Army NCO Higdon Convicted in Vietnam Club Scandal
M Sgt William E Higdon was found guilty by a five officer military court of larceny and graft in operation service clubs in Vietnam after a five week trial The judge combined two specifications into one continuing criminal thought limiting potential punishment to one five year term The verdict also found a $723 kickback on a refrigeration contract violated count two while count one covered $2400 and $4800 cigarette promotion kickbacks The case continues in military court proceedings.
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Redstone Arsenal
Army
William E. Higdon
Vietnam
Higdon
Madison Beer Store Owner Slain in Robbery
Clifford Edward Adams 53, operator of the Highway 20 Beverage Store in Madison, was found shot to death in his shop. Two unidentified men fled after the killing, taking about 550 dollars from the register while leaving nearly 650 Adams carried. Adams’s daughter, often a worker there, was not present. Police seek witnesses who saw or heard the event and the two callers from a nearby beverage store. Funeral plans to be announced.
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Madison
Decatur
Charles Graves
Clifford Edward Adams
Chestnut St. SE
Graves
Adams
Park lease approved despite critics in Alabama Senate
The Alabama Senate Conservation Committee approved a bill letting state parks lease facilities to private operators despite warnings of pork barrel favors. Sen. Aubrey Carr accused former Gov. Albert Brewer of sabotaging the parks program and resigning as conservation director over Guntersville State Park facilities. George C. Wallace was referenced amid broader discussions as committees met before the House and Senate convened.
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Guntersville State Park
Brewer
Political clash over park facility leases and cleanups
North Alabama Senator Charles Mathias backs a cleanup effort as photos from A2 show. Carr warns leasing park facilities could invite political allies and dirty politics. Senator Jimmy Clark questions, prompting discussion of a Wallace administration plan for park operations.
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Charles Mathias
Chamber of Commerce
Bobby Herbert
North Alabama
Jimmy Clark
Barbour County
Wallace
Jovial mood as Army M Sergeant briefs civilian attorney
Army M Sergeant William Higdon and civilian attorney William Hopper share a light moment after Higdon’s case went to trial or the next stage. The scene reflects a relaxed posture amid a formal military legal proceeding.
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Army
William Higdon
William Hopper
Prince Philip at 50 Balances Duty and Life at Sea
Prince Philip marks his fiftieth birthday while pursuing a blend of royal tradition and modern Britain. He will attend the launch of HMS Sheffield with Queen Elizabeth II, then return to Buckingham Palace for a small party with 300 guests.
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Bernard Weinraub
New York Times
London
Prince Philip
Britain
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
H. M. S. Sheffield
Barrow-In-Furness
Lancashire
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Nixon Announces Broad U S China Trade List Ended Embargo
The White House released a broad list of American-made goods allowed for sale to mainland China ending a 21 year embargo. It covers autos, industrial and consumer products, farm and forestry items, tobacco, coal, textiles, and some metals. Wheat and grains export permissions were also liberalized.
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Washington
White House
China
Nixon
U.S
Red China
Europe
Soviet Union
On This Date 1776 Continental Congress Names Declaration Committee
In a Tennessee Valley paper a dated note recalls that in 1776 the Continental Congress appointed a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. The item sits among a calendar and weather notes with local ads and sections.
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Continental Congress
Sparkman backs one year for foreign aid
Sen. John J. Sparkman says Congress will extend the present foreign aid program for another year to allow more study of President Nixon's proposed overhaul. A train derailment near Centralia injures many, and Tommy Carlisle, former Georgia Tech football player, dies as the sixth victim of a dynamite blast on US 78 near Bremen, Ga.
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Washington
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
Nixon
Carrollton
Tommy Carlisle
Georgia Tech
Bremen
Alabama Legislature to allow Morgan County papers to run legal ads
A bill in the Alabama Legislature would let Morgan County newspapers accept legal advertisements even if printed outside the county. The measure targets the Hartselle Enquirer printed in Moulton and Lawrence County, requiring main editorial offices to be in Morgan County, with other print locations allowed.
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Montgomery
Hartselle
Alabama
Hartselle Enquirer
Attorney General's Office
House
Ralph Slate
David Cauthen
Senate
Bob Harris
Morgan County
Harris
Moulton
Lawrence County
Cullman County
Cauthen
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Danville Rd
Army Reserve
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Baker and Shaw
Huntsville
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Pruitt
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Robinson Furniture Co
Second Avenue
Clifford Adams
Prince
Philip
Peking
Financial
Landers
Dial
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Centralia, Ill
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