Valhermosa Springs Boy Drowns in Pond
Gilbert Roland Dunaway nine, of Valhermosa Springs, drowned Monday afternoon in a stock farm pond near his home. His father found the body about 6:30 p.m. after the boy and a companion left to play. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Center Springs Methodist Church with burial at the adjoining cemetery.
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Valhermosa
Valhermosa Springs
Gilbert Roland Dunaway
Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Gilbert Dunaway
Young Dunaway
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Dunaway
Flint
Center Springs Methodist Church
Bill Wilson
Bur
Funeral services for Mrs Sue Ella Brown held in Athens
Funeral services for 80 year old Mrs Sue Ella Brown of Athens were held at Sardis Springs Church of Christ with Fred Evans and Sewell Hall officiating. Burial followed at Hall Cemetery with Spry Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Florence Brightwell Mrs Victor May and Mrs Sanford Moore four sons Hermon Charles Reubin and James, three sisters and a brother, 25 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Mrs Brown a lifelong Limestone County resident and member of Church of Christ. Grandsons were pallbearers.
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Athens
Sue Ella Brown
Sardis Springs Church of Christ
Fred Evans
Sewell Hall
Hall Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Florence Brightwell
Huntsville
Victor May
Sanford Moore
Pontiac
Mich
Hermon Brown
Charles Brown
Reubin Brown
James Brown
Pontiac, Mich
Bessie Clem
Ola Arnett
Clara Vasser
Harvest
Raymond Hall
Toney
Ancient Egyptian style Greek coffins shaped as urns and figures
Greek coffins varied in shape from urn form to a seated human figure. They were typically molded around the corpse with clay and then fired in a bake.
Morgan County Teachers Prepare Week-Long Workshop
About 400 Morgan County teachers will attend a week-long workshop at Morgan County High School to prepare for the new school year opening August 30. The program, funded by Title I Education of Deprived Students, involves studies in public relations, visual aids, guidance, teaching techniques, and reading.
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Lee Sentell
Morgan County
George Nancarrow
Nancarrow
Ederal Funds
Morgan County High School
Peabody College
Auburn University
University of Alabama
Alabama Education Association
Comfortably Cool Locally With Thundershowers Forecast
Weatherman notes a shift to unseasonably cool air spreading from the Midwest to the East with highs near 88 to 92 later today. Scattered thunderstorms are expected, 50 percent today dropping to 30 percent tonight and Wednesday, then partly cloudy and warmer Thursday. Dolly strengthens to a hurricane over the open sea with no land threat for two days.
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Midwest
Montpelier
Vermont
Needles
Blythe
Calif
Carolinas
Georgia
Atlantic
Gulf States
Dolly
River and Weather Summary for Decatur Area
The report notes Saturn near the Moon and details river readings at Keller Memorial Bridge with TVA lake levels for Chickamauga Pickwick Guntersville Whitesburg Wheeler and Wilson. It cites high and low temperatures, no rain in the past 24 hours, and a forecast of scattered thundershowers with 50 percent rain today diminishing to 30 percent tonight and Wednesday.
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Decatur
Draft Brewer Movement Still Active in Alabama Delegates
Alabama delegates to the Democratic National Convention pursue Gov. Albert Brewer as a favorite son candidate. Brewer, while flattered, asks that the matter not be pursued further, and A. M. Hambrick leads the movement with a telegram to Brewer.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Albert Brewer
Brewer
A. M. Hambric
Jasper
Hambric
Convntion
George Wallace
Wallace
George C. Wallace
New Principal Selected For Clements High
Ernest Adams was named principal of Clements High School by the Limestone County Board of Education on Monday night. A 12 year Limestone County employee and former principal at Enns Junior High, Adams succeeds the late M T Newman. Adams, Athens College graduate with a masters from Peabody College, is married with three sons and began his teaching career at Ardmore High in 1956.
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Athens
Ernest Adams
Clements High School
Aeeting
Limestone Couny Board of Education
Adams
Limestone County
Ens
M.T. Newman
C. S. Pettusaid
Athens College
Gibson's pennies raise ethics questions in Alabama nominating drive
Roy Gibson, a Honolulu car dealer, allegedly paid large sums in pennies for vehicles from a customer twice. The report ties his actions to Alabama delegate lobbying for Gov Brewer as the party nominee, amid tensions with George Wallace's presidential bid and questions about delegate seating.
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Honolulu
Roy Gibson
Wallace Predicts Victory In November Election
Wallace contends he will win enough electoral votes in November to become president. He claims ballot access in at least 40 states and potential inclusion in all 50, discounting Nixon as the GOP candidate. He mentions discussions on the vice presidency with prominent figures nationwide and a running mate likely from outside the South.
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New York
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Republican Party
Richard M. Nixon
South
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T. O. Watts
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