Eight Committees Formed for Florence State Workshop on Alcohol Education
Eight committees are now functioning in the Florence State Teachers College workshop on Alcohol Education. Miss Vernice Trousdale directs the session with a summer program and a large slate of volunteers organized into standing, social, film, display, arrangements, visitation, and publicity groups led by members from Colbert, Cullman, Marion, Walker, Winston, Lauderdale, Franklin, and Lamar counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence State
Leachers College
Vernice Trousdale
Maybelle Johnson
Cullman County
Cora McCampbell
Jackson
Armede Hoyle
Prances Shaw
Colbert
Dorothy Vandiver
Marion
Thetis Glover
Necie Crawford
Cullman
Marie Courington
Walk
J. R. Wagnon
Elizabeth Henley
Noel Sones Winston
Walker
Verda Shoemaker
Morgan County
Joyce Clark
John Teas
Franklin
Emma Posey
Winston
Brewer
Augusta Gilbert
Alabama TB death rate falls but trails U.S. average
Alabama’s tuberculosis death rate has declined sharply, but remains above the national average. The state Health Department notes about one TB death per 3,212 residents last year, ranking Alabama 38th in the nation according to the National Tuberculosis Association.
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Alabama
U.S
Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
National Tuberculosis Association
Cadets Report for Summer Camp at Maxwell AFB
About 115 Civil Air Patrol cadets are set for a two week summer camp at Maxwell Air Force Base starting Monday. The group includes 59 boys and 16 girls from Alabama and 40 boys from Tennessee with group officers. They will observe the Air Force training program firsthand.
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Montgomery
Ala
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
Tennessee
Air Force
Health Check In Final Morgan County Four-Way Tests
The Morgan countians aged 13 to 50 will undergo a four disease health check for tuberculosis syphilis diabetes and heart disease this week. About 13 of the 26 000 expected are tested so far with x ray and blood tests taking five minutes per person. Results come about three weeks after testing and are released only if diseases are detected.
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Morgan Cas
Morgan
W. H. Y. Smith
Alabama
Health Department
17Th
Morgan County
Central Baptist Church
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Decatur Negro High School
Massey School
Morgan County High School
Austinville High School
Falkville High School
Ryans School
Gum Pond
Eva High School
Cooper—Wells
Oden Ridge
Morgan County Training School
Banking Board Member Fired Over Dothan Charter Vote
Coy S. Shelton of Altoona says Governor James Folsom fired him from the state banking board for voting against a proposed Dothan bank charter. J Williams Hightower of Brundidge replaces him, after a call from the governor’s aide asking to support the bank. Shelton claims his stance caused dismissal. Folsom unavailable for comment.
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Altoona
Ala
State Banking Board
James E. Folsom
Dothan
Coy S. Shelton
Folsom
J. Williams Hightower
Brundidge
Bill Lyerly
Shelton
Lyerly
Brooks Glass
Glass
D. E. Marley
Billy Direct Sets Mile Pace Record Since 1938
The four year old Billy Direct paced a mile in 1 55 Ro 9 setting a record that stands in the books since 1938.
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Billy Direct
Aubreyman Fights McGee Case Pleas In Death Row Showdown
Aubreyman of New York, secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, plans to plead for Willie McGee’s life after the U S Supreme Court granted a stay. He claims McGee’s supporters attacked him in a hotel room following the stay.
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Aubrey
New York
Civil Rights Congress
Willie McGee
Grossman
U.S. Supreme Court
McGee
Signs Over Sheets Stop Hoarding Customers
Anniston Alabama July 29 An Anniston department store manager says placing two signs over sheets curbed hoarding. One sign offered sheets for those who need them at $2 with a four per customer limit. The other sign advertised sheets for hoarders at $2.59 with no limit and sales dropped to two per buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
Joel Winfrey
Local Marine Pfc Joe Trent Reports To Cherry Point
Pfc Joe Daniel Trent son of Mr and Mrs F Dodson of Hartselle leaves after electrician training at Parris Island and ten days leave. He will report to Cherry Point North Carolina on July 30 after formerly attending Morgan County High School where he played basketball and football.
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Joe Daniel Trent
F Dodson
Hartselle
Trent
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
At Point
N. C
Morgan County High School
Employment In State Rises Across Alabama in June
Alabama non-farm payrolls rose in June with 1,200 jobs added. Excluding construction, total nonagricultural employment reached about 567,500, up 8,600 from last year, led by manufacturing and shipbuilding gains and textile employment. Chemicals trimmed 200 workers while year over year manufacturing grew by 7,900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Department of Industrial Relations
Alabama
Fleetwood Darnley
Guardsmen Rally For Fort McClellan Training Start
Advance personnel of Alabama and Mississippi National Guard converge on Fort McClellan to begin two weeks of intensive training on the military reservation. The 1600 troops face potential federal activation, with the Army planning to call only select units at first, after the Dixie division’s recent training ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
National Guard
Fort McClellan
Dixie Division
Department of the Army
Escaped Convict Loses Footrace With Pursuers
ANNISTON Ala July 29 A convicted escaped man McWane Hodge 19 fled Draper prison to outrun deputies and a highway patrolman in a long chase on the outskirts of Anniston He had been sentenced to nine years and nine days after pleading guilty to nine burglary counts and offered no resistance when captured by Deputy Sheriff Calvin MacDowell and Patrolman Bill Whitten
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
McWane Hodge
Calhoun County
Calvin MacDowell
Bill Whitten
Hodge
Draper Pris
Michigan State track team sets 12 records in 1950 season
The 1950 Michigan State track team smashed 12 varsity records during the season, seven indoor and five outdoor, with a state track meet to spotlight their performance.
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Michigan State
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ARMY
Alfred “Tiny” Arias
Miami
Fla
Stanley Kancewski
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Cherry Point
Kenneth L. Swafford
West Main St
Hartselle, Ala
Auburn School
Siluria
Loyd
Turner Coat & Grain Go
Checkerboard
Moulton
Chevrolet
Decatur, Alabama
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