Athens College Beauties to be Crowned Friday Night
Eight Athens College Beauties will be chosen at the annual beauty ball to appear in the 1961-62 Columns yearbook. The 8 p.m. event in the Athens Armory features twenty candidates sponsored by campus clubs judged on poise personality and beauty. The Silver Bells theme centers on a large revolving bell as the highlight. Co chairmen Annette Cantrell and Jim Driskill lead decorations. Co sponsored by the student body.
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Athens
Athens College
Annetle Cantrell
Huntsville
Jim Driskill
Henagar
Birmingham Woman Is Acquitted In Robbery Case
In Cir cuit Court, 25 year old Mrs Lillian Findley was acquitted after Deputy Solicitor Hawkins urged the jury to free her. She testified she accompanied Gregory Metoyer to the tavern and believed he planned to negotiate a sale. Metoyer was convicted last week and given 20 years.
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Birmingham
Lillian Findley
Urgin Hawkins
Consolidation Plan to Merge Four Schools Unsuccessful
In Ashville Alabama a plan to consolidate four small high schools in St. Clair County into a single school was defeated in Tuesday's election. Returns showed the measure labeled Columns by the Student Government Association.
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Ashville
Ala
St. Clair County
ABC Hearing Set on License Suspension Injunction
A hearing is scheduled for Friday on the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board petition to dissolve an injunction barring suspension of a liquor license. The state Supreme Court refused to dismiss the injunction last week. The court enjoined the ABC board from suspending the license held by T. C. Strimenos, owner of the Metropolitan Restaurant in Mobile.
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Mobile
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
State Supreme Court
ABC Board
T. C. Strimenos
Metropolitan
Assault conviction followed shooting near Selma incident
A Dallas County man, 24-year-old Will Stewart, was convicted by a Circuit Court jury of assault with intent to murder and sentenced to 20 years. Kenneth Land was wounded by shotgun pellets when he tried to check Stewart’s hunting license in a field near Selma on November 4. The County Board of Education proposed a single school for Springville, Ashville, Odenville and Ragland.
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Selma
Ala
Will Stewart
Dallas County
Kenneth Land
James A. Hare
Stewart
Land
County Board of Education
Springville
Ashville
Odenville
Ragland
Morgan County United Fund Scoreboard Summary
Local scoreboard lists divisions by category including City Schools Automotive Utilities Insurance Realty Drug Jewelry Specialty and Industrial sectors. Agencies Redstone and NASA are noted among major fund categories with government and private sector participants.
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Morgan County United Fund
Redstone
NASA
Indusiies
Racial Suit Appealed After Mixed-Diner Case Verdict
The Ramsbeys and Nesmith appeal a federal verdict that awarded no damages against police officials for arrests at a Negro cafe. They seek overturning the verdict or a new trial, claiming racial prejudice and faulty jury instructions. Dec 21 briefs due before Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. in Montgomery.
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Ramsbeys
Richard Nesmith
L. B. Sullivan
Asst
E. P. Brown
J. R. Eyland
H.D. Alford
Johnson
Brown
Filand
Sullivan
Alford
Nesmith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
South
Two State Areas Get Housing Funds
Washington AP planning funds for low rent housing have been approved. Guin Alabama will receive a 6800 loan to plan 34 houses with 10 for elderly residents. Brilliant, Alabama, will get 3200 for 16 units with 10 reserved for the elderly.
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Washington
Alabama
Guin and
Brilliant
The
Public Housing Administration
PHA
Guin
Housing Authority of Boston
Ala
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