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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1968

Page

2

SBA to explain functions at three Alabama meetings

Moulton Courthouse hosts an SBA briefing April 30 at 7 30 p m with Florence at 10 a m and Tuscumbia at 2 30 p m Birmingham regional office directs sessions for local businessmen. Paul R Brunson and staff outline SBA roles in job creation and small business aid. Since June 1967 SBA has made loans over $15 5 million in Alabama.

Moulton Small Business Administration Florence Tuscumbia Birmingham Paul R. Brunson SBA Alaama

Selden Plans North Alabama Swing for Senate Bid

U S Rep Armistead Selden will campaign for the Democratic nomination in North Alabama this week touring Lawrence County on Wednesday and Morgan County on Thursday to meet voters and shake hands.

U.S Armistead Selden U.S. Senate North Alabama Selden Lawrence County Morgan County

Montgomery Decatur officials attend Alabama Municipalities convention

City officials from Montgomery and Decatur attend the two day Alabama League of Municipalities gathering. Mayor Gilmer Blackburn Commissioner Melvin Ozier and administrator Larkin Yates present. The banquet is set for tomorrow night with Charles Gunthorp expected to join. Blackburn will launch Operation New Decatur during a seminar. Officials plan to return Wednesday. A Decatur man reports a burglary at Bowman Trucking Co on Highway 24 with a broken window and theft of a pistol a shotgun and a nine horsepower outboard motor from a locked truck.

Decatur Montgomery Alabama League of Municipalities Gilmer Blackburn Melvin Ozier Larkin Yates Charles Gunthorp Blackburn New Decatur Bowman Trucking Co Highway William W. Vaughn Decature

Hospital reports stable condition after heart attack

Johnson of 2302 Meadow Brook Rd SE is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. Fair condition reported today at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital Johnson Meadowbrook Rd

Community notices cover meetings talks and screenings

Dr. D A R Peyman will speak at 7 30 p m in the First Methodist Church fellowship hall on Learning to Live Effectively sponsored by the Morgan County Mental Health Association. The Eastwood PTA meets Wednesday at 10 a m. Wheeler Basin Library program on reading for children. Odell Dobson attended the Southern Claims Conference in Houston meeting John Wayne and other stars. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 O E S meets Tuesday 7 30 p m at the Masonic Hall. William Bradford Huie discusses Portrait of An Author at First Federal Penthouse today. Morgan County Lazy Eye Clinic screens 3 1/2 to 6 year olds Thursday 9 11 a m at the Health Dept call numbers for appointments. Decatur Country Club Junior Golfers organize Tuesday 3 45 p m for girls 10 to 18. ASQC one day training May 8 at Crescent Motel fees 7 50 for members 12 50 non members contact Jewell Traylor by May 2.

D.A.R. Peyman Bryce Hospital First Methodist Church Morgan County Mental Health Association Odell Dobson Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co Southern Claims Conference Houston Tex Dobson South John Wayne Friends of the Wheeler Basin Regional Library First Federal William Bradford Huie Decatur Country Club American Society For Quality Control Crescent Motel Jewell Traylor

Madison County DA Relieved Of Duties Amid Indictments

Madison County District Attorney Dee Thomas was relieved of duties by Circuit Judge Thomas Younger while 13 bribery counts, one embezzlement count, and a defamation count face him. A grand jury also indicted Sheriff Jerry Crabtree and six others in an eight month probe of local law enforcement. Six other figures named face multiple bribery and related charges. Trial dates are not yet set.

Huntsville David L Dee) Thomas Madison County Thomas DA Post Thomas N. Younger Jerry Crabtree Crabtree Larry M. Noblett Hampton Brown Depty T. J. Bell Bell Bonding Co C. A. Berry B and C Bonding Co Lloyd L. Cummings C Bonding Co Noblett Brown Bell Cummings Younger

Births and Deeds in Morgan County Notices

Birth reports show a son for Mr and Mrs James A Matthews at Decatur General Hospital and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Shirley at the same hospital. Morgan County deeds list multiple transfers with varied sums including 10 dollars and large transfers such as 3182 dollars and 7000 dollars among various parties.

