Roebuck Springs druggist sues over straight party voting ban
A Jefferson County suit argues the one master lever voting method violates rights by preventing Roy R. Duncan Jr. from voting straight party tickets. Other items note confirmations of John C. Goldbold and Ben Hardeman, a Russellville nuisance suit against A W Todd, and two Alabama servicemen to receive Viet Nam medals.
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Birmingham
A_ Roebuck Springs
Jefferson County
Circuit Court
Roy R. Duncan Jr
Washington
Johnson
John C. Goldbold
Montgomery
Ala
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Ben Hardeman
U.S
Middle District
Alabama
Alabama honors two with bronze stars in Army release
Pfc Donald Holub of Huntsville and Raymond Carlisle of Birmingham will receive the Bronze Star for actions reported Friday night. The notices appear in a World Compiled From Press Reports segment from Alabama.
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Donald Holub
Huntsville
Raymond Carlisle
Birmingham
Ohio antipoverty funds shift to Cleveland areas amid tension
Officials say over a third of $21 million in Ohio anti poverty funds have flowed to greater Cleveland to address violence in areas such as Hough. Police and National Guardsmen patrol riot zones as new programs target racially troubled cities nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Greater
Cleveland
Hough
Fulbright confronts Johnson on Asia policy dispute
Senator Fulbright launches new attack on administration Asia policy and earns a sharp White House reply with Moyers calling the argument inconsistent and hard to follow. In Belfast, police use water hoses on Protestant rioters as mobs loot and clash, while Viet Nam activists vow total victory over U.S. forces.
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J. W. Fulbright
White House
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bill Moyers
Fulbright
Asia
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ian Paisley
Navy Airman Rescued After Six Months In Viet Nam Jungle
A US Navy pilot shot down in Communist territory escaped a prison camp and was rescued after a 23 day flight across harsh Asian terrain. He was found by another American flier in a one in a million sighting and is reported to suffer severe malnutrition and shock.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Asia
China vows total victory in Vietnam war at massive Peking rally
At a vast protest in Peking estimated near one million, President Liu Shao-chi declared that Red China seeks total Communist victory in Vietnam and may intervene directly to end the war.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Peking
Viet Nam
Liu Shao-chi
U S Rejects Soviet Protest Over Haiphong Bombing
The United States rejected a Soviet protest regarding U S bombing at Haiphong. Washington urged Moscow to press North Vietnam to halt aggression and enter peace talks. The U S accused Russia of inaccuracies and false allegations about the Vietnam war.
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Washington
United States
Haiphong
Moscow
Viet Nam
U.S
Obituary John Thomas Barnes 84 of Decatur
John Thomas Barnes age 84 of 322 6th Ave NW died at 9 a.m. Saturday in a Hartselle rest home. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at 16th Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. R. E. Wilkins. Burial in Decatur City Cemetery under Gunthorpe directing. Survivors include three daughters and two sons, plus a brother, 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Body to be taken home Sunday at 9 a.m. and remain until services.
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John Thomas Barnes
6Th Ave
Hartselle
16Th Ave. Baptist Church
Rev
R. E. Wilkins
Decatur City Cemetery
Gunthorp
Walter Knighten
Talladega
Noah McFinth
Fort Worth
Texas
Alvin Knight
Decatur
W. B. Barnes
Willie B. Barnes
Burt Barnes
Painsville
Ohio
Mrs Frederick Allen Bloodworth dies after long illness
Huntsville obit for Mrs Mildred Chunn Bloodworth widow of State National Bank vice president. Former Decatur schoolteacher, Florence State College graduate, longtime Gadsden resident. Survived by daughter Ann Bloodworth of Atlanta, sisters in Athens and Albany, relatives. Service 11 a.m. Monday at Church of Holy Comforter Gadsden, burial in Gadsden cemetery. Services directed by Collier-Butler Funeral Home. Family requests no flowers.
