Only One Known Photo Of Jefferson Davis Found
A Montgomery historian reports documentary evidence that A. C. MacIntyre of Montgomery took the only known photograph of Jefferson Davis at his February 18 1861 Confederate presidency inauguration. The faded print exists with a crowd before the Capitol portico. the original negative's current custody is unclear amid family lines and historical notes.
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Jefferson Davis
Montgomery, Ala
Confederate States of America
Montgomery
Rebe Holt
A. C. MacIntyre
Capitol
Davis
MacIntyre
Herbert P. Tresseler
Capitol Lawn
Lightfoot to teach summer law course at Calhoun Junior College
Athens Police Chief A B Lightfoot will instruct an Introduction to Law Enforcement course at Calhoun Junior College this summer. The class targets those entering law enforcement and runs 8 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays with admissions evening June 16 or 17. Dean Jack Campbell notes Lightfoot’s stature and work upgrading Athens PD, and the program also includes math and calculus courses for occupational students.
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Athens
A. B. Lightfoot
Calhoun Junior College
Calhoun
Jack Campbell
Dean Campbell
Lightfoot
Chief Lightfoot
North
Alabama
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Campbell
Technical School
TARCOG Eyes Five County Housing Survey in North Alabama
The Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments initiates a five county housing survey plan in Limestone Madison Jackson Marshall and DeKalb with $30 000 in federal funds. Bill Matthews outlines a three month timeline of local meetings to map housing needs and propose remedies.
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Athens
Alabama Regional Council of Governments
North Alabama
Bill Matthews
Limestone County
County Annex
Tarcog
Limestone
Madison
Jackson, Marshall
DeKalb
Matthews
Planning Council
Limestonians
Brewer backs Feaster after four month docks probe
Gov. Albert Brewer expressed confidence in Houston Feaster after a four month investigation into the Mobile docks operation. He said there was no wrongdoing by Feaster and that any errors were not for personal gain. Auditor Melba Till Allen said she would continue her inquiry and promised another report next week.
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Montgomery
Ala
Houston Feaster
Albert Brewer
Feaster
Brewer
Allen
Mobile
Bayou la Batre
Decatur Students Win $1000 Universal Oil Scholarships
John E. Baites of Decatur and Nancy P. Howell of Hartselle won $1000 college scholarships from Universal Oil Products Co. Both are high achieving graduates heading to the University of Alabama this fall to study pre medicine and mathematics respectively. The awards totaled 15 for UOP employees' children across several states.
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Decatur Area
Universal Oil Products Co
John E. Baites
13Th Ave. SE
Decatur
Nancy P. Howell
Hartselle
Baites
Decatur High School
University of Alabama
Wolverine Tube
Howell
Ryan N. Howell
National Honor Society
Morgan County
Wolverine
UOP
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Jersey
Connecticut
Louisiana
FCC approves transfer of WELB Elba license for $55 000
The Federal Communications Commission granted approval for the license transfer of radio station WELB Elba Alabama from Frances D King doing business as Elba Broadcasting Co to William D Holderfield and Jimmy Clark Follis doing business as Elba Elba Radio Co The deal is valued at 55000 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
WELB
Elba
Ala
Frances D. King
Elba Broadcasting Co
William D. Holderfield
Jimmy Clark Follis
Elba Elba Radio Co
Federal Jury Convicts Man In Car Theft Case
Joe McCutchens, 29, of Hartselle, Alabama, was found guilty by a federal jury in U. S. District Court of knowingly receiving a stolen car crossed state lines. He was sentenced to five years in prison and released on a $1,000 appeal bond as the verdict was read.
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Dick Cooper
Joe McCutchens
Thunderbird St
Hartselle
U. S
McCutchens
Clarence W. Allgood
Frances
Nashville
Tenn
Huntsville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry Lee
Lee
Athens
Reynolds Alley
Sheffield
R. Mason Taylor
Glen Reynolds
Reynolds
Taylor
Union Camp Names New Manager for Decatur Plant
A 37 year old Atlanta manufacturing specialist, Earl D Redman, is named manager of Union Camps corrugated plant west of Decatur. He will move with his wife and three children in mid August as the 60 000 square foot plant at Ratliff Industrial Park begins operations. The firm expects size and payroll to double by 1973. Redman holds BA and MA from the University of South Carolina after eight years in the Air Force and prior work at Union Camps Savannah mill and Spartanburg operations. Union Camps other Southeast corrugated plants include Lakeland Savannah Spartanburg Morristons and a Moore Handley hardware operation in Decatur.
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Atlanta
Union Camp Bay
Decatur
Earl D. Redman
Ratliff
Octonto
Wisc
Redman
University of South Carolina
Air Force
Union Camp
Savannah
Spartanburg
S. C
Morristons
Tenn
Gig
Moore-Handley Hardware
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Sydney T. Catterson
Miss Holt
Tressler
Herbert P. Tressler
Josephus H. Lakin
Maciintyre
Grandfather Tressler
Lakin
Alabama Archives
Milo Howard
Howard
Miss Tucky
Southern Magazine
J. C. Mahaffey
Decatur Exchange Club
O. B. Tyler
Herschell Nabors
G. L. Stephens
Bob Bates
Madison County
Alabama Highway Patrol
Tucky
Archibald Crossland MacIntrye
Charles
Wayne County
Southern Botancial College
Macon
Farley Banking Co
Mattie Goode
Grenada
New York
Canada
Selma
MaclIntyre
Luther Gobble
Athens College
R. Carl Martin
Gobble
Methodist
International Longshoremen's Association
FCC
Oks
Sherman Powell
Union
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