Spirit of Decatur draws national media after Wallace Kennedy meeting
Coverage across The New York Times The Washington Post Time and Newsweek highlighted the Wallace Kennedy meeting at Point Mallard Decatur Alabama. Over 200 press credentials issued and networks aired clips on national news. The event drew praise for a momentary unity and sparked broad commentary on race and politics.
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Lee Sentell
Spirit of America
George C. Wallace
Edward M. Kennedy
Point Mallard
Chamber of Commerce
Festival Committee
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
The
Miami Herald
Associated Press
Kennedy
Wallace
Time Magazine
George
Teddy
Newsweek
Lyndon Johnson
Time
Deep South
Massachusetts
Apple
al Fox
Birmingham News
Tuskegee
Scottsboro
Montgomery
Point Mallard Park
Tennessee River
National Observer
Decatur
U.S. Highway 31
Sparkman Park Dedication Draws Hartselle Leaders
Hartselle's Sparkman Municipal Park opens with dedication next Wednesday led by Sen. John J. Sparkman. The 40 acre park, funded by city, federal programs, and local groups, features ballfields, gardens, shelters, and planned future facilities. Local officials praise the project as the town’s major 1960s recreation achievement and a civic milestone.
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Lee Sentell Hartselle
Hartselle
Sparkman
Park and Recreation Department
Sparkman Municipal Park
John D. Long
David Buckelew
Norris Turney
Park and ‘Recreation Department
Hospital prepares for Spirit Day visit by Kennedy Wallace
Decatur General Hospital placed a standby medical team for the Spirit of America Festival as George Wallace and Edward Kennedy visited. The aim was readiness for up to 50,000 attendees, with parking cleared for a helicopter and a staff surgeon on duty, coordinated with Wallace and Kennedy offices.
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Decatur General Hospital
George C. Wallace
Edward M. Kennedy
Decatur
Ray Guier
Wallace
Guier
Kennedy
Elvin Stanton
Stanton
Nessary
Seatty
Mallard Park
Tennessee
Sunshine Singers to Visit Decatur for Two Concerts
The Sunshine Singers of Mexia State School in Texas will give two inspirational programs in Decatur. Students from the Texas developmental center perform for Wallace Center students, then a 7:30 p.m. city concert at Central United Methodist Church with free admission. The group has toured the South and played at the Spirit of America Festival.
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Sunshine Singers
Mexia State School
Texas
Decatur
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone Association For
Central United Methodist Church
Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center
Wallace Center
South
Freddie's Dead Seminar Explores Drug Use Impacts
A Tuesday night seminar at Carrie Matthews Center titled Freddie's Dead will discuss drug use. Dr. Eugene Rogers from Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Plant clinic leads speakers from the Decatur Police Department and Morgan County Association for Mental Health, with a local pharmacist presenting drug displays and reactions.
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Freddie
Carrie Matthews Center
Eugene Rogers
Brown’s Ferry
Decatur Police Department
Morgan County Association For Mental Health
Wallace Troop camps at Somerville for first outdoor night
Fourteen members of Boy Scout Troop 135 from Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center camped at the Somerville farm of Mrs. Lois Lemmond. They cooked, slept in tents, and practiced Tenderfoot requirements under Scout Leader Bill Graves. Rain cut the trip short but the scouts gained outdoor skills and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Parham Somerville
Boy Scout Troop 135
Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center
Somerville 3
Lois Lemmond
Graves
Wallace Center
Don Sims
Lurleen B. Wallace
Sims
Decatur Jaycees
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City
Spirit of
Florence Times
Chicago Daily News
Peter Lisagor
Robert Strauss
North
R. W. Apple Jr
Chris Waddle
Birmingham Post-Herald
Washington
Louisville Courier- Journal
Alabama
Florida
Senator Kennedy
Gov. Wallace
Hartselle Park
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Turney
U.S. 31
Nanceford Rd
Dick Dryne
Governor's Office
Drayne
Bill Graves
Morgan County High School
Ronnie Travis
Jerry Reynolds
Gene Newman Jr
Jeff Watts
Chris Borden
Sim
Red Cross
Cain St
Morgan County
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