Editorial doubts Wallace run for Alabama governor in 1970
The guest editorial argues George Wallace should not use the Alabama governorship as a stepping stone for a national campaign. It notes Wallace’s potential challenge to Governor Albert Brewer, praises Brewer’s leadership, and urges Alabama voters to consider giving Brewer a full term.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
NBC
Meet the Press
Wallace
Albert Brewer
George Wallace
Brewer
Mr. Wallace
Obituaries for Dena Cribbs and others in Athens area
Obituary notices list services for Dena Roberts Cribbs 87 of Athens six died Tuesday in a nursing home with services at Cairo Methodist Church. Surviving relatives include husband James E. Cribbs four sons four daughters and numerous grandchildren among pallbearers listed. Other notices announce funeral arrangements for Ruby Marie Davis Louie G. McNeeley Elizabeth Nungester Mary Louise Patterson Onus Blackburn Poff and Martin Homer West with details on locations like McConnell Gunthorp Hobbs St Church of Christ and Athens Memory Garden.
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Athens
Dena .Roberts Cribbs
Cairo
Maywood
Johnny Bartnick
Chicago
Ill
Joseph Carson
Roberts
Jimmy Cribbs
Granville Cribbs
Danny McCafferty
Harold McCafferty
Herman Hardaway
Russell Cribbs
Ruby Marie Davis
10Th Ave. SE
Gunthorp, Funeral Home
Louie G. McNeeley
W .Market St
McConnell Funeral Home
Oddvar Berg
Dublin
Millie Jordan
Elizabeth Nungester
Vine St
First Methodist Church
Bob Archibald
KM. Barnes
Decatur Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Gerald Nungester
Decatur
David Allen
St. Louis
Emogene Kendrick
Atlanta
Noble Russell
Russell Johnson
Irvin
Paul Robinson
Merwell Saur
Mary Louise Patterson
Salem Methodist Church
Paul Gene Douglas
Bill Hart
New Salem
McDonnell Funeral Home
Ross Patterson
Heywood Carter
Coleman Beasley
Elkmont
Ted Beasley
Henry Beasley
Lester
Lawson Beasley
Florence
Bessie Pugh
Marjorie Williams
Memphis
Tenn
George Patterson
Terry Christopher
Charles Wayne’ Batterson
Tommy McMeans
Bill Beasley
Jackie Beasley
Jimmy Beasley
Teddy Beasley
Onus Blackburn Poff
Drain St
Huntsville
Hobbs St
Church of Christ
Ken L. Bray
Charles Marshall
Athens Memory Garden
Louise P. Poff
Maude Poff
Oaks
Mich
Ardean Buchanan
Ollie Fike
Bessie Meeks
Emma West
Hydie Owens
Michigan City
Ind
Jewel Hamley
Three Oak
Woodrow Poff
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Ralph Poff
New Buffalo
Hobbs St. Church of Christ
P.m
Landersville Church of Christ
L. D. Overton
Dennis Tucker
Elliott Funeral Home
Mattie West
Luxora
Ark
Betty Brooks
Middleberry
Virginia McKing
Dyars
Patricia West
Shirley Galhoun
Hope
Wayne West
Springfield
Billy West
Blythville
Jimmy West
Hershell West
Russellville
Jackie
Ricky West
L. V. West
Brunswick
Lillian Parker
Moulton
Nola_— Smith
Leighton
Pauline Parker
Lucy Roden
Michigan
Ann Fike
Clyde Parker
Hospital list of admissions and dismissals in multiple towns
A long roster of hospital admissions and discharges appears with patient names and street addresses across Decatur Athens Danville Hartselle and surrounding areas. The page also notes an obituary signal the body to be taken to the church for services and lists survivors.
River Weather Decatur Reading at Keller
River readings for Decatur and vicinity show measurements at Keller with brief notes on water levels and forecasted conditions for the area. Data reflect river stage changes and nearby dam releases affecting local streams.
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Decatur and Vicinity River Reading
Keller
Tennessee Florida clash headlines the Gator Bowl
The schedule lists Tennessee versus Florida at Jacksonville in the Gator Bowl. Other notes include NFL Rams versus Vikings, East West Shrine telecast, and weather data with Friday high of 47 and month rainfall 4.29 inches.
