Kermit Pitt Named Campaign Chairman for UF Drive
Dr. Kermit Pitt, a Decatur pediatrician, was named Morgan County campaign chairman for the 1967 United Fund drive. United Fund president R W Henderson praised his enthusiasm civic work and long professional contacts. Pitt grew up in Lawrence County and earned his MD at Tulane after Berea College.
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Kermit Pitt
Decatur
Morgan County
United Fund
R. W
Pete) Henderson
United Fund Organization
Dr. Pitt
Lawrence County
Berea College
Kentucky
Tulane University
Denver
Colo
Dallas
Texas
Warrant Lost Delays Start of Crawford Trial
A Morgan County Circuit Court session opened after a day’s delay due to a misplaced search warrant in the case of Shelby County truck driver James L Crawford. Judge James N Bloodworth halted proceedings until the Sheriff’s office and clerk staff completed a diligent search for the writ, which was never found.
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Shelby County
James L. Crawford
Morgan County
James N Bloodworth
Sheriff's Office
Bloodworth
Cleo
Decatur Royal Arch Masons to Install Officers Thursday
Regular convocation of Decatur Chapter No. 38 Royal Arch Masons will meet Thursday at the Masonic Temple. A 6 30 p m dinner for members and wives precedes installation of officers. Decatur Toastmasters meet at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Downtowner Motel. Burt Williams won Best Speech Award last week with Paul Pisani serving as Toastmaster. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Decatur
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Downtowner
Burt Williams
Paul Pisani
86 year old Birmingham man held in Limestone County
Athens An 86 year old Birmingham man Arvie Slayton is jailed in Limestone County on second degree burglary and receiving and concealing stolen property charges. He is connected to a Mooresville break in where guns an old clock and an old mandolin were stolen and an old dinner bell taken from another Mooresville residence. The sheriff noted Slayton is the oldest man he has arrested and that a national pickup was issued for him. Slayton was brought to Athens from Birmingham about six p.m. yesterday after giving himself up.
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Athens
Birmingham
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Arvie Slayton
Henderson Pebbles
Mooresville
Slayton
Evans
Trinity Man Fatally Injured In Collision
Lonnie Price Hampton, 52, of Trinity, died after a head on crash with a dump truck driven by William Leslie Trueman, 33, of Falkville, on Alabama 20 near Decatur. The collision occurred at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday four miles from Decatur city limits. Hampton died about 11 p.m. at Decatur General Hospital.
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Trinity
Trinity Area
Decatur
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Lonnie Price Hampton
Trinity 1
Hampton
William Leslie Trueman
Falkville
Decatur City
Decatur General Hospital
TVA to hire over 900 for Browns Ferry nuclear plant
TVA officials in Athens report more than 900 workers expected during peak construction at Browns Ferry, a $247 million nuclear plant. The licensing process with the Atomic Energy Commission must precede main building with initial site work this fall and possible license by March.
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David Knight
Athens
TVA
Browns Ferry
G. C. Wessenauer
Wessenauer
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Washington
Commission
Board of Revenue Office
Pair Charged In Ardmore Bank Theft
Federal investigators charged James Leonard Campbell and Joseph Carrison Smith for the July 1 Ardmore First National Bank robbery. FBI said they were living in Indianapolis with two revolvers and 782 dollars found at the house. Arrest followed searches by Tennessee and Alabama authorities.
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Ardmore
Ardmore Tenn
Indianapolis
First National Bank
FBI
James Leonard Campbell
Joseph Carrison Smith
William B. Welte
Campbell
Smith
Tennessee
Alabama
Johnson signs cotton research and promotion bill
President Johnson signed a bill creating a mechanism for cotton growers to organize a research and promotion program. The measure aims to structure industry funding and advocacy for cotton production initiatives.
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Washington
Johnson
Calhoun Junior College projected to reach eight million assets
Dr. Carlton Kelley announces to visiting newsmen that John C. Calhoun Junior College will total about 8 million dollars by 1970 and that the $1.45 million facility will be occupied by July 25 after a final inspection by the Alabama Building Commission.
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John C. Calhoun Junior College
Carlton Kelley
Alabama Building Commission
Kelley
Pierce, Humphreys and Jonnes
Montgomery
Kelley l
North Alabama heat to bake through Thursday record highs
The Huntsville Weather Bureau forecasts a hot stretch with a possible 101 degree high today and Thursday. Decatur records show 106 degrees in the sun at the First Federal building while shade readings hit 98 yesterday. A 90 degree start today rose to 105 to 106 in direct sun at key locations. Only a slight chance of isolated thundershowers late today and Thursday is expected to relieve the heat in about ten percent of the region.
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Decatur
Whos Radio
Federal
Huntsville Weather Bureau
North Alabama
Huntsville
Decatur Electric
Dick Watkins
Temperature spike as Decatur endures heat wave
The sign at First Federal Savings & Loan Association showed 100 to 105 degrees during a few hot hours yesterday. Official records later placed the day's high at 98 degrees in the shade, as observers tracked rising heat for passing citizens.
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First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Decatur
Searing Heat Strains East Power Output
Federal Power Commission chief Lee C White says extreme heat strains electric supply east of the Rockies. He rules out a repeat of last November blackout but cites Nebraska outages as proof for stronger interconnections between regional systems.
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W. Joynes Macfarlan
Washington
Lee C. White
Federal Power Commission
Rockies
Northeast
White
Nebraska
Heat Wave Grips Eastern Nation With Widespread Heat
The heat wave spreads misery across two thirds of the nation with 100 plus temperatures in the midwest and south. In St Louis the temperature reached 105 and 20 deaths were linked to the heat plus six more in nearby counties. Over 100 people at the All Star baseball game were treated for heat illnesses.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Mercury
St. Clair County
Markets At A Glance
New York stock trading dull and lower with mixed price action across commodities. Chicago wheat shows strong general demand while corn and oats move sideways. soybeans trend mostly strong with July trading weaker. hog prices fall 25 to 50 cents, slaughter steers steady to down 50 cents with tops near 26.25.
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New York
Chicago
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Limestone County Board of Revenue
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Com
G. O. Wessenauer
Power
Center
Paul Evans
Dee Bauer
Henderson
PITT
DR. Kermit Pitt
L'stone
B'Ham
U.S. 72
H. N. Culver
Agency
Office of Power
Chattanooga
Ays
Moscow
India
Hanoi
Miami
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Ala
Faye Blair
Than Lam
First Federal Savings 3 Loan Association
The
Union Electric Co. In
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Ken Reynolds
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