Teens Talk Their Way Into Winning
Decatur High School seniors Harold Washington and Richard Wiggins form a winning debate duo with multiple national and regional trophies. Richard is a National Merit Semi Finalist and VFW Voice of Democracy winner. Harold co edits the school's paper and sings in concert chorus. They prep for the February state tournament as Harold eyes William and Mary and Richard weighs college options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Washington
Richard Wiggins
Decatur High School
Nancy Worley
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Samford University
Birmingham
University of Montevallo
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
Washington
Richard
National Council
Mu Alpha Theta
Harold
Raiders’ Digest
DHS
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. H. Washington Jr
Herbert Wiggins
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Two Alabama Teens Reach Ninth in National Event
Libby Jarvin notes Harold and Richard placed ninth in a national competition in Alabama. They express that meeting many interesting people matters more than placing. Both attend Westminster Presbyterian Church and plan pre law studies. Harold leads Scouts and Richard serves as vice president of the Law Explorer Post. They are members of Senior National Honor Society and are listed in the Society of Outstanding American High School Students, with Harold named in Who's Who Among American High Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Harold
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Richard
Scouts’ Law Explorer Post
Adcock In Court Friday Over Murder Charge
Decatur banking official Richard F Adcock is due in Morgan County Justice Court Friday to be advised of rights and decide on a preliminary hearing for a first degree murder charge. Adcock 30 faces the shooting death of Bobby Howard Smith 30 ex husband of Adcocks wife. He is free on 25000 bond and may seek a preliminary hearing or binding over to a grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Banking
Richard F
Dick) Adcock
Adcock
Morgan County Justice Court
Robert T. McWhorter Jr
Bobby Howard Smith
Trinity
McWhorter
Dan Nelson
Central Bank of Alabama, N. A
Huntsville
Byron Ave
Smith
No Ruling In Fire Death
The death of L. V. Miller 45 a steel guitarist for a local band remains under investigation by state officials after his car spun on Wilhite Cove Rd with two punctured tires and burned three miles south of the Lebanon Church Community. Funeral services are Thursday at 1 30 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Johnsons Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include a son two daughters three brothers two sisters and several named pallbearers.
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Hartselle
Wilhite Cove Rd
L. V. Miller
Howard Dees
Dees
State
Vann Pruitt Jr
Miller
Lebanon Church
Dorothy Jones
Haftselle
Ethel Drake
Decatur
Terry Miller
John Cole
Billy Sparkman
Chip Sparkman
Haskel Ward
Grady Drake
Operation Christmas brings aid to Morgan County kids and elderly
Linda Parham reports on Operation Christmas a program by the Department of Pensions and Security to match sponsors with Morgan County foster children the elderly and welfare families. Volunteers aim to provide gifts funds or visits to those facing a lonely or financially strained holiday ending with a call for sponsors at 353-8181.
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Linda Parham
Department of Pensions and Security
Morgan County
Ricky Evans
Evans
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Aid
Murder Case Bond Set for Decatur Man 10 000
Morgan County Circuit Judge Tom B Coggin set bond at 10 000 for 33 year old Kirby Fuqua of Decatur on a 13 month old murder warrant. Fuqua, arrested in Chicago, was brought back by Sheriff John C McBride after a hearing requested by his lawyers J N Bigwell and Joe Powell. Fuqua is charged in the Oct 30 1972 shooting death of Pauline Wakefield at 727 Sykes St NW. Wakefield was shot once in the side through the right arm with a small caliber weapon.
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Morgan County
Tom B Coggin
Decatur
Coggin
Kirby Fuqua
Vine St. NW
Fuqua
J. N. Bigwell
Joe Powell
Chicago
John C. McBride
Pauline Wakefield
Sykes St
Miss Wakefield
Johnston St
FBI
Bogus Travelers Checks Sought in Alabama and Decatur Area
Counterfeit checks of 50 and 100 dollars circulated in south Alabama and possibly moving toward the Decatur area. ARA director alerted Decatur merchants to watch for the notes drawn on First National City Bank of New York with serials 425-275-084 085 and 669-755-220 221.
