Accidents Injure Three In Decatur and Lawrence County
Three Decatur residents were injured in two separate Sunday afternoon accidents. William M. Hancock 22 of Decatur suffered a broken leg and other injuries when his Honda motorcycle collided with a car driven by Orville R. Lindsey 40 of Danville seven miles east of Moulton on Old Moulton Road around 1 PM. Hancock was treated at Lawrence County Hospital and later transferred to Decatur General Hospital. Brenda Hale 17 and Tresa Steinecipher 18 both of Decatur were injured in a three car collision 1.6 miles north of Decatur on Alabama 20 shortly after 4 PM. Hale rode with Debra Kay Ward 17 of Decatur and Steinecipher rode with Royce Hobbs 23 of Decatur when their cars collided with a third vehicle driven by Decatur Postmaster I. E. Self. Neither Self nor the other drivers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lawrence County
William M. Hancock
Orville R. Lindsey
Danville
Moulton
Hancock
Lawrence County Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
Brenda Hale
Tresa Steinecipher
Alabama
Miss Hale
Debra Kay Ward
Miss Steinecipher
Royce Hobbs
Self
Pace Leaves Lawrence County Post
Deputy Glenn Pace retires as Lawrence County deputy sheriff at age 39 after service since Sheriff Harlon Rutherford took office in 1967. He steps away to focus on farming and trucking activities.
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Moulton
Glenn Pace
Lawrence County
Pace
Harlon
Pete) Rutherford
Gunfire Exchanged In Town Creek Store Shootout
Police Chief Charles Smith chased an unidentified man through the Preuit Mauldin Farm Implement Co. store after midnight Sunday. A gunfight ensued with no injuries reported, and officials said nothing was missing as windows were shattered. In Moulton, two cars were stolen over the weekend, a 1965 model from a used car lot and another car near Landersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Creek
Charles Smith
Preuit-Mauldin Farm Implement Co
Smith
Porsuit
Implement Company
Moulton
Gene Brackin
Brackin
Landersville
Police report lists charges and counts for multiple offenses
The document records speeding counts and liquor possession charges totaling two each, plus a single count for leaving the scene of an accident. It outlines alleged incidents and corresponding penalties the subjects face in court.
Three Fires Damaged Business and Home in Quick Span
Three fires Sunday heavily damaged Finch Grocery at 823 Church St NW and a house at 408 Vine St NW, with Shop Ezy Grocery at Church and McCartney streets suffering interior and exterior damage. Fires occurred 1:44 and 1:55 a.m., and a spokesman said evidence points to arson. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shop Ezy Grocery
Church and
McCartney Streets
Finch Grocery
Church St. NW
Mike Namie
Vine St. NW
Women’s Clubs to Meet Jointly in Huntsville
The Decatur Christian Women’s Club will join Huntsville Christian Women’s Club for a 7 p.m. meeting on April 15 at the Carriage Inn in Huntsville. Dr. Michael Hopping will speak. Reservations by April 12 at 10 a.m. to Mrs. John McBride at 353-6640.
