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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1968
Page
2
The U S Post Office approved a stamp honoring Alabama statehood to be issued in 1969. Senator John Sparkman praised the project and said details on first day sales would come later. The stamp's date and place of first day sales will be announced.
Six Morgan County communities Hartselle Flint Somerville Trinity Eva and Falkville hold Tuesday elections. The Hartselle mayor city council race is the most crowded with 24 candidates including incumbents and challengers. seats span five council positions with various unopposed candidates and write ins noted. County wide, all city council terms are four years.
Alabama delegate A M Hambric of Jasper begins a push to promote Gov. Albert Brewer as a favorite son candidate if George Wallace is not nominated. Hambric has contacted delegates and may hold a Birmingham meeting to plan. Brewer is pledged as one of 10 Wallace electors and has said he does not plan to attend the Chicago convention.
Co L Carrell of 1313 Donna Ave SE surprised three vandals ransacking his car early Saturday. police said he chased them several blocks. a break-in was reported at Pleeze You Beauty Salon on John Stone St and a vending machine was broken. DECATUR DAILY carrier James Blackwood saw the break-in. Residents may inspect a voting machine at Decatur City Hall before Tuesday's city election. Frank House will address the Decatur Lions at the Decatur Inn about Alabama Sports Hall of Fame plans.
Notes of interest report Jay Phillip Sidebotham son of Mr and Mrs Norman C Sidebotham of 2016 Penny Lane has enrolled at Castle Heights Military Academy for the September semester. The new cadet attended Decatur Junior High and the Army designated Honor School hosts a city problems program at Rotary Club meeting at The Decatur Inn Monday. Fred Osburn will present a film Disturbances Within The City made with FBI approval at Henderson College Searcy Ark.
Athens Limestone County investigators charged Jerome Daly, 23, with first degree manslaughter and leaving the scene after 12 year old Ricky Daly died from injuries near Athens. Daly was released on bond totaling 6 000. An autopsy cited internal injuries as the cause of death. funeral plans for Ricky Daly were announced.
A $60,000 mausoleum will start this week at Roselawn Cemetery in Decatur. president Jack Burton of Mausoleum of Alabama Corp says the 108 by 25 foot structure with 176 crypts will be the first public mausoleum in Decatur and one of 35 in the South built by the company. The air conditioned chapel will have an Italian white marble exterior and pink interior marble. The project aims to provide above ground entombment and space savings at lower cost than traditional burials. Burton notes growing popularity of mausoleums nationwide.
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