Calhoun Will Award 250 Diplomas at Junior College Graduation
About 250 students will receive diplomas at Calhoun Junior College in the F. O. Smith Cafetorium. Dr. Carlton Kelly says J. F. Ingram will be the commencement speaker. Beasley Thompson will receive the Albert P. Brewer Award and F. O. Smith Award will go to outstanding students. Diplomas will be presented by Dr. Jack Campbell.
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Calhoun Junior College
F. O. Smith
Carlton Kelly
J. F. Ingram
Trade and Industrial Education
Burl Grubb
Northside Church of Christ In
Athens
Dr. Kelley
Ingram
Athens News Courier
Beasley Thompson
Albert
Jack Campbell
Campbell
Dwarter
Dean Campbell
Calhoun
Decatur Man Acquitted On Mail Theft Charge
Clayton O Neal Johnson of Decatur was acquitted in U S District Court of charges including mail theft and check forgery. Defense said Johnson acted under Miss Minniefield’s instruction to sign and cash her check. Also, Homer Lynell Carrell plead guilty to transporting six gallons of untaxed liquor and received two years probation.
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Clayton O'Neal Johnson
Decatur
U. S
Johnson
Mary Jo Minniefield
Norman Harris
Miss Minniefield
Homer Lynell Carrell
Carrell
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Agency
Alabama 72
Happy Hollow Rd
DeKalb County
Troopers Patrol Morgan County For Traffic Safety Drive
Alabama Public Safety Director Col. Floyd Mann announced a saturation campaign in Morgan County to curb traffic deaths. Extra troopers will patrol rural and urban roads to target speeders and other lawbreakers as Mann urges citizens to drive safely amid 201 accidents this year resulting in 59 injuries and four deaths.
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Alabama Public Safety
Floyd Mann
Morgan County
Mann
Jury Awards $26,000 For Property Site
Morgan County Circuit Court awarded Charlie Malone $26,000 for a property taken by the Decatur Housing Authority for urban renewal. The site was where Chandler Fabric Shop stood. Malone did not sue in probate court. he had previously been awarded $32,000 there and appealed to circuit court.
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Morgan County
Charlie Malone
Decatur Housing Authority
Chandler Fabric Shop
Malone
Circuit Court
Meek Alumni Banquet Set For Saturday Night
Wynell Stewart announces the Meek Alumni Association sponsored banquet will take place in the Meek High School gymnasium this Saturday at 8 p.m. The event honors past students and supports the school community.
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Arley
Meek
The
Meek Alumni Association
Meek High School
Wynell Stewart
Fire destroys Archie Looney home on Cedar Lake Road
A residence belonging to Archie Looney on Cedar Lake Road burned Wednesday at 5 17 p m. The report provides no cause for the fire and no injuries are mentioned.
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Archie Looney
Cedar Lake Rd
TV Executive's Father Dies in Pensacola
Gene Villar aged 60 died at home in Pensacola after an apparent heart attack. He was the father of Bob Villar the general manager of WSFA TV in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Pensacola
Fla
Montgomery
Ala
Bob Villar
Gene Villar
Wsfa TV
Pact Awarded For Lawrence Dam Projects
The Town Creek Watershed project will add two of its 15 planned dams this summer after C. F. W. Construction Co. of Fayetteville Tennessee won a 132597.40 contract to build dams at sites 12 and three on Troublesome and Wolf Creeks. Completion within 217 working days.
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L. C. Robertson
Mt. Hope
Troublesome Creek
Wolf Creek
Town Creek
Hugh Taylor
Fred Bracken
Lee
Insurance Firm Prohibited From Issuing Policies
Montgomery court orders United Security Life Insurance Co. to halt issuing new policies until assets equal liabilities. Judge Eugene Carter scheduled a July 17 hearing if needed. State Sen. George Bailes filed the suit seeking a block on policy sales pending financial balance.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery—County
Eugene Carter
Directa Gente Supt
Insurance
R. Frank Ussery
United Security Life Insurance Co
Carter
George Lewis Bailes
Jefferson County
Bailes
Ussery
United Security
Man Innocent On Bank Charges In 1968 Repton Robbery
A Mobile area circuit court jury acquitted Percy Albert Green and John C. White of the 1968 $3,000 Union Bank of Repton robbery after hours of deliberation. A nephew testified the trio robbed the bank. Green and White denied involvement claiming alibi and memory gaps. The state's chief witness, Joseph Odell Maples, awaits sentencing in related cases.
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Mobile, Ala
Mobile Area
Union Bank of
Repton
Ala
Percy Albert Green
Prichard
John C. White
Chickasaw
Green
White
Joseph Odell Maples
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama lawmakers recess for long weekend
The Alabama legislature adjourned for a long weekend with both houses facing heavy calendars and more than 100 bills. The Senate debated a consumer credit code, while confirming 25 gubernatorial appointments and engaging in procedural baseball.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
Albert Brewer
Brewer
C. E. Avinger
Houston Feaster
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Turner
Joe McCorquodale
Clarke County
Alabama Supreme Court Orders Auto Refund for Unreliable Wagon
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a ruling forcing Tiger Motor Co. of Auburn to refund $2,923 to Thomas E. McMurtry for a 1967 station wagon that never ran properly. The 5-2 decision found the car breached a 24 month or 24,000 mile warranty, with multiple repairs and ongoing defects. A dissent says the case should have been heard in a court of law.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Auburn
McMurtry
Company Re
Tf Company
Nal S. Coleman
Court of Law
Equity Court
First woman president of Exchange Club named in Sylacauga
Mrs. Claire Lefevre becomes the United States first female president of an Exchange Club. She is vice president and general manager of a photo business and a former teacher. Her husband will be secretary treasurer. Lefevre takes office in July after this week's election.
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Sylacauga, Ala
United States
Sylacauga Exchange Club
Claire Lefevre
April County aid figures show 160.74 cases aided
The county departments of Pensions and Security assisted 160.74 cases across all categories in April. The overall average payment amounted to 72.55 dollars.
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Right
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Sandra Terry
Lonnie McDaniel
Lawrence Dam
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State Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
House Agriculture Committee
Oscar Dobbs
Walker County
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Alabama Bottlers Association
Dobbs
Senate Municipalities and Municipal Organizations Committee
Alabama League of Munipalities
Brenda Bempes
Athens College
L. W. Brannan
Foley
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Limestone Corn Feeder Pig Association
F. K. Agee
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