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Decatur Christian Women’s Club
Huntsville Christian Women’s Club
Huntsville
Carriage Inn
Michael Hopping
John McBride
Community club and council meetings set for tonight
De catur Optimist Club votes on new officers at Crescent Motel at 7. Decatur Arts Council meets at 7 in the Chamber of Commerce Building. West Decatur PTA meets at 7 50 p.m. Dr Matthew Hall of the Tennessee Valley Education Center will speak. Danville High School PTA gathers at 7 in the school library. First Methodist Church conducts Holy Week services daily at 10 a.m. through Friday. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 Eastern Star meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Masonic Hall. Morgan County American Legion Post 15 meets at 7 30 tonight at the post home on Bank Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Decatur
Danville
Danville High School
PTA
First Methodist Church
Mary Lou Dancy
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Morgan County American Legion
Bank St
Riot toll and calm in disrupted cities nationwide
After days of unrest in Pittsburgh Chicago Detroit and Washington D C authorities report 6 to 9 dead 1 000 injured and 4 000 arrested. National Guardsmen and Army troops maintain curfews as relief efforts begin with food aid and emergency measures while looting slows and stores face shortages.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Johnson
Wim
Walter
Washington
Births listed at Decatur General and local hospitals
Daily Records shows multiple birth announcements: Mr and Mrs Robert W Downs daughters at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Charlies E Messer daughter. Mr and Mrs Charles W Martin daughter. Mrs William Paw Locklear daughter. Mrs Jack C Hannan son. Mr and Mrs Drennen H Retherford daughter. Mr and Mrs Grady Burney son. Locations include Ath ens Creighton Avenue Somerville Road and nearby hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Downs
Athens
Decatur General Hospital
Charlies E. Messer
Creighton Ave
Charles W Martin
Somrville Rd
Decaur General Hospital
William Paw Locklear
Brookhaw St
Keen
General Hospital
Jack C. Hannan
Sherife Charges Drunkenness and Trespass
A sheriff reports charges against a suspect for drunkenness and issuing checks while claiming a new weapon. The case includes trespassing after warnings, a new arrest, and court appearance pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherife
Curfew Extended After Joliet Firefighters Battle Series of Blazes
Looting reported Friday night as fires raged across Joliet. Firemen struggled to control the flames while authorities imposed an 8 p.m. to 5 30 a.m. curfew for a second night amid unrest and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wace
Joliet
Disorder Charges After Vine Street Disturbance
Morgan County sheriff reports 21 charges 20 unlawful assembly and one weapon in a late Sunday melee on Vine Street. Decatur police log minor damage at Shop Ezy on Church Street and a gasoline bottle fire at a Vine Street house. Fire units responded to fires at Sterrs Housing and a Dempster Dumpster with witnesses naming several Black males in a 1955 Ford. investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Decatur
Mike Namie
Vine St
Floyd Elkins
Sterrs
Dempster
Campbell’s
Church St. NW
David Sandlin
Silent march honors King amid guards in Mississippi city
A silent march through a Mississippi River city drew organizers, national figures, and Coretta King with her children. National Guardsmen surrounded City Hall as negotiators failed to avert the Memphis garbage workers strike, and observers noted the event as a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and his civil rights program.
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Onor
King
Mississippi River
Percy Sutton
Manhattan
N.Y
Charles Cogin
American Fedation of Teachers
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of Tate
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Coretta
Atlanta
Harry Belafonte
National Guard
Pontotoc Street
Hernando
Memphis
Dr. King
Mmarch
James Reynolds
Johnson
Train derailment blocks Alabama rail line and prompts reroute
Chief Dispatcher C E Dyar said the eastbound freight was driven by engineer C H Kersey and conductor W O Wren of Sheffield. A westbound freight passed through Decatur at 430 this morning while a temporary track was completed. The derailed train with over 120 cars carried liquids and blocked the Alabama 20 24 crossing. Gillespie Ambulance Service rushed to the scene. No passenger trains affected. damage estimate not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Dyar
Knoxville
C. H. Kersey
Sheffield
W. O. Wren
Dyar
Birmingham
Decatur
Alabama 20
Gillespie Ambulance Service
Moulton
Dyard
Hospital Admissions List Names Numerous Patients
A long hospital admissions list records numerous patients by full names and street addresses including J. C. Woodruff W. Moulton Hagood Amanda Nellie King and others with varying locations such as Athens Danville Decatur and Madison. The document also notes several infants and newborns among the admissions.
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Admissions
J. C. Woodruff
W. Moulton St
Howard Franklin Hagood
8Th Ave
Thomas Harris
Locust St
Ewing Douglas Peek
Athens
Amanda Nellie King
Danville
Ocie William Drinkard
Cypress St
William _ Michael Hancock
Cleveland Ave
James Boyd Baker
Decatur
William A. Harper
Cullman
Robert Mays
Courtland
Capser Alexander Frost
Falkville
Daniel R. Holland
Kimberly Court
Jet Engine Failure Crashes at London Airport
A BOAC jet crashed on No 5 runway after an engine broke off shortly after takeoff. It carried 115 passengers and 11 crew with 5 cockpit crew reported safe. Australian migrants were among aboard as the plan had planned stops to Zurich Tel Aviv Tehran New Delhi Singapore Perth and Sydney. Sir Giles Guthrie, chairman of the star owned Zairline, was at the crash site.
