Convenience Mark of New Courthouse
Morgan County voters will decide Tuesday on a $3.5 million courthouse bond issue to replace the old building. The plan, supported by officials and civic groups, would be funded from existing ad valorem taxes and a gasoline tax, with no new taxes.
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Morgan County
Ben Windham
Hartselle
Decatur Chambers of Commerce
PTA
Howard Ellis
Decatur City Council
Decatur Area Labor Council
Commissioner of Licenses
Morgan County Commission
Computer System Near For Local Law Agencies
Morgan County Sheriff John McBride announced a new computerized system to aid county and city police. It will be ready in about two months and provide up to date lists of wanted persons and stolen merchandise, with weekly updates. Copies will go to Limestone Cullman Lawrence and Madison counties, and a terminal may later give instant access to past records via the Alabama and National Crime Information Centers.
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Bill Cornwell
Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Limestone
Cullman
Lawrence
Madison
Alabama Crime Information Center
Montgomery
National Crime Information Center
Washington, D.C
On This Date 1559 Queen Elizabeth Crowned
The record notes Queen Elizabeth I was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London in 1559. The piece also lists local classifieds, weather alerts, and TV listings with brief notices of a cold wave expected to drop to 8 degrees tonight and peaks of 33 today.
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Elizabeth of England
London
Westminster Abbey
Route Choices Being Sought
Hartselle residents may state support or opposition to routing Alabama 36 from U S 31 to I 65. Letters postmarked by Jan 23 will be added to the transcript for Thursday’s public hearing. The chamber president urged input while wary of a split in membership.
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Hartselle
Alabama 36
U. S. 31
Highway Department
Boyce Smith
Smith
Decatur
Jewish Congressman Expelled From USSR
The Soviet Union expelled U.S. Rep. James H. Scheuer amid claims of improper activities. The action, tied to his visits with Jewish families seeking emigration, drew U.S. criticism as a grave step not helpful to relations. Scheuer planned to fly to Stockholm, with the embassy noting he did nothing beyond meeting Jews who had been referred to him.
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Theodore Shabad
New York Times
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
James H. Scheuer
Scheuer
Israel
Leningrad
New York
Izvestia
U.S
Nixon
Thompson R. Buchanan
Foreign Ministry
Georgi M. Korniyenko
Stockholm
Buchanan
Korniyenko
O'Brien Attacks Wallace Candidacy in Missouri Trip
Democratic National Chairman O'Brien opened a frontal assault on Gov. George Wallace's presidential bid during a two day Missouri trip. He claimed a Wallace vote aids Nixon and warned Democrats to discredit Wallace early to protect the party. O'Brien linked Wallace to the Nixon Mitchell strategy and stressed defeating Nixon this year within the party.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Lawrence F. O'Brien
George C. Wallace
Alabama
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
O'Brien
Washington
Missouri
Wallace
Florida
Pennsylvania
John Mitchell
Democratic Party
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Three Drug Defendants Plead Guilty in Decatur Raids
Three defendants arrested in Decatur drug raids pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court. Tim Knowlton and Kenneth Vinson admitted unlawful marijuana sales and Knowlton also LSD sales. Tommy Knox pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of marijuana with sentencing delayed after probation hearings.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Tim Knowlton
Hartselle
Kenneth Vinson
Harrison St. SE
Tommy Knox
8Th Ave
R.L
Dick) Handley
Knowlton
Vinson
Knox
Lee (Bush) Thomas
Edgar Slaton
Chestnut St. SE
Stans to Step Down as Commerce Secretary for Nixon Campaign
Maurice Stans will resign soon as secretary of commerce to become chief fundraiser for Nixon's re election effort. The Cost of Living Council proposes lifting wage controls for workers earning 190 per hour or less, with Congress possible higher limit. General Abrams to depart Vietnam after nearly five years, HQ downgraded to advisory group.
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Washington (Ap
Maurice Stans
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Congress
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
PR Firm Paid Feaster Bills in Tax Evasion Trial
Public relations executive Charles O. Ditmars testified that Houston H. Feaster sent his firm travel and hotel bills paid by the firm, which were billed to the State Docks as PR charges. The government says Feaster evaded about 23 thousand dollars in taxes on roughly 86 thousand dollars in bribes and kickbacks from 1965 to 1968.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama State Docks
Houston H. Feaster
Charles O. Ditmars
Ditmars
Feaster
Asst
U.S. Atty
William R. Favre
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. Clary
Favre
Thomas M. Haas
Weather forecast shows eight degree low in cold wave
The Weather Bureau expects a low near eight degrees tonight with a cold wave warning. Measurable snow chances are under 20 percent as skies stay partly cloudy with light snow flurries possible.
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Weather Bureau
Rovinson Furniture Ad Promises All Makes Major Appliances
Decatur store Rovinson Furniture on Down Second Ave announces service for all major appliance makes and models. Contact 3527370 for details on repair and parts.
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Rovinson Furniture
Second Ave
Decatur
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