Two Billy Mitchells Spark Calls Over Sports Columns
In Decatur area a column by sports editor Billy Mitchell stirs fan uproar among two Billy Mitchells. The Bee Line Highway Mitchells endure relentless calls about Alabama Auburn and Little League, with misdialed sympathy and humor masking rising frustration.
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Billy Mitchell
Alabama
Auburn
Decatur
Austin
Hartselle
Billy D. Mitchell
Bee Line Highway
Decatur Daily
William J. Mitchell
Mitchell
Calhoun Community College
United Stage Equipment
Mitchells in Bee Line Highway face fan calls over Auburn Alabama series
Mrs. Mitchell and her husband the Bee Line Highway Mitchells deal with angry calls about coverage of Alabama and Auburn. The piece notes namesake Billy Mitchells in college and wartime, and mentions possible use of an answering service after the Decatur-Austin game.
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Mitchell
Auburn
Billy D. Mitchell
Alabama
Army Air Corps
Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchells
Mitchells
Decatur-Austin
Low turnout eyed for Alabama December ballot
Report notes less than 20 percent of Alabama's 1.7 million voters likely to vote on 11 proposed constitutional amendments on December 18. Highlights include statewide measures No. 2 the Judicial Article and No. 1 to fund hog industry research, with many amendments restricted to local areas.
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Alabama
Rascal Ticket Drive Aims to Fund Austin High Projects
The Harmonica Rascals will perform for Austin High School on Monday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $1 for students and $2 for adults, with sales aimed at financing a new auditorium PA system, entrance signs, and a repaired marquee. Council president Jimmy Gilbert urges community support after slow advance sales.
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Austin High School
Austin
Rascals
Jimmy Gilbert
Perry Como
Ed Sullivan
Dean Martin
Gilbert
Dudley Culver
Paul Baron
Shorty
Austin High
Steve Starris
Susan Gilbert
Byrd to Address Jeffco Banquet in Alabama
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia will headline the Jefferson-Jackson Day banquet for the Alabama Democratic Party on February 1. He will also be guest of honor at a reception hosted by the Democratic Club the same night. The event location is the Tema Sites Sollee Center.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Alabama Democratic Party
Robert Vance
Vance
Byrd
Democratic Club
Sollee Cig Ora Sey
Five Claimed In Mishaps
A Dallas County one car crash killed Birmingham residents Henry Streety 25 and Maurice Peeples 19. J L Bearden 55 of Asheville died in a separate Etowah County two car crash near Gadsden. Randall W Jordan 21 of Greenville died in a Butler County two car wreck near his hometown. A house fire in Gadsden claimed another life.
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Associated Press
Dallas County
Alabama
Henry Streety
Maurice Peeples
Birmingham
Dallas
Selma
J. L. Bearden
Asheville
Etowah
Gadsden
Greenville
Randall W. Jordan
Butler County
Lanson Lands Major Defense Contract in Alabama
Lanson Industries of Cullman received a $2.2 million Air Force contract for hulls used on medium sized bombs. The firm employs about 300 people at its sheet metal plant and expects no staff increase. The award was part of three Air Force contracts totaling $46 million announced Saturday.
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Cullman
Lanson Industries
Air Force
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Lawson
Decatur Delegation Returns from San Juan Cities Congress
Mayor Russell Bolding and five city council members traveled to the Congress of Cities in San Juan Puerto Rico. The group participated in seminars on city responsibilities and urban transportation financing as part of a National League of Cities committee. They noted the meeting as exceptionally worthwhile among more than 7,000 delegates with several Alabama city leaders in attendance.
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Russell Bolding
Decatur
Congress of Cities
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Bolding
Rutledge Thomas
Byron
Vann
Bill Levin
Charles Martin
National League of Cities
Alabama
Hartselle
Cullman
Moulton
Huntsville
Thief Struck Dickinsons Wife In Fairfax County Home
Rep. William L. Dickinson says his wife Patricia, 48, fought off a would be bicycle thief at their Lake Barcroft home in Virginia. Police report the intruder, masked and near a bicycle, punched her until she used firewood to defend herself, leaving facial cuts and bruises.
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Washington
Alabama
Fairfax’ County
William L. Dickinson
Ala
Patricia
Emergency Phones Highway Patrol and Crisis Contacts
Local emergency numbers listed for counties and cities including Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, and Cullman. It advises calling 911 for crises, Crisis Call Center at 355-8000, and dialing 0 for operator help. The Decatur Daily provides department numbers and holiday hours.
Calhoun FSU ROTC Endurance Hike For Charity
Calhoun Community College and Florence State University ROTC cadets plan a 15 mile hike along Alabama 72 toward Elk River Bridge on Dec 20 to raise funds for local charities. Cadets and student leaders must raise 10 dollars each. Calhoun will meet at 7 45 a m on campus then travel to Pasquale's Restaurant in Athens for the start. The five hour march begins at 8 30 a m with a cookout on return.
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Calhoun Community College
Florence State University
ROTC
Calhoun
Florence State
Alabama
Elk River Bridge
James R. Henderson
Pasquale
Athens
Actionable help for readers seeks autograph value and refunds
A reader asks how to value a 1898 Master Car and Locomotive Painters Association proceedings book, answered by contacting Charles Hamilton Autographs in New York for description guidance. In another query the World of Beauty Club case refunds the customer, noting prior shipment and a duplicate refund issued after missing kit and stamps.
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Master Car and Locomotive Painters Assoc
St. Paul
Minn
Railroad
CAR Journal
New York
T. S. Eva
Alabama
Charles Hamilton
East 77Th St
N.Y
World of Beauty Club
L. K
Danville
Scholarships Set For Preliminaries In Scholars Bowl
Calhoun Community College hosts preliminaries with 10 high schools in 1A to 4A divisions. Winners of four events receive a one year full tuition scholarship worth 210 dollars. Firest National Bank sponsors first scholarship. Divisional winners meet April 20 for the title.
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Calhoun Community College
Harry Rice
Calhoun
Rice
Firest National Bank
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