Athens College to hold first summer commencement
Athens College will hold its first summer commencement Aug 24 with about 90 seniors to receive diplomas. A graduation speaker will be named. A $6 304 federal library grant was announced for the Athens College Library under the Higher Education Act. The funds include 5 000 and 1 304 for books and materials.
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Athens
Athens College
Ralph Salvage
U. S
Bob Jones
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Freeman Charged With Leaving Scene After Wreck
In Decatur Bobby Lee Freeman of 1206 Seaton Ave SE was charged Wednesday with leaving the scene of an accident after a crash involving a parked car owned by Mrs. Roger Lowery at 1005 19th Ave SE. Freeman, treated for lacerations, was taken to Decatur General Hospital by his in laws and then jailed. A blue and white 1960 Oldsmobile was reported stolen Wednesday from Robert Boutwell of 1022 4th Ave SE according to police.
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6Th Ave
Jackson St
Homer Lawrences
8Th Ave
Lawrence
Elmo Karl Holibaugh
21St Ave. SE
Bobby Lee Freeman
Seaton Ave
Decatur
Freeman
Roger Lowery
19Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Robert Boutwell
4Th Ave
Mental Health Official Attends National Staff Council Meeting
Mrs. S. M. Rich Jr., executive director of the Morgan County Mental Health Association, will attend the National Association for Mental Health Staff Council meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 24 to 29. The Decatur Archery Club shoots tonight at Calhoun Junior College range at 6:30 p.m., followed by bowhunting lecture. DeMolay Commandery No. 14 Knight Templar convocation meets at the Masonic Temple tonight at 7:30. knights invited.
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S. M.rich Jr
Morgan County Mental Health Association
National Association For Mental Health Staff Council
Colorado Springs
Colo
Decatur Archery Club
Calhoun Junior College
DeMolay Commandery No. 14
Tempar
Masonic Temple
Moulton Mayor Corum Drops Out Due to Health
Mayor Ben Corum of Moulton withdraws from the mayoral race citing poor health after qualifying for reelection. The field now includes Dr. Robert H. Rhyne, Kumpy Brewer, and L. A. Royer. City Clerk Barbara Coffey notes July 1 qualifying deadline for the August 13 election and lists council candidates already filed.
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Moulton
Ben Corum
Corum
Robert H. Rhyne
Kumpy Brewer
L. A. Royer
Brewer
Royer
Barbara Coffey
Killing Wife Man Sentenced To Three Years
John Henry Bonds, 32, of Moulton pled guilty to first degree manslaughter in the pistol slaying of his wife, and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Judge Reneau Almon will schedule a probation hearing. Bonds claimed the gun discharged accidentally during a fight at their residence in late November. Mrs. Bonds died days later at Huntsville Hospital. District Attorney Billy Burney prosecuted. Bonds was originally charged with second degree murder.
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Moulton
John Henry Bonds
Reneau Almon
Bonds
Ralph Slate
Decatur
Almon
Huntsville Hospital
Rogersville
Billy Burney
Judge Delays Trial Decision on Illiteracy Juries
U S District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr delays ruling in the Percy Johnson case amid claims that illiterate Black residents are disqualified from jury service in Lowndes County Alabama. Johnson, 66, faces marijuana trafficking charges and asserts a hostile environment toward Negroes in Hayneville. Arguments briefed through June 28. County testimony shows substantial Black representation among grand jurors and potential jurors.
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Montgomery, Ala
U. S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Percy Johnson
Lowndes County
Hayneville
Solomon Seay Jr
Montgomery
Johnson
Alabama
Seay
Soldier Wins Bronze Star in Vietnam Heroism
Army PFC Jimmy Tidwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy of Town Creek, earned the Bronze Star for heroism east of An Khe on January 31. He left a rear position to pilot an armored vehicle under fire, drawing enemy attention while rallying a relief convoy. Tidwell, a 1965 Hazlewood High School graduate, completed training at Fort Benning and Fort Polk and served six months in Germany before Vietnam.
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Town Creek
Jimmy Tidwell
Murphy
South Vietnam
Tidwell
An Khe
Convay
Pfc
Hazlewood High School
Vietnam
Ft. Benning
Ft. Polk
New Administrator For Juvenile Home Appointed
Morgan County Juvenile Detention Home in Flint will get a new administrator effective July 1. Mrs Walter L Taylor will take over from Mrs Wilma Meyer, moving into the facility with her husband to replace the deceased Mrs Meyer. Judge C Bennett McRae notes the change complies with law and no other staff changes are planned.
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Morgan County
Flint
C. Bennett McRae
Walter L. Taylor
1611 Tower St. SE
Alabama Highway Pattrol
Taylor
Wilma Meyer
Judge McRae
Meyer
Alabama
McRae
Eunice Matthews
Negro parents oppose white intervene in Mobile desegregation suit
Attorneys for Negro parents and pupils filed in U S District Court in Mobile to block State Sen Pierre Pelham from intervening in a Mobile County school desegregation case. They argue there is no legal basis to allow white intervention and fear delays to rights to desegregated schools.
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Mobile
Ala
U.S. District
Mobile County
Pierre Pelham
Pelham
U.S. Court ‘of Appeals
Alabama
Kent County
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Helena Parish
U.S. District Court
Mooney Retires After 56 Years of Morgan County Store
R F Mooney closed his grocery at 1002 W Moulton St Morgan County after 56 years in business to pursue fishing and time with family. Born May 24 1889 in Morgan County to Thomas Coy and Eliza Fleming Mooney he started a general store after a leg wound in 1911. His shop became a local landmark serving area farmers with livestock feed and staples, now awaiting a new owner.
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R. F. Mooney
W. Moulton St
Mooney
Billy Smith
R.f.mooney
Morgan County
United States
Thomas Coy
Eliza Fleming Mooney
Indiana
Helen Stewart
Doc Murray
Decatur
Moulton St
Ireland
W. Moulton
The
Tennessee
Train Hearing in Mobile on Hummingbird Discontinuation
Public hearings on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad plan to discontinue the Hummingbird passenger service between New Orleans and Cincinnati continued in Montgomery after a Mobile session failed to attract witnesses. IC C examiner W. Wallace Wilhite recessed the Mobile meeting for an hour and adjourned it due to lack of protesters. The hearings move to Birmingham Friday with no testimony offered and only written protests filed. L N officials note the line loses about 1.2 million dollars annually in passenger service.
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Mobile
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Montgomery
W. Wallace Wilhite
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Ohio
Birmingham
Chambers of Commerce
Charles B. Arendall
L&n
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Auburn University Extension
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