Alabama pardons and paroles board actions June 23 1960
The Alabama board of pardons unanimously recommended clemency actions incl six full pardons restoring civil rights and numerous paroles for cases of burglary grand larceny and related offenses. Names include Gordon Avery J W Lord Berry Byrd Leonard Lawson R B Sides and many others with varied sentence terms and conditions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Board of Pardons
Frank M. Dixon
Gordon Avery
Walker County
J. W. Lord
Covington
Berry Byrd
Leonard
Lawson
Walker
R. B. Sides
Jefferson
Will Barmett
Jefferson County
Lewis Berry
Lee
Thos. W. Britton
James Thos
Burgess
Cullman
Joe Davenport
Coffee
Frank Coleman
Russell
Pruitt Files
Franklin
Ollis Glover
Rene. Glover
Herbert Griffin
Shelby
Roger Holloway
Chambers
Emmett Holland
Colbert
Coy Jackson
Lawrence
Asberry Jackson
Greene
Jimmie Kimbrough
Wilcox
William Kelley
Jack Keller
Arengo
Clyde Kelley
Pike
Girlis McCarty
Schaffer McFollie
Chester Martin
Aaron Roberson
Ross Reymond
Porter Shoults
Chilton
Joe Spain
Turner
Tarver
Syd Terrell
Hale
Bruce Townsend
Leach Clements
Dave Carwell
Jim McLendon
Etowah
Dock Dunn
Ephriam
Scott Ervin
Perry
Pines
Freeland
Durwood Gower
Ollie Glenn
Minnie Sue Grant
Hershel Hillsman
DeKalb
Lawrence Hughes
Calhoun
Lawrence Hopan Ison
Dudley Hardy
Georgia Supreme Court bars Monroe Stephens from chief justice bid
The Supreme Court of Georgia by order on June 23 halted Monroe Stephens, a Blue Ridge lawyer, from continuing efforts to assume the office of chief justice, a claim he based on write in votes from the June 6 general election. The action ends his bid pending further proceedings.
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Atlanta
Georg Supreme Court
Monroe Stephens
Blue Ridge
Justo
Scott's Scrap Book by R J Scott
Fragmentary note mentions Raul supposed to wear down beard and a rough beard invention by a Pennsylvania bug, with unclear context and dates.
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Scott
Bug
Pennsylvania
Nee
Markets Rally on Short Covering and Thin Offerings
Market activity shows a modest rally after a slow morning as short covering and quick buying push prices higher. About 475,000 shares changed hands in a session marked by dwindling supply and renewed bids, with grains and poultry futures also moving on the day.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Market Snapshots From New York Trading Session
Stocks steady with selective rallies while bonds show late recovery. Curb markets improve with demand in utilities and specialties. Foreign exchange quiet as sterling dips slightly. Cotton sees broad buying, sugar declines on liquidity. Coffee soft from European selling. Wheat and corn rise on stronger flour demand. Cattle firm to higher with hogs up to ten higher.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton market closes at day’s highs in New York and New Orleans
In late trading the cotton market rose to session highs amid renewed foreign buying for March and May while New Orleans brokers pursued distant positions. Futures closed 12 to 15 points higher with gains across July October and December contracts, and spot middling set near 9.97.
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New York
New Orleans
Spot Cotton Quiet in New Orleans Trade
Spot cotton closed quiet in New Orleans with quotes at 8.30 for low middling and 9.45 for middling while good middling reached 10.00. Receipts totaled 7,287 and stock stood at 411,707 as of June 3.
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SPOT
New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Closing
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with 3,200 sales. June 20.25, July 22.25, August 22.15, September 22.25, October 22.15, November 22.15, December 21.10, January 22.00. Prices are fob Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed Oil Close Steady in New Orleans
Cottonseed oil markets in New Orleans closed steady as firms held prices amid thin demand and limited activitiy. Industry traders noted stable futures and cautious trading across bulk and refined segments.
