This Is No Rose Garden at Parris Island Marine Depot
Maj Gen Carl Hoffman says Parris Island training is tough yet controlled. In July 39 recruits were hospitalized for kidney issues blamed on overexercise by a drill instructor, with potential punishments and possible discharges. The story recalls a 1956 drowning tragedy that led to stricter limits on drill instructors.
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S.C
Carl W. Hoffman
Marine Corps
South Carolina
Hoffman
Theodore Metzger
Metzger
Island
Robbers Sentenced in Cherokee Bank Case
Two men, Elvin Haddock of Florence and Winford Smith of Memphis, pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges in federal court and were sentenced to 12 years each by U.S. District Judge Clarence W. Allgood for the January First National Bank of Tuscumbia holdup. About $7,300 was recovered. the case followed a chase that ended with a wrecked car.
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U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Elvin Edsel Haddock
Florence
Winford Louis Smith
Memphis
First National Bank of
Police Question 3 In Beating Death
Three suspects were held in Decatur city jail for questioning in the beating death of 24 year old Joe Lewis Harris found Monday near Cedar Lake tracks. Coroner Guy Holloway said Harris likely died Friday night from head injuries after a party fight. Autopsy planned. Reynolds Funeral Home to announce services.
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Decatur
Cedar Lake
Morgan County
Guy Holloway
Holloway
Joe Lewis Harris
Brooks St
Hollaway
Harris
Corsoner
Ernest Bowman
John McBride
Reynolds Funeral Home
Three-Year-Old Killed By Dogs In Montgomery
Erick Swihart, a three year old, was mauled to death by several German shepherd dogs kept penned in a neighbor's yard in Montgomery Alabama. The incident occurred Monday and authorities investigated the tragic death as a fatal dog attack.
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Montgomery
Montgomery. Ala
Erick Swihart
Sterling T. Downs
Montgomery Reserve
Was
R.A. Sco
Roy Houston
Balder man kills two and wounds three at Dog Bar campground
Auburn police report a balding man armed with a sickle or machete killed a man and woman and wounded three others at Dog Bar campground on Bear River. Three additional victims were attacked as authorities hunted the suspect in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento.
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Auburn
Calif
Dog Bar
Bear River
Wayne Brown
Sierra Foothills
Sacramento
R34 Completes Atlantic Crossing Round Trip 1919
In today’s date of 1919 the British airship R34 became the first to cross the Atlantic and return, completing a historic round trip. The report notes the feat amid regional headlines about Decatur and Alabama’s shopping area and weather outlook with high 96 and 70 degree lows.
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Britain
Red Cross Grant Approved by Morgan County United Fund
The Morgan County United Fund budget committee approved a 1972 grant of 37,032 to the Decatur chapter of the American Red Cross, split across fiscal halves. The committee, led by Don Donner, also tentatively approved 45,614 for the Decatur Boys' Club and delayed another agency grant, with final review pending.
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Morgan County United Fund
Don Donner
United Fund
Donner
Decatur
American Red Cross
Decatur Boys’ Club
Red Cross
Decatur Man Killed in One Car I 85 Crash Near Alabama Line
24 year old Eugene Murray Tatum of Decatur died Monday when his car left Interstate 85 and struck a bridge abutment on the Alabama Georgia line. He worked for Auburn Extension Service and was to marry Ellen Wilson Scarsbrook August 21. Funeral Wednesday at Gunthorp Chapel with burial in Decatur Cemetery. Survivors include parents, two brothers, a sister, and grandmother.
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Gunthorp Funeral Home
Tatum
Alabama Department of Agriculture
Auburn Extension Service
Auburn
Georgia
James Tatum Jr
Decatur High School
Auburn University
Gamma Sigma Delta
Honorary Agriculture Society
Ellen Wilson Scarsbrook
James T. Tatum Jr
Huntsville
John.m. Tatum
Jerry T. Mitchell
Caterino
Calif
John McKenzie
Sulligent
Library Gets Grant for Wheeler Basin Regional HQ
A $119,863 grant from the Library Services and Construction Act was approved for a $500,000 Wheeler Basin Regional Library headquarters project. Alabama Public Library Board director Elizabeth eamgard announced the grant while noting construction could start around Sept. 1 at the Decatur Civic Center. Local citizens contributed over $250,000 to help finance the building.
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Library Services and Construction Act
Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Elizabeth @eamgard
Alabama Public Library Board
Nancy
Wheeler Basin Regional
Decatur
Markets End Lower in Moderate New York Trading
in New York stocks slipped in moderate trading as cotton weakened while Chicago wheat rose on good demand and corn advanced with late demand. Slay steer receipts reached 500 with top 33.25.
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