Three Limestone Men Charged In Robbery
Athens police charged Leo Mayberry 23 Galen Darby 23 and George Malone 20 with robbing Freddie Atkinson's Grocery and Beverage Store on Triana Road near the Huntsville Jetport around 4 p.m. Friday. The trio were stopped on U S 31 at Tanner Crossing within minutes. money a knife mace pen and the car were recovered.
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Athens
Limestone County
Madison County
Richard Faulk
Leo Mayberry
Galen D. Darby
Browns Ferry St
George Thomas Malone
Faulk
Freddie Atkinson
Triana Rd
Huntsville-Decatur Jetport
Robert Hay
Ernest Murrah
Bobby Dobbs
Glenn Hudson
U.S.31
Tanner Crossing
Atkinson
Dillard Turner
Turner
Illinois
Huntsville Police Department
Huntsville
Mystery Woman Linked to Hughes Autobiography Funds
Manhattan DA identifies Mrs Clifford Irving as Helga R Hughes who opened a Swiss bank account and withdrew 650000 intended for Howard Hughes. McGraw-Hill disputes fraud claims while Swiss authorities report funds moved between banks and withdrawn as Swiss francs.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Manhattan
Helga R. Hughes
Howard R. Hughes
David Worgan
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Irving
The
Daily News
Maury Nessen
Switzerland
Hughes
Worgan
Nessen
George Gordon Holmes
McGraw-Hill Inc
Zurich
McGraw-Hill
Harold McGraw Jr
Tfvinig
H.R. Hughes
Edith Irving described as key figure in Hughes book mystery
The article profiles Edith Sommer Irving as the wife of Clifford Irving and the woman tied to bank deposits in the Hughes autobiography saga. It notes Swiss bank activity, her Ibiza life, and the double life claim amid legal disclosures and police attention.
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Martin Arnold
New York Times News Service
NEW York
Hughes
Edith Sommer Irving
Helga Hughes
Howard R. ‘Hughes
Zurich
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Cliff
Irving
Ibiza
Mrs. Irving
Local Development Group Aims to Seed Morgan County Growth
Community leaders pledged over fifty thousand dollars in cash at city hall to form a Local Development Corporation for Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties. The plan backs SBA and bank loans to attract small and new industries, with an initial goal of 250000 and an industry loaned 500000 total, creating 50 jobs rising to 300 in five years.
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Lee Sentell
City Hall
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Small Business Administration
Barrett C. Shelton
SBA
Shelton
Hartselle
Horace Broom
Alton Bartlett
Sparkman praises venue change for waterway case
U S Senator John Sparkman hailed a federal court ruling granting the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority a change of venue to the northern district of Mississippi. The move shifts proceedings away from New York led suits as construction weighs on regional development near affected areas.
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Washington
U. S
John Sparkman
Alabama
Mississippi
Sparkman
Tennessee- Tombigbee Authority
Collins Gets Seven Years On Manslaughter Count
Collins 20 of Decatur was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the July 9 stabbing of Joe Harris and sentenced to seven years. The defense said an appeal likely with bond set at 7000. Harris's body was found July 12 near Cedar Lake. coroner cited loss of blood from neck and arm wounds.
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Willie—Collins— Jr
Joe Junior Harris
Morgan County
Collins
Decatur
Sherman Powell Jr
R.L. Handley
Brenda
Josie Lou Long
Harris
Brenda Collins
Cedar Lake
Guy Hollaway
Mike Moebes
Hundley
Jimmy Nichols
Nichols
Lesley A. Jones
Wil
Ralph Phillips
On This Date 1850 Henry Clay Slavery Compromise
Henry Clay introduced a Senate compromise bill in 1850 that included California’s admission to the Union. The notice appears in Today’s calendar with brief historical reference and weather notes for Athens.
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Henry Clay
Senate
California
Athens
Two Teens First to Join Alabama Air National Guard
Two Montgomery teenagers Susan Chesnutt and Judy Dassinger, both 18 and Lanier High School graduates, were sworn into Alabama Air National Guard's 187th TAC Recon Group. They will begin six weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB on March 19, then Chesnutt trains as an Air Force medic and Dassinger as an administrative technician.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Guard
Alabama
Alabama Air National Guard
Susan Chesnutt
Judy Dassinger
Lanier High School
187Th Tac Recon
Robert Chesnutt
Horace Dassinger
Henry Fillingim Jr
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Miss Chesnutt
Air Force
Miss Dassinger
Jones Celebrated 25 Years in House Service
Rep. Bob Jones of Alabama marked 25 years in the House with a surprise staff party. Alabama delegation members and the House Public Works Committee attended in the committee hearing room as colleagues honored the veteran congressman.
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Washington
Bob Jones
D-Ala
Alabama
House Public Works Committee
Jones
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H. R. Hughes
Mrs
Robinson Furniture
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Dial
Free Will Baptist Church
Ocean Springs
Miss
Pam O'Boyle
Collinsjon
GO Power
Tennessee Valley
Air Guard
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