Decatur Man Convicted In Circuit Court
Otis Eugene Trammell found guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court of buying, receiving or concealing stolen property worth about $2,000 linked to an elderly Lawrence County resident. Sentencing and probation revocation hearings set for Aug 31 before Judge James N. Bloodworth.
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Decatur
Morgan An
Otis Eugene Trammell
Hilliard Boyd
Trammell
Prean
James N. Bloodcoworth
Clifford Blagburn
Depacatur
Yo Blagburn
Mary de Joyce
Blood- Jatworth
Kenneth Drake
Jett
Steve Vensant
Ita
Atpre
All Efforts Prove Futile To Get TB Medicine
Marshall F. Henley district tuberculosis sanatorium administrator said every effort was made to obtain medicine for Mrs. Ruth Ann Long of Haleyville who died last week. The medicine arrived too late after a three day delay in Decatur. The death certificate lists multiple pulmonary hemorrhage due to metastatic chorion epithelioma.
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Marshall F. Henley
Ruth Ann Long
Haleyville
Henley
Peter G. Tyson
Long
Decatur
Tyson
Burglary Charge Dismissed Against Vensant Then Transport Charge Not Pressed
In the proceeding, a second charge against Vensant for transporting liquor was not pressed and sentencing for both was scheduled for Aug 31. Assault with intent to murder against Major McDowell was not pressed due to a missing state witness. About 15 other cases were continued because Ralph Slate, the defendants’ attorney, was absent. Slate was in Montgomery as a state legislator.
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Vensant
Major McDowell
Ralph Slate
Slate
Montgomery
Athens Radio Network To Cover Alabama GOP Convention
Athens WJOF will anchor a 12 station radio network covering the Alabama Republican Convention in Montgomery. Bob Dunnavant leads the 50 000 watt coverage with Sam Hall Bit Dunnavant and Homer Dunnavant in staff and coverage starts 10 a.m. Friday.
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Athens
WJOF
Alabama
Montgomery
Bob Dunnavant
Dunnavant
Sam Hall
WJMW
Homer
Bit Dunnavant
Tennessee Valley
Miss Hicks Crowned Queen in Hicks County Pageant
The county pageant crowned Miss Hicks as queen with Ann Holland the defending performer. Raymond Marsh was reelected Farm Bureau president and Hugh Pepper as vice president. Various sponsorships were listed for the contestants from local businesses and clubs.
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Hugh Pepper
Farm Bureau
Miss Hicks
Montgomery
Air strike impasse tests national emergency stance
Multimillion dollar economic losses persist as airline workers press a stoppage. Wirtz defends Johnson while rejecting White House talks. Sen Morse seeks a 180 day halt to strikes pending talks amid national emergency concerns. Five major carriers handle over 60 percent of U S air traffic. In 1940 Malta repelled a Nazi attack.
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White House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
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National
Northwest
Trans World
Wall Street Reverses Gain as Profit Taking Hits Stocks
Wall Street declined after an early rise as profit taking trimmed prices. Volume reached about 5.4 million shares, lower than Wednesday, with reports of House bills for excess profits tax and standby investment controls fueling selling.
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New York
Ap)i
GOP seals Nomination Race in Morgan County Primaries
Morgan County Republicans head into a three day state convention amid losses in Madison County and a push to nominate at least two House candidates. Reneau Carrell and J D Douthit are the leading hopefuls for places one and two, facing Democratic foes Leslie Doss and Ralph Slate. Roland Oliver’s bid for a Senate race appears shelved, with Athens or other options teased. Delegates from Morgan number seventeen, as the convention builds toward Friday nominations and a televised guber natorial report.
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Douthit
Leslie Doss
Ralph Slate
State Senate
Morgan
Limestone
Roland Oliver
Decatur
Alabama ‘Young Republican Federation
Bob Harris
Oliver
Athens
Henderson
GOP
Morgan County
Pilot Spots SOS Sign From Ground During Recon Mission
Air Force Lt. Col. Eugene P. Deatrick on a Pleiku recon flight over a rugged valley saw a villager waving a white flag and, on a third pass, a scraggly SOS formed with rocks and white cloth. He alerted rescue crews, convinced the person was friendly though unknown.
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Eugene P. Deatrick
Morgantown
W.va
Deatrick
1St Air Command
Pleiku
Market summaries for Decatur cotton and farm commodities
Cotton Decatur loan middling at 30.40 cents per pound. Cottonseed 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. Manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. corn and grain prices show No 2 yellow shelled and ear corn, No 2 white corn, oats 0.68, milling wheat 1.63, mile per hundred 2.05, poultry wheat 1.13, No 2 barley 0.95.
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Decatur
Local Securities Quotations From NASD At 10 A.M.
NASD compiled quotations show inter dealer prices as of about 10 am today. Bids reflect representative inter dealer levels and exclude retail markdown or commission. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to cover approximate markup. Inter dealer markets fluctuate during the day.
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NASD
Twin Bill Versions Highlight Special Session Dynamics
Lawmakers noted that final enactment requires both houses and that identical twin versions exist though not the same bill. One measure would use part of the trust fund surplus. others endorsed face two-thirds approval, while a separate proposal would place women on juries in state courts despite existing Alabama law.
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House
Senate
George Wallace
Alabama
Indonesian leaders outline path to normal relations
Sukarno remained stony faced as the president spoke. Suharto was promoted to full general at the ceremony. After Suharto and the army seized control last March they halted the three year war with Malaysia and began talks to restore normal relations. The moves were endorsed by the Indonesian Congress last month.
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Suharto
Malaysia
Law on juries debated as 1967 deadline nears
A three judge court kept the law in place until June 1 1967 to decide if jury duty should be mandatory or voluntary for women. The Senate Education Committee advanced a measure easing qualification for state paid tuition grants where desegregation exists and private school attendance is preferred. Sen E O Eddins said grants apply after transfer requests are refused and transfers may be limited to within counties.
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Senate Education Committee
E. O. Eddins
Marengo County
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