Campaign Planned For New Building for Decatur Boys' Club
Officials of the Boys' Club of Decatur Inc announce a fund drive to raise 130000 for a new facility at 3rd Street SW beside Westlawn Fire Hall. The planned gymnasium and rooms will serve 1043 current members and future growth. Groundbreaking and luncheon set, with 100 volunteers steering the campaign.
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Boys’ Club of Decatur, Inc
Roy McAllister
2Nd Ave
McAllister
Morgan County
Morgan County United Fund Agency
3Rd St
Westlawn
Frank Shepherd
Lyon’s
Decatur
Jury Convicts Sims Of Manslaughter
In Birmingham a 16 year old white youth, Larry Joe Sims, was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the Sept. 15 shooting of Virgil Ware, 13. The jury set seven months in Jefferson County jail and Judge Wallace Gibson deferred sentencing to allow appeals or probation.
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Larry Joe Sims
Jefferson County
Wallace Gibson
Bullock
Gibson
Sims
Ware
Local Notices From Morgan County Registration and Hospital News
The Morgan County Board of Registrars will meet through January 30 for voter registration. Dr Kenneth Johnson of Durham NC is a surgical patient at Duke Hospital room 2215. W T Walker travels to Nashville for Grand Ole Opera and business. Alabama Nurses Association District 14 meets Monday at 3 30 p m at Decatur General Hospital. Police investigate theft of two mudgrip tires and a brown tool box from Virgil Monk at Sandlin and Moadus roads. Items taken from Monk's carport Thursday or Friday. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Kenneth Johnson
Durham, N.C
Duke Hospital
Alabama Nurses Association
Decatur General Hospital
Virgil Monk
Sandlin
Moadus
Monk
Morgan
Limestone
Morgan County Medical Society
T. K. Lewis, Jr
Lewis
Why Do Some Suffer Yet Hope in God's Help
A speaker cites a spiritual law that crowns follow crosses and conflicts, noting no one escapes pain. He praises Mickey Mantle for rising under hardship, urges faith that God tests limits yet accompanies us, and promises eventual reign with Him as comfort.
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B.D
Mickey Mantle
God
Flint City Mayor Resigns Amid Council Turmoil
Mayor T. W. Day submitted his resignation at a council meeting in Flint City following a Morgan County Grand Jury report. Percy Thrasher becomes the new mayor with a council appointment planned for the February 1 meeting. the town seeks an orderly transition.
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Flint City
T. W. Day
Day
Morgan County Grand Jury
R. L
Dick) Hundley
Leslie Doss
Tom Caddell
Percy Thrasher
Dean Jones Day Honors Alabama Star
Decatur residents celebrated Dean Jones with a community event at Gordon Bibb Elementary School. Gov. George Wallace appointed Jones as an honorary colonel, sending a telegram and proclamation to mark the official staff appointment.
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Gov. Wallace
Dean
Butler's Vacuum Cleaner Service Offers Free Home Estimate
Butler's Vacuum Cleaner Service advertises a free in home estimate with the contact number 353-9579. The offer emphasizes convenience and value for customers willing to wait a day.
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Butler's
Man Charged In Lawrence Gun Slaying
In Lawrence County the shotgun slaying of 38 year old Katherine King led to first degree murder charges against Robert Swoope 28. King was killed at Wheeler at 2 30 am as the mother of nine and common law wife of Swoope. Witnesses identified the scene and investigators pursued the case.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Dewey Haney
Robert Junior Swoope
Katherine King
Swoope
Clarence Swoope
Wheeler
Haney
Formosa Quake Leaves 40 Dead
An earthquake rocked Formosa causing 40 deaths, over 200 injuries, and thousands homeless. A large fire in Chiayi destroyed 124 houses while Taipei and other areas reported tremors with no fatalities. The quake lasted about 30 minutes and gaps in casualties were not reported for foreigners.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taiwan
Chiayi
Weather Bureau
Safe Burglars Hit Decatur Plant After Hours
Burglars broke into Industrial Uniform Service at 207 4th St SE in Decatur Friday night. Vernon Hill found the plant open at 4 am after the thieves damaged a gate window and west door. They stole about $7 000 including petty cash, stamps and a cigarette machine cash, loaded the safe into a truck and beat it open at Flint Creek near Danville Road. Police Lt. C J Martin reports.
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Decatur
Industrial Uniform Service
4Th St. SE
Vernon Hill
Petty
Flint Creek
Danville Rd
C. J. Martin
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Birmingham
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Michael Lee Farley
Farley
H. G. Sims
John D. Bullock
W. T. Walker
Nashville
The
Grand Ole Opera and
Business
Flint
By Winford Turner
Dean Jones
Lawrence
Bergain
Robinson’s
Ady
Robert Stansell
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