Grand Jury Report on Cotaco School Bus Crash
Morgan County grand jury details findings on the Cotaco School bus wreck of April 23 1968. Four children died and forty two were injured as brakes failed on a downhill route near Valdermosa Springs. The report cites poor maintenance and recommends more mechanics and updated bus conditions.
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Cotaco
Morgan County
Grand Jury
U. S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Safety Bureau
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Ridge Road
Valdermosa Springs
Idren
Decatur General Hospital
Marines claim multiple NVA kills near Camp Carroll Con Thien
U S Marines report 69 North Vietnamese killed in three actions west of the DMZ near Camp Carroll and Con Thien. They say 41 NVA and 13 Marines wounded in the Camp Carroll engagement, with further ambush and reinforcements nearby. Air strikes and B52 missions followed in the Northern campaign.
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Dmz
U.S
Camp Carroll
Con Thien
Cam Lo River
Leathernecks
North Vietnam
Wallace Seeks Ballot Access Across 38 States
Wallace works to qualify for ballots in 38 states with petitions and legal actions underway. He plans a Fort Wayne event and a news conference as he collects signatures, aiming for about 17 000 by August end. An eight day tour targets Little Rock Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Oklahoma City and other cities.
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Cam H
Iowa
Montana
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Alabama
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Wallace
Ees
Montgomery
Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma City
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
For Sale and Rent Ads Mixed in Local Notice
Several classified items listing a 6 week old Miniature Dachshund puppy for 40 dollars, an OCGWOOD LANE four bedroom house for sale with appraisal 32000 and owner transfer, a for rent three bedroom brick house near Greenbrier, a 1963 Chevy Nova convertible, a 1968 Chevrolet pickup with custom cab, and a four bedroom two bath rental with air conditioning hardwood floors at 203 4th Ave. S.W. all with contact phone numbers.
Decatur Board Reviews Cafeteria Savings and Policy
A Decatur board member explains cafeterias cannot run a revenue surplus beyond a month. Leeman notes bulk buying of frozen and canned foods saves an estimated 3000 to 5000 dollars per year, highlighting substantial savings within the cafeterias' tight operating margins.
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Leeman
Appalachia funding shifts to building phase
Arnett notes federal revenue available for projects has risen to 80 percent. The Appalachian Commission is described as bridge builders between state and federal and local governments. Bevill praises the program as preferred treatment for the region and pledges support in Washington as McGukin chairs a brief business meeting.
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Appalachia
Bevill
Commission
Washington
Robert McGukin
Town and Country noon show to move earlier for ABC Evening News
WMSL will shift the Weekday Town and Country to noon earlier at about 9 am and may swap the evening news to align with ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds as ABC begins fall programming September 22. Viewers may again see old favorites and sports including NCAA games and the October Olympics. WAAY-TV joined NBC last year, prompting cable subscriptions for ABC shows.
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ABC Evening News
Frank Reynolds
National Broadcasting i
Waay-Tv
NBC
ABC
Search launched after incident with no injuries reported
Rescue squads from Moulton Flint Colbert and Limestone counties responded to the scene but ended the night search after dark. Dragging operations resumed at dawn today.
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Williams
Moulton
Flint
Colbert
Limestone
Carson-Newman taps Fincher as new president
Dr John Albert Fincher academic dean at Sanford University Birmingham Alabama named president of Carson-Newman College effective September 1 succeeding retiring Dr Harley G Fite. Fincher a Union County South Carolina native earned a PhD at North Carolina in 1989 Carson-Newman has 1600 students and 25 new buildings were added during Fites twenty year tenure with budget growth from 447000 to 3391683.
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Jefferson City
Board of
Carson-Newman
Uts
Union County
S. C
Fincher
University of South Carolina
University of North Carolina
Fite
Carson- Newman
Alabama Senator Pushes 18 Voting Age Plank
State Senator Tom Radney of Tallapoosa County will testify before the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee in Chicago to back a national voting age reduction to 18. He previously sponsored a 18 proposal in Alabama, which died after the House kept 20 as the minimum.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Democratic National Convention Platform Committee
Tom Radney
Tallapoosa County
Chicago
Radney
House
Senate
Coffee as treatment mentioned for various ailments
A note claims coffee is prescribed for heart trouble migraine chronic asthma and habitual poisoning, followed by a blunt advertisement slogan WANT ADS GET RESULTS showing the publication’s mixed content.
