Wallace Returns To Center In Birmingham Recovery
Governor George C. Wallace returns to Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham after a weekend at the Governor's Mansion in Montgomery. Doctors say he may stay two more weeks due to an abdominal abscess and might need another operation to drain it, with non surgical treatment preferred first.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Spain
Montgomery
Wallace
Laurel
George Traugh
George Hallenbeck
Racing Enthusiasm Drives Woman racer in Hartselle
Cathy Speakman, a Detroit native now living in Hartselle, took up racing after watching her husband Larry work on his car. She reports little hostility from rivals and notes a few minor bumps with no injuries, while expressing a love for the sport and a desire to keep racing. Three Chalkville Girls' Training School escapees were caught in Decatur, jailed pending return. A man fell asleep in a boat after reportedly falling into the Tennessee River. police charged him with disorderly conduct and liquor violations as they confiscated malt liquor and whisky.
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Hartselle
Cathy Speakman
Larry
Motor City
Detroit
Chalkville
Decatur
Chestnut St. SE
Tennessee
Woman racer finds speed in Cornwell near Moulton
The 26 year old mother of one credits husband Larry Speakman for sparking her interest in racing. She has become a local favorite at the Lawrence County track driving a 1957 Ford after winning a powder puff debut in Cullman. She says she feels safer on the track than on the street.
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Larry
Cullman
Athens hearing on paving expansion and bridge near Town Creek
City council schedules public hearing tonight on street paving and expansion to serve a proposed shopping center and a bridge across Town Creek. The city will cover about half the cost, roughly $25,000, with nearby property owners paying the rest. A week of Morgan County criminal cases begins today with 125 cases to be heard as new council members take office.
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Athens — A
Town Creek
Roon St
Spee & New Council
Morgan County
Ae Bennett McRae Wiil
Three Charged In Larceny Case In Decatur
Decatur residents James Roscoe Russell 18 Somerville 1 Roger G. Jones 19 613 2nd Ave SW and a 15 year old were arrested Saturday and charged with grand larceny in the theft of a stereo tape player and tapes from a car. The equipment belonged to Ronnie Linderman 422 12th Ave SW, police said.
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Decatur
James Roscoe Russell
Somerville
Roger G. Jones
2Nd Ave
Ronnie Linderman
12Th Ave
Gunplay Ends In Death in Ardmore Tennessee
Ardmore police say 22 year old David McDonald was killed after exchanging gunfire with Lt. Garland Hillis and Bobby Turner at a Turner residence. McDonald died at Giles County Hospital in Pulaski. Coroner J. W. Carr identified the victim.
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Ardmore
Tenn
Giles County
J. W. Carr
David McDonald
Giles County Hospital
Pulaski
Garland Hillis
Robert Turner
Hillis
McDonald
Turner
Bobby Turner
Franklin Jury To Be Selected In Buzbee Case
A jury was to be selected in Russellville to hear Cullman County Sheriff Orlin Buzbee charged with accepting a bribe. The trial had been delayed after a venue change was granted. prosecutors say he accepted $500 and a one third share of profits.
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Russellville
Cullman County
Orlin Buzbee
Roy Mayhall
Buzbee
Bill Baxley
Kenneth Mobley
Vinemont
Cullman
Tom Drake
Finis E. St. John Ill
Julian Bland
Bland
Franklin County Dist
Atty John Jolly
Corner Drugstore Photographs and county bootlegging trial notes
The Burleson Dinsmore photo shows Decatur Drug Co and staff in 1921 Bank Street. A separate report covers alleged bootlegging schemes with Sheriff candidate Buzbee facing trial, involving Smith Lake operators and bribes. Kenneth Mobley named as early witness and Julian Bland to prosecute in Cullman and Russellville venues.
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Decatur Drug Co
Bank St
Frasier Insurance Co
Naw
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
E. P
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Gwendolyn Sue Stover
Alabama
Amos Searcy
Atlanta
Tanner
U. S. 31
Leon Lambert
Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
Lambert
Bobby Herbert
DIAL
Franklin
Dad) Gilbert
Rufus Pearson
Elmer 8. Loyd
William Dinsmore
Skeeter and
Albert Alexander
Burleson Dinsmore
Mobley
Smith Lake
Buell Graves
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