Too Many Trophies Price Of Success
Titus Blaxton of Moulton describes his long hunting career and trophy collection and explains his wife’s decision to halt mounting heads. He recalls a 1965 top whitetail in Greene County Alabama, a 1971 1000 pound elk, and his goal to hunt a seven point per side royal elk in Idaho.
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Titus Blaxton
Pickens Ave
Moulton
Blaxton
Garthie Blaxton
U. S
Canada
Alabama
Greene County
Colorado
Moulton Rd
Danville Rd Four Lane Urged By Danville Planning
The Decatur Planning Commission approved a resolution urging the city council to four lane Danville Road from Carridale Street SW to Beltline Mall citing heavy traffic expected with Beltline Mall opening in 1975. The panel also set a July 31 hearing on subdivision improvements and septic tank rules amid developer concerns.
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Ben Windham
Decatur Planning Commission
Danville Rd
Carridale St
Gary Voketz
Voketz
Beltline
Beltline Rc
Commission
Planning Commission
Health Department
Gene Lentz
Dunbarton
Pyschiatric Hospital
Forest Square
Beltline Rd
Cathey Ln
Forest Square Apartments
Capitol Mortgage Co
Tuscaloosa
5Th Ave
10Th
11Th Streets
Ses
Deer hunter Blaxton bags 90 bucks in Wyoming Montana hunts
The story details Tony Estes pounds and Blaxton who fielded 22 points and notes Blaxton has killed 90 bucks since starting deer hunting. He recounts a close call with a smart deer and mentions four children Melanie Malea Misty Titus Jason. He plans for Jason to inherit guns as he ages. Braxton hunted four seasons in Wyoming and Montana.
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Braxton
Melanie
Malea
Misty
Titus Jason
Jason
Wyoming
Montana
Stolen Cash After Flint Apothecary Burglary
A police report states $50 in cash was stolen Tuesday after burglars broke a north side window at Flint City Apothecary. The entry damaged the window and burglar bar, according to the report. A separate break in at Sunset Trailer Park knocked out a back wall of Mrs. J. M. Russell’s garage but nothing was taken.
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Flint City Apothecary
J. M. Russell
Sunset Trailer Park
Grant Signed for Huntsville Marina and Park Project
Selma Republican leader Jean Sullivan says a $500000 federal grant for a Huntsville marina and park is signed approved and final. The Alabama Senate previously rejected the Equal Rights Amendment but now allows two young women to serve as Senate pages, a first for the body.
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Selma
Ala
Huntsville
Republican National
Montgomery
Alabama Senate
Senate
Retarded Child Unit Faces Possible Program Cut
Morgan-Lawrence- Limestone Association for Retarded Children warns of a $38,325 year deficit after a federal funds shortfall. Randall Cochran says only $38,101 of $76,426 remaining funds will be released, risking July program curtailment unless $30,000 more is raised from local sources. The group hopes state aid arrives in the summer session and cites United Way involvement and local clubs as potential donors.
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Linda Parham
Morgan-Lawrence- Limestone Association
Randall Cochran
United Way Board of Directors
Cochran
Morgan County United Way
Lawrence County United Way
Limestone County United Way
Decatur Civitan Club
City of Opportunity Civitan Club
Cerebral Palsy Association
Pat Houston
Georgia Koenig
Lee Wheeler
Cherry St
Barrett Shelton Jr
United Way
Shelton
Trinity Vote Center Moves After Court Reapportionment
Trinity area voters will use Trinity city Hall as the polling place after court redrawing placed West Morgan High School in a different precinct. The Baker’s Store site on Danville Rd. shifts to Bynum’s Trading Post for a more centralized location, per Commissioner E V White.
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Trinity
Trinity Area
Morgan County
E. V
Plug
Baker's
Danville Rd
Bynum's Trading Post
White
Murderer Writ Appeal Refused in Alabama Case
Jeff Mitchell 45 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in 1957 for the death of a 56 year old man found on the Tennessee River banks. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals rejected his coram nobis writ alleging coerced confession. The case drew wide attention as Mitchells and wife were involved in a mussel fishing community dispute over the death.
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Montgomery
Decatur
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
Jeff Mitchell
Memphis
Tennessee
Mitchell
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Morgan County Clerk’s Office
Holman
Atmore
R. L
Dick) Hundley
Mitchells
John Wesley Smith
Smith
Whitesburg
Arab Hospital
George C. Johnson
Ralph Slate
John Eyster
Hundley
Hartselle
Grady Long
Board of Corrections
Guntersville
Fire damages Northwest Decatur residence. minor loss reported
A house at 213 Wilson St. NW in Northwest Decatur sustained slight fire damage Tuesday night. The residence owned by Northside Baptist Church was occupied by Betty Jean Scott. no injuries were reported in the 11:14 p.m. blaze.
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Decatur
Wilson St. NW
Northside Baptist Church
Betty Jean Scott
200 Contact Registrars In Hartselle
Morgan County Board of Registrars conducts voter address updates at the National Guard Armory in Hartselle with over 200 participants so far. Chairman Ann Bell notes the effort follows a federal panel mandate to relocate voters affected by redistricting and will cover all Morgan County precincts through multiple sessions.
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Hartselle
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Ann Bell
National Guard
Montgomery
Morgan County
Flint City
Banker To Head Hartselle United Way
Earl Warren assistant cashier at American Bank and Trust Co. of Hartselle will chair the United Way Hartselle Division for the 1973 campaign. Warren a Madison County native is a 1946 Madison County High School graduate and former football coach at several local schools.
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Earl Warren
American Bank and Trust Co
Hartselle
United Way
Warren
Madison County
Madison County High School
Tennessee Tech
Cookeville
Lincoln High
Fyffe
Valley Head
Alabama Farm Bureau Insurance Co
Ft. Payne
Superior Auto Parts
Louise Alberson
Huntsville
Susan
Wreck injures Falkville man on county road near here
A 59 year old Falkville man, Austin Shields, was injured in a one vehicle crash on Lacon Road 2.8 miles south of Falkville. The wreck occurred about 10 30 p m and Shields was treated at a Hartselle hospital.
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Falkville
Here
Austin Shields
Hartselle
Shields
Lacon Rd
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Burningtree Mountain
First National Bank
Moulton St
Chapel Hill Rd
6Th Ave
Planning Department
Universal Oil Products Co
Point Mallard Park
Tony Estes
Flint
Trinity Vote Center
Mt. Hope High School
Wanda Freeman
Wheeler Dam
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Decatur Daily
Athens
Hartselle United Way
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