Draft Quota Up Limestone Share Exceeds Morgan's
Alabama draft boards will induct 283 men in January under the new lottery plan, up 83 from December. Selective Service director Hugh J. Caldwell Jr. says about 500 will be sent to induction to meet the quota, with married men and those failing exams among the included draftees. County quotas list Montgomery leading with 26 and Jefferson at 116 among the many counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Congress
Hugh J. Caldwell Jr
Selective Service
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Blount
Bullock
Butler
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Clay
Cleburne
Coffee
Colbert
Conecuh
Coosa
Covington
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dale
Dallas
DeKalb
Elmore
Escambia
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Greene
Hale
Henry
Houston
Jackson
Jefferson
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Lee
Red Cross Bloodmobile Schedule Around Decatur
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Decatur this week at Southland Plaza Shopping Center today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Decatur Shopping Center on Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. and Westgate Shopping Center on Friday from noon to 6 p.m. Blood program chair Charles Roberts set a goal of 150 pints.
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Red Cross
Decatur
Blood Program
Charles Roberts
Southland Plaza
Decatur Shopping Center
Westgate Shopping Center
Roberts
State officials seek dismissal of suit over Black Muslims prosecutions
Gov Albert Brewer and other Alabama officials ask a federal court to dismiss a suit aiming to stop criminal proceedings against Black Muslims in St. Clair and surrounding counties. They argue lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. arguments set for January 28 before a three judge panel.
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Montgomery
Ala
St. Clair
Albert Brewer
District Court
Brewer
Atty
MacDonald Gallion
Dist
L. P. Waid
Oneonta
O. J
Joe’’ Goodwyn
State Senate
Rankin Fite
Alabama House
St. Clair County
Joel N
Red’’ Wood
Alabama
Kilby Ex-Boss Named In Four Indictments
Curtis Simpson former Kilby Prison warden faces trial in Montgomery Circuit Court in February. A Montgomery County Grand Jury indicted the 46 year old November 17 on two counts of embezzlement and two counts of grand larceny.
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Montgomery. Ala
Curtis Simpson
Kilby Prisofthere
Montgomery Circuit Court
John Matthews Simpson
Montgomery County
Grand Jury
Watch Night Service Planned at Moulton Church of God
A four hour Watch Night Service is planned for New Year’s Eve at Moulton Church of God. The King’s Messengers Quartet will be guest singers, followed by a gospel singing at Donald Baptist Church two miles south of Town Creek at 7 p.m. Dr John Chenault will speak on the American Medical Association at the Decatur Rotary Club meeting at 12 15 p.m. at the Decatur Inn.
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Moulton
Moulton Church of God
King’s Messengers
Donald Baptist Church
Town Creek
John Chenault
American Medical Association
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur Inn
Decatur
Billy Smith
Rotary Club
Tate Murder Suspect Fights California Extradition
Patricia Krenwinkel, 22, Mobile, seeks to block extradition to Los Angeles on Sharon Tate murder indictment. State court hearing set. her lawyer claims illegal detention and nonconforming warrants. California seeks extradition with Gov. Brewer signing the request.
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Mobile
Ala
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Patricia Krenwinkel
California
Joseph M. Hocklander Jr
M. A. Marsal
Miss Krenwinkel
Marsal
Albert Brewer
Hartselle Man Dies After One Car Crash Near Town
A 44 year old Hartselle man Gaines William Lovelady died at Huntsville Hospital from head injuries after a Sunday one car crash on U S 31 just outside Hartselle. He was thrown from the vehicle as it overturned and was pulled from beneath by passing motorists. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at West Hartselle Baptist Church with burial in Hartselle Cemetery. Survivors include wife Lorene Lovelady and children Gaines Scotty Billy Bobby Marie plus relatives. Two Limestone County men, David Luther Scroggins and Curley Dallas Baker, were arrested in separate theft cases. Scroggins faces grand larceny for a boat motor theft. Baker charged with second degree burglary for ham theft.
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Hartselle
Huntsville Hospital
Here
Highway Patrol
Gaines William Lovelady
Donald L. Livingston
Lovelady
U. S. 31
Livingston
Morgan County
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Lacon
West
Athens
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Evans
David Luther Scroggins
Elkmont 1
Douglas Barksdale
Curley Dallas Baker
Pryor St
Willie Farrow
Foul Play Suspected In City Woman's Death
A 59 year old Decatur woman Abbie Miller died Monday at neighbor Jessie Mae Dillard's home 1320 Sunset Dr NW. Coroner John McBride says foul play is suspected and an autopsy by State Toxicologist Van Pruitt is planned. A source says a fight with another person at the victim's home Sunday night left the woman with a black eye.
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Decatur
Morgan
John McBride
McBride
Abbie Miller
Sunset Dr
Jessie Mae Dillard
van Pruitt
Huntsville
Dillard
Hartselle Council Enjoys First Full Year in Office
The five member Hartselle City Council, led by Mayor John D. Long, marks a full year in office with several projects praised. They boosted sanitation, opened a dog shelter, started limb and trash pickup, funded recreation and repaired sidewalks at $121,000 on the east side, plus over 100 street signs installed as a surplus of $20,266.28 was reported.
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Hartselle
John D. Long
David Buckelew
Jerry Putman
Bob Horton
Horton
Putman
Long
F. E. Burleson School
Council
Bruce Johnson
Birmingham Firm Wins 125 Million Farley Nuclear Contract
A Birmingham firm, Daniel Construction Co., secured a 125 million contract to build Alabama Power Co.'s Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan. Walter Bouldin, board chairman, said preliminary work at the 1850 acre site will begin early in 1970, with major construction to start after a construction permit from the U S Atomic Energy Commission.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Joseph M. Farley
Dothan
Daniel Construction Co
Walter Bouldin
Power Company
U.S. Atomic Energy Commissinn
Wallace Developmental Center expected to open for patients in fall
Dr. Claude L. Brown Jr told Decatur Rotarians the Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center in Alabama will be the showcase among four centers with about 400 beds and a $1.8 million budget. The facility aims to admit about 109 patients from Partlow Hospital and 70 from a regional waiting list, offering a diagnostic clinic and educational programs for mentally retarded residents.
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Claude Brown Jr
Alabama Mental Health Board
Left
John Chenault
Decatur
Lurleen B. Wallace Development Center
Decatur Rotarians
Claude L. Brown Jr
Mobile
Rotarians
Alabama
Montgomery
Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center
Brown
Partlow ‘Hospital
Tuscaloosa
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U.S. Savings Bonds & Freedom Shares
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