Maid of Cotton Contest Named at Limestone County
Athens area awaits the county Maid of Cotton crown after a Wednesday judging at the Farm Bureau barbecue at Belle Mina. Eleven contestants include Linda Collier and Judy Taft, with awards decided by a panel of judges and a secret winner to be revealed.
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Athens
Limestone County
Farm Bureau
Tennessee Valley
Belle Mina
Trailway Inn
Susie Beasley
Linda Collier
Byrum Collier
Wheeler Home Demonstration Club
Security Mutual
Dixie Christopher
Edward Christopher
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Judy Taft
Harry Taft
Athens Rotary Club
Athens College
Betty Ruth Siniard
Willard Siniard
Salem Home Demonstration Club
North Alabama College of Commerce
Huntsville
Betsye Thompson
Beasley Thompson
Athens Jaycees
Tennessee Tech College
Tunty Farm Bureau
Holiday Inn
Morgan County Farm Bureau
Morgan County High School
Limestone Auto Fatality Probed in Athens
An Athens crash investigation continued into a 20 year old man identified as Bobby Lee Shoulders who died after being struck by a 1953 DeSoto on Lucas Ferry Road near Athens. State troopers and Limestone County Coroner Charlie Lammett said the unlit bicycle rider entered the road, Daniel Newman 23, Athens 8 claimed he did not see him before the impact. The coroner said Shoulders was thrown 60 feet, with internal injuries and a fractured left leg. services at Mason Funeral Home were planned.
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Athens
Athens 7
Lucas Ferry
Limestone County
Charlie Lammett
Bobby Lee Shoulders
Desoto
Daniel Newman
Newman
Ying Nea
Sammett
Mason Funeral Home
Area Newspapers Win Press Awards in Mobile
Two area weekly newspapers earned honors in the Alabama Press Association annual contest in Mobile. The Hartselle Enquirer took third in best spot or spot photo, while the Limestone Democrat of Athens received an honorable mention.
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Alabama Press Association
Mobile
Hartselle Enquirer
Limestone Democrat
Athens
Senate to open wide narcotics probe across U S and Canada
The Senate Investigations subcommittee will launch a broad inquiry into the international narcotics racket and its U S and Canada operations. Chairman McClellan asks federal Narcotics Commissioner Giordan to lead testimony tracing drug flow from Near and Far East poppy fields to Western Hemisphere markets. Evidence centers on New York Chicago San Francisco and Canadian cities with rings active in Detroit Philadelphia Newark San Antonio and San Diego and in Washington. Also notes Corkscrew Swamp Florida hosting large bald cypress stand and wood stork nesting colony.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
United States
Canada
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Henry L. Giordan
Near East
Far East
Western Hemisphere
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Narcotics Bureau
Detroit
Philadelphia
Newark
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Calif
Corkscrew Swamp
Immokalee
Fla
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Jane Burgreen
Ruth Ann Sanderson
Mrs. Rowe Sanderson
Tanner Home Demonstration Club
Vickie Hicks
Julian Hicks
Oakdale
Brenda Wynell Crawford
David Crawford
South Limestone County
NASA
Linda Faye Taylor
Clyde Taylor
Sardis Springs
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Jean Burgreen
Edward Burgreen
Capshaw Home
Joyee Marbut
Tom Marbut
Leggtown
Floyd K. Agee
Agee
Morgan
Limestone
Taft
Morgan County
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Pat Haney
Sallye Jo Powell
Amy Rea
Paulette England
Dianna Hartselle
Linda Wichite
Anne Diseker
Georgia
Anne Gibson
M Roan County Farm
Joyce Marrut
Brenda Crawford
Linda Taylor
Betty Sinniard
L'stone
Billings
James Patten
Moulton
Alabama
Star Family
Gulf Coast
Cathedral Caverns
Grant
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Haleyville
Citadel Rocks
Fort Payne
Mobile Bellingrath Gardens
Mobile Long Gardens
Mobile Clarke Gardens
Mobile DeSoto Falls
Teague
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Fairhope
Point Clear
First
Montgomery Vulcan
Birmingham
Gulf Shores
Baldwin County
Studivant Home Museum
Selma
Magnolia Grove
Greensboro
Forks of Cypress
Florence
Oakleigh Place
Mobile Gorgas Home
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Ivy Green
Tuscumbia
Arlington
Rickwood Caverns
Warrior Noccalula Falls
Gadsden Space Museum
Huntsville State Docks
Hurricane Creek Park
Hepsidam
Rock Bridge Canyon
Hodges
Guntersville Caverns
Guntersville
Oneonta
Wind Creek
Alex City
Dauphin Island
Sequoyah Cave
Valley Head
Manitou Cave
Bayou la Batre
Crystal Caverns
Clay
Wallace
Mardi Gras
Azalea Trail
Union Springs
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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