Ford Foundation Grants $2 Million to Birmingham-Southern College
The Ford Foundation approves a $2 million grant to Birmingham-Southern College with a requirement to raise $5 million in matching funds by 1969, to expand faculty, a Learning Resources Center, a Development Office, and student scholarships. College President Howard Phillips hails the gift as a milestone and plans rapid use of funds to strengthen academics and growth.
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Birmingham News
Birmingham-Southern College
Ford Foundation
Ford
Southern
Birmingham-Southern
The
Howard Phillips
Phillips
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham
Alabama
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Judge Blocks Destruction of 1960s Runoff Election Records
Federal Judge forbids three Alabama counties from destroying voting records tied to the May 31 Democratic runoff. Fred Gray leads a suit by Black candidates and voters alleging intimidation, improper purges, and nonresident voting. The order stays destruction until discovery and hearings on injunctive relief.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Fred Gray
Tuskegee
House of Representatives
Bullock
Macon
Barbour
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Gray
Bullock County
Johnson
Hospital Admissions List From Athens Ardmore and Capshaw
A compiled notice records multiple hospital admissions in various Alabama towns. Names include Patricia Elizabeth Bryant and infant in Ardmore Tennessee. Kathy Lorene Goode and infant in Athens. Homer Lee French and Joseph Clebe Long in Athens and Anderson. Margarete Flora Malone in Athens. Leta Sue Edgeman in Athens. Rosie N Carwile and Charlie H Nash in Athens. Nella Hannah Collins in Athens. Lou Jean Emerson with infant in Athens. Artie Fisk in Athens. Rebecca Ann Hicks Capshaw. Elaine Hobis Capshaw. Gertrude Ellen Patterson in Athens. Ruth Elaine Patterson Lester. Jeffery Wayne Roberts in Athens.
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Admissions
Patricia Elizabeth Bryant
Ardmore
Tenn
Kathy Lorene Goode
Athens
Homer Lee French
Joseph Clebe Long
Anderson
Margarete Flora Malone
Leta Sue Edgeman
Rosie N.carwile
Charlie H. Nash
Nella
Hanah Collins
Lou . Jean Emerson
Artie
Fisk
Rebecca
Ann Hicks
Elkmont
Elaine Hobis
Capshaw
Gertrude Ellen Patterson
Ruth Elaine Patterson Lester
Jeffery Wayne Roberts
Local Names List and Addresses in Decatur Area
A fragmented list from Decatur General and nearby towns includes names such as Mrs J C Williams Hillsboro Mrs Lizzie Lee Daily Decatur and Miss Deborah Kay Landsheh Decatur with addresses like 1613 North St Baby Michael Everett Tedahouse Falkville and Jerry Mack Engle 2004 8th St SE Morris H Jackson 1001 Jackson St Dismissals for Frank Bates Hartselle Homer Donald Garman 1307 Elizabeth Ave SE Mrs Roy Washburn 1708 Westmeade St SW Thomas Suggs 1633 Sherman St James Monroe Standridge 1102 9th St SE Mrs Roosevelt Fairer Athens Mrs Julian J Hirshfeld 808 14th Ave SW Mrs Ernest Cockrell Decatur James Murphree Moulton Miss Lela Cottingham Hillsboro.
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J. C. Williams
Hillsboro
Lizzie Lee
Decatur
Georgy A. Berry
North St
Michae_ Everett Tedahouse
Falkville
Deborah Kay Landseh
Jerry Mack Engle
8Th St. SE
Morris H. Jackson
Jackson St
Frank Bates
Hartselle
Homer Donald Garman
Elizabeth Ave
Roy Washburn
Westmeade St
Thomas Suggs
Sherman St
James Monroe Standridge
9Th St
Roosevelt Fairer
Athens
Julian J. Hirshfeld
14Th Ave
Ernest Cockrell
James Murphree
Moulton
Lela Cottingham
Local Names Listed in Lawrence County Court Notices
The record lists residents including Lula Mae Terry Moulton Mary Elizabeth Sutton Mt Hope Cecil Benny White Hillsboro John Robert Moses Trinity Sybil Bernice Terry Courtland Clezell Terry Moulton Willy Gray Houston Herbert King Moulton Albert Ray Mitchell Mt Hope in a Lawrence County court notice.
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Lula- Mae~ Terry
Moulton
Mary Elizabeth Sutton
Mt Hope
Cecil Benny White
Hillsboro
John Robert Moses
Trinity
Sybil Bernice Terry
Courtland
Clezell Terry
Willy Gray
Houston
Herbert King
Albert Ray Mitchell
Mt. Hope
Four-Laning Delay Ties to Deadly Alabama Crashes
State Highway Department workers push to complete four-lane expansion as Alabama reports 23 traffic deaths in 24 hours, including 11 migrant farm workers killed when a bus overturned near Ozark. Bus carried 32 from Apopka to Charleston under Charles Cato ownership. Bodies laid at Laughlin Service Funeral Home Huntsville. No charges reported against Madison policeman J D Stooner.
