Beatrice youth granted reprieve amid 1964 murder case
Joy continues as Billy Don Franklin Boulden, convicted of killing game warden Loyd Hays near Flint City, receives a U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. reprieve and a January 15 hearing to study his habeas corpus petition. The year’s headlines recall fires, floods, wrecks, hospital expansions, and local political shifts across Lawrence Limestone and Morgan counties.
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Pershing Junior College
Beatrice
Neb
Billy Don Franklin Boulden
Loyd Hays
Flint City
Kilby
U. S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Johnson
Savings Bond Sales Booming in Morgan County
Morgan County led the four-county area in U.S. Savings Bonds sales through 1965 with $678,507 in bonds purchased by Morgan residents by November, about 9 percent of the $685,000 goal. November alone saw nearly $55,750 in bonds sold as Thad Holt drives the drive. Danville’s Hence Griffith Jr. faces major charges. local budgets and projects headline a busy period across Decatur, Athens, Moulton, and surrounding communities.
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Athens
Decatur
6Th Ave
St. Bernard
Dan Burleson
Walt Disney
Elk River
Martin Steve Co
Danville
Morgan County
Falkville
Cleon Yates
Asorgan County
Decatur City
George Wallace
Huntsville
Lawrence County
North Alabama
Federal Savings and Loan Board of Directors
Littrell Lumber Mills
Moulton Rd
Brindlee Mountain
FDIC
First State Bank of
Sexton Can Co
Everett
Mass
Decature
Florence Adams
Joe Pettey
Morgan County Board of Revenus
E. Stanley Jones
Robert L. Staub
LeRoy McEntire
U.S
Thad Holt
Morgan
Henon W. Pearce
Federal
Elkmont
L&n Railroad
TVA
Tims Ford
Priceville
Bobby Turner
U. S. 31
A. J. Holman
John Sparkman
U. S
Michael C. Kirwan
Ohio
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Decatur Daily Savings Bond Drive Totals 1965
Lawrence County led gains with 151 percent of a 30000 goal, selling 120654 in 1965 through December. Limestone County reached 111 percent of a 200000 goal with 221500 in sales. Cullman County had 242637 in sales by November 30, about part of its goal. Guntersville lake dubbed playground of the South for hydroplane race.
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Decatur Daily
Lawrence County
Wayne Gentry
W. S. Garth Jr
Limestone County
Cullman County
Guntersville Lake
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Flint
San Ann
Town Creek
Namie’s
Vernon Tidwell
Holly Pond
Double Springs
Tanner Heights
Bendix
Westinghouse
Cullman
Knox McRae
Ardmore
Kimbrel Gail Vickers
Fruehaus
Milton Thomas
J. I. Dodd
Lawrence County Hospital
Limestone County Board of Education
Douglas Hagan
Mooresville
Black-Chandier Hospital
Hartselle
Hansel Black
Amoco
Boris Bedford
Highway Patrol
State Highway Department
Camp Decatur
Decatur Electric Department
Joe Wheeler
Wheeler
Lauderdale
Limestone Counties
Tuscumbia
Lester
Harteelle
Athens College
Arthur A. Calix
TB Sanatorium
A. J. Wagner
Quince E. Eddens
APPA
Alabama Associated Press
Athens 5
Decatur General Hospital
Ira Myers
Decatur High School
Karen Cox
Decatur Jaycee
Lewis West
FFA
Auburn
Miss Arizona
Westgate
Lawrence
Smith Lake
Cullman Hospital
Flying Farmers
Larkin Yates
Austin High School
Gordon Dr
Marshall County
Falkville Atty
Sherman Powell
Scottsboro
Harry Wyatt
Decatur Board of Municipalities
Quince Eddens
Larry Anderson
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Whitesburg Water Fire Protection Authority
Red Hat Poultry
Nounced
Ederton
John Melvin Fennell
Burgreen Construction Co
Albert Brewer
Billy Jack Curtis
Moulton
William H. Long
Lane Malone
Austin High
T. K. O’ran Jr
the Decatur Daily
Ings
Locust St
S.E
Housing Authority
First National
Sixth Ave
Austin
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