Four Decatur Area Victims in Madison Crash
Six killed and several injured in a fiery crash on Alabama 20 near Madison. Victims include three women and three children from Huntsville Decatur and Trinity areas. Driver Napoleon Mason of Birmingham uninjured. truck brakes allegedly locked causing clash. fire eliminated by Madison Fire Department.
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Madison
Trinity
Decatur
Alabama
Madison’ County
A. J. Osborne
Alice Reed
Marketa Guthrie
Ridgeway St
Huntsville
Jo Ann Reed
Oscar Reed
Fair
Walter Wise
Birmingham
Wise
Phillips
Laughlin Service Funeral Home
Guthrie
Madison County
Charles Graves
Napoleon Mason
CND Transportation Refrigeration Service of
Mobile
Graves
Vecatur
Jim Garner
Decatur Two-Car Collision at Church and Railroad Streets
A 9:45 a.m. accident at the Church and Railroad streets corner involved a 1963 Ford driven by Roy Buford Guyse, 17, of Decatur, and a 1965 Ford driven by Evelyn L. Clayborn, 47, of 1222 20th Ave. SE. No injuries were reported. Dorothy Carter has returned to her sister’s home, Mrs. V. E. Hood, 439 Sherman St., after a five week VA Hospital stay in Birmingham.
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Church
Railroad
Roy. Buford Guyse
Decatur
Evelyn L. Clayborn
Dorothy Carter
V. E. Hood
Sherman St
VA Hospital
Birmingham
Wallace schedules July 26 session for emergency school budget
Gov George Wallace announced Alabama lawmakers will meet July 26 to approve an emergency school budget increase. He said the special session would also consider cash payments to families of officers killed in the line of duty and expanding the GI college scholarship program to cover Viet Nam veterans and their dependents. The program already covers veterans of earlier wars.
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Montgomery
Alabama
George Wallace
Ae Wallace
House
Senate
Viet, Nam
Viet Nam
Korea
Wallace
Bank Robbery Rocks Ardmore Bank In Border Town
Ardmore Tennessee authorities and Alabama officers with FBI agents hunted two armed robbers who fled with about 9400 from a First National Bank branch near the state line. A power outage lit the scene briefly before the heist and roadblocks were placed on main routes into and out of the community of about 3000.
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Ardmore, Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Ardmore
First National Bank
Pulaski
Memphis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ardmore Bank Robbery Returns the Fearful Moments
Ardmore Tenn. bank robbers shouted orders at the First National Bank of Pulaski branch. Darwin Lankford and two cashiers filled sacks with nearly $10,000 as the two armed gunmen forced silence. Lankford recalled thinking it was a joke until the danger became real.
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Baily
Daniel
Pulaski, Tenn
Newsffén
Rdmore Branditional Bank
Ardmore
Tenn
First National Bank of
Troopers Gear For Holiday Travelers
Area authorities fear the July 4 weekend will bring more fatalities after 10 traffic deaths in Madison County over 24 hours. Capt John Williams and Sgt R P Sorrell urged careful driving, keeping lights on, and staying home if possible as courthouses close and events proceed. Weather may worsen conditions and crowding on highways persists.
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Madison County
John Williams
R. P. Sorrell
Decatur Post
Highway Patrol
Sorrell
Williams
Huntsville
Madison
Medicare Here but No Flood Delays At Area Hospitals
Area hospitals opened the floodgates for Medicare patients on Friday but only 82 were admitted by 4 p.m., mostly readmissions. Officials expect a larger influx after the Fourth of July weekend, while some hospitals enforce regional or emergency restrictions awaiting patient load data.
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Medicare
Delta Queen Docks at Boat Harbor with 175 Tourists
The excursion river boat Delta Queen is due at Decatur Boat Harbor around 10 a m with an estimated 175 tourists. A Chamber of Commerce committee will welcome passengers and arrange bus tours of the city plus provisions mail pickup and souvenirs. A Dixieland band greets guests on Second Ave in front of Graber’s department store before the 30 minute shopping stop and a return to Gateway Shopping Center for refreshments.
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Decatur
2Nd Ave
Graber’s Department Store
Gateway Shopping Center
Dixieiaffa
Chairman Woodall
T. W. Jones III
Dan Beaty
Billy Joe Aydek
Lawson Davidson
Gena Wood
Phyllss Sidebotham
Marie Callahan
Rachael Pride
Gussie Deese
Fragmentary Quickies Notice
A garbled OCR fragment shows a quickies column by Ken Reynolds with incomplete street and date details. The readable bits indicate a daily want advertisement or jokes section but lack clear events or names to confirm full items.
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Decatur Area
Winford Turner
Madison Fire Department
Huntsville Hospital
Agnew Ambulance Service
Bob Graber
Grabe
Funeral Home
Governors Dr
George Evans
Bob Bates
Daily
Darwin Lankford
By George Biggers and
Faye
Blair
Trishgur
Degatur General Hospital
Morgan County
Ray Guier
Boat Harbor
Delta ¢ Queen
Ken Reynolds
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