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New Orleans
Chicago dairy and egg prices hold steady in market report
Butter 1 601 031 steady at 93 score 24 92 231 2 90. centralized carrots 22 3 4 23 unchanged. Eggs 27 830 steady with no price changes.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices and Demand Report
U S Department figures note salable cattle 100 and calves 150 with steady to firm demand. Fed steers around 9.00 while medium values 6.50 to 8.25. Beef cows 6.50 down, cutter cows 4.00 to 5.00. Top dealers 9.00. Hogs 600 head with top 6.60 for good and choice 170 to 225 pounds. 12 20 pounds and up 5.50 to 6.60. Sheep 1,000 head with spring lamb sales to 9.50 and a steady undertone.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
Governor Rivers Sets Spending Control On Highway Board
Governor Rivers announced new controls on the state highway department. No purchase over 25 dollars may be made without his and the budget director’s approval. All expenditures require prior approval, and the governor clarified it also covers highway personnel. Convict labor contracts and county jobs require special legislative appropriation if pursued after July.
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Atlanta
Governor Rivers
State Highway Department
W. L. Miller
Highway Board
Zach Arnold
Highway Department
Opinion Sought on Tax Board Salary Policy
Sim Howell Morgan county board chair asked Attorney General Lawson for guidance on pay for the tax equalization board members. He understood members were to be paid per diem rather than monthly, and sought official clarification.
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Sim Howell
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Thomass. Lawson
Tax Equalization Board
Mr.owell
Union ROLLS ARE SOUGHT in Southern textile case
A Southern cotton manufacturers representative called for subpoenas to force the CIO and AFL to reveal their South region membership and contracts with plants. He argues the unions do not represent a South majority and wants evidence of wage differentials and relative strength in the textile industry.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
CIO
AFL
South
Hyre Taylor
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Southern
Taylor
Amateur boxing cardinals set for Fort Stephen Decatur tonight
Amateurs from Florence meet Decatur scrappers in Fort Stephen Decatur at eight with ten bouts on the card. Notable matchups include O Neal Harris of Florence versus Lynn Thomas of Decatur and Buford Moye against Slim Thomas, along with a dozen other pairings.
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Florence
Decatur
Fort Stephen Decatur
O'Neal Harris
Lynn Thomas
Buford Moye
Slim Thomas
Elmer Bell
Jack Sherman
LeRoy Rickard
Joe Maner
Tater Holland
Doyle Roberts
Pete Davis
Billy Blood
Red Holland
Charles Lindsay
Ralph Taylor
Eugene Worley
Fred Holland
Noble Black
Howard Ashley
James Mullins
Anger Escalates as Forces Reach Swatow and Tientsin Tensions
The day after a Japanese warning to foreigners to evacuate Swatow, British and American officials refused evacuation. Tokyo reports talks between Japanese foreign office leaders and north China military chiefs about demands on Great Britain over the Tientsin affair. A new border incident near Manchukuo and Soviet‑Monogolian clashes are noted. France moves toward a mutual aid pact with Turkey.
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Bluejackets
Swatow
Tokyo
North China
Great Britain
Tientsin
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Lake Bor
France
Turkey
Ankara
Republic of Ha
Roosevelt press briefing weighs tax status of new securities
President Roosevelt expressed hope that government securities issued to finance self liquidating projects would not be tax exempt. He noted he did not know the law but urged Congress to clarify that public securities should not be tax exempt. He favored low loan rates to local governments and discussed the new Federal Works Agency to begin July 1 under the reorganization plan.
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Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
Federal Works Agency
White House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Charles Fahy
Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee
Innkeeper Nelson Dies By Electric Chair for Son’s Death
Reidsville Ga June 23 Innkeeper Harvey Nelson was executed by electric chair for the murder of his son J C Nelson at a Waycross roadhouse on May 26 1938. He maintained his innocence to officers and a newspaperman as he faced the final shock and death. His 16 year old son Oatis was asked to claim the body and bury him in Waycross.
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Ware
J.G. Deloach
John Henderson
Nelson
Pather Brennan
Sacred Heart Church
Savannah
Oatis
Waycross
Stella Nelson
L. P. Cheatham
J. C
Wartime Cotton Deal Between Britain and United States
The British government told the House of Commons it would sign today an agreement with the United States to barter American cotton for British rubber. About 600000 bales of U S cotton are involved, and the cotton will not be marketed for at least five years.
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Tay
Alexandretta Sanjak
House of Commons
United States
Revivals, hospital finds, and local notes from Decatur
Decatur residents attended Huntsville revival services led by Rev. J. H. Chitwood. Local hospital updates include Virginia Crawford leaving Benevolent Society Hospital for home and several admissions and operations at Benevolent Society Hospital and Baugh's Infirmary. State patrol reports note a missing $100 after a car crash on the Athens highway and troop training plans. Community notices mention church meetings, sermons, visitors, and local officials attending events in Birmingham and Memphis.