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Alabama
Decatur
Alabama Retailers Association
ARA
Charles McDonald
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
First National City Bank of New York
Tom Willoughby
Burglary Attempt Charge Filed in Armory Break-In
Huntsville man Bobby Joé Duke, 31, was charged with second degree burglary after a 1:35 a.m. break in attempt at the Hartselle National Guard Armory. Bond set at $5,000. Investigators from Hartselle police Morgan County sheriff and the FBI found nothing was stolen.
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Hartselle
Huntsville
Morgan County
Probation Denied In Molestation Case
Morgan County Circuit Judge denied probation Tuesday for 52 year old Decatur man Jesse T. Kitchens who pleaded guilty to indecent molestation of a child and received four years in prison. The case involved a nine year old girl with repeated alleged assaults in February 1973.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Jesse T. Kitchens
9Th St. SE
Kitchens
Coggin
DHS Oak Park Bands In Concert
Decatur High School and Oak Park Middle School bands join Decatur High School stage band for an hour long Christmas concert in the Decatur High School auditorium. Reggie Carver Frank McChee and Eddie Holland play in a cornet trio. Admission is 50 cents for students and one dollar for adults to support band uniforms.
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Decatur High School
Oak Park
Leroy Anderson
Don Jacoby
Reggie Carver
Frank McChee
Eddie Holland
Carl Grissom
Playbar
Haydn
Jerry Countryman
Judge rules against cotton farmer in Morgan County case
Morgan County Circuit Judge Newton B Powell ruled against Jesse Terry in a contract dispute with the Davis Hunt Cotton Co The decision requires Terry to deliver cotton per the 175 acre sale agreed February 20 1973 at 30 cents a pound The suit filed in November marked the first Morgan County ruling of this nature amid wider Southeast efforts by growers to break contracts as cotton prices rose and some buyers faced losses
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Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Trinity
Decatur
Powell
Jesse Terry
Davis-Hunt Cotton Co
Terry
Davis- Hunt
Davis-Hunt
Bill Shinn
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Vandals Break Window and Steal Bottles in Alabama City
A police report says Shirley Jackson at 514 Walnut St NW had a car window broken on Tuesday and back porch theft of two soft drink bottles valued at two dollars. Also vandals felled a pecan tree at Mrs W D Moore 919 6th Ave SE cutting a seven to eight foot section.
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Shirley Jackson
Walnut St
W. D. Moore
6Th Ave
Crisis Call Center and emergency guidance numbers
For personal crises call the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 collect if necessary. For possible poisoning call the Crisis Car Center your nearest hospital or family physician. If unsure of the emergency number dial 0 and tell the operator the nature of the emergency. 353 4739 232 1535
Prisoner Escapes While Being Taken to Dentist in Alabama
A 20-year-old Courtland man, Andrew McLain Jr., escaping from Lawrence County jail custody after a dentist visit. Sheriff’s deputies, auxiliary officers, and Moulton police captured him about 9:15 a.m. in a field east of Alabama 24. McLain had been serving a three year burglary sentence since August and awaited transfer to Mt. Meigs Penitentiary, now overcrowded.
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Tommy Stevenson Moulton
Courtland
Lawrence County
Ligon
McLain
Alabama
Moulton
Mt. Meigs Penitentiary
Wade Whitlock
Whitlock
Furman Grimes
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Libby Jarvin
Santa
George Hodges
Decatur 1
Albert Lee Watkins
Church St NE
Mary Perry
Everett Dr. Sw
Grady Lee Lindley
Thomas Blankenship
7Th Ave. SE
Jim Mack Jones Jr
Rob Yeager
John C. Micheline
Alan Marsh
Cullman
Hollis Linley
Johnnie P. Barnette
Paul Timothy Gow
Somerville
A.D. Terry
ACC
Carraway
Insurance Services
City Hall
Russell Bolding
Larry Holt
Easter Agency
Ed Stevens
Hartford
Bill Dukes
Daren Easter
Jefferson County
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