Vacation Tragic For Decatur Family
A Decatur family of four and a niece died in a highway crash north of Scottsboro while on a two week vacation. Their 1967 Ford Fairlane left U S 72, hit concrete guard posts, and plunged into Mud Creek where the car sank and flooded, killing Gary Dean Todd and Sammie McDonald Todd along with children Dean and Janice Todd and 14 year old Sherry Thompson. Two Bridgeport fishermen discovered the submerged vehicle early Sunday and helped authorities raise it.
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Scottsboro
Decatur
Here
U.S. 72
Tennessee River
Gary Dean Todd
Sammie McDonald Todd
Dean
Janice
Sherry Thompson
Quarter Mile Causeway
Bridgeport
James Collins
Robert Dalton
Janice Todd
West Virginia
Death trap on Jackson County road blamed for fatal crashes
G S Sutton, a furniture store owner near where U S 72 crosses Mud Creek, calls the site a death trap after a Decatur family and a niece died when their car plunged off an embanked curve. Authorities suspect Gary Todd fell asleep returning from a Virginia vacation. Sutton urges guard rails, noting multiple recent fatalities on the 15 foot drop and narrow bridge. See ACCIDENT on Page 5.
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Scottsboro
Jackson County
G. S. Sutton
U.S. 72
Mud Creek
Here
Decatur
Gary Todd
Virginia
Sutton
Mathews Volker Appointed Presidents At University
Gov. Albert Brewer named two University of Alabama officials to lead the three campus system. Dr. F. David Mathews becomes president of the Tuscaloosa campus and the youngest in school history at 33. Dr. Joseph Volker will head the Birmingham campus after 13 months as executive VP for Birmingham affairs. A search continues for Huntsville head.
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Montgomery
University of Alabama
Albert Brewer
F. David Mathews
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Joseph Volker
Brewer
University Board of Trustees
University of Alabama At Huntsville
Clyde Reeves
Mathew
Market summary slips as grains and hogs ease
Markets in New York and Chicago show weakness with wheat, corn, oats and soybeans trading lower amid liquidation. Hog prices steady but down 25 cents at top 27.00, while slaughter steers drop 25 to 50 cents with top 36.25. Ad cites Frigidaire service and Robinson Furniture on Second Avenue downtown.
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Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
City Buys Southwest Property For Armory
Decatur approves an $800000 purchase to build a new armory at the fairgrounds replacing the old 1930s structure. The six acre Beltline site is transferred from the school system to the Armory Commission of Alabama with plans to start after funding decisions and deed transfer this week.
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Fairgrounds
Decatur
National Guard
Reuben Hamner
State Military Department
Beltline Highway
Carridale
Danville
Decatur Education Board
Rutledge Thomas
Armory Commission of Alabama
Hamner
Workers Public Administration
Army Reserve Signal Unit
Larkin Yates
Thomas
Yates
Armory Commission
Senate opens inquiry into campus violence and militant groups
The Senate launched a probe with hearings to show militant student groups threaten internal security. In a separate ruling the Supreme Court said the House lacked power to exclude Rep. Adam Clayton Powell in March 1967.
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Washington
Senate
America
Supreme Court
U.S. House
Adam Clayton Powell
Russia Aims At Neutralizing U S Polaris Fleet
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover says the Soviet Union seeks to neutralize or destroy America s 41 Polaris missile submarines. He warns the ability to wipe out Polaris could emerge by the mid 1970s amid debates over the Safeguard anti missile system and nuclear deterrence.
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Russia
U.S
Rickover
New York Times
Washington
Soviet Union
America
Hyman G. Rickover
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Sherry
Jean Thompson
Gary
W. Va
Roland Bolton
Todd
Collins
Robert Collins
Bolton
Virginia-West Virginia
Bob Dunnavant
New York
Chicago
Dean Todd
David Mathews
Armory
Decatur School Board
Beltline
Danville Rd
Henry M. Jackson
D.wash
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
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