approved a resolution to demand a correction from the newspaper after a strong editorial dispute. Nearly two million fish have been destroyed in hills near Mobile this year.
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Mobile
Water and Sewer Board
Bunkley
Beauty Contest Deadline Today for Tennessee Valley Exposition
Girls aiming to enter the Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition contest must attend a 7:30 rehearsal at First Federal Savings and Loan Penthouse to complete registration. September dates will crown Miss Limestone County, Miss Morgan County, and Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition, with entry forms available at local newspapers and drugstores.
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Decatur
Federal Savings and Loan
Caer Gilmartin
Gilmartin
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Morgan County
Alabama Courier-Limestone Democrat
Athens
Austin’ Drug
Moulton Advertiser
Moulton
Huntsville Mayoral Runoff Set After Tight Primary
Davis leads Spurlock into October 24 runoff with 8 761 to 7 273 votes. Other candidates include Cummings Dotson Goodson and Mc Donald. five council seats also go to runoff with 38 contenders. In Montgomery Brewer expands driver education to reach about 16 000 teens this year with nearly 1 million dollars in funding.
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Lee Sentell
Huntsville
Joe Davis
Chris Spurlock
Davis
Spurlock
Ohter
Charles Cummings
Earl “Dotson
Houston Goodson
Hugh McDonald
Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Dick Payson
Office of
Alabama
LeClaire Dewey Leaves WMSL for Huntsville
LeClaire Dewey will leave WMSL to join WAAY-TV in Huntsville on Sept. 16 as co host of Coffee Break. Dewey has hosted Town and Country on WMSL for three years and the Decatur station plans a new locally produced show later, likely not until moving to Huntsville.
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Wmsl-Tv
Maury Farrell
LeClaire Dewey
Waay-Tv
Huntsville
WMSL
Farrell
Decatur
WAAY
Mrs. Dewey
Johnny Evans
Limestone burglaries target home and service station
Limestone County authorities investigated break ins at Billy Schrimsher's home near Burgreen's Gin and the Midway Gulf Service Station on Alabama 20. Stolen items include two 12 gauge shotguns two typewriters a desk lamp and radio combo an electric coffee maker and a pocket radio. An air conditioner was knocked from a wall. Service station loss totaled 83 cartons of cigarettes and several boxes of cigars. Residence entry occurred over the holiday weekend and the service station was breached between 11 p m Tuesday and 4 20 a m today.
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Athens
Limestone County Sheriff's Department
Billy W. Schrimsher
Burgreen
Midway Gulf Service Station
Ala
Dep
Dennis W. Brown
Schrimscher
Tric
Brown
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Richard Hudson
Billy Posey
Walter Stafford
Paul Tuggle
John Zymoski
Peters
Ronald Pearsall
Kenneth Johnson
Dudley Powell Jr
John Gaught
Dwight Daniel
James Looser
Brown Engineering
Frank Riddick
James M. Dunn
the Home Builders
Sociation
Thomas E. Allen
Max Curtis
Russell Jackson
Arlyn G. Liddell
Eugene Patterson
Bobby Schrimsher
William Scarbrough
Hugh Smith
Larry Whitt
Joe Wilson
Pat Miller Jr
Eleanor Wood
Miller
Wood
Eugene Baines
Harry Bingham
Jim Blocker
Charles G. Brooks
Glenn C. Cayer
William Grafton
Gordon Loftin
Ida Potter
St. Louis Mo
Decatur Neral Hospital
U.S. 31
Southend Ambulance
Potter
Bob Dunnavant
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