North Alabama NAACP chapter to meet. ribbon of local honors
Officers and directors of the North Alabama Chapter of the National Association of Accountants will hold their regular monthly board meeting Monday night at the Pitts Motel in Decatur. Four area students at Alabama Polytechnic Institute made the dean's honor roll in the school of engineering for the fall quarter: Bruce L. Spencer Decatur William C. Landers Cullman George W. Sims Falkville and Paul M. Julich Hartselle.
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North Alabama
The
National Association of Accountants
Pitts Motel
Decatur
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Bruce L. Spencer
William C. Landers
Cullman
George W. Sims
Falkville
Paul M. Julich
Hartselle
M R A E Takes Oath as Morgan Sheriff
Knox L McRae took the oath of office as Morgan County Sheriff administered by Morgan Probate Judge T C Almond. He will assume duties after receiving his state commission Monday and takes over from acting sheriff and coroner Lewis Brown following the death of Sheriff James H Collier. The Morgan County board approved two bonds of 5000 dollars each for McRae to cover the unexpired and full four year terms.
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Barrett Shelton, JR
Knox L. McRae
Morgan County
Morgan
T. C. Almond
Mary Texas Hart Garner
Coun
Lewis
Pinky) Brown
James H
Jimmie) Collier
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
McRae
Jimmy” Collier
Collier
James E. Folsom
Almon
Sheriff’s Office
Jimmy’ Collier
Norman Harris
Guy Roberts
Roberts
John Patterson
Noble Russell
Patterson
Russell
Tappy
State
County Board of Revenue and Control
Board of Revenue
Grady
Grady Long
Hartselle
Television and Child Guidance in a Home
A parent counsel advises a heart to heart with children about TV violence. It recommends selecting wholesome programs, explaining harmful effects, and offering engaging alternatives, such as games and family activities, to foster cooperation and trust.
Federal court orders end segregation in Georgia colleges
A federal court ruled Georgia state colleges must end segregation and invalidated a two to three alumni signoff for admission. Governor elect Ernest Vandiver urged suspending new applications pending board study. The rulings came as Little Rock schools faced integration plans and Atlanta buses were desegregated.
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Associated Press
Georgia
U. S. Dist
Boyd Sloan
Georgia State College of Business Administration
Sloan
School Board
Little Rock
Ark
Atlanta
John E. Miller
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Will He Obey a Federal Order Wallace Mum
Alabama circuit judge Wallace to decide if he will comply with a federal order to open voter registration records to U S Civil Rights Commission agents. Federal judge Johnson ordered access to Bullock and Barbour Counties records with set viewing hours, while an appeal may be pursued.
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Montgomery
Alabama
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
George C. Wallace
Clayton
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Wallace
Johnson
Bullock
Barbour
Commission
U.S. Attorney General's Office
Washington
John A. Hannah
Blaze Destroys Guntersville Plant Causing 200000 In Damage
Flames engulfed the Redemer Air Device Inc plant in Guntersville Alabama causing an estimated 200000 in damage. Fire crews from Guntersville and nearby Albertville battled the three hour blaze that started shortly after 9 am. The factory makes aluminum needle points and military and civilian parts.
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Guntersville
Ala
Redemer Air Device Inc
Albert Ville
Night Sky Brief for Decatur on Monday January 12
Sunset at 4 57 p m with moonset at 8 48 p m and first quarter moon on January 16. Prominent star Aldebaran shines high in the south at 8 55 p m.
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Aldebaran
South
Weather and river reading near Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 16.55 feet, down .12 in 24 hours, sea level 550.85 feet. Friday high 36 at 2 30 p.m., low 20 at 7 15 a.m. Saturday 27 F at 10 35 a.m. Forecast sunny and warmer today, fair tonight. Monday outlook fair with rising temperatures. Legal waterfowl shooting hours Monday 6 26 a.m. to 4 27 p.m.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
McRae Ahead in Sheriff Race as Bond Approved
McRae’s bond as Morgan County sheriff nominee is fixed and approved. The pending selection to succeed the late James H. Collier remains unsettled with Grady Long opposing McRae’s appointment and awaiting state commission for term continuation.
