Fire destroys Hollis home in Courtland with family away
Neighbors and Courtland Fire Department fought a noon blaze that consumed the Hollis residence. Kenneth Hollis had just left for Lawrence County Hospital to fetch X rays and Florence for his doctor. His wife works as a nurse at the hospital. children Pamela 16 Kim 11 Scotty 9 were at school. A couch was saved by a brother-in-law, and the fire department arrived too late. Cause undetermined.
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Chaleybeate
Kenneth Hollis
Courtland Fire Department
Hollis
Lawrence County Hospital
Moulton
Florence
Wolverine Tube
Pamela
Kim
Scotty
Courtland
Busing Said Tool For Dual System In Alabama
Civil rights official J L LeFlore accuses five south Alabama counties Wilcox Choctaw Monroe Clarke and Washington of using Negro pupils to sustain a dual education system. LeFlore directs case work for the Non Partisan Voters League and allied groups.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
J L. LeFlore
Justice Department
Wilcox
Choctaw
Monroe
Clarke
Washington
LeFlore
Voters League
The
Citizens Committee
Alabama Conference For Social Justice
Mobile Man Gains Seat on Alabama TV Commission
Thomas T. Martin of Mobile has been named to a term on the Alabama Educational Television Commission. Martin, VP of Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad, succeeds C. L. Hobson of Bessemer whose term expired.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas T. Martin
Mobile
Alabama Educational Television Commission
Martin
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co
C. L. Hobson
Bessemer
Wallace Says Papers Target GIs in Viet Nam War Case
Former Governor George Wallace criticized U.S. media for presuming guilt of soldiers in Vietnam civilian killings. He spoke at a Southeast Asia tour news conference and hinted a 1972 Alabama gubernatorial bid could influence national politics. He planned a formal campaign announcement around early next year.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
United States
Wallace
Southeast Asia
Alabama
U.S
Teacher Transfer Case Overturned in Alabama Court
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned a lower court ruling backing David C. Howell’s transfer from Leroy High to North Central High in Chatom in 1968. It remanded to Washington County Circuit Court for further hearings, ruling the prior courttreated it as a new trial not a review of the tenure commission’s decision.
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Montgomery
Alabama Teacher Tenure Commission
Howell
Washington County Board of Education
Circuit Court
Chatom
William G. Lindsey
Higher Court
Lindsey
Teacher Tenure Commission
Civil Appeals Court
Tenure Commission
Anniston Solon Faces Knife Assault Charge Trial
Alabama state representative Ray Burgess goes to City Court in Anniston on assault with a knife and destruction of private property charges stemming from a Nov. 26 downtown incident. The case, in Burgess first term in the House, is slated for Friday with defense lawyer from Montgomery.
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Anniston
Ala
Ray Burgess
Calhoun County
Burgess
Gadsden Junior College
Donnie H. Woods
Woods
State House
Montgomery
Sunday Prison Tour Planned At Holman Unit
The State Prison Board says the public may tour Alabama's new Holman Unit near Atmore on Sunday December 7. The 1056 capacity facility is surrounded by a maximum security fence with CCTV and three guard towers. It was funded by a bond issue approved by the 1965 legislature and amended in 1967 to ten million dollars.
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Atmore
Ala
Alabama
Here
State Prison Board
Holman
Escambia County
Judges Nix Case Review
MOBILE Ala AP District Court officials say the Fifth Circuit refused to review Leverett W. Brown a former Brookley Air Force civilian. Brown sued for reinstatement back pay and retirement benefits after being dismissed in 1961 for allegedly directing subordinates to divert 300 dollars monthly travel allowances to him. The appeals court upheld the district judge ruling that the suit was untimely.
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Mobile
Ala
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Brookley Air Force
Leverett W. Brown
Air Force and Civil Service Commission
U.S. Dist
Daniel H. Thomas
Puckett Cemetery Fund Seeks Donations and Labor Aid
Citizens along the Morgan Lawrence County line solicit funds to clear and fence Puckett Cemetery. Donations may be sent to Mrs. Vera Sandlin of Hartselle with contact for labor offers via telephone 773-9958.
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Puckett
Morgan- Lawrence County
Vera Sandlin
Hartselle
Congressman's support for burial change in Elmwood case
Rep. John Buchanan backs the Birmingham family of Pfc. Billy Terry in a federal suit to force Elmwood Cemetery to admit a Black veteran for burial. The Vietnam casualty seeks burial in a white cemetery already denying Negroes, calling for equality and respect.
