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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1966
Page
3
Madison police report a fiery four vehicle crash Monday afternoon injuring three people, one critically, near the spot where seven were killed in July. Police chief Charles Graves said three trucks and involved in the collision.
Limestone County deputies seized a large beer cache and a 1950s Dodge truck early today on U S 31 near Athens. The incident followed a crash on Monday involving a Dodge sedan and two army reserve trucks. One truck driver Adell Petterson, 43, of Mil Brooks, was pinned in wreckage over 15 minutes and listed in serious condition at Huntsville Hospital. The other driver Hollis Dyer, 54, of Fayetteville Tenn., was in critical condition with burns over 90 percent. Car driver Mary Janis Coulter of Decatur was in good condition at Decatur General Hospital. passenger Connie Cannon was uninjured. Petterson reportedly tried to brake when his semi jackknifed into the path of the army trucks. Authorities said the beer cache totaled 312 gallons in 104 double cases and the truck bore a license tag ending in 70. The deputies could not locate the driver. Huntsville Hospital later said Petterson might be moved to San Antonio for specialized care.
In 1945 the International Committee of Chief Prosecutors indicted 24 top German leaders as major war criminals. The move followed trials and set the framework for postwar accountability. key names and charges reflected high command responsibility and aggression violations at the war’s height.
Faith was about 500 miles east of Fort Pierce Florida at 11 a.m. heading northwest at 10 mph and expected to maintain that track until at least noon Wednesday. The storm churned seas over a 500 mile diameter and had halted off the Bahamas east of populated islands for nearly three days. A Weather Bureau spokesman said the chances of Faith striking land in the next two days were remote.
School Tuesday notice states that lunch room programs start on the second day of school Morgan County schools will open Friday for the new term.
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