Morgan County Registrars Announce 10 Day Voter Registration
The Morgan County Board of Registrars will hold a 10 day registration session at the courthouse from Monday. Registration runs weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays 8:30 to noon through Thursday, Jan. 27. The session aligns with the Feb. 1 poll tax deadline. Mary Stephenson and Betty Proctor assist chairman Maytle Cobb as purging of the poll list continues next week.
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Maytle Cobb
Morgan County
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Cobb
FBI Picks Up Trinity Man in Auto Theft Case
A Decatur area man Larry Lester Smith, 33, of Trinity 1 was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after a theft of an automobile in Orangeburg South Carolina last August. He was arrested Thursday and is jailed in Morgan County on a $5,000 bond. A federal complaint was filed October 15 in Columbia.
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S.C
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Birmingham
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U.S
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McGovern
Columbia
S. C
Gallup Poll Shows Support for Four Year House Terms
A Gallup survey indicates 61 percent favor changing House terms from two to four years, 24 percent oppose, 15 percent have no opinion. The issue, under House Judiciary review, cites reduced campaign time and better focus on legislation as chief rationale.
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Hints From Heloise Practical Appliance Swaps
Readers share tips from borrowing and test driving appliances to avoid buyer remorse. Examples include trading blenders and electric knives for a week to assess usefulness, saving money, and guiding purchases.
Skepticism Culled With Bright Economic Picture
President Johnson forecast a record 111 billion dollar federal revenue next year drawing skepticism in Congress yet experts say the figure could prove conservative if the boom continues through 1966 and 1967. Analysts note tax yields have consistently risen in the expansion and may top 100 billion this year.
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Special Effort Needed To Air Negro Registration
Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach urges counties to extend registration hours and use extra staff to aid Negro voters under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He warns federal examiners may be sent to counties with past discrimination if local practices hinder registration. Federal examiners already operate in 36 counties across Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and South Carolina.
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Nicholas Katzenbach
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Scholarships Approved for Calhoun Junior College Here
Twenty five work scholarships have been approved for the John C Calhoun Junior College Technical School. Dr Carlton Kelley president said the grants come from civic clubs and individuals matched 10 to 1 by the Federal Government. Total around 6500 dollars. Recipients work up to 15 hours weekly earning 125 per hour in secretarial janitorial library maintenance landscaping lab assistance clerks and food service among other jobs.
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Carlton Kelley
Kelley
Library Story Hour Discontinued in Decatur Branch
The Story Hour at the youth branch library in Decatur is discontinued until summer due to low attendance. Director Nancy R. Agnew said it will resume at a later date.
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Decatur
Nancy R. Agnew
Agnew
Health Capsules Digest on Diet and Cholesterol
Unclear text discusses diet and cholesterol with fragmented phrases about eggs and intake. No coherent facts or dates present to verify specifics.
Boy Captured In Escape Case
A 17 year old youth charged with escaping and eluding officers in Morgan County was captured by federal marshals in Montgomery. John Raymond Thomas originally listed Birmingham as his address and faces grand larceny and two escape counts. He escaped Aug 25 and again Oct 2 while leaving a dentist visit on Lafayette Street. Sheriff Dick Fleming said Thomas would be returned after federal authorities finish with him.
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Montgomery
Dick Fleming
Fleming
John Raymond Thomas
Birmingham
Morgan
Thomas
Tarrant City
Decatur
Lafayette St. NE
Don Hobby Thomas
Hobby
Sparkman May Support Weaver After Testimony
U S Senator John Sparkman of Alabama says he will wait for Negro Robert Weaver to testify before a Senate committee before deciding to support or oppose Weaver’s confirmation as Housing and Urban Development secretary. Weaver was Johnson’s pick, marking the first Black cabinet nomination. Sparkman noted past doubts but indicated potential support after hearings.
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De Gaulle Signals Possible Britain Welcome to European Market
Paris reports that Charles de Gaulle may be ready to consider British entry into the European Community as part of a broader move to resume negotiations on the Common Market. Analysts say London’s decision and shifts in French leadership will shape the timing and terms of any expansion.
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Faure
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