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Washington
Alabama
Birmingham
Vietnam
Billy Terry
Elmwood
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Terry
Buchanan
City Man Given 10 Years In Sandlin Store Robbery Case
Decatur man Eddie Sandlin and his girlfriend Judy Barrett faced 10 year sentences after pleading guilty to robbing Sandlin’s Tommy S. Allen at gunpoint in the Alabama 67 store. Allen, who also pleaded guilty to forging a check, received one year and one day. Barrett began a 10 year term earlier this year. The Sept 30 1968 robbery occurred near Cullman after a state trooper arrested the pair within about 45 minutes.
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Sandlin
Decatur
Tommy S. Allen
Eddie Sandlin
Alabama 67
Allen
Judy Barrett
Cullman
Two Injured After Car-Tractor Crash on County Road 38
Investigating trooper R L Howell said two people were hurt in a collision between a car and a farm tractor on County Road 38 eight miles east of Cullman. Identified injured were Arthur Stewart 17 Cullman and Leslie Barnett 50. Tractor driver John Grimes 58 was uninjured.
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Cullman
Here
R. L. Howell
Arthur Stewart
Leslie Barnett
John Grimes
LCTS Announces Six Tech Classes for Lawrence County School
Plans for six classes starting probably in January have been announced for Lawrence County School. Courses include auto mechanics drafting electricity business education refrigeration air conditioning and welding. For information call William Hagood or Joe Flynn at 974-3751.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
William Hagood
Joe Flynn
Brewer Receives Public Relations Award for Efforts
The Alabama Public Relations Council honors Gov. Albert Brewer for promoting Alabama nationwide. The award cites Brewer's trips to Los Angeles and New York to recruit new industry for the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Relations Council
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Brewer
Los Angeles
New York
Athens College Homecoming 1969 Promises Varied Alumni Fun
Athens College hosts Homecoming on a Saturday with a 5:15 p.m. registration hour in Founders Hall Parlor and a 6:15 p.m. dinner in the College Union Building. About 150 alumni have reserved. The Bears face Troy State in a 7:30 p.m. ball game. Contact Mrs. Evelyn Dwyer for reservations.
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Athens
Athens College
Luther Gobbel
Founders Hall
College Union
Athens College Bears
Troy State
Evelyn Dwyer
Athens College Alumni Office
FBI Agent Warns Athens Students Against Radical Groups
Ralph J. Miles, agent in charge of the Birmingham office, warned Athens High students to investigate groups before joining. He cited Students for Democratic Society, Black Panther, Ku Klux Klan and other militant groups, urging avoidance of street gangs and careful selection despite claims of legality.
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Athens
North Alabama
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Athens High
Ralph J. Miles
Birmingham
Students For Democratic Society
Black Panther
Ku Klux Klan
Bus Fare Up Service Drops In Mobile
Mobile City Lines plans a fare increase and service curtailment to cut monthly losses of about 12 000 dollars. Acting Mayor Doyle and Commissioner Mims require commission approval and will meet bus officials for an early conference. Service would run 6 am to 6 pm weekdays and Saturdays with no Sunday or holiday service.
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Mobile, Ala
Mobile City Lines
City Commission
Wayne Shouser
Robert B. Doyle Jr
Lambert C. Mims
Shouser
Additional Units Join Decatur Christmas Parade Plans
Momentum grows for Friday parade as 12th participant group list expands. Florence State University Leo and Lion mascots join, with bands from Alabama A M to West Point and floats from Climatrol First National Bank Fruehaus and Decatur Iron and Steel.
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Decatur
Jimmy McMillin
Patty Grisham
Florence
Leo and
Ee “Lion
Florence State University
Alabama A&m
Courtland High
Fairview High
Morgan County High
Austin High
Decatur High
Rogersville High
Hazelwood High
Tanner High
West Morgan High
West Limestone High
West Point High
Decatur Companies
Climatrol
First National Bank
Fruehaus
Decatur Iron and Steel
St. Ann's Catholic
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L’rence
Liberal Arts College
Metha
Delta Tau Delta
College Bears
Jimmy Trucks
Jeff Gilkey
Bob Laverri
Dennis Mullins
Dennis Ward
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Hazlewood High School
Town Creek
Rachel Bradford
Debbie
Lansdell
Carol Letson
Jackie Truitt
Teresa Bradford
Anniston Solon
Lee Sentell
DAILY
Richard Hundley
Dan Nelson
William Campbell
LCTS
FBI
Bob Coleman
Coleman
Lions
FSU
Circle K Club
Civinettes
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