Moving Day Nears for 17 Office Holders in District
Seventeen offices change hands a week from tomorrow as newly elected officials assume duties. Morgan County Judge W H Long is succeeded by R L Hat Man Hundley who defeated Long. Succeeding Lynn as Circuit Judge is James Bloodworth who beat Lynn for the Eighth Judicial Circuit seat. Miles Powell replaces Ralph Slate as county prosecutor. Homer McLemore wins Limestone County Board of Revenue chair over Arthur Spence, ending Spence’s two term tenure.
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Morgan County
W. H. Long
R. L
Hundley
Long
S. A. Lynn
James
Bloodworth
Lynne
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Limestone
Morgan
Lawrence Counties
Miles Powell
Ralph Slate
Homer McLemore
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Arthur Spence
McLemore
Limestone County
Easter Gilchrist Among Nominees For State Title
Two local men, Daren H. Easter and Bob Gilchrist, were nominated for Alabama’s Four Outstanding Young Men by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and Decatur Rotary Club. The quartet will be honored at the Winter Conference in Montgomery on January 24 with guest speaker Rev. Bob Richards. Easter heads John Patterson Insurance in Decatur and was Decatur’s last Outstanding Young Man. Gilchrist, a Morgan County lawyer, is active in cotton allotment reform.
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Alabama
Daren H. Easter
Bob Gilchrist
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Rotary Club
Alabama Jaycees
Montgomery
Bob Richards
Easter
John Patterson Insurance Co
Decatur
Gilchrist
Calvin, Gilchrist and Murphree
Morgan County
Fist Shakers Greet Mikoyan at San Francisco Airport
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan arrived in San Francisco amid fist shaking and egg throwing protesters. Police shielded him as 200 refugees watched, with heavy security at hotels and the airport. Nixon called Mikoyan a flexible leader and hoped the visit would ease U S Soviet relations.
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San Francisco
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Chicago
Mikoyan
Hotel
Fairmont
Wallace Hogan Dies at 57 in Decatur Service Station Owner
Wallace B. W. Hogan a longtime Decatur service station owner died at Decatur General Hospital at 8 pm after a heart attack. He was 57 and had run stations for 35 years starting at First Ave and Moulton St before moving to the 6th Ave site. He visited his ill sister Grace Hogan when the attack occurred. He leaves wife Agnes Hogan, his mother Hattie Hogan, two sisters Grace Hogan and Mrs. S. E. Miller, and two brothers O A Hogan and James Hogan. Funeral arrangements by Brown Funeral Home.
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B. W. (Wallace) Hogan
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Mr. Hogan
First Ave
Moulton St
6Th Ave
Grace Hogan
Lawrence County
First Methodist Church
Brown Funeral Home
Agnes Hogan
Hattie Hogan
Danville 2
Danville
S. E. Miller
Caryville
Tenn
O. A. Hogan
James Hogan
Decatur 2
Castro to Use Candy Dropping Bombers in Cuba
Fidel Castro announced at a news conference that rebels will order pilots again to bomb towns in Las Villas and Oriente, but this time the payloads will be bags of candy food and clothing for children, shifting from prior Batista era bombings.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Castro
Las Villas
Oriente
Wartorn
Reds Say More To Help End Berlin Program
The Soviet Union proposed a speedy German peace treaty and a 28 nation peace conference in Warsaw or Prague within two months to address West Berlin. It circulated a 25 page draft treaty mirroring Molotov’s 1954 plan with an unarmed West Berlin proposal. Western officials found the plan unacceptable in its current form.
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Harold K. Miles
Moscow
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Warsaw
Prague
Kremlin
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
U. S
Washington
East
West Germany
Surprise Soviet bid on German peace conference rejected
The surprise Soviet proposal for a 28 nation German peace conference is deemed unacceptable in its current form. Officials say a careful study will seek any negotiation openings. President Eisenhower and Anastas Mikoyan are set to discuss the plan during Mikoyan’s Washington visit this week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Moscow
Mikoyan
State Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
United States
Soviet Union
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