No Elvis wedding as Athens crowd awaits ceremony
Isadean Tribble vanished from sight two hours before a claimed Elvis Presley wedding. A crowd, police, and reporters swarmed the First Baptist Church area as rumors spread nationwide. Denials from Tribble’s minister and family members cooled the tale, leaving Presley silent and the story in doubt.
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Lee Sentell
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Parents Faith Supports Efforts To Aid Ill Baby
Eight month old Mark Anthony Hughes of Decatur is suffering from congenital heart disease and will undergo open heart surgery at University Hospital in Birmingham on Tuesday. His parents, faith guides them as they hope for a miracle while they wait outside the nursery.
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Birmingham
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Notable Death Of Albert Einstein In 1955
On this date the world marks the death of physicist Albert Einstein at age 76 in Princeton New Jersey. The obituary notes his scientific legacy and enduring influence on modern physics.
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Princeton
N.J
Decatur Daily Want Ad Special Announcement
Promote International Want Ad Week with a monthly April offer. Three lines for fourteen days priced at $5.25. Call to place your daily ad and request the Special. Open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon.
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Money not only prison problem
Alabama state Sen. George B. McMillan Jr says revamping the state prison system requires more than funds after a two day Texas prison tour. He chairs a legislative task force to craft plans for implementing a prison industry law in Alabama and cites proper management seen in Texas.
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Alabama
George B. McMillan Jr
Texas
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Birmingham
Prison Expert Critiques Alabama Jails in Testimony
James H. Robinson, head of the inspection division, testified in a federal suit that Alabama jails are understaffed and substandard as they hold inmates while the state prison system addresses overcrowding. The January sworn testimony was entered into the record.
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Ala
Alabama
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U.S. Justice Department
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Mobile City
Houston
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Butler
Mobile
Hale
Justice Department
Stephen Whinston
Robinson
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Whinston
Madison GOP official resigns over TVA nomination dispute
Dr. William H. Graham resigns as Madison County Republican chairman citing reports of a Ford nomination of Tom Longshore for the TVA Board. He backs Zack Thompson for the post and Ronald Reagan’s campaign, urging unity for Frances Wideman’s national committee role.
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Alabama Power Co
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Birmingham
Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors
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Fifth Congressional District
Republican
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NASA
Huntsville
Ronald Reagan
Frances Wideman
Wideman
Reagan
Washington
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Candidates Map Legal Challenges To Free Funds As Money Woes Grow
Lawyers for major presidential candidates plan court action to force the Treasury to release federal campaign funds tied up since March 22 after the Federal Election Commission lost its authority. Up to 1.5 million may be at stake as requests totaling 12.6 million have been certified, with 770,750 rejected. Ford’s team notes legal focus. Reagan and five Democrats back the suit.
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Idaho
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Alabama
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