June 12 – June 12, 1949, in The Star: Two days ago work began on improving a three-mile section of the Jacksonville-Piedmont road. State-hired workers will toil on this portion of the route until a contract is let to complete the project from the Jacksonville city limits to the Piedmont city limits. Although the original $704,000 project was reduced to about $300,000, the old road will still have a blacktop at 21 feet wide, and many of the curves will be straightened. The work is expected to be completed in approximately six months. Also this date: An advertisement posted by George Dial Real Estate Co., Anniston, tells of the upcoming auction of 52 large building lots located about four miles north of Anniston, just off Saks Road, in the Saks school zone. Some plots are bright and some have trees, but every plot is desirable in this fast growing and developing section. The lots are part of what was previously known as the Eros Property.
June 12, 1999, in The Star: The Center for Domestic Preparedness was strongly endorsed during a U.S. Senate field hearing held yesterday at Fort McClellan, yet it is becoming clear that Alabama’s congressional delegation faces an uphill battle to meet its funding goal to reach the center that the delegation members left for the center in April. U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions heard from five witnesses during the hearing at Cadwell Auditorium as civilian leaders and Department of Justice training program staff looked on. Sessions held the hearing to highlight the center’s success and promote its potential, with witnesses attesting to the importance of the courses offered at Fort McClellan. They said the use of live chemicals made the training much more valuable.
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