Decatur Sisters Save for Rhodesian Student’s College Hope
Dell and LouAnn McWhorter saved seven months of allowances and chores totaling 125.57 to fund one Rhodesian student's college year. The sisters kept the plan secret from their parents until a church service revealed their charity to Rev. Herb Williamson at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. The act drew praise as a faith inspired effort to improve education and inspire others.
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Decatur
Herb Williamson
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Williamson
Charles McWhorter
Dell
LouAnn
LowAnn
Betty St. S
Alex Alvord
Rhodesia
Rev. Williamson
Mrs McWhorter
Two-Lane Overpass Planned for Hartselle City
The Alabama Highway Department will build a two-lane overpass on Main Street in downtown Hartselle, sparing the old street from widening and allowing urban renewal while a future northern bypass may be needed. Mayor Long credits Sen. Sparkman and notes the project ends a year of controversy over Main Street.
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Lee Sentell Montgomery
Alabama Highway Department
Hartselle
E. Main St
John D. Long
Ray Bass
Main St
Long
John Sparkman
Guerry
Pruett
George Wallace
Bass
Highway Department
Bethel Rd
Montgomery Highway Department
Bruce Johnson
Albert Brewer
Johnson
Joe Puckett
Bill Gardner
I- 65
U.S
Longhorn Pass
Turnipseed Drives Wallace Draft Amid Health Doubts
Columbia attorney Tom Turnipseed, former Wallace campaign director, says he expects George C. Wallace to be drafted as the AIP nominee in Louisville Aug 3-5. He plans to push a Wallace draft next week despite Wallace not seeking candidacy due to health.
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Columbia
S.C
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Louisville
Tom Turnipseed
Wallee
Turnipseed
Wallace
Washington
Miami Beach
Lasers in eye surgery and Elvis schedule inquiry
Readers ask if lasers can be used in eye surgery and where to contact for information. Lasers are in use at select medical centers. contact University of Alabama Medical School in Birmingham for details. Elvis Presley 1973 schedule: Elvis Presley Productions, Inc., Graceland, Memphis, Tenn. Wholesale yarn supplier in the South: American Thread Co., 1422 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, Ga.
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University of Alabama Medical School
Birmingham
Elvis Presley
Leah McKinnon
Moulton
Elvis Presley Productions, Inc
Graceland
Memphis
Tenn
South
New York
Danville
American Thread Co
Peachtree St
Atlanta
Baxley urges Wallace to commute Alabama death sentences
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley urged Governor George Wallace to commute 30 death row sentences to life to block endless appeals and possible retrials. He said capital punishment could be reestablished within the Supreme Court’s narrow framework, and noted Wallace was undergoing therapy in Birmingham with no immediate word on a reply.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bill Baxley
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Baxter
U.S. Supreme Court
Wallace
Birmingham
Attorney General
Baxley
Highe Court
Alabama officials debate death penalty resentencing and commutation
Baxley argued the court did not change the death penalty but questioned how prisoners will be resentenced under Alabama law where judges cannot pass or commute sentences. With jurors dead or gone, the governor’s power to commute was cited as the only available mechanism to avoid legal delays or releases as cases are resentenced. The attorney general noted study findings limiting death penalty allowances to mandatory cases.
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Alabama
Baxley
Alabama AG Pushes Mandatory Death Penalty Laws
Alabama Attorney General Baxley proposes bills to make death penalty mandatory for crimes including murder by someone under life terms and killings tied to official duties. The move mirrors initiatives by lawmakers Pelham and Lyons. Baxley says current death row inmates won’t be affected if death sentences are reinstated, while parole rules remain 15 years under state law.
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Alabama
Baxley
Pierre Pelham
Sage Lyons
Mobile
Wallace
Accidents In State Kill 9 Weekend Toll Rises
The ASSOCATED PRESS reports Alabama’s weekend death toll hits nine with two highway deaths in Autauga County and a drowning near Huntsville. Angello Mathews 17 of Huntsville drowned in the Tennessee River while Sherry Lynn Wise 10 of Prattville died when her car ran off Autauga County Highway 4. Details on a second Autauga fatality were not immediately available. Ozie D. Lockett Jr. 21 of Sweetwater was struck by a car elsewhere Saturday. Sheriff
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Autauga County
Huntsville
Alabama
Angello Mathews
Tennessee River
Sherry Lynn Wise
Prattville
Ozie D. Lockett Jr
Sweetwater
Emergency Numbers and Contacts Listed for Alabama Counties
The Decatur Daily provides emergency numbers for Morgan, Limestone, Madison, Lawrence and Cullman counties. Users can call 911 for Sheriff centers in Hartselle and Athens, or 355-8000 for the Crisis Call Center for personal crises or poison exposure. Dial 0 to describe the emergency if unsure of the number.
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Decatur Sisters
Pat Lamar
LouAnn McWhorter
Tony Estes
Highway Director
Bobby Herbert
American Independent Party
T. Coleman Andrews
ALP
American Party
Gov. Wallace
THE
Decatur Daily
Kendal
Pardon-Parole Board
Associated Press
Highway Patrol
911
Morgan County
Sherif
Limestone County
Athens
Lawrence County
Cullman
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