Retardation Group Opposes Baxley Appeal in Alabama
Alabama Association for Retarded Children opposes Atty. General Baxley’s appeal of Judge Johnson’s reform ruling at Bryce Hospital Partlow School and Searcy Hospital. Baxley defends legal duty to appeal, urges reform via Legislature and funding, while promising to help persuade lawmakers. Page A-6.
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Bill Baxley
Alabama Association For Retarded Children
U.S
Frank Johnson
Baxley
Searcy Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Johnson
George Wallace
Partlow
Johnny Tillotson to emcee Spirit of America Beauty Pageant
Popular recording star Johnny Tillotson returns as emcee for the fifth Spirit of America Beauty Pageant on July 4 at Point Mallard. Festival Chairman James O'Hara notes last year’s success and popular demand for his return. The pageant, a Spirit of America Festival highlight drawing about 30 000 annually since 1967, offers scholarships and prizes to Miss Spirit and runners up. Tillotson rose from teen idol to adult favorite with hits like Poetry In Motion and Dreamy Eyes, and remains a nightlife and TV staple with a wide fan base.
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Johnny Tillotson
Point Mallard
Tillotson
Johnny
James O'Hara
Alabama
Apple Bend
Beasley Considers Acting Alabama Governor Role
Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley said he likely will have to assume Alabama’s governorship at 12:01 a.m. Monday if Gov. Wallace remains hospitalized in Maryland. Beasley planned an 11 a.m. Monday news conference at the Capitol and will speak with Wallace by phone Monday morning. He would relinquish the post when Wallace returns, keep Capitol staff, and focus on steering the state as needed.
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Ala
George C. Wallace
Jere Beasley
Beasley
Alabama
Wallace
Maryland
Capitol
Silver Spring
Governor's Capitol
Sara
Crumpton
Barbour County
Skyjacker Greeted By Black Panthers
ALGIERS AP A black American hijacker William Holder 23 of Oakland California and his companion Katherine Mary Kerkow 20 landed a commandeered U S jetliner with 500000 dollars in ransom. Police took them to a Maison Blanche airport office then a hotel in Algiers. They sought asylum and said they were members of the Black Panther movement.
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U.S
Algeria
United States
Atlantic
Maison Blanche
William Holder
Oakland
Calif
Katherine Mary Kerkow
Black Panther Movement
James Miller Dies Prominent Moulton Attorney
James Pressley Miller 65, a prominent Moulton attorney, died Saturday morning at University Hospital Birmingham after admission Tuesday. Services Monday at 10 a.m. at Moulton Methodist Church, burial at Moulton Memory Gardens. Memorials to Heart Fund. Survivors include widow Fannie Ruth and two daughters, three sisters, and five grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers are Lawrence County Bar Association members and Dr. Willard W. Irwin. Miller, a Camden native, was a 1928 Erskine College graduate.
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James Pressley Miller
Moulton
University Hospital
Birmingham
Miller
Moulton Methodist Church
William S. McAliley
Carl Harrison
Moulton Memory Gardens
Elliott Funeral Home
Fannie Ruth Pledger Miller
Charles Tidmarsh Major
Orlando
Fla
Miller Stevens
Johnson City
Tenn
J. D. Albritton
Miller Bonner
Houstis Jones
Heart Fund
Bank of Moulton
W. G. Littrell
F T. Jones
Arthur Slaton
Richard J. Proctor
Rayburn Jackson
John M. Kelley
Hansel Aldridge
Malcolm Graham
Lawrence County Bar Association
Willard W. Irwin
Camden
Joseph Neely Miller
Nellie Tucker Miller
Benjamin Meek Miller
Wilcox County
Erksine College
Due West
S. C
On This Day 1942 Battle of Midway Begins
The 1942 date marks the Battle of Midway opening in the Pacific War. U S ships inflicted the first decisive defeat on Japan, reshaping naval power in the region.
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Midway
U. S
Cornelia Wallace Featured in Decatur Family Weekly
In the Decatur Daily Family Weekly supplement Vera Glaser profiles Cornelia Vivacious Cornelia Wallace wife of Gov George Wallace. The piece was printed before the governor was shot, yet Glaser’s observations remain strikingly accurate today.
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Cornelia Wallace
Gov
George Wallace
Decatur Daily
Gov. Wallace
Vera Glaser
Weather and classifieds blurb for Tennessee Valley area
Classified ad promotes placing want ads by dialing numbers in Athens and another area code. It gives quick weather: high 87 and low tonight 60. Describes fair and continued warm conditions. Mentions weather page and river page A. Ends with slogan It’s A Privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Tennessee Valley
Two Questioned In City Murder
Decatur four residents are being held for questioning in the Friday night shooting death of former Brooks, 57, at his Cedar Lake home after an apparent argument. Coroner Guy Hollaway said Brooks was shot twice by .22 bullets as he attempted to intervene. See two on page A-6.
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Brooks
Decatur
David Smith
Smith
Cedar Lake
Guy Hollaway
Monkey for sale by Decatur Daily ad reader
Jill Taylor of 602 Line St sold her small Capuchin Ringtail monkey after Decatur Daily Wanted and received 24 responses showing at least 24 potential buyers. Ad features boa constrictors dogs cats and other pets for sale and requests.
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Jill Taylor
Line St
Decatur Daily
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Alabama Association For Retarded
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Brooksville
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Gary Wilhite
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Emcee
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Dick Clark
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David Frost
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Lee Miller
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