UTU strikes railroads amid work rule clashes in brief
Washington AP reports United Transportation Union walkout halts services on Southern Railway and Union Pacific as railroads enact disputed work rule changes. In England, a Danish ship radioed for help after an engine room fire with 240 aboard, later said extinguished. In San Antonio a six year old girl dies of sleeping sickness tests underway for Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis. In Kentucky three men trapped by a Rock Fall at Hilmar Coal Co mine, two miners rescued.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
UTU
Deal
England
San Antonio, Tex
Mexico
Texas
Hilmar Coal Co
Randolph County Health Center Receives $30,000 Grant
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a $30,000 grant to help build a new Randolph County Health Center at Roanoke. Gov. George C. Wallace announced the grant saying the money will be used with Hill-Burton funds and local contributions to finance a $150,000 center.
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Montgomery
Ala
Appalachian Regional Commission
Randolph County
Roanoke
George C. Wallace
Hill-Burton
Chattanooga Newspapers Reach Suit Settlement
Chattanooga two papers settle out of court ending lawsuits filed after a 24 year joint operating agreement ended in 1966. Details not disclosed. the parties note mutual satisfaction as trial had been scheduled for Sept. 13 in U.S. District Court.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga
Roy McDonald
Afternoon
News-Free Press
Times
Ruth Golden
Chattanooga Times
U.S. District Court
Times Printing Co. sued over predatory pricing claims
McDonald and his newspaper say Times Printing Co. suffered operating losses totaling several millions, but blame the losses on predatory pricing by Times Printing Co and co defendants in an effort to force Free Press out and monopolize the newspaper business. Named defendants include Times Printing Co Mrs Golden and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger publisher of the New York Times.
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Justice Department
Times Printing Co
Times and
Post
Times Printing
News-Free Press
Times and Post
Chattanooga
Times
McDonald
Free Press
Golden
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Alabama Farm Land Values Jump 12 Percent
Land values in Alabama rose 12 percent for the year ending March 1 tying Delaware for the top gain. Auburn University extension specialist Dr. Julian Holmes reported Alabama farm land value at 2.8 billion dollars, up 200 million from the prior year, with a per acre value of 212 dollars up from 190. He projected stronger real estate activity ahead due to more money available for farming.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Delaware
Auburn University
Julian Holmes
Holmes
House Asks Governor To Speak At Session
The Alabama House invites Gov. George C. Wallace to address members next Thursday night to outline his budget recommendations. The Senate may attend or skip. a prior joint-session invitation was sent to the Rules Committee after Sen. Bailes objected.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
George C. Wallace
Senate
George Lewis Bailes
Jefferson County
Rules Committee
Wallace
Old Way Returns as Houston Reinstates Truant Officers
Houston Public School System brings back truancy officers this fall. Houston police will arrest truants on the street and transfer them to two new truancy centers under the Model Cities project.
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Houston
Mother's Day Tribute Named for My Mother
A reflective poem by Vinnie Smithers honors a mother on Mother’s Day. It recalls childhood mornings, Sunday School, and a mother’s unwavering love. The speaker affirms no other replaces her, praising her cherished, enduring influence.
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Vinnie Smithers
Obituaries from Athens region list many funeral notices
Funeral notices Share details for Raymond Lester Black Hubert Montgomery Ida Briley W. C. Billy Page Earline Hacker Roy Hardy Will R. Rodgers and others. Listings include ages locations Athens Town Creek Rogersville Vinemont and Huntsville with service times at churches and burial sites, survivors, and funeral home directions.
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Athens
Raymond Lester Black
Northside Church of Christ
Tonis Davis
Athens City
McConnell Funeral Home
Rosala Black
Paul Black
Donald Black
Decatur
Janie Black
Fletcher — Black
Oberlin
Ohio
Benton Black
Redus Black
Inza Mae Christopher
Clifton
Ariz
Clara Holden
Hazel Peeples
Hubert Montgomery
Athens Nursing Home
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
James Manning
Douglas McCurry
Mt. Pisgah
McConnell
Beatrice Montgomery
Town Creek
Ida Briley
Lawrence County Hospital
Sanderson Chapel Methodist Church
Lee Sanderson
Charles Richie
Sanderson Cemetery
Elliott Funeral Home
Mary Taylor
Almer Briley Leighton
Claude Briley
Cora Willis
Newburn
Rose Saink
Falkville
Blander Kirby
Ralph Kirby
Dewey Parker
Ed Weems
Clarence Briley
Leonard Burnett
Briley
Sanderson Chapel
W. C
Billy) Page
Rogersville
Limestone
Rogersville United Methodist Church
Bill Smith
Don Smitherman
Thornton Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Aurelia Ezell
Florence
Izora Skipworth
Billy R. Page
Nancy Page
Luther Page
Page
Lauderdale County
Earline Hacker
Athens 2
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Sunny Hill Church of Christ
Hiriam Hutto
Charles Steadman
Sunny Hill Cemetery
Frances Pearl Christopher
Patricia Lorene Green
Jimmy Dale Green
Minor Hill
Tenn
Oliver G. Carter
Christine Neely
Louise, Davis
Eunice Gordon
Betty Bennett
Hartselle
Oscar
Odie Carter
Eugene Carter
Billy Carter
Bobby Carter
Roy Hardy
Valley View Church of Christ
Dement
Nora Hardy
Crutcher Hardy
Florence Sledge
Marvin Jernigan
Lucille Whit
Jamie Garner
Huntsville
R. C. Handy
Nashville
Edgar Hardy
Hornwall
Bud Hardy
Bartow, Fla
Hardy
Limestone County
Will R. Rodgers
Vinemont
Peck Funeral Home
Willis Dickerson
Forest Chapel Cemetery
Charter Nicholson
Floyd Dahlgren
Claude DeVaney
Russellville
Frances Rodgers
Atlanta
Wallace to Speak to Press Club in Washington
Gov. George Wallace will address the National Press Club breakfast in Washington next Tuesday. He will hold a press conference in Washington after the breakfast, according to acting press secretary Doug Benton.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
National Press Club
Washington
Doug Benton
Wallace
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