7000 Hear Dale Evans At Cullman
Nearly 7,000 attended the Cullman County Crusade for Christ on opening night as Evans Rogers appeared with Evangelist E. J. Daniels. Evans spoke of faith and America, sang a medley, and noted a life change in spring 1948 after marrying Roy Rogers. The event, taped for a future national telecast, drew Cullman officials and a crowded tent audience.
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Cullman
Cullman County
Crusade For
Evans Rogers
E. J. Daniels
Miss Evans
Jesus Christ
America
Roy Rogers
No Easy Summer For Brewer Coach
Gwin Holland, renowned Alabama high school football coach, faces the toughest challenge of his career at the new Albert P. Brewer High School in Florette. With a 10 game schedule against Buckhorn Sparkman and Moulton, he aims to assemble a cohesive team by mid August and hopes to build toward a strong squad in four years. He recalls starting spring practice with about 90 players at Cotaco High School and finishing with about 30, emphasizing the need for player commitment and patience.
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Gwin Holland
Holland
Alabama
Decatur
Hazlewood High School
Town Creek
Albert P. Brewer High School
Florette
Buckhorn
Sparkman
Moulton
Cotaco High School
Limestone Youth Corps Gets Funds June summer funding for youth jobs in Limestone County
ATHENS The Limestone County Neighborhood Youth Corps received 93 450 for summer work. Buddy South said 59 770 came from the Economic Opportunity Act and 33 680 from the Manpower Development Training Act. About 239 senior high students will get vacation jobs. He also noted stadium grass needs rain. The story references Northeast Morgan County Water.
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Athens
Limestone County
Buddy South
South
Holland
Morgan County
Condemnation Suit Opens Civil Court in Decatur
A jury was struck in a Decatur Housing Authority condemnation suit against Melvin Sykes and others seeking the condemnation of a funeral building and lot at Bank and Wilson Streets. Multiple docketed cases follow, with damages and contract claims ranging from 1,475 to 100,000 dollars. Cases set to proceed Tuesday include Beatrice Borrell, Parnee Cooper, and others against named defendants.
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Decatur Housing Authority
Melvin Sykes
Bank and
Wilson Streets
Audrey C. Hicks
June Casey
Otis Lee Hopper
Gilbert Melendre
Alias
Rollins Air Conditioning Co
Tommy Bell
Federal Savings & Loan
Charles L. Lindsey
F. D. Peebles Jr
Parrish Drag Lines, Inc
Fiegie
Vic Arnest
Emmett West
Sarah Glasscock
James M. Childers
James Peck Glasscock
James M. Chiders
Bid Made For Wallace Delegates In Raleigh
Joe Brown a Greensboro Democrat and failed U S Senate candidate says he will nominate 16 Wallace supporters as national convention delegates at the state Democratic convention on Tuesday. He argues Wallace won 51 percent in the May 6 North Carolina primary but has few delegate supporters so far and warns that a Wallace slate could benefit Republican candidates if not accepted.
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Raleigh
Joe Brown
U.S. Senate
North Carolina
George Wallace
Brown
Greensboro
Wallace
Alabama
Miami Beach
Democratic Party
Handicap No Bar Says State Miss Alabama Freita Fuller
Freita Fuller, a polio survivor with a one inch leg difference, is crowned Miss Alabama. The Auburn University student plans to use her platform to prove handicaps need not hinder achievement, citing her hula Tahitian dance talent and resilient mindset. First runnerup Margaret Jo Freeman and the top five finalists, including Susan Mullins, Patricia McClellan, and Mary Roney, are noted along with their home towns and talents.
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Birmingham
Ala
Freita Fuller
Alabama
Fuller
Freita
Auburn University
Opelika
Atlantic City
N. J
Ee Oece
Cucaetal Jenkinsol Saadbsereent
Margaret Jo
Shooting in Trinity ends accidental police shooting
A 19 year old Trinity man, Reeves, is in good condition at Decatur General Hospital after being shot in the neck by Hillsboro officer Bobby Allen. Sheriff Ligon says the shooting occurred during a foot chase after a routine car stop and was accidental. Reeves was transported by AAA Southend Ambulance Service at 11:45 p.m.