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Tennessee
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Births at Decatur General Hospital Prompt New Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Curtis Sumner Hartselle 4 a daughter Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clay S Brown Belle Mina a son Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Curtis Lee Booker Decatur 1 a son Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert M Grover Decatur 4 a son Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Lonnie R Nally 4th Ave a daughter Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joel Reece Nelson Moulton 2 a son Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jerry Kenneth West Somerville a son. Mr and Mrs Daniel Simpson Alexander Villa Fontaine a daughter Thursday at Decatur General Hospital.
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Lonnie Raymond Nally
Z. P. Watkins
Prospect
Jerry Kenneth West
Decatur
Charles Robert Hacker
Hillsboro
Leslye Nicole More
Betty St
Judy Shephers
Arnold Loyd Richardson
Moulton
Myrtle Maude Jenkens
Gayla Douglas McLemore
Athens
Edward H. Thompson
8Th Ave
Daniel S. Alexander
Carl Preston Peebles
Billy Ray King
20Th Ave
Effie Mae Freeman
Sunset Dr
Steven Sims Brooks
Cardinal
Wesley Wayne Laney
Cullman
Jimmy T. Davis
10Th Ave
Donald Eugene Miller
Sherman
James William
Kent
Trinity 4
James Michael Hartman
Mackiewitz, Jr
Seton Ave
Fred Douglas Ingils
Line St
Ronald Burnham
11Th Ave
Horace Clayton White
Diane St
Alva Lee Heaps
Hartselle
Othell Beasley
Eva
Leon Watts Tilley
Joseph Murphy Dickinson
Ricky Lynn Grant
Lacy’s Springs
Eugene Jones
Susanne Maria O'Neal
Lower Rosewell
Marietta
Kelley Ann McCloroy
13Th St
Bobbie Jo Terry
Courtland
Billy Franklin Malone
Hayden St
Russell Dewayne Thatcher
Stratford
Matilda Foster
Arthur Jeff Garrison
William Charles Aday
Ferron” Barskin Bryant
5Th Ave
Cassie Lavinia Young
Daniel Smith Price
Roland Augustus Maner
William — Ernest Bailey
Hwy
North
Joel Reece Nelson
John R. Harris, Jr
Donna Ave
Luther King, Jr
Lonnie R. Nally
4Th Ave
Marie Joe West
Clay S. Brown
Belle Mina
Nash
Thomas J. Morris
Gilbert Curtis Sumner
Decatur General
Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
Curtis Lee ‘Booker
Robert .M. Grover
Moulton 2
Somerville
Daniel Simpson Alexander
Villa Fontaine
Agnew backs Formosa jet purchase in aid bill
Vice President Agnew said Nixon will approve a $54.8 million Formosa jet purchase if Congress includes it in foreign aid. A major winter storm paralyzed the East with up to two feet of snow in New England and winds to 50 mph. Nixon expects to sign the tax reform bill while seeking offset of a $2.5 billion revenue loss. Lyndon Johnson recalls Kennedy urging him to run in 1956 with Sen. Kennedy backing the push.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
Asia
Nixon
Formosa
Congress
New York
New England
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jon F. Kennedy
Johnson
Accidental shotgun incident injures two near Burningtree CC
Two women were wounded in an apparent accidental shooting at a home near Burningtree Country Club. Lucy Orr and Mattie Owens were struck in the left leg by shotgun pellets. both were treated and listed in good condition. The incident involved James Orr, husband of one victim, with no charges filed.
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Burningtree Country Club
Morgan County
Willard Fowler
Lucy Gail Orr
Decatur 2
Mattie Owens
Moulton
Fowler
James Orr
Orr
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Owens
Lawrence County Hospital
Raymond
Larceny Charged In Money Order Case
Leslie Jack Sharp of Alma Georgia was charged with grand larceny in Cullman County after allegedly taking 100 dollars from a supermarket in exchange for a 5 dollar money order. Police said he fled in a northbound car after signature and a mistaken cashing of the wrong money order.