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State
Madison County
Alabama
Ozark
Apopka
Fla
Charleston
Charles Cato
Belle Glade
Laughlin Service
Huntsville
Madison
J. D. Stooner
Vietnamese Torpedo Boats Sunk In Gulf Battle
Three North Vietnamese torpedo boats were sunk after a two hour naval clash about 60 miles off Haiphong. Eighteen NVA crewmen were rescued by U S warships as American planes from the carrier Constellation engaged the vessels. An American plane was damaged but returned to the carrier. The action occurred in international waters near the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Saigon
Haiphong
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Constellation
Birmingham Man Seeks Son After Abduction Request
A Birmingham man asked police to arrest his 14 year old son and return him to juvenile authorities. William Ray Morton said the boy William Russell Morton fled from a car at a Decatur filling station during a trip toward Nashville and may be hitchhiking back to Birmingham. The boy is 5 feet 5 inches, 175 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair, and an R tattoo on his left forearm.
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Birmingham
William Ray Morton
Nashville
Tenn
William Russell Morton
Decatur
Morton
School funds plan targets $44 million surplus
After a lengthy conference with educators led by State Supt. Austin R. Meadows, University of Alabama President Frank A. Rose and former state Gov. Harry C. Philpott, a proposal to move $44 million from a total $84 million accumulated school budget surplus to the next fiscal year's budget, starting Oct. 1, faces formal consideration.
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Austin R. Meadows
Frank A. Rose
University of Alabama
Harry C. Philpott
Bank Robbery At Ardmore Branch Leaves $9400 Stolen
Two men entered the Ardmore bank around 11 45 am carrying 38 caliber pistols They ordered the manager and cashiers to fill sacks with money Then fled when power flickered during an electric storm About 9400 was taken though more money remained in the vault Witnesses described two suspects a 34 year old 6 3 tall 200 pound man and a 28 30 year old 6 2 175 pound man Both fled in a dark blue 1964 Chevrolet possibly with Illinois plates The incident followed an earlier 1963 Friday robbery at the same branch with 35000 stolen and both robbers arrested.
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Lankford
Doris Dailey
Rusty Horne
Daisy
Rusty
Isaac Gatlin
Gatlin
Illinois
Gunfire Halts Patrol as Boats Fail to Launch
Patrol units were halted after gunfire disruption and equipment failures halted the operation. Surface units reported the boats unable to deploy, leaving the mission incomplete and under review.
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Tom
Ardmore Bank Robbery Ends as Lights Fail
Bank cashiers Doris Daily Rusty Horne and Isaac Gatlin describe a rapid hold up by two men who ordered them to lie down and fill bags. The bandits fled as an electrical storm caused a power outage. authorities estimate the taken sum under 10 000 dollars with the bulk in the vault. Friday marked Ardmore Branch's second robbery since 1963 opening.
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Ardmore
Lankford
Doris Daily
Rusty—Horne Horne
Isaac Gatlin
Hospitals weigh Medicare tie to area residents
Hospital leaders discuss delaying full Medicare participation until patient load and finances are evaluated. A 50 bed expansion is due by late August, with decisions on accepting nonresident patients to follow. HEW certification questions loom for the District Tuberculosis Sanatorium and other Alabama facilities amid nursing shortages and uncertain funding.
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Guier
Morgan County
Hospital Board of
HEW
Flint
Marshall Henley
Department of Health Education and ‘Welfare
Henley
S. A. Shaffer
Medicare
Alabama
District One
Joint Commission On Accreditation
State Department of Health
Decatur General
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Decatur
Athens-Limestone
Hartselle
Black-Chandler Hospital
Cullman County Hospital
Lawrence County Hospital
Weather and Sky for Saturday July 2
Sunset is at 7:05 PM and sunrise at 4:39 AM. The moon rises tonight at 7:27 PM with a low trajectory. Full Moon occurs at 1:37 PM. Aldebaran dominates the sky with rising at 3:06 AM. Mercury sets at 8:14 PM Saturn rises at 11:31 PM Venus near Aldebaran.
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Aldebaran
Mercury
Saturn
Venus
Decatur Area Weather and River Forecast
Mostly cloudy warm and humid with occasional rain and scattered thundershowers this afternoon or evening. Sunday partly cloudy warm and humid with widely scattered mainly afternoon or evening storms. Highs in the 80s and lows around 65 to 70.
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Decatur
Troopers Urge Safe Driving Amid Holiday Weekend Drive
State troopers vow round the clock traffic updates during the holiday weekend. Decatur Police Chief PacklSelf urged defesnsive driving as he warned accidents strike “the other fellow.” The message stresses cooperation and safety to reduce fatalities.
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Sorrell
Decatur
Pack iSelf
Io Eee
Alabama Hospitals Report Medicare Patient Load
Hospital records show 11 Medicare patients hospitalized with unknown new admissions. Across Alabama, participating hospitals accounting for about 71 percent of the state’s 128 eligible facilities reported little influx of Medicare patients.
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Alabama
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