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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1973
Page
2
Donald Yarnell declares carpet golf will be the nation’s best as plans unfold for a new course. The project centers on Yarnell’s ambition to elevate the sport with a distinctive carpet surface and regional appeal.
Windham surveyed Point Mallard Park in the morning sun and asserted that money cannot buy better materials than those used there, underscoring quality over cost.
HARTSELLE The city council approved a general fund budget of 702,811 for fiscal 1974 and authorized a 5 percent cost of living raise. Water and sewer department finances rise to 421,000 from 391,000, while the gas budget was deferred for two weeks. The council awarded 25,154 for a new insurance contract and voted for a public hearing on mobile homes in certain zones. A landfill dump rule will restrict access to only paying residents and businesses as of Monday, aligning with countywide garbage collection. Outside Decatur and Hartselle, Morgan Countians will begin paying for garbage service.
A court hearing is scheduled for Oct 11 to decide if a southeast Decatur house at 1801 Magnolia St SE should be permanently closed as a public nuisance. Judge Newton B. Powell issued a temporary injunction prohibiting the occupants James Q Nicholson Dorcus Nicholson and Jerry Rowe from interfering with the property while the nuisance claim proceeds. Copies of the decree were posted on the house doors.
Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma returned to a carrier near San Diego after a 594 day mission aboard Skylab 2. Doctors reported no motion sickness and normal vitals though vestibular disturbance is expected as they readjust to gravity. The crew, smiling and waving, were taken for medical exams and will remain under observation for 18 days while diet and tests continue. President Nixon sent congratulations as the Apollo ship was ferried to Johnson Space Center area.
ATHENS The Athens Limestone United Way campaign opens Tuesday with a luncheon at the Athens Country Club. The goal is 55 500 dollars. President is Harry Dale Patterson. Funds go to multiple groups including 4H Foundation 13 000 Red Cross 13 000 and more. Officials aim to beat last year’s 37 000 donation.
Barrett C. Shelton publisher of THE DECATUR DAILY was named Tuesday Boss of the Year by the PBX Club of Decatur. The award was announced at the club dinner at Huntsville Madison County Jetport. Shelton has edited the DAILY since 1924 and held multiple civic posts.
The Decatur Daily provides crisis lines for personal emergencies and poison risks. It advises calling the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 if needed, or contacting a hospital or family doctor, and dialing 0 for operator help. It lists main departments and after hours numbers for the city.
Mayor John V. Lindsay launched a privately financed closed circuit television system in Times Square. Four cameras in a trailer will watch Broadway and adjacent streets to crack down on crime. If successful, the approach could be expanded to other areas.
The Morgan County Association for Mental Health sponsors the second annual industrial workshop at Tri-County District Health Center Auditorium 502 Cherry St. NE from 1 to 5 p.m. The session features North Central Alabama Mental Health Center staffers and industrial leaders discussing new approaches to combat alcoholism in the workplace.
Decatur High School Band Boosters petition School Supt Curtis Sellers to allow out of town football game trips and to hire a band director for Oak Park Middle School. They urge restoring band programs to previous levels despite tax tax defeat and funding cuts.
Decatur Planning Commission tabled indefinitely a plan to require sewers in subdivisions using septic tanks, citing health and long term planning concerns and high costs. The panel also moved to rezone Magnolia St SE property, table Lindo Cedar Park approvals, and approved several subdividing certificates while denying one on 1st Ave SW.
Four persons were taken to Decatur General Hospital after a car truck collision in front of Priceville School on Alabama 67. Cottingham 19 Trinity 1 rode in the car. Hamilton 20 Thornton's Trailer Court Decatur Hayes 34 Decatur and Maxwell 34 Somerville 3 were in the truck. AAA South End Ambulance Service transported them. drivers unnamed. Hayes was admitted to the hospital.
Amtrak will begin auto train service this winter with The Floridian the first route to carry a passenger car. The Miami to Decatur Chicago run will offer car loading only at starting points, not en route, aiming to revive the debt-ridden line and preserve rail service to Nashville Birmingham Montgomery and Miami.
A 17 year old Decatur youth Grady Lee Martin charged with forgery after a $106.96 check stolen from a McDonald’s employee on 6th Ave was cashed Sept 5 at Central Bank of Alabama. Martin, of 1916 8th St SE, jailed on $750 bond.
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