Hundreds Lose Jobs as Town Creek Garment Plant Burns
Hundreds of workers at G C Lingerie Corp in Town Creek faced sudden unemployment after a morning fire destroyed the factory. Among the laid off are Mrs Patricia Bass and many women who relied on the plant for income. Community leaders warn of broad economic impact on local shops and services as efforts to reopen in temporary space proceed.
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Town Creek
Mommie
Cindy Bass
Patricia Bass
Aaron Yarvin
Yarvin
Robert Neal Terry
Terry
Bass
Rogersville
Russellville
Courtland
Mae Jones
Loretta
Tenn
Effie Scott
Gwin Holland
City Recorder
Holland
Jack Frost Hospitalized Amid Snowy Name Teasing
11 year old Jack Frost, son of Mr and Mrs Ober dee Frost, remains in Decatur General Hospital with undiagnosed ailments. Teachers and peers tease him for his name as he endures jokes about Frosty the Snowman while doctors pursue potential ulcers and sinus issues.
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Cora Blair
Jack Frost
Oberdee Frost
11Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Mily
Jack
Frost
Ily
Somerville Road School
Frosty the Snowman
Wallace Martin Goldwater report a misunderstanding cleared up
Gadsden Times reports that claims between Jim Martin and Barry Goldwater have been clarified and that the matter was a misunderstanding. Martin said he met Goldwater in 1964 in San Francisco to discuss Wallace possibly running as Goldwater's vice president, which Goldwater denied.
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Gadsden
Ala
Gadsden Times
Jim Martin
Barry Goldwater
Martin
Goldwater
George Wallace
Arizona
Wire
Alabama
Wallace
San Francisco
Cullman GOP Primary to be held first Tuesday in May
Cullman County sets its first Republican Primary since 1948 on the first Tuesday in May. GOP county chairman Asa Hartwig announced the plan.
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Cullman
Ala
Cullman County
GOP
Asa Hartwig
School Registration for 1968 69 Opens in Decatur
Decatur Schools Superintendent H R Leeman asks parents of children who will be six by October 2 to contact their area elementary principal with the child’s name and address. This data will be used to mail choice forms for next year’s registration. Respond by Thursday.
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Decatur
H. R. Leeman
Primary schedule in Seventh District totals five
Hartwig notes the plan to hold a primary brings the count to five in the Seventh Congressional District. Other counties listed include DeKalb Blount Winston and Franklin. Nominees will be fielded for local and county offices as well as delegates to the state GOP convention. The decision was made by the county GOP committee.
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Hartwig
DeKalb
Blount
Winston
Franklin
Istate Gop
GOP
Wallaces to Houston as Mrs Wallace begins radiation
Gov Lurleen Wallace and former Gov George Wallace will travel to Houston Monday where Mrs Wallace begins her third week of radiation at the M D Anderson Hospital. Doctors had estimated about four weeks of treatment. The couple plans a trip to St Louis Tuesday for a speaking engagement, with only that appearance scheduled for the week.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
George Wallace
Houston
Tex
Wallace
Ewing
M.D. Anderson Hospital
St. Louis
Kentucky
Kentucky Press Association
Lexington
Selma Man Convicted in Manslaughter of Langdon
Bernard E. Steward, 22, a Selma heavy equipment operator, is sentenced to one year in jail after a Dallas County Circuit Court jury found him guilty of second degree manslaughter in the Nov. 5 killing of John Arthur Langdon, a Black laborer. The trio faced murder charges. Donald Meeks and James Reeves await trial. Steward testified the shooting was accidental.
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Selma
Ala
Dallas
Bernard E. Steward
Steward
John Arthur Langdon
Langdon
Donald F. Meeks
James J. Reeves
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Lonnie McDaniel
Winford Turner
Ramona Muston
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Mr. Frost
Culman
Gov. Wallace
U.S
Selma Man
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