Condemned Man Awaits Word on Clemency in Alabama
In Montgomery on August 3 1950 or 1948 context, 63 year old Henry Alberson awaited Gov. James E. Folsom’s clemency decision before potential electric chair execution for the 1948 murder of Early Stokes in Enterprise Alabama. Alberson’s attorneys argued for mercy claiming intoxication but the governor had not announced and local officials urged following the law.
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Ala
Coffee County
James E. Folsom
Kilby
Henry Alberson
Folsom
Alberson
Early Stokes
Enterprise
State Supreme Court
Sanity Commission
J. A. Darnley
Elba
Stokes
Coffee Circuit
Eris Paul
Rex
French Israeli capitalists plan Champagne-Israel export
Nathanya residents learn French and Israeli investors are building a bottling plant to export champagne from the coastal city. The product will be branded Champagne-Israeli and distributed internationally.
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Nathanya
Israel
Mediterranean
Two Escaped Convicts Captured Near Tuka Mississippi
Two escaped Alabama convicts Baron Woodham and Chester Potter about 30 were captured 20 miles south of Tuka Mississippi and held in jail pending return to Alabama. A posse with bloodhounds tracked them to a wooded area and they offered no resistance. One had a pistol but discarded it. They were serving robbery and forgery sentences.
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Tuka
Miss
Alabama
Clarence Pace
Baron Woodham
Chester Potter
Pace
William Bradley
Golden, Miss
Baldwin County gas tax proposal rejected by voters
Incomplete returns indicate Baldwin County voters rejected a proposed one cent gasoline tax. Early results from eight of forty precincts showed 163 in favor and 494 opposed. Officials say new revenue is needed to maintain the road system heavily used by gulf resort visitors. The county gets about $180,000 annually from state gasoline taxes for road purposes.
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Baysminette
Ala
Baldwin County
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