Morgan County grand jury urges more men money for law enforcement
The Morgan County and Decatur grand jury called for more personnel funding and better training to handle criminal investigation problems. They noted Decatur has two investigators and the sheriff’s office one, deeming it totally inadequate, and urged 24 hour crime-fighting coverage. The panel commended officers for their service while requesting bridge warning improvements and river access reviews.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Newton B. Powell
S A
Keller Memorial Bridge
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
James N. Bloodworth
le Supreme Court
Tennessee River
Johnson Admin Warned of New North Vietnamese Build Up
Reports from Washington indicate intelligence cites North Vietnamese and Viet Cong regiments moving from border areas near Saigon Danang and Qui Nhon. Gen Abrams has alerted American forces to prepare for a new round of operations as the administration monitors the developing threat.
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William Beecher
New York Times News
Washington
Johnson
South Vietnam
Saigon
Danang
Quinhon
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lau
Vance
Philip CM. Habib
Nguyen Cao Ky
W. Averell Harriman
Accu
United States
North Vietnam
NLF
Bull in Car Leads to Jail After Cemetery Chase
In Floyd County two Cedartown men and a Douglasville man were jailed on an investigation charge after police found a 400 pound bull jammed in a four door sedan with three occupants. The bull was later placed at an auto repair shop with a fence.
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Rome
Floyd County
Nedsel Acker
Glenn Harper
Acker
Harper
Frederick A. Ivey
Douglasville
J. L. Dentmon
Jimmy Dentmon
Cedartown
Doss Fined $100 In Recorder's Court
State Rep Leslie Doss was fined $100 and given a 90 day driving privilege suspension after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in city recorder's court. Dr E C Whitley testified Doss was on medication causing dizziness and drowsiness.
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Leslie Doss
City Recorder’s
City Recorder’s Court
Robert Straub
Doss
Bob Harris
E. C. Whitley
Morgan County
Pan American 707 Jet Crash Near Caracas
A Pan American 707 exploded and plunged into the Caribbean Sea about 16 miles from Caracas after takeoff. Fifty one people were aboard including 42 passengers and nine crew with one trainee stewardess. Seven bodies were recovered by dawn and officials feared not all victims would be recovered. The passenger list showed travelers from the United States Canada Ireland Italy and Venezuela.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Pan American
New York
United States
Nixon Cabinet news conferences ordered by election
President elect Nixon announces all Cabinet members will hold news conferences, two today and the rest by late next week. Urban Coalition leaders pledge to cooperate with Nixon on urban problems.
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Washington AP
Herbert Klein
Nixon
New York
Man Buys His Own Christmas Gift Twice in Town
A Decatur husband secretly buys himself the same shirts jacket and ties his wife bought him for Christmas. The next day his wife and he shop together and he duplicates the purchase at the same store. The salesman keeps silent as two identical items remain in question.
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Decatur
Fatal Lawrence intersection crash claims Florence man
Lawrence County coroner identified the dead as Fred E. Orton 42 of Florence. A second occupant Ira Heflin 58 Trinity and passenger Mary McCoy 37 Muscle Shoals were injured and hospitalized. The collision between Heflin s pickup and Orton s car occurred about 10 30 a m at Alabama 24 and Alabama 157. Sorrell and Creel investigated.
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Moulton
Huntsville Hospital
Here
Lawrence County
Harvey Elliott
Fred E. Orton
Florence
Orton
Lawrence County Hospital
Ira Heflin
Trinity 1
Mary McCoy
Muscle Shoals
Heflin
Decatur General Hospital
R. P. Sorrell
Alabama
McCoy
Eliza Coffey Memorial Hospital
Patrolman's Widow Asked For $27.72
In Dallas an off duty patrolman Floyd A Knight was killed before finishing his shift. His widow was asked to repay 27.72 dollars to the city. Friends collected the amount and delivered it to the city auditor after the shooting occurred on Sunday night. Knight had collected his paycheck earlier that day.
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Dallas
Tex
Floyd A. Knight
Knight
Markets at a glance with mixed commodities and livestock
New York markets rise in active trading while cotton falls. Chicago wheat trades higher on late demand, corn and oats mixed. Hog receipts 5,000 with butchers steady to 25 lower, top 20.00. Slaughter steers steady to 25 higher, receipts 4,500, top 31.00. Paper weekend with magazines.
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Chicago
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