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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1968

Page

7

Effort Begun To Nominate Lister Hill Favorite Son

Quiet moves grow within Alabama Democrats to draft retiring U S Sen Lister Hill as a favorite son candidate at the Chicago convention. The plan aims to heal Alabama’s split delegation and secure a first ballot boost for Hill while Wallace backers seek a way out.

Lister Hill Montgomery Alabama Thb U. S Hill Washington Wallace Chicago Humphrey McCarthy McGovern Hubert Humphrey Hill-Burton Texas John Connally George Smathers Florida South Carolina Robert McNair Georgia Lester Maddox Bob Vance Albert Brewer Rome Lurleen Wallace Agnes Baggett Charles Grainger Huntsville Capitol Brown Engineering Madison County House Brewer Democratic State Committee Grainger John David Snodgrass Col Floyd Mann Alabama Dept. of Public Safety Justice Dept Birmingham

Red Flying Ghost Haunts Indian Village, House Burns

In Bagarganj village near Allahabad a family reports a red flaming ghost terrorizing their home. A woman saw a pot rise and hover, clothes ignited, stones struck the house, and food burned before the residence caught fire. A boy described a giant flaming red figure flying about the dwelling.

Allahabad India Bagarganj United News of India

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Crats ONG Sears Vrh Sen. Hill Equitable Ralph Jones Living Insurance The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States New York, N.Y Jolly Red Giant Trinity Baptist Gilbert Decatur, Ala J. C. White Hartselle Ala Sears, Roebuck and CO
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