Alabama Senate stalls on recess legality amid court call
The Alabama Senate returned with a bare quorum unsure if it is legally in session after a five week recess amid House nonconcurrence. Lt. Gov. Beasley sought Supreme Court guidance on the legality, while House members debated reconvening and potential forceful return with state troopers.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
House
State Supreme Court
Jere Beasley
Senate
Supreme Court
Beasley
Alabama
Pierre Pelham
Mobile
Pelham
Tom Gloor
Jefferson County
Highway Patrol
Wallace
Athens 5 Man Dies From Pistol Blast
A 45 year old Athens man Floyd William Shoemaker was shot once with a .22 caliber pistol during a family argument at his home near Elk River west of Athens. Sheriff Evans said no arrests yet and the case will go to the next grand jury after autopsy by state toxicologist Vann Pruitt. The wife Rosa Shoemaker did not shoot. a relative is being questioned.
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Sonny Turner
Athens
Athens 5
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Floyd William Shoemaker
Elk River
Here
Evans
Shoemaker
Rosa Shoemaker
Rosenal
D.L
Vann Pruitt
Emergency phone numbers and crisis resources listed
Emergency Phones Politeies win i's 353-2515 Fire Department 353-4141 Highway Patrol 353-0631 Morgan Sheriff 353-6256 Ambilsite ce oS SS 355-3844 For personal crises call the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 collect if necessary For possible poisoning call the Crisis Call Center your nearest hospital or family physician If uncertain dial 0 and tell the operator the nature of the emergency The Decatur Daily All departments Athens See ee
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Fire Department
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Will Continued: Candidate hotel assignments at Miami Beach
The piece lists where candidates will stay for the convention, with Lindsay winning the Doral drawing and McGovern, Jackson, Peabody, and Mills receiving Doral rooms if available. Muskie heads to the Americana along Bal Harbour, while Yorty, McCarthy, Chisholm, and others are assigned to Deauville or other hotels. Deputy Ragsdale profile concludes the item.
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Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Endicott Peabody and Mills
Peabody
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Bal Harbour
Miami Beach
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Eugene J. McCarthy
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Deauville
Mills
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Government rests case against ex docks head Feaster
In Mobile Alabama the government rested its case on income tax evasion charges against former Alabama State Docks Director Houston H Feaster on the ninth day of his trial. Defense moved for acquittal but was denied by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas J. Clary. The government then added testimony about Feaster's visits to two bank safety deposit boxes.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama State Docks
Houston H. Feaster
Thomas M.haas
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. Clary
Feaster
Asst
U.S. Atty
William R. Favre
Cycle Wreck Hurts Youth
A 14 year old Decatur boy, Donald Ray Eaton of 218 1th Ave NW, was injured in a motorcycle automobile crash in front of 1002 W Moulton St. He was taken to Decatur General hospital for minor injuries. Driver of the automobile was Nathaniel Green, 16, of 312 13th Ave NW.
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Decatur
W. Moulton St
Donald Ray Eaton
Lth Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Nathaniel Green
13Th Ave
Moore Selected Acting Coroner in Limestone County
29 year old Mc Connell Funeral Home employee George Moore was sworn in as temporary Limestone County coroner by Probate Judge James M Newby after the death of Dillard Feigley in a one car accident near Kimberly Jefferson County. Funeral services for Feigley were set for 2 p.m. at the McConnell Funeral Home Chapel.
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Athens
Limestone County
M.W
Buddy) Evans
George Moore
McConnell Funeral Home
James M. Newby
Evans
Moore
George Wallace
Dillard Feigley
Feigley
Kimberly
Jefferson County
McConnell Funeral Home Chapel
Decatur Men Named to State Cost Survey Team
Decatur men John Wilks of State National Bank and Harry Anschutz of Monsanto Decatur plant joined 44 Alabama specialists on a Wallace backed cost control survey. They will study college expenditures and state agency structures to identify efficiency gains with no taxpayer cost, aiming to save $300 million annually.
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Decatur
Alabama
John Wilks
State National Bank of Alabama
Harry £. Anschutz
Monsanto
Harry Brock
Birmingham
George Wallace
Wilks
Anschutz
Wallace
Brock
State National Bank
State National Bank and
Central Bank and Trust Co. of
Birmingham Bank
Window smashing near 1100 block of 4th and 5th Avenues SE
A group of boys throwing rocks in the vicinity of the 1100 block of 4th and 5th avenues SE broke a rear window of the home at 1119 5th Ave SE owned by Mrs. Hilda Springer. Police reported they could not locate the youths.
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4Th and
5Th Avenues
Hilda Springer
5Th Ave
Public School Gifted Child Program Spurs Student Work
A Decatur story recalls how Austin High School built a gifted program with help from Dr. Ed Frierson and the Decatur Junior Service League. Teachers and students published a spring and fall literary magazine after pilot classes in ninth and tenth grades.
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Austin High School
Decatur
League
Ed Frierson
George Peabody College
Frierson
City Board of Education
Austin
Cecil Teague
Decatur City Board of Education
Decatur Junior Service League
Service
Birkholz
Austin High Business Education
Arther Frith
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Vernon Bates
Nolan Davis
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Decatur Daily
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Doral Hotel
Lindsay
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Claude Ragsdale
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Sheriff's Department
Decatur High School
Somerville
Ragsdale
Irene
Deputy Ragsdale
Curtis Sellers
First National Bank
Commercial Guaranty Bank
Internal Revenue Service
Denton Cole
Junior Service League
Austin High Hoor St
Adent
Jim Birkholz
Service League
Highway and Employment
Harry E. Anschutz
Austin Publication
Mary I. Wilson
Alice L. Ackley
Ann P. Miller
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