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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1968
Page
2
Cold Springs High School in Cullman County collected 32 pints of blood during its second Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on Tuesday. Students said they supported the blood program and participated enthusiastically in the turnout.
Decatur High School senior Rebecca Holmes and Austin High senior Billy Mc Laughlin will represent North Alabama at the Outstanding Young Americans Banquet in Columbus Georgia tonight. They left at noon with Decatur High teacher Mrs Larkin Yates and Bert Unpingco, executive director of the Alabama Mountain Lakes Association. Vandals struck Woodmeade School during the night with no reported missing items and no signs of forced entry. Flour and meat were spilled in the storeroom and ice cream and bleach were scattered in the cafeteria according to police.
Nominations for Woman of the Year are mailed to Decatur Altrusa Club. The club seeks a current Morgan County servicemen list for Easter cookie boxes. Medicare Part B applications due April 1 for seniors. Social Security info available in Decatur. Rummage sale supports civic projects at 118 2nd Ave. SE. Austin High Choral Boosters meet tonight at 7. Dr Betty Vaughan to speak at Optimist Club Monday. Charity Ball tickets through Mrs Crane or Mrs Mummert.
Lawrence County faces a May 7 Democratic primary under a district based plan. Voters may cast ballots in a district other than where they live due to boundary splits. The court contemplates using three ballots for different offices and districts, pending attorney general guidance.
Alabama discontinues a suit alleging Monsanto caused a 1966 fish kill on the Coosa River from Anniston to Talladega after a $20000 donation from Monsanto to the Conservation Department. Atty Gen. Gal l ion confirmed the suit’s dismissal and Claude Kelley noted the gift will fund river improvements.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr resumes his southern recruitment for the Washington march in Alabama towns including Greensboro Lisman and Camden after a Birmingham stop. Hosea Williams leads a major address urging rights and wealth share as King plans to fly to Atlanta and continue to Mississippi route.
Two Decatur high school students Wayne S. Casey from Decatur High and Andrea J. Yates of Austin High with a Birmingham student represent Alabama at the Regional Youth Science Congress in Huntsville funded by NASA and the National Science Teachers Association. Casey and Yates won recognition.
John Lee McMicken was found guilty by a circuit court jury of stealing jewels valued at 129000 dollars. Judge Thomas N. Younger delayed sentencing to 1:30 p.m. and relatives from Fort Worth Dallas area were among those charged in the daylight theft. The Oct Sunday morning crime led to a two hour jury deliberation after a 4:30 p.m. trial start.
The Alabama Court of Appeals affirmed Curtis Huey Roden 21 month manslaughter sentence for the June 1966 death of Price Bean and her 12 year old son, struck by a car on Alabama 36 as they walked toward Decatur. Roden, a Huntsville nightclub pianist, had been free on $10,000 bond after sentencing.
Tom Turnipseed campaign coordinator for George Wallace in 14 states calls claims by Maurice Bessinger of the South Carolina Independent party hogwash. He says the Wallace Forum Association petition is legal and approved by the secretary of state. The party cites dual-office holding concerns over two electors who sit in the State House. The eight electors are pledged to Wallace. the Independent party backed Wallace in SC.
Total hospital cost per patient day last year averaged 55.82 dollars, up 14.3 percent from 1966, reflecting higher inpatient charges and shifting care costs across facilities.
Eighteen year old Decatur High School senior Pat Duke pursues a career in music education with a focus on singing. She plans to audition for a music scholarship at Alabama College Montevallo Saturday after earning a superior solo rating at the district choral competition and aiming for the April state contest in Tuscaloosa. Duke sings with the concert chorus a sextet and an ensemble and plays organ and piano.
A six week free refresher course for registered nurses begins Monday at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital. Designed for 10 nurses from Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties not currently employed, the program runs 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is funded by a $4 142 grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare. Registration is through the State Employment Office on Vine Street NE. John C. Calhoun College acts as training agency and Alabama Nurses Association along with the State Department of Locations assisted.
Oscar L. McGilberry, 54, of Pine Hill, was shot by a hunting companion near Thomasville after turkey hunting Wednesday. C L Weatherly’s shotgun discharged accidentally. H. B. Smith, of Rt. 1 Collinsville, was electrocuted near Scottsboro while employed by the Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative. Door-to-door sales of various reducts total about 2.5 billion nationwide.
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