Community Action Program centers planned for Town Creek
Lawrence County Board of Directors of the Marshall-Morgan-Lawrence program will appoint personnel Monday night for centers to aid needy people. Centers in Town Creek and Courtland will employ a full time counselor two program assistants and a secretary. Applications are being accepted at the state employment service in Decatur.
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Courtland
Lawrence County
Marshall-Morgan-Lawrence
Town Creek
State
Decatur
Youths Arrested In Thefts At Athens High Gym
Police arrested two juveniles ages 13 and 14 in connection with thefts of billfolds from the Athens High gym during summer recreation programs last week. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities amid investigations into two stolen automobile wheels downtown.
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Athens
Athens High
A. B. Lightfoot
Lightfoot
Bloodworth Seen as Strong Contender for State Supreme Court Nomination
Democratic ballots to pick a nominee for the Alabama State Supreme Court will be counted in Birmingham Monday. Circuit Judge James N. Bloodworth of Decatur is considered a strong contender among four candidates, with results due Monday afternoon.
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State Supreme Court
Birmingham
James N. Bloodworth
Decatur
Democratic
Robert Vance
Vance
Bloodworth
Democratic Party
Brewer
Morgan
Limestone
Talk On Communism Dr Ramon Arias Speaks In Cuba
Dr Ramon Arias speaks on Communism in Cuba at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Mutual Savings Auditorium for the Youth Branch Wheeler Basin Regional Library Summer Seminar Series. Open to high school students and interested adults.
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Ramon Arias
Cuba
Mutual Savings Auditorium
Wheeler Basin
Decatur Civic League Meets Monday
The Ladies Civic League will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Monday at Turners Funeral Home.
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Civic League
Ladies Civic League
Turners Funeral Home
McGill recalls fight for racial justice at The Constitution
Howell resisted discussing segregation while editor at The Constitution and used editorials to spur public opinion against lynching. In 1950 James M. Cox bought the paper, uniting it with the Atlanta Journal, and Pulitzer prizes honored McGill and successor Eugene Patterson for advocacy and journalism. The Constitution, with 210,000 circulation, pursued rapid social and economic change in the South.
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Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Newspapers, Inc
Journal
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Cox
Eugene Patterson
Atlanta
Jack Nelson
State Mental Hospital
South
Morgan County Court Opens With 19 Criminal Cases
Morgan County Circuit Court resumes after a recess with 19 criminal cases on schedule. Judge James N Bloodworth presides with Judge Newton B Powell assisting. Notable defendants include Ike Kellan facing first degree murder charges in the February death of Ollie Mae Miller. William Speakman and Larry William Lasman charged with two counts of unlawful possession of narcotics. Additional cases feature charges of buying and concealing stolen property, assault with intent to murder, manufacturing prohibited liquor, false pretense, grand larceny, and forgery. The docket covers Monday and Tuesday sessions with multiple related narcotics cases for Dr James C Nash and Herman Bailey.
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Morgan County
James N. Bloodworth
Newton B. Powell
Ike Kellan
Ollie Mae Miller
Kellan
William Speakman
Larry William Lasman
Speakman
Lasman
Paradise Trailer Court
Sheriff's Office
Charles Rose
Willie Ie
Junior Darrell Beam
William H. Kent
James Ward
Robert Taylor
Ottie Burns
Raymond G. Alexander
Percy Haley Jr
Brewer Invited To Speak In Lawrence
Gov. Albert Brewer is invited to address a Wallace for President fund-raising dinner in Lawrence County on July 19. The 7:30 p.m. event at the National Guard Armory aims to attract about a thousand attendees and raise funds for George Wallace’s campaign. Advance tickets are $10.
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Brewer
National Guard
Johnson
Lawrence County
Name Your Park in Decatur Southwest
Decatur residents may choose the final name for the new park and recreation facility underway in southwest Decatur. Four suggested titles were selected from resident submissions and voters are asked to return a marked ballot to the Park and Recreation Building. The center will feature a large gym, meeting rooms and a year round swimming pool under a clear dome.
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Decatur Park and Recreation Board
Decatur
Park and Recreation Building
Sumner Ave
5Th Ave
Park names listed for community areas in Crestview region
A clipped list shows Aquadome Park Crestview Park Southwest Sunshine Park Hillcrest Park. The item reads as a mail clipped reference to local park names in a neighborhood area.
Lawrence Blood Drive Official May Resign
Lawrence County Red Cross Blood Chairman Tom Pettus hinted he may resign after a special bloodmobile visit yielded only 78 pints of blood. He noted the drive failed to meet expectations, despite 106 donors and 28 rejections, and cited high costs and incomplete county coverage.
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Moulton
Lawrence
Red Cross Blood
Tom Pettus
Lawrence County
Pettus
Courtland
Delta Queen Gets Two-Year Reprieve From Congress
The Delta Queen, which passed through Decatur in early June, will make at least two more river trips to Decatur thanks to a two year extension approved by Congress. A new $6 million boat is planned, with safety law requirements by the US Coast Guard. The 1926-built sternwheel steamer faced possible removal from water traffic before the extension.
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Decatur
Congress
US Coast Guard
Band Director Named Principal at West Athens Elementary
J L Cowart currently Athens High School band director is appointed principal of West Athens Elementary by the Board of Education. He holds a master's in elementary education and replaces J D Clanton who resigned to coordinate Limestone County curriculum. He has 22 years in the system and is famed for guiding Athens bands to top state ratings.
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Roy Henkle
Here
Nick Davis
Limestone County Fire Department
Athens—Athens
J. L. Cowart
West Athens
Board of Education
Cowart
J. D. Clanton
Limestone County
Jacksonville State University
West Limestone High School
Tuscaloosa
Sing Out Group Formation Meeting Planned
A Monday 7 30 p m session in the Austin High choral room invites ninth graders and older to discuss forming a local Decatur sing out chorus. Huntsville members will attend to answer questions about group formation and production needs.
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Spirit of America
Austin High Choral Room
Huntsville
Decatur
Chattanooga
Auburn
Susan Jolly
Austin High
Jimmy Brown Appointed Recreation Director in Decatur
Jimmy Brown has been named Decatur recreation director and appointed to the legislative committee of the Alabama Recreation Society. Brown said the society aims to advance local parks and programs.
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Decatur
Jimmy Brown
The
Alabama Recreation Society
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