Wives Seek Slaying Clues In Cobb County Case
Mrs. James Powell and Mrs. Billy Jenkins fund radio and newspaper ads in Atlanta area to aid in exonerating Powell and five co-defendants in the May 7, 1971 murder of pathologists Warren and Rosina Matthews in Marietta. The six face life or death sentences. ads seek information. c. F. Penn Hamburgers opens new Decatur location.
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Marietta, Ga
Decatur
Atlanta
James Hoyt Powell
Billy Richard Jenkins
WBIE
Marietta
Powell
Georgia
Jenkins
Alton Wayne Ruff
Nashville
Larry Hacker
George Emmett
James E. Creamer
Greenville
S.C
Cobb County
Drs. Warren
Rosina Matthews
First American woman editor Ann Franklin at Newport Mercury
On this day in 1762 Ann Franklin became the first American woman newspaper editor, taking a position at the Newport Mercury in Rhode Island. The page notes classified ads and weather details with a brief nod to regional pride in the Tennessee Valley.
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Ann Franklin
Newport Mercury
Rhode Island
Assassination Plot Questioned During Nixon Visit
Federal and city officials discuss a possible conspiracy to assassinate President Nixon during a brief New Orleans stay. Police say evidence is lacking while Secret Service searches for a former officer linked to a past act on Nixon’s car. Nixon canceled a five block motorcade and proceeded by air to the convention center.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
Canal Street
Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rivergate Convention Center
Secret Service
Edward Gaudet
Edwin M. Gaudet
Arroyo Hondo
N.M
Gaudet
Rivergate
VFW
Cambodia
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Tree Award Damages Favor Kilpatrick In Oak Tree Battle
Morgan County Circuit Court Judge Newton B. Powell ruled for Dr. Troy Kilpatrick in his suit against the City of Hartselle over an old willow oak cut on Main St. Kilpatrick was awarded 1500 in damages after claiming a 60 000 property value drop to 50 000 post removal. Expert witnesses valued the tree between 8 000 and 14 000. The city argued the cut addressed a traffic hazard amid a disputed easement and unrecorded survey.
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Courtland
Hartselle
Main St
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Troy Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Milner St
Powell
Johnny Johnson
Decatur
Colin Bagwell
Huntsville
Johnson
Bagwell
David Buckelew
Bob Horton
Morgan Commissioners Eye Courthouse Cuts
Morgan County faces two cost cutting options for a new courthouse jail complex including removing the jail or omitting one jail floor with minor changes. Architect Walter Hall and engineer J O Colvard outlined the plan options to the commission, which aims to decide within days. Even with revisions the project is around 5.5 million, with a 200000 surplus expected. Policy notes include contingency funds and funding sources from 1972 bonds and revenue sharing.
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Morgan County Commission
Walter Hall
J. O. Colvard
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
Gresham, Williams and Johnson
Colvard
Fleming
Hall
Lee Morgan
Lost Tags On State Vehicles
Alabama officials report license tags issued for other cars end up on various state and governor staff vehicles. The practice, common for security and undercover needs, shows multiple transfers among Governor Wallace aides and contractors with no official records of the moves. See LOST On Page 5.
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Montgomery, Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Scottsboro
Ala
Elvin Stanton
Woody Anderson Ford Co
Huntsville
Ford Ltd
Billy Joe Camp
Anderson Ford Agency
Ford
Howard Hendrix
Camp
Brenda Hurricanes inland move hits Mexican coast
Mexico City AP reports Hurricane Brenda moved inland battering coastlines with strong winds and high tides. Houston AP notes Skylab 2 crew testing a Gyrosix pack in preparation for a spacewalk to replace six gyroscopes. Santa Fe AP says no new search for the origin of a boy’s broadcast for help unless new information emerges, says State Police Chief Vigil.
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Mexico City
Brenda
Mexico
Space Center
Houston
Santa FE
N.M
Martin Vigil
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C. F. Penn Hamburgers
E. Moulton Street
Financial
Athens
Tennessee Valley
DAILY
Tommy
Stevenson
Morgan Commissioners Eye
Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Wayne Berrier
Linwood, N. C
Youngstown, Ohio
State Revenue Department
Revenue Department
Madison County
Alabama
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