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L. R. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
J. H. Chitwood
Hunteville
E. C. Powell
Mitzy Ann
Verdon Lowery
Huntsville
Moulton Chamber Holds First Organization Meeting
The Moulton Chamber of Commerce launches its first organization meeting at the courthouse at 7 30 tonight. It serves as a director in the state Chamber of Commerce and aims to improve Lawrence county farmers income through a potential marketing system. Prominent business leaders and city figures are members of the group.
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Moulton Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence County
Moulton
Hickman Family Association to Hold Annual Reunion
The Hickman Family Association will hold its annual reunion August 23-24 at Ranger Captain Tom R. Hickman’s ranch in Gainesville Texas. Capt Hickman is association president. first president was Judge Litton Hickman of Nashville. Gainesville Community Circus and Cooke County Fair will run that week for visitors. All local Hickman members are invited.
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Hickman
Legislature meets for Alabama municipalities event report
Mrs. Tom Jordan of Hartsells route 1 underwent an operation at Benevolent Society Hospital Thursday as part of local government coverage from the Alabama League of Municipalities meeting.
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B. L. Suggs
Falkville
Benevolent Society
Henry Reyer
Elkmont
Baugh’s Infirmary
Ham Thursday
Alabama League of Municipalities
Tom Jordan
Hartsells Route 1
Benevolent Society Hospital
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Cecil Thomas Jenkins
Milton Judkins
Cecil Jenkins
Thomas Kimble
Talladega
Ed Kelley
Houston
Bill Kimbert
Robert Keeton
Ell Lekkey, Sr
James Loftin
John Moody
George Moss Lowndes
H. L. Oliver
Roy Packard Colbert
Pettis Portis
Theodore Pruitt
Woodrow Pruitt
M. H. Reeser
Quinton Riddie
Red Rivers
Kenneth Sheffield
Clarke
James Smith
Horace Smith
Thomas Taylor
Bedford Thomas
James Wilder
Fred Akiridge Fayette
Henry Anderson
Tuscaloosa
Charley Bruce
James A. Cathright
Escambia
Mary Ceasar
Barbour
Sylvester Cook
James Davidson
Lauderdale
Will Deaton
Allen Eaves
Shelly Greer
Madison
Roosevelt Funderburg
Jesse Holifield
Odis Johnson
Bibb
James Williams
Marengo
Ed Wilson
Madden Alfred Wilkes
Ernest Bishop
Monroe Dukes
Mobile
Zebbie Grace
Henry Herbert Palmer
Baldwin
Lee Holman
Macon
Jackie Stewart
Dillman
Rube Zachero
St. Clair
Richard Boley
Clyde Hartwell
Raymon Miner
Lamar
W. W. Morrison
Herbert Rhome
Bullock
Virgie Maddox
Tusca
W. G. Stone
Geneva
Pardon Board
Alabama
R. J. Scott
Merrimac
Monitor
Hampton Roads
Bishopville
South Carolina
Kine
Syndiate, Inc
Wall Street
Dad
Son
Decatur’s
Virginia Crawford
Linestreet
J. EB. Matthews
Route 2
Baugh's Infirmary
State
J. T. Whitmire
Athens
H. L. Thornton
J. E. Smith
Somerville
City
Seldon Vincent
Eva Route 1
Auburn Ryan
Vinemont
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Temple Lighthouse Church
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
Cois Lowery
Troup
Garnett
McMillan
John Meadows
Sixteenth Avenue
C. L. Dobbs
H. H. Mardix
Hartselle
Louis Tunstall
Glenn Smallwood
Laceys Spring
P. H. Little
George H. Drew
Lyle Prince
Laceys Spring Route 1
Ruth Briscoe
Washington, D. C
F. W. McGregor and
Ruben Runge
F. W. Canterbury
Trinity
P. Sapp
J. FP. Draper
L. B. Payne
J. M. Roden
Laurence Saylor
Arab Hospital
W. M. Griffin
6Th Ave
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Captain Gilbert
Birmingham
L. L. Peerson
Rufus Peerson
Mrs. Peerson
Glenn Gardner
Glenn
T. R. Harrison
C. D. Patterson
H. O. Troup
City of
Birming
Moulton C
Hickmans
ACME
Royalty
England
United
TWA
Harvey Pride
Second Ave
Grant St
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