Murder on Tuskegee campus shocks city
Mrs. Benefield, a Cullman Middle School special education teacher, was found shot to death in her car on the Tuskegee Institute campus. Police seek a slender black man with earrings. two men were questioned earlier, no charges. A reward pool exceeds $8,000 with a $4,000 boost. Goode remains uncharged in a prior linked case.
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Tuskegee Institute
Benefield
Cullman Middle School
Arthur Dennis
Greenville
Tuskegee
Cullman
Davie Lee Goode
Goode
Macon
Rayford Tapley
First Alabama girl serves as page in government
Erin expresses gratitude for selection as a page describing it as a chance to learn how government operates and guide her future vocation. She notes DHS has long encouraged youth to pursue their interests and highlight the moment as significant in her state.
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Erin
Alabama
Watergate hearings hinge on Magruder and Dean testimony
Porter testifies on passing 69000 in cash to Liddy and others for campaign disruption tasks at Democratic sites. Magruder’s scheduled witness order follows Stans with Dean to appear without immunity despite self incrimination concerns. Agnew criticizes hearings as harming justice while Brezhnev visit looms.
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Gordon Strachan
Haldeman
Dean
White House
Charles Colson
Porter
Magruder
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
New Hampshire
Stans
Sirica
Watergate Grand Jury
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
United States
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Student expresses honor in selection by Senator Sparkman
The speaker says the honor of being chosen by Senator Sparkman means a lot and she hopes to perform well and learn. She emphasizes gratitude and desire to serve effectively.
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Sen. Sparkman
Astros Fire Up Furnace for Space Materials Tests
Skylab astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz launch materials-processing tests using an electric furnace and an electron beam gun. Officials foresee a future space manufacturing industry with orbiting factories producing electronic devices superstrong materials and precise components. The crew continues medical experiments and Earth resources studies focusing on urban development water pollution and land use in the Chesapeake Bay area. The astronauts report excellent health and a well-operating space station.
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Space Center
Houston
Skylab
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Chesapeake Bay Area
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Athens Expands Sewer Lines to Support Plant Expansion
Athens moves to extend sewer lines to the Elms Street plant as Martin Stove Co expands its fireplace division at the former Mar Tec site. Mayor Higgins says negotiations will proceed with CFW Construction Co of Fayetteville under the city’s sewage expansion contracts.
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Athens
Martin Stamping” and Stove"Co
Martin
Elms St
Bobby Higgins
CFW Construction Co
Fayetteville, Tenn
Mar-Tec
Committee Members Back One Cent Sales Tax for Schools
A long list of names shows a committee backing a one cent sales tax set to expire Sep 30 1976. Decatur and Morgan County officials say the tax would raise about 1 million dollars for education amid federal funding cuts and rising teacher salaries. Revenue would be shared by Morgan County 52 percent and Decatur 48 percent based on average daily attendance.
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al Matthews
Pam Morse
Evelyn McCulloch
Jim McAllister
Roy McAllister
C. C. (Buck) Martin
Skip Meadows
Robert Milam
Wilson Morgan
R.G. McAfee
Ray Nixon
H. L. Ogle
Melvin Ozier
Fred Papenburg
Russell Priest
Harold Pilgrim
Milton Pettey
Myrtice Powell
Newton Powell
Henon Pearce
Kermit Pitt
Mildred Phillips
Earl Penn
Clete Quick
Louise Ryan
Phil Raths
Rex Rankin
Bob Schwuchow
B. C. Shelton
Barrett Shelton Jr
Sharon Self
William Sexton
Levi Smith
Mark Standridge
Dot Schwuchow
Billy Stephenson
Bertha Timberlake
J. L. Truss
Jim Tucker
Ira Turner
Winford Turner
Fred Underwood
Byron Vann
H. Williamson
O. N. Williams
Watt Washington
E. T. Waddell
Archie Wilson
Louie Weed
John Wilks
Cashin Wheeler
Billy Woodall
Bill Waldo
Murray Yarbrough
Larkin Yates
Decatur
Morgan County
Murder Probe Site Shifted in Florida Boat Deaths
Monroe County detectives shift the murder probe from the Upper Keys to Dade County in a double slaying on a fishing boat in Barnes Sound near Key Largo. William A. Tuttle 26 of Miami and Ronald Tuttle 29 of Newton Conn were found shot to death June 6 tied to a nearly submerged boat.
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Key Largo
Fla
Monroe County
Barnes
Upper Keys
Dade County
William A. Tuttle
Miami
Ronald Tuttle
Newton
Conn
Elderly Miami Couple In Serious Condition After Shooting
An elderly Miami couple were found wounded in their home Monday morning after the husband James T. Lively 79 shot his wife Mamie 71 then shot himself twice. Both were listed in serious condition and police said no charges were filed.
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Miami
James. T. Lively
Mamie
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ACE Hardware
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Dial
Ralph Miller
Birmingham
Ralph
Toro Lawn
Dolly
Toro
H.P
Astros
Osia
Merycarter
Loa
Westgate
Thur
Savings and Loan Association OF Decatur
Grant St
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Ave
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Hartselle
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