Decatur Man Cited For First Aid Role
Freeman-G Lee, a Decatur man, received a commendation from Mayor Charles Gunthorp for giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to a man who collapsed at a Revere Massachusetts restaurant last June. Lee, 41, a Washington native, lives with his wife and four children on Dodd Drive SW and heads a unit at the Army Missile Command. Separately city officials reported an $8,000 federal grant request as part of a $24,000 Legacy of Parks program for two open air handball courts at T C Almon Center, plus $10,000 for a 6th Ave beautification project and $5,000 for Delano Park development. Final notification on the grants is expected within two weeks.
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T.C. Almon Center
Charles Martin
Martin
Alabama
6Th Ave
Delano Park
Massachusetts
Lee
Decatur
Charles Gunthorp
Public Health Service
Office of Civil Defense
Revere
Mass
Washington
Dodd Dr. SW
Army Missile Command
Wallace declines Florida crime forum invite amid rally conflict
Alabama Governor George Wallace will not attend the Crime Forum in Miami due to a scheduled 8 p.m. rally, while John Lindsay’s camp derides him as a red-neck chicken. Wallace’s aide says he was invited but commitments to law and order and a rally prevent attendance. The forum includes Humphrey Hartke Ashbrook and others, with debate expectations centered on a showdown with Lindsay.
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Miami
George Wallace
Alabama
Florida
Billy Joe Camp
Wallace
Miami Beach
New York
John Lindsay
National Crime Forum
The
Crime Commission of Greater Miami
Rooster
Stan Tait
Lindsay
Hubert Humphrey
Vance Hartke
John Ashbrook
Henry Jackson
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Crime Forum
Camp
Herb Kelly
Crime Commission
Kelly
Mrs. Allen Targets Vietnam War and Government Waste
State Auditor Melba Till Allen told a Oak Park Middle School rally she would urge mothers of America to end the Vietnam war if elected to the U S Senate. She criticized government waste and called for cuts to foreign aid and UN funding while urging tighter tax laws and anti trust enforcement.
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Melba Till Allen
U. S. Senate
Mothers of America
Oak Park Middle School
Allen
Sen
John Sparkman
Congress of the United States of America
Senate
Alabama
Huse
United States
United Nations
Readers seek airline career info and contact avenues
A Decatur reader asks where to write for information on becoming an airline stewardess. The answer lists Southern Airways Delta Air Lines Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines with their contact offices. A Hillsboro reader asks for business contact for singer Wilson Pickett and is advised to write care of Atlantic Records. A reader from Hartselle asks if the Morgan County Board of Registrars will visit John C Calhoun Junior College. the board states Calhoun is in Limestone County and not in their jurisdiction.
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Falkville
Southern Airways, Inc
Atlanta
Delta Air Lines, Inc
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
Rockefeller Plaza
New York
N.Y
United Air Lines, Inc
O'Hare
International Airport
Chicago
Ill
Wilson Pickett
Hillsboro
Pickett
Atlantic Records
Broadway
Morgan County Board of Registrars
John C. Calhoun Junior College
R.C
Hartselle
Ann Bell
Calhoun Junior College
Limestone County
Blount to Campaign Here for Senate Nomination
Former Postmaster General Winton Blount arrives to campaign in USS Senate race as a Republican candidate. He plans informal coffees at 10 a.m. at Mrs. Hoffman’s home and at 1 p.m. at Mrs. O'Brien’s residence, aiming to win the GOP nomination against incumbent Democrat John Sparkman.
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Winton
Red) Blount
USS
Senate
Blount
P.R. Hoffman
Freemont Dr
H. O’brien
Pennylane St
Montgomery
John Sparkman
Dental Grant Is Continued In Alabama Counties
Gov George C Wallace announced a 22231 Appalachian grant to continue preventive dental health programs in Morgan Lawrence and Limestone counties for a third year. The plan emphasizes fluoridation of water and brush-in counseling for students with training for teachers and health workers. Total project cost 29641 with 75 percent from Appalachian Regional Commission and local sources making up the rest.
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Montgomery
George C. Wallace
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Appalachian Regional Commission
The
Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission
Police Seek Man After Exposing Incident at Southland Plaza
Police are searching for a man described by two women who said he exposed himself Tuesday night at the Southland Plaza Shopping Center. The report states the man fled the scene in an automobile.
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Southland Plaza
Lie Detector Proves Useful Tool in Law Enforcement
Morgan County officials promote the polygraph as a valuable investigative aid. Chief Deputy Harry Perry tested the new machine at Backster School in New York City and cites three indexes respiration pulse and heartbeat as indicators of truth. Sheriff John McBride notes it assists but does not replace investigation. The Alabama Legislature requires operator training. polygraphs are used in Birmingham Mobile Huntsville and Montgomery area agencies. Cadet PFC T M Jones III of Decatur inducted into Phi Theta Kappa at Marion Institute.
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John McBride
Harry Perry
Chief Perry
Morgan County
Backster
New York City
Perry
Marion
Pfc
T. M. Jones III
Decatur
Phi Theta Kappa
Marion Institute
Emergency numbers and crisis contacts in Decatur area
The Decatur Daily lists emergency numbers for Fire Department 353 4141 Highway Patrol 353 0631 Morgan Sheriff 256 Ambulance Also Crisis Call Center 455 4000 for personal crises or poisoning and guidance to dial 0 and tell the operator the emergency nature.
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NU Ana Sess
Aes Etna
Highway Patrol
Morgan Sheriff
Sour
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Courts Eye
Freeman G. Lee
Celeste, Melodie and
Monty
Nirs
North
U. S
Vietnam
Bobby Herbert
Mrs. Allen
Ala
John Hilary Cox Jr
Alabama Nurses Association
District 14 Nurses Association
Decatur General Hospital
Cox
Auburn University
Birmingham
Mobile
Huntsville
State Department of Public Safety
Decatur Daily
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