Crawford Indicted in 1960s Drug Possession Case
A nine count indictment charges James L. Blondie Crawford of Shelby County with possession of cocaine morphine or opium and derivatives. He was previously convicted in 1966, overturned on technical grounds, and may be retried. he is free on a $2,000 bond while awaiting trial.
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Shelby County
James L
Blondie) Crawford
Crawford
Clarence Allgood
Hartselle
John McBride
Decatur to welcome 99 unit HUD assisted complex
Birmingham firm Johnson-Rast and Hays Co handles 1.2 complex with HUD assistance under a federal 236 loan. The 88,000 square foot project is set to begin soon with details to be released next week. Decatur chamber chief Lynn Fowler hails the apartment surge.
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Birmingham
Johnson-Rast and Hays Co
Mitchell
Jim Bennett
Afl-Cio
Bennett
HUD
Chamber of Commerce
Lynn Fowler
Decatur
Sam
Fowler
Athens 10 Man Denied Probation In Burglary Case
Circuit Judge Powell denied probation to William B. Blankenship after he pleaded guilty to second degree burglary. The 30 year old was sentenced to one year and one day in state prison for the December 3, 1970 burglary of the Fairground Mobile Oil Service Station in Athens.
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Athens
Powell
Aghi Athens
William B. Blankenship
Fairground
Baxley seeks rehearing on Alabama reapportionment plan
Attorney General Bill Baxley said he will ask a three judge panel for another hearing on the reapportionment plan. He warned the plan could confuse voters as districts cross county lines and ordered a full study before deciding the next step.
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Bill Baxley
Baxley
Hazardous device letter and public notices mix
A detective notes uncertainty about a timer in a hazardous device and discusses a radical ransom claim. The letter advocates kidnapping and releasing prisoners in exchange for territory and cites figures like George Jackson and Sam Melville. It also describes prototype devices placed in banks and outlines a public notice from Union Compress Warehouse and Alabama highway hearing details with local officials.
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New York City
Amerika
FBI
Washington
George Jackson
Sam Melville
Jackson
California
San Quentin Prison
Melville
New York State
Attica State Prison
New York
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Snings Fateny
Federal
Morgan County
State OF Alabama Highway Department Bureau OF Surveys and Plans
Union Compress Warehouse
Union Service Industries, Inc
W. B. Brown
Ala
P.O
Memphis
Tennessee
State National Bank of Alabama
Alabama
Comptroller of the Currency
Jordan Lane
University Drive
Huntsville
Andy Griffith
U.S. Treasury
Brady Bunch
Partridge Family
Killer
Riffeman
Room
Alabama Senior Colleges
State of Alabama Highway Department
National Guard
Hartselie
C. F. Camp
State of Alabama
Monty Nash
Primus
Johnny Carson
Perry Mason
Old
Chicago
Paris
Dick Cavett
Dr. Mabuse
Scotland Yard
Martha Helen
St.,s.e
Salon OF Beauty
Ired Delicious
Aonathan
Rome Beauty
IRED
Stayman Wines
Burbank
Damson
Methley
New Orient
Kieffer Bartett
Freestone
Hale Haven
Elberta
Belle OF Georgia
Red Haven
Mayflower
Clingstone
Stuart and
Mahan
Concord
Niagara
Fredonia
Stuppernong
Scott
Arab
Cullman
Muscle Shoals
6Th Street
Highland Park Baptist Church
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