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Huntsville
Frederick Allen Bloodworth
Decatur
Crestwood Hospital
Church of Holy Comforter
Gadsden
John
Collier-Butler Funeral Home
Bloodworth
State National Bank
Florence State College
Mildred Chunn
James N. Bloodworth
Episcopal Church
Ann Bloodworth
Atlanta
Lawson Draper
Athens
Erwin Ruehl
Albany
Mrs Lottie Chandler Dies In Decatur At 6 A M
Mrs Lottie T Chandler 321 8th Ave NW died at Decatur General Hospital at 6 AM Saturday. Services set for 3 30 PM Sunday at Memorial Drive Church of Christ officiated by Rev George Marshall. Burial at Decatur City Cemetery Gunthorp directing. Body in state one hour before services. Survived by daughter Mrs J P Barnes of Decatur son Robert Perry Chandler of Decatur and three grandsons.
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8Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
George Marshall
Decatur City Cemetery
Gunthorp
J. P. Barnes
Decatur
Robert Perry Chandler
Deatur
Mrs Irene Green 83 Athens resident dies in hospital
Mrs. Irene Green, 83, of Athens died at 8 45 p m Wednesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services were Friday at Spry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev James T Adams officiating. Burial in Athens City Cemetery. She had lived in Limestone County 33 years and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers included Richard Dollar Everett Dollar Lewis Dollar William Dollar Mariece Dollar and Charles Dollar.
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Spry Funeral Home
James T. Adams
Athens City Cemetery
E. H. Dollar
T. E. Goad
Nashville
Tenn
John Goad
Columbia
Jessie Mayberry
Lula Goad
Green
Ruth Humphrey dies former Decatur resident in Anniston
Mrs Ruth Burk Humphrey a former Decatur resident died Saturday in a local hospital She moved to Anniston in 1949 and was a courthouse clerk A service will be held Monday at First Methodist Church with graveside rites in Decatur City Cemetery and R L Diller officiating Pallbearers include Robert Nabors Robert Anderson Thomas Bailey Benny Malone Harvey Price and Russell Humphrey.
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Ruth Burk Humphrey
Decatur
First Methodist Church
E. L. McAfee
City Cemetery
R. L. Diller
Humphrey
Morgan County
Central Methodist Church
William C. Bibb
Elizabeth Ann Humphrey
Carolyn Humphrey
Tuscaloosa
David Bibb
Robert Na‘bors
Robert Anderson
Thomas Bailey
Benny Malone
Harvey Price
Russell Humphrey
Death of Eugene Pylant in Athens Automobile Crash
Eugene Pylant aged 33 of Athens died at 6 p.m. Friday from injuries in an automobile crash the previous day. Services were held Saturday at First United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Duey Craft officiating. Burial followed at New Garden Cemetery. Spry Funeral Home directed. Survivors include widow Rachel, daughter Ronda Lynn, three sons Rockey Allen, Junior Danny Glenn, and Dale, his parents John and Mrs. Pylant, Athens, three sisters, and two brothers. Pallbearers named.
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Athens
Eugene Pylant
Athens-Limestone
First United Pentecostal Church
Duey Craft
New Garden Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Rachel Pylant
Ronda Lynn Pylant
Rockey Allen Pylant
Danny Glenn Pylant
Dale Pylant
Tuscumbia
John Pylant
Eugene Smith
Doyle Baker
Obie Mitchell
Decatur
Johnny Allen Pylant
Georgie Plylant
David Pylant
Homer Elders
Steve Pope
Larry Smith
Dwight Smith
Paul Pylant
Tipton Florence Webster 92 Dies in Huntsville
Mrs Florence Webster Tip top 92 of 711 3rd Ave SE died Thursday at Tennessee Valley Rest Home. Services Sunday 2 p.m. Laughlin Funeral Home Chapel Huntsville with Rev A N Lee officiating. Burial Gurley Cemetery. Survived by son W O Tipton in San Francisco sister Miss Mariah Webster Huntsville brother R H Webster Sr Birmingham nine grandchildren three great grandchildren. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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3Rd Ave
Tennessee Valley Rest Home
Laughlin Funeral Home Chapel
Huntsville
A. N. Lee
Gurley Cemetery
J. B. Duke
Decatur
W. O. Tipton
San Francisco
Calif
Mariah Webster
R. H. Webster Sr
Birmingham
Deaths: Roy A. Whitt 74 of Athens
Roy A. Whitt 74 of 601 South Huston Street Athens died 7 02 pm Friday at Athens Nursing Home. Services Sunday 2 pm Spry Funeral Chapel with Rev James Adams officiating burial in Athens Cemetery Spry directing. Survivors include wife Lila three daughters Virginia Pool Ann Spencer Inez Stewart five brothers and four grandchildren. He belonged to West Highland Baptist Church. Pallbearers listed.