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Hillsboro
Trinity
Decatur General Hospital
Lawrence County
Dan (Snooks) Ligon
Reeves
Bobby Allen
Allen
Decatur General
AAA Southend Ambulance Service
Woman Injured Near Cullman in I 65 wreck report
A 31 year old Cullman woman, Jane Key, was treated at Cullman County Hospital after a wreck on Interstate 65 Sunday night. The injury occurred at 11 10 p.m 13.6 miles south of Cullman state troopers said Joan Michelson 2012 Brookmanor Dr has been named to Tulane University honor roll with an A average of 4 0 for the spring semester 1971 72 Miss Michelson was a sophomore at Newcomb College women liberal arts division of Tulane
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Cullman
Cullman County Hospital
Jane Key
Joan Michelson
Brookmanor
Tulane University
Miss. Michelson
Newcomb College
Tulane
Emergency numbers for crises and poison guidance from Decatur Daily
The Decatur Daily lists the Crisis Call Center number 355 8000 for personal crises and poisoning, advising callers to contact hospitals or family physicians if needed. It instructs dialing 0 to reach an operator when unsure of the emergency number.
Dedication Tuesday For $400000 Athens Park Ceremony
Athens officials announce dedication of the $400000 Athens Limestone Recreational Park at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Recreation Director Ron Trousdale says Mayor Bobby Higgins will deliver the dedication speech. the park opened last month east of the city off U.S. 31.
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Athens
Athens-Limestone
Ron Trousdale
Trousdale
Bobby Higgins
U.S. 31
Florence man charged with transporting beer bottles
Limestone County authorities charged Doug Murphy Craig Jr. of Florence with transporting 121 bottles of beer after a Saturday incident. He posted a $1,000 bond.
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Athens
Limestone County
Florence
Doug Murphy Craig Jr
Craig
Sunday Gin Fire Damages Cotton Bales
Twenty six bales of cotton were damaged when fire broke out Sunday in a Somerville gin owned by John Collins. The fire caused very slight damage to the gin building as Hartselle and Somerville fire departments responded after noon reports. Collins said the fire may have started from someone smoking near the bales and noted no one was present at the gin when help arrived.
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Somerville
John Collins
Collins
Hartselle
Aidan
Chapel Hill Water Grant Filed With HUD
Councilman Bill Levin announced a $280,000 application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a water supply system serving Chapel Hill Rd. The request was submitted separately from a broader HUD water funding package after HUD Director Jon Will Pitts advised decatur officials this month that standalone submission would improve funding prospects.
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Bill Levin
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chapel Hill Rd
HUD
Jon Will Pitts
Decatur
Ten Tom Ecology Hearing Opens in Federal Court
A long delayed battle over the Tennessee River to Gulf of Mexico Te Bet Waterway enters federal court in ABERDENN Miss. The project with a $386 million price tag faces environmental groups alleging harm to the region’s ecology and bald eagle nesting areas. The Tem Tom Waterway Development Authority and the Corps defend the plan as a major environmental gains, while a 1971 injunction bars construction pending compliance with the EPA.
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Aberdenn
Miss
Tennessee River
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Alabama
Mississippi
Tem-Tom Waterway Development Authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Water lines to school allotment sparks stadium work
Authority plans to extend water lines to the school this week before Holland begins watering the field. He has been at the school nearly daily during the summer as crews push toward a July completion. Holland predicts a beautiful combined school and stadium and aims to shift East Morgan County from basketball focus to football this season.
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Holland
Alabama
Morgan County
Judge Annie Price Dies in Alabama Court
Judge Annie Lola Price of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals died Sunday after a brief illness. A Cullman native, she started as a court stenographer, attended law school, and was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1928. Her age and illness remained undisclosed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Annie Lola Price
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
Cullman
Alabama
24 Hour Grocers Expand As Late Night Demand Grows
A survey shows more supermarkets now operate 24 hours in the United States while all night drugstores and gas stations shrink. Chains such as Dominick's Jewel Red Owl Food Stores Food Fair Pathmark and Safeway have begun or expanded around Chicago Philadelphia New York Detroit and Washington areas. Suburban areas lead growth with shoppers seeking night access. Families with cars and households needing late night basics drive the trend.
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United States
America
West Coast
Bill Bishop
Super Market Institute
Midwest
East Coast
Dominick's
Jewel
Red Owl
Illinois
Wisconsin
Food Fair
Philadelphia
Pathmark
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Lone Safeway
Washington
Wrigley’s
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Michigan
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