James A. Matthews U. S South Decatur General Hospital Kenneth Shirley Wadsworth St

Unsettled Spring Weather With Warm Temperatures Predicted

A weather note says shower activity will rise tomorrow as variable clouds linger. Temperatures stay a few degrees above normal all week with moderate rainfall as a weak cold front moves from Texas. The eastern ridge drifts to the Atlantic by midweek. Gulf fog blankets coastal Alabama. highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the 60s through Saturday.

Texas Atlantic Alabama

Soviet Space Docking Advances Highlight Reliable Cosmos Probes

Tass reported public details on Cosmos 213 automatic docking showing a target orbit only three miles away and a 17 500 mile per hour craft speed. Earlier dockings Cosmos 188 and 186 completed near target orbits as observers note a planned meeting with Cosmos 216 amid resumed orbital activity.

Tass Kazakhstan Soviet Union

Hospital dismissals list includes several new births

A hospital notices dismissals and newborns for multiple residents. Entries name Mrs. Billy Ray King and baby girl, Mrs. Clarence Clifton Posey and baby boy, Mrs. James Weldon Clark and baby girl, Mrs. Robert W. Pruitt and baby girl, Mrs. Mary Frances Sales and others with addresses in Memorial Drive, Eleanor Drive, Vine Street, Trinity, Austinville Road, Hickory Hill, and Pennylark SE.

Sels Ok Ke Christopher Shindlebor Billy Ray King Ye Ave Clarence Clifton Posey Hartselle James Weldon Clark Memorial Drive Robert W. Pruitt Eleanor Drive Mary Frances Sales Vine ‘St William Morris Lamon Trinity 2 J. C. Woodruff W. Moulton St Willard G. Brown

Methodist Merge Steps Nearly Final

AP reports final steps for the United Methodist Church merger amid protest by Black Methodists for Church Renewal. About 40 Negro members and supporters walked out during a Dallas memorial service as leaders plan a 1972 launch uniting Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches.

Dallas Tex America Mmerger United Methodist Church Methodist Church Evangelical United Brethren Church Black Methodists For Dallas Memorial Auditorium Cecil Williams San Francisco United Church

Cosmos 212 213 Split After Automatic Docking

After their automatic docking last Monday Cosmos 212 and Cosmos 213 were separated and shifted into different orbits.

Bell System aims to prolong strike across 40 states

CWA Beirne said injunctions let Bell Telephone System and parent AT and T press to fight the nearly 200000 unionists in about 40 states rather than bargain. Gilmer said service largely held with operators in by. union claims of sabotage and manager actions escalate tensions as talks fail.

Beirne Bell Telephone American Telephone and Telegraph Co At&t Ben Gilmor Gilmer Bell System Bell Western Electric Co Western Electric Telephone Western Electric Manufacturing Buffalo N.Y Alabama Kentucky Western Electric New Jersey Bell Telephone Co New Jersey Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

China Fears Deployment Of Nuclear Missiles

Washington analysts puzzle over Peking's delay in fielding medium range nuclear missiles believed produced by China since 1964. Cultural Revolution pressures and fears of Maoist faction seizures impact deployment decisions amid rapid program tests and safety concerns.

Washington China Peking Fukien Taiwan

Late Chief Justice Lucien D Gardner 1951 retirement

Lucien D Gardner born in Montgomery October 13 1903. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1925 and its law school in 1926. He served Montgomery as city attorney 1931 1940 and mayor 1946 1951. An Army officer in World War II he retired as colonel. He married Elizabeth Hudson Hill in 1931 and had two children Warren Hudson Goodwyn and Elizabeth Lancaster Goodwyn. His court vacancy will be filled by Gov. Lurleen Wallace's appointment.

