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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1968
Page
5
Grandmother recounts cautious approach to grandson Charles Day who survived the Morgan County School bus wreck. He and other children received emergency care at Decatur General Hospital and Crestwood Hospital in Huntsville.
A newsroom reporter described a fatal school bus mishap near Decatur with at least 40 injured. The fourth death followed injuries to Ronald and Steve Spurlin and Doug Spurlin, while Janice Jennings searched for her three brothers. Doctors and volunteers worked amid chaos as families waited.
Coordinated effort among ambulance crews hospital staff doctors nurses ministers patrol officers health workers and Red Cross managed the Morgan County school bus wreck. Decatur General Hospital praised rapid care while Gunthorp Funeral Home aided transfers and ministers provided comfort and blood donors offered help.
A bus wreck near Cotaco left at least four students dead and about 44 injured. Cotaco junior Bobby Sharp and fellow students Coach Charles Maples and seniors Charles Thomas and Tommy Willis helped pull survivors from the mangled bus. Willis found 11 year old Mickey King among those trapped and confirmed his death.
A Somerville father recalls the Cotaco school bus crash on River Rd that killed at least four children and injured many more. Burton Kidd fears for his four kids and describes arriving at the scene and helping victims as others arrived. He notes seats are crowded and his children are among the last picked up, with the bus listed as seating six.
A Decatur reader letters the City Building Department protesting an order to remove old lumber from his rear yard. He defends his right to manage his own property and argues against broad civil rights enforcement and “scare” notices used to push beautification.
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