Woman Dies In Wreck With Bus Carrying Her Children
A 43 year old Moulton area mother Martha Roger Hill died Friday when her 1966 Chevrolet struck a school bus carrying her three children home from school. The bus driver Lee Millwood reported attempting to pull right to avoid the collision near Five Points on county road 20. State troopers noted 130 feet of skid marks and none of the 69 other children aboard were injured.
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De Gaulle Expects U.S. Out By 1967
Paris sources say President Charles de Gaulle expects American bases in France evacuated by year end. The report, from highly informed French sources, notes the timing aligns with shifting postwar defense arrangements and Franco American ties.
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Bob Gilchrist Day Kicks Off Campaign Rally in Hartselle
In Hartselle a Bob Gilchrist gubernatorial kickoff event begins at 2 p.m. with a 1:45 p.m. arrival, featuring music by the Morgan County High School band and a sky diver. John Cain, Morgan County campaign chairman, says the event marks Gilchrist’s official campaign start and will be hosted by Mayor John Reynolds with invocation by Publisher Jack Hoffhaus.
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John Cain
Morgan County
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Cain
John Reynolds
Jack Hoffhaus
Minister Plans Baltimore Trek
A young Methodist minister prepares for a 1000 mile horseback ride from Montgomery to Baltimore to join 11 other ministers for the 200th anniversary of the Methodist Church in America. The group will arrive April 21 wearing 19th century circuit rider garb. Reverend Lester Spencer, pastor of St. Mark Church in Mobile, will carry his father’s Bible and a St. Christopher’s Medal from a Catholic friend.
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Sukarno Loses Office Powers Title Retained
The ailing Indonesian President Sukarno ceded power to anti Communist Lt Gen Suharto in Jakarta following an army ultimatum to Subandrio. Sukarno would keep the title of president but have no real power, with martial law anticipated. A Jakarta parade was planned to celebrate the transfer of authority.
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American Broadcasting Co
Legion events in Decatur and Huntsville announced
A joint meeting of the second district American Legion and its auxiliary will meet Sunday at 2 p.m. with Sand Mountain Post No. 94 as host in Decatur. North Alabama Legionnaires plan a kickoff luncheon in Huntsville Monday hosted by Post 37 of Madison County with national commander L Eldon James as guest speaker.
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Madison County
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Hampton Va
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Viet Nam
Decatur's Founding Talent Highlighted by Virginian Trustee
Sunday feature by John Knox traces a Virginian planter and banker friend of Thomas Jefferson who served Morgan County as a legislator general and trustee over a 50 year span detailing his career and impact on the town's early development.
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Decatur
Thomas Jefferson
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Morgan County
Democrats consider up to 2 million TV rights bid for conventions
Democrats weigh selling television rights to their national conventions with bids from networks, a plan to offset lost advertising revenue. Wayne Phillips cites networks’ usual sponsorship approach. ABC and CBS express skepticism, GOP says no such plan. Tax-law amendment by Sen. Williams drives motive to replace convention ad funds.
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Washington
Wayne Phillips
Democratic National Committee
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Congress
Atlantic City
N.J
Showers Predicted For North Alabama This Afternoon
North Alabama is forecast to receive April like showers and thundershowers today and tonight. The Huntsville Weather Bureau reported mild warm temperatures will continue, with light rain anticipated to begin tonight. See SHOWERS on Page 2.
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Huntsville
Gemini 8 Pair Ready For Trip
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott completed a 4½ hour medical exam and were cleared for flight. A global Gemini network rehearsed procedures for Scott’s spacewalk to ensure ground stations know their roles during the mission.
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Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Three State School Units Desegregation Plans Issued
In Montgomery Alabama on March 11 two federal courts ordered total desegregation as a freedom of choice basis for three Alabama counties. The rulings also require the closing of about 50 small Negro schools in Macon Montgomery and Bullock counties. A three-judge panel heard Macon County case while Judge Frank M Johnson Jr heard objections from Negroes.
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Urity Mutual Finance Corpore ion Ad at Bank Street
Local finance notice advertises Urity Mutual Finance at 714 Bank Street with contact number 353 0742. The fragment indicates home financing services and loan offerings presented in a compact classified style.
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