Hannibal Jaycees ban girls from Tom Sawyer Days contest
In Hannibal Missouri the Jaycees voted to exclude girls ages 10 to 13 from the National Tom Sawyer Days Fence Painting Contest, a 19 year old tradition. Jill Quattrocchi and Janine Range filed applications prompting a special session and planned pickets for the local event and July 4 national contest.
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Hannibal, Mo
Becky Thatcher
Hannibal Jaycees
Jill Quattrocchi
Janine Range
The
Jaycees
Jill
Bill Quattrocchi
Quattrocchi
Dirk Sauer
Sauer
Janine
Tom
Special Phone Arrangements For Cities Here
Decatur, Hartselle, Athens, and Moulton receive free local telephone service for certain offices and officials. City clerks and mayors vary in free lines while council members enjoy free residential service. long distance remains charged. The practice dates back over 75 years to early franchise agreements with South Central Bell.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Athens
Moulton
Robert Horton
South Central Bell District
Horton
South Central Bell
Southern Bell
Birmingham City
City of
Birmingham
Rutledge Thomas
Willie Lott
Barbara Coffee
Bill Owens
Search On For Killers Of 2 Agents
FBI swarmed Pine Ridge Reservation with aircraft armored personnel carriers and a helicopter to hunt suspects in the killings of two agents. About 100 to 150 agents and 20 to 40 BIA officers fanned the hills near the ramshackle house where gunfire left Coler and Williams dead. Authorities said the search would be systematic and not limited to the vicinity, and interviews with residents continued as fugitives fled through a ravine.
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Pine Ridge
S.D
FBI
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Thomas Coll
National Guard
Coll
Coler
Williams
Gregory Spinelli
Charlotte
N. C
Spinelli
Ane Seaer Aor
Delaware
Minneapolis
Minn
Oglala
Jack R. Coler
Ronald A. Williams
Louisiana Voters Favor Reagan and Wallace in State Poll
Shreveport poll of Louisiana Republican and Democratic state central committee members shows Reagan leading Ford among Republicans with 50 percent support and Wallace topping Democrats with 28 percent. A Louisiana primary outlook favors Wallace for Democrats, with 62 percent backing a presidential primary.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Republican State Central Committee
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Alabama
George Wallace
Democratic State Central Committee
Shreveport Journal
Republican Committee
Reagan
Wallace
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Democratic Committee
GOP
California
New Orleans
Treasury
John Connally
Bentsen
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert Humphrey
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Connally
Rockefeller
Nixon
Lenin
Stalin
Hitler
Khrushchev
Johnson
Kennedys
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Jack the Ripper
Jesse James
Atilla the Hun
Democratic Party
Kennedy
Carter
Humphrey
Four Gunmen Rob Jewels From New York Women in Paris
Four men posing as flower delivery boys robbed two American women, Rita Sherman-Steinberg and Shirley Preissman, of jewels and cash in Paris on Avenue Foch. Police cited values from 1.2 to over 4 million dollars, noting a 38 carat diamond and a turquoise diamond necklace among the items.
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Paris
Rita Sherman-Steinberg
Shirley Preissman
New York
Eden Roc
Antibes
Johnson
United States
River Bridge Danger Cited in Alabama Area
The Keller Memorial Bridge over the Tennessee River and 18 nearby structures are labeled hazardous by the Alabama Highway Department. More than 300 statewide bridges are in danger, with a $250 million price tag to replace 309 worst cases and $2.2 million for maintenance.
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Paul Foreman
Keller Memorial
Tennessee River
Alabama Highway Department
Ray Bass
Whitesburg
Madison-Morgan County
Lawrence County
Paul Bowlin
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Morgan County
Madison County
Huntsville City
Bowlin
Highway Department
North
Alabama
National Bridge Repair Program
Congress
State Road Department
North Alabama
Alabama 20
Decatur
Huntsville
Limestone County
Bass
Swan Creek
U.S. 31
Cullman County
Mariot Creek
Duck Creek
Baileyton
Brindley Creek
Town Creek
Colbert County
Alabama 184
Alabama 101
Hatton
Clear Fork
Big Nance Creek
HEW Tasks Await UA's President
David Mathews faces a pivotal moment as Ford nominates him as secretary of HEW while at the University of Alabama. The piece outlines his public stance on reducing bureaucracy, and shifts to Alabama bridge priorities amid funding uncertainty from the National Bridge Repair Program and state budget constraints.
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New York Times
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
David Mathews
Mathews
Ford
Senate
Forrest David Mathews
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Queen Victoria Crowned In 1838 Coronation Fact
The item notes Victoria's 1838 coronation and provides a brief weather snippet with high temperatures in the upper 80s and low 60s overnight. Also mentions regional Tennessee Valley weather details and a local want ad line.
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Britain
Queen Victoria
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Wilson St
Robinson’s Furniture
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Gary Lloyd
Tennessee Valley
Senereee
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