Moulton High Unit To Reopen In Fall
U S District Judge Sam C Pointer Jr ordered reopening of the former Moulton High School this fall as part of a district plan. Zone lines between Hatton Town Creek and Speake Moulton were adjusted after a request by the Lawrence County Board of Education due to families near the divisions. The plan assigns grades by building but allows minor restructuring if needed.
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Moulton
U. S
Sam C. Pointer Jr
Lawrence County
Cross
Moulton High School
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Beach Dreams at Delano Park Sandbox Scene
In Delano Park's big sandbox three girls and eight year old Robert Dempsey pose as if seaside dreams. Angela Pearce eight, daughter of Eloise Pearce Huntsville stands foreground while Teresa Tucker eleven and Barbara ten sisters of Ray and Mrs Tucker 823 4th Ave SE stand center. Robert son of Jenie Dempsey 901 5th Ave SE admires sand sculpture.
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Robert Dempsey
Delano Park
Angela Pearce
Eloise Pearce
Huntsville
Teresa Tucker
Ray Tucker
4Th Ave. SE
Barbara
Robert
Jenie Dempsey
5Th Ave. SE
Bobby Herbert
County Docket Heavily Packed With Traffic Cases
Morgan County Court to hear about 50 cases today starting at 9 a.m. Judge C. Bennett McRae will oversee transfers from JP court after Atty. Gen. Baxley ordered dismissals and state officers shifted cases to county court.
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Morgan County
C. Bennett McRae
JP Court
Atty
Bill Baxley
Jps
State Public Safety
Col. W.L Allen
John C. McBride
Baxley
Tri-County District Health Service
Mary Ann Kincaid
Health Department
Town Creek Woman Turns 92 Embraces Youthful Living
Mrs. Bessie Wiltshere of Town Creek celebrated her 92nd birthday on July 22 and says she keeps busy with cleaning cooking sewing and gardening. She defies her doctor’s advice to stay out of the garden insisting fresh vegetables come from her work.
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Town Creek
Bessie Wiltshere
Town Creek resident recalls Indiana roots and space talk
A Rensselaer Indiana native, Mrs Wiltshere, recounts moving to Town Creek in 1896 with her family, notes dirt roads and woodlands, and contrasts Indiana snow with warmer climes. She comments on Apollo 15 curiosity but opposes lavish space funding while planning to keep working hard.
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Rensselaer, Ind
Indiana
Baxley Defends Delayed Reapportionment Plan in Court
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley says a federal court is right to demand immediate reapportionment but questions the time frame. He argues the legislature must reapportion with dispatch yet should not take effect before 1974, noting no constitutional requirement to hold elections before the end of four-year terms. The court seeks 1972 elections, but Baxley says serving full terms would not violate state law.
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McRae
J. Lester Smith
Decatur
Jps
Baxley
Montgomery
Ala
Bill Baxley
Dispatch
House
Senate
Hartselle Man Denied New Trial
Circuit Judge R L Hundley denied a new trial to William Harold Smithson 39 of near Hartselle for first degree manslaughter in the April 1970 killing of Ira M Pike. The defense claimed jury foreman Ramon Royer knew a key witness. Royer testified he did not recall the juror meet. Smithson remains free on a 10000 appeal bond while appealing.
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R.L
Dick) Hundley
Hartselle
Hundley
Decatur
Miles Powell
William Harold Smithson
Near
Smithson
Ira M. Pike
Pike
Alabama 36
Powell
Ramon T. Royer
Old Moulton Rd
Royer
Venire
R. C. Royer
Ramon Royer
Alabama House plan reallocates into seven congressional districts
The bill segments Alabama into seven districts with populations around 491 to 493 thousand. Districts one through seven list specific counties and parts of Jefferson County, noting Precincts as constituted on Nov 1 1970 for the fourth and seventh districts.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Alabama
Mobile
Washington
Clarke
Monroe
Escambia
Baldwin
Wilcox
Bullock
Barbour
Pike
Crenshaw
Butler
Covington
Coffee
Dale
Henry
Houston
Geneva
Conecuh
Calhoun
Talladega
Clay
Randolph
Chambers
Tallapoosa
Coosa
Cleburne
Elmore
Macon
Lee
Russell
Autauga
Lowndes
Franklin
Marion
Lamar
Pickens
Fayette
Walker
Winston
Cullman
Blount
St. Clair
Etowah
Marshall
Dekalb
Cherokee
Jefferson County
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
Madison
Jackson
Choctaw
Marengo
Hale
Dallas
Perry, Greene
Sumter
Shelby
Chilton
Bibb
Tuscaloosa
Ex-Moulton Banker Willie Shelton Dies at 100
Willie Shelton former bank president and Lawrence County official died at age 100. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Moulton United Methodist Church with burial in Moulton Memory Gardens. Survived by three daughters, three sons, a sister, 15 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
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Moulton
Willie Shelton
Lawrence County
Moulton United
Board of Revenue
Department of Welfare and Pensions
Democratic Executive Committee
Woodmen of the World
Decatur Rd
Nadine Shelton
Jane Shelton
Cullman
Sara Shelton Sibley
Hartselle
Ernest Shelton
Gwyn Shelton
Lee Shelton
San Francisco
Calif
Hattie Cowan
Albany
Parents File Suits In 1968 Bus Wreck
Civil suits totaling more than 422000 are filed in U S District Court against General Motors by Morgan County parents of seven children injured in a Cotaco School bus crash on April 23 1968. The cases claim negligence in bus construction and braking system safety with damages sought for each child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
General Motors
Morgan County
Cotaco
Morgan County Litter Cleanup Plans Outlined
Morgan Beautiful and the Morgan County Rural Development Committee mapped a two phase county cleanup with November and April 1972 start dates. The plan includes house garage and lot trash removal, a weekend pickup, industry involvement, and year round abandoned car removal plus right of way and business-property cleanups.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Morgan Beautiful
Morgan County Rural Development Committee
Tom Hill
Decatur
Hill
Tinue
Mathias
Emergency numbers and crisis contacts listed for Decatur area
The Decatur Daily lists emergency lines including Police 353-2515, Fire 353-4141, Highway Patrol 353-0631, Morgan Sheriff 353-4256, Ambulance 355-3844, and Crisis Call Center 355-8000 for personal crises or poisoning. Dial 0 to reach an operator if unsure of the number.
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Morgan
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Moulton High Unit
County Board of Education
Morgan County Court
Cherner
Benjamin Chatman
David
Doris Ann
Benjamin Jr
Benjamin
Lawrence Spurlin
Patti R
George Dudley
Guy Wayne
Craig Gene
Guy
Craig
Cecil Norman
Deborah Kay
Charles Mathias
Decatur Daily
Atlons
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