Robbers Hold Up Madison Drug Store In Broad Daylight
Two neatly dressed men robbed Madison Drug Store in Sharp Shopping Center around 2 25 p m Sunday taking about 488 in cash and 800 in drugs. Mrs. E R Clements and pharmacist W G Shelford, both of Decatur, were inside during the hold up. The gunmen bound them and a woman and her child with tape and left without touching the purse containing 800. The incident occurred after the store moved from Decatur to Madison in 1968 and involved a mistaken call to Madison police due to regional phone numbers.
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Madison
Decatur
Madison Drug Store
Sharp
E. R. Clements
Huntsville
Clements
Shelford
Ole Miss Athletes Among 12 Die In Alabama Accidents
The weekend tally of Alabama traffic deaths climbs to 12 with all but one in crashes. Silas Sexton, 45, of Montgomery died from injuries after a pickup rammed a tree near Montgomery on Saturday night. His two sons were injured in the same wreck. A University of Mississippi connection noted.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Silas Sexton
Railroad Job Charged Football Player from Alabama Killed Near Oxford
A Alabama football player was killed in a two car collision in Bessemer. Police said Thomas M Miller 45 and Lois Tanks 42 both of Bessemer died in the crash near Oxford. State troopers provided no immediate details on other fatalities in Cleburne and Fayette counties.
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Alabama
Oxford
Miss
Cleburne County
Fayette County
Thomas M. Miller
Lois Tanks
Bessemer
Decatur Councilman Casts Dissent Over License Changes
Decatur councilman cast a rare dissenting vote today and charged that a decision on changing several license rules was rushed and poorly considered. The vote fuels debate over licensing policy and municipal oversight.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur
Man Killed In Hunting Accident
An Escambia County man died from wounds suffered in a hunting accident in Escambia County Florida on November 21. The body of Robert C. Hughes, 36, was found Sunday on a marshy island north of Battleship Parkway Mobile Bay after he had been missing since December 1. Hughes rented a small boat for fishing and was found by three youths while hunting in Civil War relic areas on the island. The report notes a Mobile hospital treated John W. McCullough, who died Saturday night from wounds suffered in the earlier incident. This AP summary covers multiple weekend fatalities including a Chattanooga crash death and other Alabama incidents. the AP notes it counts weekend accidental deaths in Alabama from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Mobile
Ala
Escambia County
John W.mccullough
Enon
Atmore
Fla
McCullough
Robert C. Hughes
Battleship Parkway
Mobile Bay
Hughes
Shelia Bell
Chattanooga
Tenn
Scottsboro
U. S
Jimmy Fortenberry
Attalla
Talmadge Weaver
Alabama 77
Zack Jones
Abbeville
Wayne Searcy
Florence
Alabama
Julia Jackson
Jefferson County
Leeds
Samantha Dotson
Moulton
Sentell O’mary
Auburn High School
Oxford
Ole Miss
Associated Press
Marine 19 Poisons Self at North Carolina Bus Station
Private Michael Posey 19 of Decatur died after being found unconscious at a North Carolina bus station. Police say a note and poison bottle were found, autopsy pending, funeral set at Gunthorp Funeral Home with Rev Herman Lowery officiating. Survivors include parents Marvin and Connie Posey and siblings Teresa Posey and Thomas Posey.
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Decatur Marine
North Carolina
Greensboro
Pvt
Michael Posey
E. Moulton St
C. A. Roberts
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Herman Lowery
Roselawn Cemetery
Marvin F. Posey
Decatur
Thomas Posey
Connie Watson
Teresa Posey
Robbery trial of Hillard Dawson opens in Lawrence County
The Hillard Dawson robbery trial was set to begin in the second week of Lawrence County Criminal Circuit Court. Dawson, 26, of Town Creek, faces charges for robbing Buie Stokes of Hatton, who said he was tortured and robbed by two men. Almon McCary received a 25 year sentence earlier in the case.
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Moulton
Hillard Dawson
Lawrence County Criminal Circuit Court
Dawson
Town Creek
Buie Stokes
Hatton
Stokes
Almon McCary
Admiral Moorer to Speak at Fairfax Civic Club Luncheon
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, chief of Naval Operations and Alabama native, will speak at a Wednesday luncheon of the Joint Valley Civic Club. The event follows the West Point Pepperel stockholders meeting and is hosted by the Fairfax Lions Club at the Sahwmut Community Center.
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Fairfax
Ala
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Alabama
Joint Valley Civic Club
West Point Pepperel
Fairfax Lions Club
Sahwmut Community Center
Auburn Student Calls Draft Fight Undeclared War Issue
Auburn University freshman Charles R. Muncaster, 20, from Montgomery, says he is a draft fighter opposed to the Vietnam War. He was sentenced to an indefinite prison term for failing to register, appeals ongoing, arguing the draft infringes under the UN and U.S. Constitution. He favors a declared war and a fully volunteer military.
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Colleen Pippin
Opelika-Auburn Daily News
Associated Press
Auburn
Ala
Charles R. Muncaster
Auburn University
Montgomery
Muncaster
Robert Muncaster
United Nations
Vietnam
U. S
U.S
United States
State's Birthday Celebrated Sunday in Huntsville
Huntsville observed Alabama Day with a Sesquicentennial program at the Madison County Courthouse. U S Sen James B Allen delivered the address as two 22 star flags were unveiled. Miss Remona Sharp spoke on the 22 star flag. Dawn Aberg read the Alabama statehood resolution.
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Alabama
Huntsville
Philip M. Mason
Elbert Watson
Richard Gilliam, Jr
Wayne Smith
James B- Allen
Madison County
Huntsville Historical Society
Madison County Sesquicentennial Commission
U. S
James B. Allen
Explorer Scout Post 303
Catherine Gilliam
James R. Record
Department of Archives and History
Milo Howard
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Rutledge Thomas
Martin
Charles Smith
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International Association of Fire Fighters
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