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Australia House
London
Zurich
Switzerland
Tel Aviv
Israel
Tehran
Iran
New Delhi
India
Singapore
Perth
Sydney
Australia
BOAC
Giles Guthrie
Zairline
Tuskegee trustees held. readmission debated after arrest
President Luther H. Foster and several trustees were detained at the Tuskegee campus in a weekend incident. Readmission will be considered individually, with no reopening date set. National Guardsmen and state troopers were briefly deployed. many trustees remain in custody or under injunctions relating to clashes at Dorothy Hall and the engineering building.
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Luther H. Foster
Foster
Dorothy Hall
Lucius Clay
U.S
Europe
Germany
Frances Bolton
Ohio
L. J. Tyner
Tyner
Alfred Harrison
Joseph Kent
Tuskegee National Guard
Richmond Blast Toll Rises to 42 in Indiana
Three more bodies were found in Richmond after the explosion and fire that devastated a two block area around Sixth and Main Streets. The death toll reached 42 with 21 missing and 25 identified, as investigators probe gunpowder storage at Marting Arms Co and possible gas influence.
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Richmond
Ind
Holthouse Furniture Store
Indiana
Marting Arms Co
Fred Klotz
FIBI
Leo Collins
Collins
Kenneth E. Paust
Indiana National Guard
Sergent
Paust
Ohio Line
Memorial Reflections On Dr King Death Spark Community Voices
City officials and local leaders respond to Dr King’s assassination with prayers and calls for unity. Larkin Yates and Rev W A Crim note patriotism and directed national work while Miss Lynn Ratliff and Wells Stone share personal tributes and hopes for racial harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin Yates
King
Maynard Layman
Decatur Daily
W. A. Crim
Sixth Avenue Ch of God
America
Rev. Crimm
Crim
Dr. King
Lynn Ratliff
Lakeside
Moses
Wells Stone
For Sale and Rent Mix From Corona Listing
Classified blurbs list items for sale including a typewriter chair chair and office chair price 375 sale, land for sale near Priceville School mile east on Highway 67, babysitting needed 3 hours afternoon, furnished room apartment 4 rooms 15.65 price, furnished upstairs apartment rooms 35 per month, rent 3 bedroom house near Air operations washer, two room furnished units 420 and 420?, furnished 2 bedroom house 90 per month, cotton shipment note from 1961 appears in the ending line.
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Typewriter-Smith- Corona
Gray Stent
IFOR
Priceville School
Iaceeae
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Decatur Optimist Club
Crescent Motel
Decatur Arts Council
Chamber of Commerce
Florence
Bob Dunnavant Jr
Detroit
Southern Railways
Billy Smith
Southern Railway Co
Hillsboro
Winford Turner
Decatur General
Robert Gene Brown
13Th Ave
Tommy David Asheton
Madison
Tony Lee Moyers
Homer Roy Tidwell
Somerville
J. Y. Robb
Woodland St
Fleetwood SE
Richard Chappell
Martha Katrina Wolfer
Walnut St. NE
Harry Kneece
Eva
James Russell Ray
Calray Ave
Sharon Lee Herbert
Artselle
Vernon Leeross
Ourtland
Curtis Alvin Jevens
Raybon Cross
Ardmore
Enn
Jet
Tuskegee
Samuel Robinson
Dr. E. B. Goode
Mobile
Basil O’connor
National Foundation
New York City
Alexander Aldrich
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur P. Cook
Sun
A. G. Gaston
Melvin A. Glasser
United Auto Workers Union
William Rosenwald
American Securities Co
Frederick D. Patterson
Institute
New Yorker
Montague Oliver
Gary, Ind
School Board of Trustees
William G. Gridley Jr
Ace Manhattan Bank of New
Z. P
Watkins
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