Lucien D Gardner Montgomery Goodwyn University of Alabama University Law School Elizabeth Hudson Hill Warren Hudson Goodwyn Elizabeth Lancaster Goodwyn Lurleen Wallace

Air power resumes as monsoon breaks over Vietnam

U S forces report 94 missions Saturday after weather improved, nearly matching a 151 mission total two days earlier. Navy Air Force and Marine units hit communications lines, artillery sites, radars and fuel dumps while Marines near Khe Sanh engage, leaving 21 NVA in bunkers and one U S Marine dead with 20 wounded. B52s raid the A Shau Valley again as weather changes.

Johnson U.S Navy Air Force Marine Khe Sanh Leathernecks

Unrest in Amoy Foochow Tibet Amid Cultural Turmoil

Officials note ongoing turmoil in Amoy and Foochow as well as Tibetan cities including Lhasa. They speculate China may deploy missiles during the national day parade on October 1 rather than field them.

Amoy Foochow Tibet India Lhasa China

Art Specialist Walter McKeegan to Visit Hartselle

Walter McKeegan art director for Filmways Television Studios in Hollywood will visit friends in Hartselle this month with his wife Vi. He will speak Thursday at 6 30 p.m. at a Decatur Art Guild meeting at the Mitchells guest house on U S 31.

Walter McKeegan Filmways Television Studios Hollywood Hartselle McKeegan Petticoat Junction Green Acres Hubert Mitchell Mitchell Paramount Studios Cecil B. DeMille Dale. Strider Decatur Art Guild

Athens Man Dies After Accidental Gun Discharge

Mrs. Waddell halted a washing to remove a pistol and returned it after an apology. The weapon discharged accidentally later. Two Waddell children were home. Autopsy performed by Dr. Van Pruitt. Survivors include Edith Waddell and five children. Services to be held at Sunny Hill Church of Christ with burial at the adjacent cemetery. Mr. Waddell was employed at Redstone Arsenal.

Running Sammett Huntsville Limestone County M. W Buddy) Evans Dennis Brown Frank Graham Waddell Sunny Hill Church of Christ Don Travis McConnell Edith Waddell Athens 2 Sherry Waddell

Reading Improvement TV Programs On Alabama Educational Channel

Education telecast lists programs on six channels with topics on reading attack skills and emotional issues. Dr Beverly Holaday of Alabama discusses reading improvement while Prof W H Rivenbark covers fear anxiety guilt low mood grief and love. Regional notes mention Shan area near Hue and coastal cities about thirty miles east. North Vietnamese forces have expanded camps roads and supply lines in the valley since overrunning a U S Special Forces camp two years ago.

Beverly Holaday University of Alabama Educational Psychology Department W. H. Rivenbark University of Alabama Shan Hue U.S

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James Johnson James H. Johnson Brock and Spight Co Eastwood Pta Mildred Phillips The Mary Lou Dancy Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall Morgan County Lazy Eye Clinic Morgan County Health Department By Winford Turner Richard Clark Charles Wayne Lindsey Coy Crow Hazel Crow Holls Donna B Essie Crow Donna B. Crow Christine Crow McKay Bobby Wayne Dunn Nancy Clark Dunn Leon C. William Clint Keenum William Clint Keenum Hugh S. Lindsey Char Lindsey Jean B. Coffey James Theo M. Yorgh En Bing Robert L. Compton On L Marrs Jean H. Cotes Sane Alonzo M B. Dowell Russ Methodist George W. Cornell Jaycee-Jayceette Peggy Benfield Mickey Morrison Bar Bara McRae Frank Neville Jimmie McBride Byron Vann CWA William Beecher New York Times News Service Sinkiang Province Hiroshima Mountain States Telephone Co Albuquerque N.M South Vietnam A Shau Athens Alabama Education Television Zere
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