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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1963
Page
8
In Ra insville Alabama fiery Kentucky preachers bring snakes to First Strait Creek Holiness Church to rekindle faith amid law clashes. They cite Mark sixteen against state bans and stage ecstatic services with venomous snakes and healing prayers.
Alabama veterans gain from a broader interpretation of the retirement act effective Oct 1. Director Walter C Head Jr of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs says retirees may leave part of their increased pension with the retirement system for their beneficiary. Funds left with the system are not counted as VA income for benefits. In one case the veteran would exceed the VA income limit by $1.04, but under the new interpretation the amount can be deposited for the beneficiary.
Retired Birmingham Fire Department battalion chief James Franklin Lloyd, 82, died Friday. A Carrolton Georgia native, he joined the department August 1 1907, became captain in 1910, battalion chief in 1987 and retired in 1954. Funeral services set for Sunday.
A fragment notes confusion over counting as income the combination of a retirement pension and a VA pension for a beneficiary. The excerpt implies he can draw both pensions and have them counted as his own income.
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