Dems Scramble for Delegates in 1968 Campaign
Agnew barnstorms New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania arguing Nixon and Humphrey diverge on Vietnam. McGovern campaigns by phone as some South Dakota pledged delegates desert. Wallace heads for Indiana but misses DC ballot signatures. Daley's Chicago delegation backs Johnson. California leads uncommitted delegates with 152.
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Humphrey
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Vietnam
Joose
Paris
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Associated Press
George Wallace
Indiana
Walllace
District of Columbia
Agnew
Annapolis
Baltimore
Ad Hoc
Committee For Good Government
Frank A. DeCosta
Ware
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Johnson
Daley
California
Illinois
McCarthy
McGovern
Interstate 65 bridge clearances raised near Mobile
The Mobile area Chamber official said five I 65 bridges north of Mobile will be substantially raised after highway officials agreed to increase clearances. The Mobile River bridge clearance would rise to 125 feet with other stream bridges increased to 25 to 52 feet, part of a roughly 28 million dollar project facing protests from industrial and civic groups.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Area Chamber, of Commerce
Wallace I. McElroy
State Highway Department
Department
Coast Guard
Tensaw
Middle Rivers
Little Lizard Creek
Miflin Lake
Mobile River
Highway Department
Alabama
Baldwin County
Georgiana
Triana Family First For Loan
A Negro family in Triana Alabama and a white family in Washington Georgia will receive the federal government’s new home building loans for low income rural families. The loans total 8790 and 7980 dollars with subsidies to cover most of the cost.
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Washington
Triana
Ala
Washington, Ga
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Alabama
Georgia
Farmers Home Administration
Huntsville
Joe Jefferson
Jefferson
FHA
Halace W. McAvoy
McAvoy
Reichstag Election Voter Turnout Drops Across Germany
In the 1928 Reichstag election at least a quarter of eligible German voters did not cast ballots, signaling notable turnout shortfall amid the political climate.
Medical Progress in Cancer to Air on ETV Alabama
A Monday 7 p.m. broadcast on the Alabama ETV Network will present Cancer Facts and progress toward causes and cures. Dr. Charles D. Kochakian of The University of Alabama Medical College leads the program with Drs. Max Dale Cooper and John R. Durant as guests, discussing cancer dangers and research.
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Alabama
ETV
Charles D. Kochakian
University of Alabama Medical College
Kochakian
Max Dale Cooper
John R. Durant
Med Center
Cooper
Durant
Birmingham
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Morgan County Superintendent of Education
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Bob Nagel
Mr. Fisher
General Motors
Bendix Steering and Brake Company
Decatur General
Lester Wooten
Russell Peck
William Lyle
Sorrells
Decatur Post
Alabama State Troopers
Ocgwood Lane
Hwy
Greenbrier
4Th Ave
S.W
Call
Decatur
Hartselle
Hollywood
WMSL
Dr. Fincher College
Sen. Radney
Meen
Ert
Mitchum
MT Pictures
Medowal
Ste. Warianieny
Aoc Oon
Eile Eeiae
Richard J. Hughes
United States of America
Hughes
Rockefeller
Housing and Urban Affairs
Sen
William J. Fulbright
D-Ark
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
John Sherman Cooper
Martin Luther King Jr
United Nations
Burt Lancaster
Lee Marvin
Robert Andk
Lance Ralph Bellamy
Claudia Cardinale
Columbia Pictures
Panavision
N.Y. Daily News
Truman Capote
N.Y
National Gepters Pictures
James Garner
Debbie Reynolds
Maurice Ronet
Paul Lynde
Terry
Thomas
Panay
Joseph
Levine
Mike Nichols
Fai Case
Turman
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