Sparkman Announces Broad Policy Inquiry by Senate Panel
Senate Foreign Relations chair John Sparkman told a Huntsville fundraiser that his panel will reopen a wide review of U.S. foreign policy. He cited self image, role as world policeman or civilian, and whether the nation should act as merchant or philanthropist as topics. The hearings aim to broaden debate over the next decade without immediate legislation. The event featured praise from Sen. Bayh and State Party Chairman Bob Vance amid party dialogue.
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Tommy Stevenson
John Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Sparkman
Alabama
Indiana
Sen. Bayh
Bayh
von Braun Civic Center
Democratic Party
Bob Vance
Vance
Bayh Announces Campaign Kickoff Theme Amid Speech
Bayh, an unannounced presidential candidate, delivers a rousing speech urging renewed faith in government. Vance calls the gathering more a kickoff for Sparkman's 1978 bid than a swan song, while Sparkman labels his hearings as something else.
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Bayh
Vance
Sparkman
Somerville Woman Free On Bond In Fatal Shooting
Mrs Alta Maude Edmundson Sharp, charged with murdering her husband Lovick Sharp in their Somerville home, has been released on bond. Autopsy underway as investigators seek motive. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM at Somerville Church of God with Masonic burial. survivor list includes four daughters, a son, five grandchildren, and five sisters.
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Alta Maude Edmundson Sharp
Somerville
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Somerville Church of God
Ray D. Elders
Peck Funeral Home
Alta Sharp
Betty Johnson
Sue Turney
Cary
N.C
Peggy Harris
Decatur
Vivian Osborne
Hartselle
Thomas Sharp
Gladys Breeding
Eddie Ware Turney
Lousie Fowler
Ocie Moore
Birmingham
Margie Savage
Mobile
Sharp
Order of Eastern Star
Athens Teen Sets Swing Record
Athens 13 year old Danny Hartley set a world record by swinging 106 hours straight starting Monday noon. He continued past 4:01 p.m. Friday to reach the new mark, assisted by neighbor Allan Hamman who was later disqualified for illness and breaks. The pair faced breaks and a thunderstorm move, with Hartley claiming exhaustion but staying in the swing until the end.
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Danny Hartley
Athens
Hamman
Hartley
Midway Victory Marks Major Pacific War Turning Point
In 1942 the Battle of Midway ended as a decisive American victory over Japan. Weather notes show high near 90 and a 50 percent rain chance today and tonight with highs again around 90 Saturday.
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Midway
Wreck Kills Two Drivers In Bus Crash Near Callaway
A rainstorm crash in Hamilton Georgia killed the bus drivers from the logging truck. Secretary of the Army Bo Callaway and several congressmen were among the injured. Rep Bevill was in fair condition, with others hospitalized in good condition.
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Hamilton
Howard
Bo’ Callaway
U.S
Tom Bevill
D-Ala
LaGrange
Jack Flynt
D-Ga
Walter Flowers
Robert Jones
Jones
Callaway
Beth
State Patrol
Roy McKinney
Glenn Hartley
Union Springs
Ala
John W. Morris
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Carroll N. LeTellier
South Atlantic Division
The
Corps of Engineers
Floyd Mann
Alabama
Army
Calloway Shaken After Bus Crash Injures Congressmen
A bruised Bo Calloway shows a left cheek bruise at a Ft. Benning hospital after arrival from Pine Mountain where a bus truck collision injured several congressmen. The drivers were killed.
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Bo” Calloway
Ft. Benning, Ga
Pine Mountain
Russian Actress Marries Today
Russian actress Victoria Fyodorova and American pilot Frederick R Pouy have taken out a marriage license in Stamford and are set to marry Saturday. Fyodorova’s half brother retired Navy Captain Hugh Tate said details are private and the couple may live in Stamford.
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Stamford, Conn
Victoria Fyodorova
Miss Fyodorova
Navy
Hugh Tate
Orange Park
Fla
Frederick R. Pouy
Stamford
Polly
John Grunow
Victoria
Tourism Center opens Sunday near Ardmore on I 65
Lt Gov Jere Beasley will officially open the Alabama Mountain Lakes Association tourism welcoming station near Ardmore at 2 p.m. Sunday. A temporary facility is in use with picnic tables water fountains and a trailer for information. Construction for a permanent building costing about 1 million dollars will begin soon and should finish next spring.
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Jere Beasley
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Ardmore
I-65
Association
Allen Ownby
Beasley
Ownby
Bureau of Publicity and Information
Alabama
Docks Bond Backed by Majority in Beasley Poll
A Beasley poll shows 52 percent favor the 45 million docks bond issue while 27 percent oppose and 21 percent are undecided. On annual legislative sessions 45 percent favor, 46 percent oppose. 81 percent favor restoring the death penalty. Girls State delegates show 100 percent for docks and annual sessions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jere Beasley
Alabama
Beasley
Bisley
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Mark
Guinnes
Bobby Herbert
Mrs. Sharp
Tennessee Valley
Birch Bayh
Honor
Huntsville
Dick Bryson
Joe Payne
Wreck Hurts Jones, Wife
Calloway
Boys State
Girls State Assembly
Robinson's Furniture
Second Avenue
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