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Cullman
Leslie Jack Sharp
Alma
Sharp
Hartselle
Giant Foods of America
U.S
Jimmy Hutchens
Hutchens
Cullman County
U. S. 31
Decatur Post
Highway Patrol
Athens Woman Wreck Injury
An Athens woman Joyce Clark 20 in fair condition at Athens Limestone Hospital after a two car crash 4.7 miles east of here on Limestone County Rd 71. George Lee Smith 21 Athens driver of the other vehicle was uninjured. Cpl Ronald Chandler investigated.
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Athens
Joyce Clark
Athens- Limestone
Here
Limestone County
George Lee Smith
Ronald Chandler
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Homer West
Moulton
Pentagon Plans Leaner Forces Amid Budget Cuts
Defense planners outline a first postwar budget under Melvin R. Laird that trims flying time for pilots and shutters US Army headquarters. The Navy delays some long lead items for a nuclear carrier, mothballs over 100 vessels, and expands destroyer and amphibious purchases, signaling smaller, leaner forces with greater risk to meet global commitments.
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Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Navy
Army
U.S
Georgia Store Theft Charged Shown in Decatur Man Surrender
A 20 year old Decatur man Wayne Hill surrendered at the Morgan County sheriff's office and faces burglary charges as Athens police seek him for theft of four guns from Athens Sporting Goods. One gun recovered. He also faces two Morgan County charges of issuing worthless checks. Extradition papers required.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Athens
Clarence Harris
Harris
Wayne Hill
Athens Sporting Goods
Hill
Georgia
Man Cleared in Hartsele Station Robbery Case
Morgan County authorities say 21 year old Henry Ray of Decatur in jail on grand larceny charges was not connected with the Tuesday Hartselle service station robbery. Investigator Clarence Harris said Ray fit the suspect description but witnesses failed to identify him in a lineup.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Henry Ray
Hartselle
Clarence Harris
Harris
Ray
Cato’s
Warahoo
Agnew to visit Asia on 25 day 10 nation trip
Vice President Spiro Agnew announces a 25 day tour visiting 10 Asian nations beginning at Andrews Air Force Base. He expresses excitement about his first trip to Asia and diplomacy with ambassadors and other representatives.
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Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Asia
Worcester Faces Snow Blockade After Northeaster
Canada repelled up the mid Atlantic coast bringing snow sleet and ice as it moved northeastward. Power failures were widespread and Worcester Massachusetts a major city near isolation due to severe winter weather and a local contract dispute with plow and sand truck operators who refused overtime.
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Canada
Mid- Atlantic
Seaboard
Massachusetts
Worcester
Elk Club Dance for Members at Lodge on 1st Ave
The Elk Club hosts a member and guest dance at 8 p.m. at the lodge on 1st Ave. The Regents of Huntsville present inspirational music at McKendree Methodist Church Maysey at 6 p.m. with public invited.
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The
Elk Club
1St Ave
Regents of Huntsville
McKendree Methodist Church
Maysey
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Sand Mountain Reporter
Mrs. Dena Cribbs
Louie McNeeley
Mrs. Nungester
Mrs
Mary Patterson
Onus Poff
Martin Homer West
Phrorsday
Doris England
Mountainview Tr. Ct
Dana Owers
Vernie Buford
Church —St
Rosalie Harville
Elmer Goodwin
Memorial Dr. NW
Lou Ella Lackey
Danville
Rae
Christopher
America
NFL
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
Palo Alto
CBS News
Vanderbilt
Portland
Jack Palance
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Victor Spinetti
Leo McKern
Clifton Webb
Gloria Grahame
Cimarron Pass
Scott Brady
Margia Dean
Ranchipur
Lana ‘Turner
Richard. Burton
Joan ‘Caulfield
Fred MacMurray
Michael Rennie
Janet Leigh
Rossano Brazzi
Cesare Canova
Jeff Chandler
Evelyn Keys
Phillip Friend
David. Janssen
Jeanne Crain
Pacific Northwest
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Lisa Levering
Carbondale
Deel
Miss Case
Ripley
Lewis Gitchell
Lauderdale
Barb
Agnew
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