Sooner Dive Meet Winners Crown Regional Champions
Rory Hartley won the Point Mallard 12-14 platform diving title with 150.30 points. Julie Bachman swept the 12-14 platform events, narrowly defeating Jenni Chandler 145.85 to 142.10. Daley claimed his third 15-17 platform win with 178.85 points as Barrett placed third. Eileen Hamilton edged Julie Turk in the 15-17 event, while Marsha Crouch dominated Region III senior 3-meter diving with 398.20 points.
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Rory Hartley
Eddie Sims
Decatur
Julie Bachman
Mobile
Miss Bachman
Jenni Chandler
Birmingham
Miss Chandler
Europe
Belgium
Daley
Barrett
Eileen Hamilton
Atlanta
Julie Turk
Miss Hamilton
Miss Turk
Marsha Crouch
Jan Roberts
Order Requires Reregistration of Out of Zone Students
The Morgan County School System must reassign students listed as attending out of zone schools and notify each student by August 15. The board must verify address changes, file detailed race and attendance lists by grade, and track transfers and reassignment outcomes with Septem ber 15 deadlines while maintaining non discriminatory transfers that do not increase desegregation gaps.
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Morgan County
Moulton Heights
Foundations face scrutiny over charity expense levels
A government report notes foundation admin expenses vary with 14.4 percent of Houston Endowment receipts and 98.7 percent for John A. Hartford. It urges Treasury and IRS surveillance and foundation leadership to set reasonable charitable expense levels. The First Bible Church of Decatur announces a vacation bible school for K–6 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily with transport by request. Susie Eaker wins a Maryville College Academic Scholarship. George Collier, Utah State University graduate student, named to the spring honor roll.
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Houston Endowment of
Texas
John A. Hartford Foundation
New York
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
First Bible Church
Decatur
5Th Ave
Robert Suran
George Donald Collier
Utah State University
Area Trip To Get Jax State Degrees
Three area students join more than 200 graduates at Jacksonville State University summer commencement on August 6. Area candidates for bachelor’s degrees include Mrs. Sandra W. Whisenant of Lacey's Spring, Ken E. Price of Cullman, and Eugene F. Bedingfield Jr. of Athens.
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Jacksonville
Jacksonville State University
Sandra W. Whisenant
Lacey's
Ken E. Price
Cullman
Eugene F. Bedingfield Jr
Athens
Goodyear Foreman Trainee Stabbed During Shift Dispute
A Goodyear mill trainee foreman was critically stabbed Saturday afternoon after reporting for his shift. Roger Scruggs, in his late twenties, was cut on arms and face, possibly torso, and taken to Decatur General Hospital in surgery. A fellow employee under Scruggs’s jurisdiction was being sought by police. no charges filed. Witnesses cited disputes on Friday and Saturday preceding the 4 p.m. incident.
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Goodyear
R. R. Thomas
Thomas
Roger Scruggs
Athens 7
Decatur
Scruggs
Decatur General Hospital
Man Trappe Under Boat Rescued By Companion On River
Wayne Wilson, 32, trapped under a overturned boat in the Tennessee River after a log collision was freed by his companion David Jackson who cut away his shirt and coat. Jackson pulled Wilson to the surface as facial and back wounds required seventeen stitches at Decatur General Hospital. Wilson, a Decatur High School graduate, was vacationing from Kansas City when the Friday accident occurred.
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Tennessee
Wayne Wilson
Decatur
David Jackson
Sherman St. SE
Wilson
Alma Wilson
Jackson
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur High School
Kansas City
Athens man in critical condition after Limestone County crash
A 34 year old Athens resident Sonny Michaels was reported in critical condition Saturday night at Huntsville Hospital after a Friday motorcycle crash near Lester in Limestone County. He had been treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital before. No records of the accident were reported by the Limestone County Sheriff's Office or the Highway Patrol.
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Athens
Huntsville Hospital
Lester
Limestone County
Sonny Michaels
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Limestone County Sheriff's Office
The
Highway Patrol
Sheffield Named Principal in Lakeview Move
Sheffield accepted and the board approved his appointment to fill Briscoe's Lakeview principalship. He had requested Lakeview over Decatur High and had been principal at Lakeside before its 1970 desegregation closure. The district must adopt non racial criteria per the 1970 court order within 15 days.
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Sheffield
Briscoe
Lakeview
Sellers
Decatur High School
Lakeside
Austin
England
Cherry St
McFadden
Miss Brazil Dominates Miami Beach Pageant Swimsuit Critique
Universe of Tokyo Miss Spain Josefina Roman of Chiclana and Miss England Marilyn Ward of Southampton drew attention while United States and Israel entries were strong favorites with locals. Brazilian supporters led cheers and chants as the swimsuit segment helped ten semifinalists emerge from midweek judging.
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Tokyo
Spain
Josefina Roman
Chiclana
England
Marilyn Ward
Southampton
United States
Israel
Miami Beach
Brazil
Apollo 15 Moon Rover Mission Set For 20 Hour Drive
NASA officials describe Apollo 15 as first to maneuver a car on the moon with Scott and Irwin driving about 20 hours and staying 67 hours on the lunar surface. The mission includes safeguards against Soyuz 11 type failures and features backup systems and real time ground monitoring. The Saturn V third stage will launch Apollo 15 after three hours in orbit, followed by Endeavour docking with the Falcon lander.
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Moon
Scott
Irwin
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa Jr
U.S. Space Agency
Soviet Union
Endeavour
James Cook
South Pacific
Hijacker fatally wounded by FBI at Kennedy Airport
At Kennedy International Airport in New York an aspiring hijacker was fatally wounded by an FBI sharpshooter as he attempted to seize a Trans World Airlines jet bound for Italy. The incident involved crew members Stewardess First Officer John Slaton Second Officer Bill Johnson and stewardesses Michelle Hardy Carol Baldwin Sare Ware.
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John Slaton
Bill Johnson
Michelle Hardy
Carol Baldwin
Sare Ware
FBI
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Trans World Airlines
Italy
Choose the plan that fits your budget and saves fastest
A brief guide urges readers to pick a budget friendly plan to maximize savings quickly. It emphasizes choosing value over features and hints at rapid growth in savings as a result. Key entities are plan types and financial benefits.
Mutual of Omaha Names Harold Morrison
Mutual of Omaha announces Harold Morrison for a career opportunity inviting applicants to contact Morrison for further details and possible employment. The note emphasizes an unlimited future and requests interested individuals to call or write.
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Mutual of
Omaha
Harold Morrison
Mutual of Omaha
Decatur
Mutual
United of Omaha
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Jax State
Hopewell Baptist
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Joe Anders
Harold Shaneyfelt
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ManTrappe
Ee Accident Arts Man
Nungester Drug
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Elizabeth Arden
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Space Agency
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First State Bank
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Hal Morrison
Harold Morrison Division
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Charles Cook
Cleon Young
Haleyville
Ted Godsey
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Bobby Handley
Dudley Brock
Carbon Hill
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Clerman
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