Service Men In News Area Deployment Updates
Area news notes two service men. Navy Fireman Tommy D. Mankins, son of Elkmont residents, deployed to the Western Pacific aboard USS Midway with the Seventh Fleet. Army Specialist Five Coyett J. Boykin Jr., Cullman native, promoted and serving near Wurzburg in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division. his wife Marsha accompanies him.
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Uss Midway
Navy
Tommy D. Mankins
Thomas R. Mankins
Elkmont 2
Western Pacific
Midway
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Wurzburg
Germany
Coyett J. Boykin Jr
Hazel B
Local Army Recruits Report to Bases in Germany and Kentucky
Army Private Michael A. Bentley 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland Bentley of Athens 10, assigned to the 51st Maintenance Battalion near Mannheim Germany as a mechanic in Company C. In Kentucky, Private Robert C. Williams 18 and Private Douglas S. Graham 19, sons of Mrs. Jeanldine Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Stonewall Graham, completed eight weeks of basic training at Fort Campbell.
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William R. Clouse
William H. Clouse
Sherman St
42Nd Military Police Group
Germany
Frank Cohn
Clouse
Army
Ft. Benning
Ft. Gordon
Decatur High School
University of Alabama, University
Mannheim
Michael A. Bentley
Kirkland Bentley
Athens
51St
Pvt
Bentley
FT. Campbell
Robert C. Williams
Jeanldine Williams
15Th Place
U.S. Army Training Center
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Douglas S. Graham
Stonewall Graham
10Th Ave
N.W
US. Army Training Center
Cullman Co-Op Robbery Probed
Sheriff's deputies probe a Cullman Electric Co-op theft of 1600 to 1700 dollars from a rear window entry last Thursday. The vault door was torn off and most cash was in small bills. checks were left untouched. Custodian Alford Allen discovered the loss Friday.
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CULLMAN— _ Sheriff’s department
Cullman Electric Co-op
Pete Chambers
Chambers
Claude Wood
Alford Allen
Stamps May Be Valuable
Mrs. Howard Hollis found six cent stamps with a peculiar perforation through U and N in United States and missing bottom border. Her rural mail carrier husband warned her to save the untouched stamps and remove 42 already licked. They speculate the stamps may be collector’s items.
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Newton
Ala
Howard Hollis
United States
Troopers Prepare for Fourth of July Enforcement
Public Safety Director Col. W. L. Allen says Alabama troopers will use selective enforcement over the holiday weekend to reduce fatalities. Traffic will focus on nail violations and drinking drivers along with equipment issues like improper lights brakes and worn tires. Last year’s holiday period saw sixteen deaths and 107 injuries. The campaign is described as not a crackdown.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Highway Patrol
Col
W. L. Allen
Allen
Wheelers Regional Library Bookmobile Schedule This Week
Schedule lists daily stops for the Wheelers Bookmobile with times from 8:30 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. Monday through Friday across multiple towns and venues including Pine Chapel Ardmore Hays Mill and Austinville School.
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Pine Chapel
Rainey’s
Ardmore
Pinedale
G. and H
Carroll’s
Thatchmore
Hays Mill
East Hampton
Fairmont
Clem
Capshaw, Worthey’s
Kirby’s
French’s Mill
Johnson's
Belle Mina
Terry
Antioch
Marsh Home
Summitt
Baker’s
Ied
E. E. Brown's
Neel Superette
Neel
Thompson
Danville
Massey
Penn
Cole Springs
Strickland’s
Sanders
Gandy's Cove
Neill
Gum Pond
Unionist Baptist Church
New Hope
Young’s
Hales
Plainview
Wigginton’s
Sullivan’s
Rocky Ford
Flint
Howard's
Austinville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tommy Mankins
Michael Bentley
Robert Williams
Douglas Graham
Cullman Co-Op
Bookmobile
Captain's Choice
Fourteenth Street
Cae
AND
Pharmacy
W. Moulton Sr
Decatur Westgate
Children’s Redwood
Big Andy
Heddon Wire Pal
Rod
Hellbender
Bella
Eagle Claw Snelled
Bankamericarq
Inter Bank
Sivach Aes
Rc ST
S.T.P
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