Alabama AG Denies Federal Demand to View Records
Alabama Attorney General MacDonald Gallion again refused a Justice Department request to inspect records in his custody from October 11 under a Sumter County order. FBI agents left Livingston without access, while Gallion calls the bid a federal fishing expedition and defends state court authority.
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Alabama
MacDonald Gallion
Justice Department
Emmett F. Hildreth
Livingston
Sumter
Gallion
FBI
Birmingham
W. L
Longshore
U.S
Sumter County
Montgomery County
Fire Kills Four As House Is Destroyed
Four young children died in a Birmingham frame house fire started Thursday, likely from an oil heater. Coroner J. O. Butler identified victims Alfred Clark Thomas 3 Betsy Marie Thomas 2 Dale Jerome Thomas 1 and Kenneth Thomas 4 months. Richard Thomas the father worked at the time and the mother was away at a store.
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Birmingham
J. O. Butler
Richard Thomas
Alfred Clark Thomas
Betsy Marie Thomas
Dale Jerome Thomas
Kenneth Thomas
Italy Posts Lower Fire Losses Than United States
Italy reported fire losses for last year totaling 80 million dollars, under four percent of the fire losses recorded in the United States, according to international fire statistics.
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Italy
United States
THAT'S EARL, BROTHER Does Barbara Get Sick
Barbara Baxley reveals nightly illness before openings in stage and film. She from Stockton California recalls 20 years of stage fright and self medicating with tranquilizers before performances. The piece notes other entertainment items and jokes from Earl Wilson's column.
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Barbara
Earl Wilson
New York
Barbara Baxley
Tennessee Williams
Williams
Tennessee
Stockton
Cal
Birmingham Woman Killed in Car Truck Wreck
Birmingham city accident investigator said Mrs Josephine Cordi 39 of Birmingham was killed in a car truck collision on a Birmingham street Thursday night her father and mother were injured in the crash.
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Birmingham
W.P. Reeves
Josephine Cordi
Government costs to rise billions in 1960s goals plan
The President’s Commission on National Goals says federal outlays will climb sharply in the 1960s with higher military, foreign aid, urban renewal and education spending. It notes possible tax increases and urges reforms to capture revenues and spur job growth while cities bear more responsibility.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Commission On National Goals
Eisenhower
Commission
Henry M. Winston
National Press Club
U.S
Ad Ho
Magiciaens
U. S
Four Limestone Schools Sold
Four Limestone School buildings and land were sold for a total of 9180 dollars to three buyers and a couple, with the Cross Key property fetching 4500 dollars for Jeff L. Bond Cecil Butler John E. Butler and J. E. Williams. Glenn M. Vinson and wife paid 2800 dollars, and Carl Ruf acquired Finch School and Thatch Community property for 1025 dollars.
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Athens
Cross Key
Jeff L. Bond
Cecil Butler
John E. Butler
J. E. Williams
Glenn M. Vinson
Finch
Thatch
Carl Ruf
Racial Trials Are Set Today
In Montgomery five white men arrested at a racially tense Thanksgiving Day game between Tuskegee Institute and Alabama State College face hearings. D V Andrews to city court on disorderly conduct and Wilson Bragg in county court on defiance of an officer. One man, Sonny Kyle Livingston, paid a $25 fine for failure to obey. Dismissals include G W Sexton for concealed weapon and Henry Alexander for failing to obey an officer.
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Montgomery
D. V. Andrews
Wilson Bragg
County Court of Common Pleas
Cramton Bowl
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama State College
Sonny Kyle Livingston
G. W. Sexton
Henry Alexander
TVA Official Dies After Attack In Knoxville
Er nest E. Robinson aged 69, director of the power production division in TVA’s office of power in Chattanooga, collapsed on a sidewalk near TVA headquarters in Knoxville and died at a hospital. Authorities attribute the death to a heart attack. Robinson joined TVA in 1936 and would have reached retirement age next August.
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Knoxville
Nashville Firm Submits Bid To Extend Marin Road
A Nashville firm bids to extend Marin Road at Redstone Arsenal Alabama for about two miles and to build a guard house and control building. McDowell & McDowell offered 581 761 dollars to Army Engineers on Thursday. the government estimate was 607 645 dollars.
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Mobile
Nashville, Tenn
Marin Road
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
McDowell & McDowell
Army Engineers
Bid For AU Library Nearly $2 Million
Mid- South Constructors Inc of Montgomery submitted what appears to be the low bid of 1,995,000 for building a library on Auburn University campus. Funding will come from Auburn's portion of the 100 million dollar bond issue approved by the last Legislature.
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Auburn, Ala
Mid- South Constructors, Inc
Montgomery
Auburn University
Auburn
Alabama Soldiers To Guard President
Four soldiers from Fort Benning assigned to form an honor cordon at the Capitol for Kennedy’s inauguration. Among the 100 enlisted men chosen are M. Sgt. Thomas A. Sexton of Winfield Alabama, a platoon leader in the infantry center honor guard company.
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FT. Benning, Ga
3Rd Army
National Capitol
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Thomas A. Sexton
Winfield
Ala
Infantry Center
Baptists Open State Student Meeting in Birmingham
The Alabama Baptist State Student Convention opens in Birmingham with more than 1,000 attendees expected. Bible study sessions run through Sunday at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church led by Dr William Hull of Southern Seminary Louisville.
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Birmingham
Gates
Dawson Memorial Baptist Church
William Hull
Southern Seminary
Louisville, Y
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