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Roy A. Whitt
South Huston St
Athens
Athens Nursing Home
Spry Funeral
James Adams
Spry
Lila Whitt
Virginia Pool
Birmingham
Ann Spencer
Inez Stewart
Cullman
Vernon Whitt
L. D. Whitt
Ardmore
Wilson Whitt
Atlanta
Weather and River Brief for Decatur Tennessee
Decatur Tennessee forecast clear to partly cloudy and warm. High near 90 today, low around 70 tonight. Winds easterly 3 to 12 mph. Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.54 feet, sea level 555.84 feet.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Johnson arrives at Fort Campbell after Indianapolis speeches
Rainfall meets President Johnson as he lands at Fort Campbell after rallies in Indianapolis where he defended Vietnam policy and urged African Americans to avoid violence harming their own cause. Helicopters demonstrated wartime operation during the visit.
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Johnson
Ft._Campbell
Indianapolis
Ind
Viet Nam
Baptist board meeting to set 1967 budget in Montgomery
Rev. W J Johnson will preside at a two day Baptist state executive board meeting in Montgomery with reports from departments. A budget exceeding 4.4 million for 1967 is expected, presented to about 300 Baptists. Johnson will address Alabama Baptists at an awards luncheon and present a 20 year service pin to Dr George E Bagley. Local cosmetology institute set for Aug 8 11 at University of Alabama with hair fashion demonstrations by Helene Dorris. The Ingalls Iron Works strike in Decatur continues with 200 workers idle, separate from a Pascagoula shipyard surge.
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Huntsville
University of Alabama
Frank A. Rose
Rose
Alabama State Bar Association
W. J. Johnson
Southside Baptist Church
Baptist State Executive Board
Montgomery
George E. Bagley
Mr. Johnson
Baptist Building
Bagley
Helene K. Dorris
Memphis
Tenn
Martha Parham
Charles E. Adams
University
Ala
Ingalls Iron Works Co
John C. Short
Short
Ingals Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula
Miss
Decatur
Decatur Senior Named National Science Fellow
Decatur High School senior Bob Clark Jr. will return home next month after completing an eight week secondary science training program at the University of Virginia. He was selected among 32 high school juniors nationwide for academic achievement and is the only Alabama participant.
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Decatur High School
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
Bob Clark Jr
Bob Clark
Woodland St. SE
National Science Foundation
U.S
Clark
Decatur High
Alabama
Youths Rob Man of $13 in Decatur Alleys
Police report five youths jumped John Alls at about 4 a.m. in an alley between Walnut and Vine Streets in Decatur Northwest. The victim, 717 Geddis St. NW, described one attacker as about 20 with a patch over his right eye. Other suspects could not be identified. Police found no suspects after checks.
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Decatur
John Alls
Geddis St
Walnut
Vine St
Alls
Johnson visits troops in Vietnam amid inflation talk
President Johnson surveyed streets in major cities and toured a battle helicopter as 45 000 people watched with his wife and daughter Luci. He urged restraint by business and labor to curb inflation and said U S diplomacy seeks an honorable peace with Hanoi while remaining commander in chief of a strong military force.
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Johnson
101St
Luciat Ft. Campbell
Hanoi
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