Slow Down Be Alive on the Fifth Warns Alabama Women
The Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women issued an eleventh hour plea to drivers to cut speeds during the 78 hour Fourth of July weekend. With the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the Alabama Safety Council, they warned that last year’s holiday toll was the bloodiest on record and urged cautious travel, counting four rules including early starts, frequent rests, no drinking, and slow driving.
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Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women
Afb&pw
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Alabama Safety Council
Alabama
State Federation
Minnie Miles
Tusca
Alabama Hissalace
Community notes from Lawrence County red hill area
Local households including the McCaghren, Keenum, McCormick, Hembree, Owen and Sullivan families are listed among church and social gatherings. Visits span Austinville Indiana Enon Courtland Speake and Austinville, with kin from Jones Borden and Johnson noted.
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Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghren
Charlie Keenum Sr
Ed McCormick
John Collins
Roy Hembree
Coy
Carl Gene
Mae Owen
Tommie
Porter
Elmer McCaghren
Dorothy
Wesley Curtis
Jessie
Orval McCaghren
Bob McCaghren
Dayton
J. T. Borden
Austinville
Ethel Lowery
Windell Johnson
Wayne
Indiana
Biddie Johnson
P. L. McCaghren
Enon
J. W. McCagh
Private T M Freeman Begins Basic Training at Fort Jackson
Private T M Freeman of Decatur begins eight weeks of basic training with Medical Company 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson S C. He will study military courtesy first aid and M 1 rifle range practice before potential 14 days leave and possible further infantry training or assignment to Army Schools.
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Fort Jackson
S.C
T. M. Freeman
East Water St
Decatur
506Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
101St Airborne Infantry Division
Convict Guard Ellison Dies on Road Job
A 65 year old guard, Ellison, died of a heart attack while supervising 20 convicts on a road project on an isolated Alabama road. No prisoner fled the scene and Towns bore the body to Abbeville hospital where Ellison died on arrival. Funeral services are set for Piney Grove Church near Headland.
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Dothan
Ellison
Abbeville
State Highway Department
Piney Grove Church
Headland
Huntsville Principal Resigns to Join Florence Faculty
Huntsville high school principal John Finley Jr. resigns after six years to join the Florence State Teachers College faculty. Finley, a Florence native and Lauderdale County resident, is a Florence alumnus.
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Huntsville
John Finley Jr
Huntsville High School
Florence State Teachers College
Finley
Florence
Lauderdale County
Legion Auxiliary Elects Morgan County Unit 15 Officers
Mrs. Margaret Thompson was elected president for 1954 55 at the Morgan County Unit 15 American Legion Auxiliary June meeting held at the Legion Home. Officers elected include Bertha Timberlake second vice Helene Hall recording secretary Thelma McMurtrie corresponding secretary Louise Hine treasurer Ruby Jones historian Pauline Rodgers chaplain Nora Simis and sergeant at arms Molly Ross. A July 22 lawn supper will install new officers and invite guests including Decatur High School Girls State representative Martha Frances Garnett.
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Margaret Thompson
Morgan County
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Thelma McMurtrie
Bertha Timberlake
Ruby Jones
Thompson
Bertha Timber
Miss Jones
Martha Frances Garnett
Decatur High School
Girls State
Hine
Sims
Timberlake
Laird Funeral Today at Brown's Chapel
Mrs. Ethel Burton Laird 73 of Decature died Wednesday at her residence at 10 a.m. Funeral services were held today at Brown's Chapel at 2 p.m. Interment in City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Eastern Star members. She is survived by brother W. R. Chiles Village Springs Ala and other relatives.
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Ethel Burton Laird
Decature
Brown’s Chapel
George T. Hubbard
City Cemetery
Brown
Eastern Star
W. R. Chiles
Village Springs
Ala
Supreme Court backs Etowah solicitor over derogatory remarks
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that remarks about Etowah County Circuit Solicitor Arthur Burns were derogatory and should be expunged from the Grand Jury record. It ordered parts of the Grand Jury report cleaned while noting no impeachment. The decision also addressed an election contest in Phenix City, overruling security for costs and allowing the contest to proceed.
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Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Etowah County
High Court
Arthur Burns
16Th Judicial Circuit
Grand Jury
Etowah
Burns
Circuit Court
Suppreme
Democratic Executive Committee
Phenix City
J. W. Brassell
Circuit
J. B. Hicks
W. Cecil Curtis
Brassell
Russell Counity
State House of Representatives
Curtis
Supreme Court
Veteran Senator Butler Near Death
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska is reported in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke at his home. Rep. Curtis says Butler suffered a stroke last night, was taken to Bethesda and remains in critical condition.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
R-Neb
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Rep
Curtis
Sen. Butler
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Butler
Senate
Mobile Black Man Scheduled for Electrocution in May
A 32 year old Black man, John H. Mincy, was convicted by a Circuit Court Jury for raping a white woman in Whistler May 19. He faces electrocution on August 5 as his case awaits Alabama Supreme Court review. The jury deliberated 51 minutes after she testified that he threatened her with a knife.
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Mobile
Whistler
John H. Mincy
Mincy
Mercy
Alabama Supreme Court
Missouri Battle Ship Uses 800 Miles of Welding and 1135000 Rivets
The battleship Missouri reportedly features 800 miles of welding and 1,135,000 rivets reflecting its massive construction. This detail underscores the ship's scale and the engineering effort involved in its assembly.
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Missouri
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