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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1969
Page
10
A dense broadcast grid lists daytime and prime time programs with guests and films. Notable items include Glenn Yarbrough appearances, Hitchcock and Perry Mason blocks, news summaries, and classic series like Bewitched and The Beverly Hillbillies.
Borts TM Vvedensky, a radiophysics expert and chief editor of the Soviet Union's major encyclopedia, died Sunday as leaders praised his role in strengthening economic and defensive power.
The project employs 70 workers with a peak in mid July as 2,800 sheets of sheeting and 600 tons of temporary dam material support a $1,788,374.10 substructure. Site supervisor Weatherly notes barges delivered 100 foot derricks from an Iowa job. A follow‑up river bridge contract next year could lift total cost to about $20 million, second only to Mobile river tunnel in Alabama.
Circuit Court Judge Newton Powell waits for a petition in behalf of Billy Don Boulden who was condemned to death for the Loyd Hays slaying. U S District Judge Frank Johnson gave 90 days to file a post conviction writ challenging jury selection. Bill Moore says the petition will be filed soon as the defense argues possible juror bias and constitutional improprieties. The case has moved through state and federal courts including the Supreme Court. potential recusal of Powell is noted. Rape and robbery charges remain pending.
Police say Lawrence Smith 30 is in serious condition at General Hospital after leaping from a third floor porch with his infant son Harry Smith in his arms. Cornelius and Charles Twenter witnessed the danger and described neighbors corraling residents as the draft worsened the escape. The building owner Mary Cohen 75 reports a 30 unit complex with two unused apartments.
Bank countered that state and federal laws need not be identical and cited an 1892 state law granting banks the right to operate agents at multiple sites. He argued this shows a state policy favoring branch banks. Alabama law limits branches to the county of location, but State National was grandfathered with 15 branches when the 1911 act passed.
Mobile's Bankhead Tunnel carried 26 547 vehicles in a single day over Memorial Day, surpassing the 25 349 mark set April 4. Across the four-day weekend 95 338 vehicles used the tunnel and tolls exceeded $23 000, funds going to the city of Mobile.
Rep. Walter Flowers announces a Business Opportunities and Federal Procurement Conference to be held in Tuscaloosa Alabama on June 6. The event brings together federal procurement officials and local business leaders to explore contracting opportunities.
In a February 19 message to Congress and again on Monday, he stated the administration remains fully committed to continuing the antipoverty agency as part of its antipoverty campaign.
Survivors from the destroyer Evans were not reported injured. Search parties boarded the aft section to recover classified documents and salvage what remains. Adm. John J. Hyland ordered a court of inquiry into the collision as SEATO fleet of about 40 warships from six nations suspended Sea Spirit maneuvers.
The Senate backs a law forcing federal judges to disclose sources and amounts of outside income. Sen. Tydings pressed the issue after Abe Fortas resigned. Other bills seek mandatory disclosures while Chief Justice Warren works on an ethics code.
The widowed mother of three, staying in motels after her home burned three weeks ago, is under a broad inquiry. About six officers operate the case as investigators check all social and business contacts she had at a Huntsville government installation and beyond. Sheriff David Sandlin described the method as a process of elimination, with City Detectives Ernest Bowman and David Smith, County Investigator Clarence Harris, and Coroner John McBride on the team.
The French Communist party told supporters not to vote for either Georges Pompidou or Alain Poher, a move seen as aiding Pompidou who had 44 percent in the first round. Other items note Nixon on Okinawa troop withdrawal plans, U S support for Rockefeller tours, Pravda on Soviet teens, Canada’s defense report, and a heavy New York rainstorm.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment of Decatur Alabama will hold a meeting June 10 1988 at 4 00 pm in City Hall Council Chambers to hear applications including Mrs Robert McAfee and Mr J signs a rota Petress in a B 1 District. Also notice of foreclosure sale by Boston Savings Bank on June 17 1969 of Lot 2 Decatur Land Company Morningside Subdivision Morgan County Alabama.
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