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Hundreds of Limestone residents will travel to Huntsville Monday to join a homecoming welcoming Senator Jon Sparkman Democratic vice presidential candidate. Gov Gordon Persons Senator Lister Hill and most Alabama delegation expected. Sparkman says campaign guidance comes from the national committee.
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Limestone
Huntsville
Jon Sparkman
Gordon Persons
Lister Hill
Alabama
Sparkman
Citizens’ Committee
National Campaign Committee
James Hall Rites Held at Mt Pisgah Church
Funeral services for James Hall eight were held at Mt Pisgah church Wednesday afternoon with Bro Allen Newby and Rev A W Miller officiating. The notice notes college registration for ages 65 and over, with free courses except a small records fee in Athens College.
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Athens College
James Hall
Mt. Pisgah Church
Bro. Allen_Newby
A. W. Miller
Central Baptist Group Attends GA Camp at Shocco Springs
Fourteen Central Baptist church members attended the North Alabama G A camp at Shocco Springs near Talladega. Delegates include Ging er Ward Rebecca Nelson Joyce Kelso Mary Helen Hurst Shirley Wooten Myra Ann Johnson Joy Margaret Posey Freda Gail Sandy Margueritte Garnett Jo Ann Elliott Elizabeth Ann Drain with Mrs H H Higdon Mrs Sean Posey and Miss Glenn Green. The Alabama Baptist Women's Missionary Union sponsors the camp each year with entrants such as Ondina Maristany of Cuba Irene Landry Gladys McClanahan and Lorete Dotson serving as missionaries or appointees.
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North Alabama
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Shocco Springs
Talladega
Central
Ginger Ward
Rebecca Nelson
Joyce Kelso
Mary Helen Hurst
Shirley Wooten
Myra Ann Johnson
Joy Margaret Posey
Freda Gail Sandy
Margueritte Garnett
Jo Ann Elliott
Elizabeth Ann Drain
H. H. Higdon
Sean Posey
Glenn Green
Margaret Truman mocks marriage rumors with Stevenson
In Copenhagen on August 16 Margaret Truman dismissed reports she might wed Adlai Stevenson. She laughed off the gossip saying she has no plans to marry and noted Stevenson now faces similar rumors. The event followed a news conference remarks.
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Stevenson
Copenhagen
Margaret Truman
United States
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Twins Face Christmas Without Brother as Cancer Ends Life
Joyce Ann McCorstin and her 99 year old twin Jackie McCorstin faced their last days together as doctors say Jackie’s cancer has spread to both lungs. The boy had earlier battled knee cancer, lost a leg, and learned to walk with an artificial limb. Community members raised funds for a television for Jackie during his final weeks.
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Woodville
Okla
Joyce Ann McCorstin
Jackie McCorstin
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Oklahoma City
Ross McCorstin
Jackie
Oklahoma
One Of Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Caught By FBI
FBI agents captured James A. Robey by storming an informal lodging house in Hamtramck at dawn. The suspect, John Thomas Hill, confessed to being part of a group that killed Winchester Smith in Maryland in 1950. He faced a federal charge of flight to avoid prosecution.
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Detroit
Hamtramck
John Thomas Hill
James A. Robey
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Hill
James Smith
Winchester Smith
Willoughby
Outer Ear Infection Causes and Treatments Described
doctors now believe outer ear infections are mainly bacterial, often starting from middle ear infections or seborrheic dermatitis linked to oil glands. selenium disulfide shampoo helps about 80 percent of oil-gland cases, while bacterial cases may need acetic acid or antibiotics after proper diagnosis through tests or exam.
Office Cat Timeworn Gags and Local Quips Parade
A collection of light items and jokes from a local paper page. It notes Opal Smith the cook failing a diet in a comic mix and mentions various humorous vignettes about Fat bills and a cake baking contest among 300 women. It also includes quips about ads and everyday life.
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Opal
Gid Dibble
Gid
Lise Turner
Witty Exchange on Golf and Nudist Underthings
A humorous dialogue features a boastful golfer and a salesman. The salesman jokes about selling undergarments to nudist colonies and notes that radar can be spelled backwards, ending with a punchline about cushions.
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Farmer's Daughter
Receiver Appointed By Court To Take What Remains
A court appoints a receiver to collect what's left. Frost quips about chorus girls and clever tricks. A humorous exchange compares skinning a wolf for a mink to sharp wit. A mother and son dialogue riffs on washing faces and being full and not wet. A joke contrasts a strip actress and an actress mastering lines with a stripper showing hers.
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Frost
Fragmented verse fragment finds caution in affection
A fragment from a poem laments perceived danger in a kiss and contrasts youthful longing with biology. The speaker reflects on secrecy and longing, expressing sighs and moans as they contemplate being alone with someone.
Berryman To Be Released From Lawrence Jail Today
Quentin Berryman a Town Creek farmer was scheduled for release from Moulton county jail today after serving a five day sentence for contempt of court. Circuit Judge S A Lynne imposed the sentence on Wednesday stemming from an alleged assault on Paul Christian a juror in a case involving a relative of Berryman. He also faces an assault and battery charge to be tried in county court next month.
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Town Creek
Moulton
Berryman
S. A. Lynne
Paul Christian
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