King Memorial Services Slated At Lakeside High School
An inter faith memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is set at Lakeside High School at 3 p.m. Sunday with Rev. G L Russell delivering the sermon. The program includes opening remarks by C L Sheffield, scripture by Rev. Frank Moore, congregational singing, two minute minister expressions, and a benediction.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Lakeside High School
G. L. Russell
King’s Memorial Methodist Church
Decatur
Russell
Lakeside Chorus
C. L.sheffieldd
Elree T. Waddell
Westside Baptist Church
Frank Moore
Macedonia C. P. Church
R. P. Neal
Waymen Chapel
A.M.E. Church
R. A. Stewart
Garner’s Memorial
C. M. C. Church
Alabama
Montgomery
King’s Assassination Provokes Grief Across Alabama
The country reacts as lies on the front porch weeping, while leaders like George Wallace condemn the act and call for swift justice. Religious figures in Mobile request memorial masses and prayers, and students respond with solemn observance as news spreads.
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Ed Hands
George Wallace
King
Wallace
Montgomery Ministerial Association
Wilbur L. Walton
Interact Clubs Emerge at Decatur District Convention
R W Henderson district governor nominee of Rotary International told 150 Interact club members that Rotary provides international services. The event in Decatur drew 15 clubs represented at the first district convention of Interact Clubs.
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R. W. Henderson
Mutual Savings Life Insurance _ Co
Interact Clubs
Decatur
Henderson
Rotary International
Rotary
Rotary Clubs
Interact
Decater Waay
Bob Dean
Interact Committee
Center
Phil Freeman
Two Killed In Wrecks In Lawrence Morgan Counties
Two people died and a third remained in critical condition after Friday traffic crashes in Pitts and Morgan counties. Memphis postal worker John E. Wilson Jr. died in a car ambulance collision on Alabama 157. Elizabeth Sparkman, 55, died in a two car crash near Hartselle. her husband Leon ard Sparkman was in critical condition at Black Chandler Hospital. The ambulance driver Fred Gillespie of Moulton was slightly injured. Gillespie also serves as acting coroner. Wilson was the sixth Lawrence County traffic fatality this year.
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Morgan
Memphis
Tenn
John E. Wilson Jr
Elizabeth _ Sparkman
Hartselle
Leonard Sparkman
Black Chandler Hospital
Wilson
Alabama
Fred Gillespie
Moulton
Gilhheapie
Lawrence County
Gillespie
Draper’s Market
Harvey Elliott
Morgan County
John McBride
Sparkman
Health Project Reaches New Implementation Plateau
CORA BLAIR reports a multi million dollar health project for Morgan Lawrence and Limestone counties has hit another plateau in the long road toward implementation. See HEALTH on Page 14.
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Cora Blair
Appalachia
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Felt Slate Had No Case in Shelton Murder Trial
Decatur attorney Ralph Slate said he believed the state lacked a case against Dwight Shelton of Moulton after a circuit court jury acquitted him of first degree murder in the killing of his aunt Annie Dee Dearman. Slate rested the defense after about 50 minutes and surprised by not calling further witnesses.
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Decatur
Ralph Slate
Dwight Shelton
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Shelton
Annie Dee Dearman
Ground Broken For City Hall In Decatur
City officials break ground for a seven story city hall worth 2.5 million on Davis Street between Well and Ferry. Mayor Gilmer Blackburn lauds past Decatur leaders and notes the project aims to improve living for residents with strong leadership.
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DAILY
Decatur
Austinville
Albany
Ithe City
Davis St
Well and
Ferry Sts
Gilmer Blackburn
Blackburn
Usedé Furniture and Ap Robinson's Warehouse Ad on 2nd Ave
An ad fragment notes Usedé Furniture and Robinson's Warehouse on 2nd Avenue with a contact phone 353-2370. The brief listing references local home furnishings and storage businesses in a commercial district.
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Ince Usedé Furniture
Ap- Robinson's
2Nd Ave
Speak Out prompt on MLK murder conspiracy question
A Speak Out prompt guides callers to answer yes or no by dialing a rate number and hanging up after the voice answers. The prompt asks whether there was a conspiracy behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder and whether he is sincere about starting peace talks.
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Martin Luther King
Store There When I Left
Barry Benn describes his small grocery at 12th and K streets in Southeast Washington DC as rioters looted nearby stores forcing him to close and flee to Silver Spring Maryland while fears for his life linger. The piece notes in his view that many locals doubt the unrest.
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Alvin Benn
Daily News
Barry
Washington, D.C
Silver Spring
12Th
K Streets
Washington
6000 Troops deployed in capital streets
Burning and looting scourged Washington as a city spokesman reported three killed and 350 injured. The rampage struck three Negro neighborhoods and neared the White House and Capitol. Flames rose from looted buildings as curfew and thousands of soldiers backed police to suppress the violence.
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White House
The
Capitol
Uprising Deaths Reported After King's Assassination
Dan Henkin of the Defense Department said two days of outbursts followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Cyrus Vance aided efforts to control the uprising and previously served as Johnson's troubleshooter in Detroit during the 1967 rioting. No identities or causes of death were released. See 6,000 on Page 14.
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Dan Henkin
Defense Department
District of Columbia
Martin Luther King
Henkin
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Vance
Detroit
Johnson
Snipers Kill Two Men in Chicago West Side
Two men were shot and killed by snipers Friday night on West Madison Street as fires and looting raged over a 16 block area. Police initially identified a Black woman shot on the North Side but later said she died in a quarrel. National Guardsmen were ordered onto the streets at 10.
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Chicago
West Side Area
Madison Street
King Assassination Arrest Said Near
MEMPHIS Tenn Attorney General Ramsey Clark said he was confident of a quick solution to the assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr The FBI was searching for the killer in several states and a source close to the manhunt said agents were close to making an arrest Unusually large amounts of physical evidence were left at the scene and the killer is believed to have escaped in a white Mustang.
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Martin Luther King
Johnson
Bob Bates
Memphis
Tenn
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Martin‘ Luther King Jr
Justice Department
F.B.I
Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Funeral for Martin Luther King Jr. Set Tuesday in Atlanta
The funeral for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held Tuesday at 10 30 a.m. EST at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The service honors the slain civil rights leader and his father, Martin Luther King Sr.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther
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