Alaskan boy Tony Petterson returns home from seven month stay
Seven year old Tony Petterson left Fairbanks after a flood disrupted life there. He spent seven months with grandparents in Decatur, entering first grade at Gordon Bible School. His heart condition required injections and his family plans to celebrate Easter with snow and egg hunts in Alaska.
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Cora Blair
Anthony Patterson
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tony
E. J. Austins
3Rd Ave
Florida
Decatur
Gary
Austin
Peggy
Paul Patterson
Patterson
Gordon Bible School
Mrs. Austin
Tony Patterson
Decatur-Huntsville
E. J. Austin
Billy Smith
City to reopen Second St railroad crossing by April 8
City Commissioner Charles Guntharp says L and N Railroad will reopen the Second Street crossing on or before April 8 after replacing ties and paving. The opening path was cleared when the U S Bureau of Public Roads approved the action last week. A 27 year old Decatur man was injured in a motorcycle wreck on U S 31 about 3.5 miles north of Decatur around 4 20 p m Tuesday. Brenda Vest, a Decatur resident, was treated and dismissed after a two car collision on Beech Street and Somerville Road SE. Jackie Don Jett was not injured.
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Charles Guntharp
Guntharp
L&n Railroad
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Decatur
U.S. 31
Arthur J. Nation
Decatur General
Brenda Vest
Jean Terry Vest
Buena Vista Circle SE
Jackie Don Jett
Decatur 5
Beech St
Somerville Rd
Armistead Selden Campaign Tours Limestone County
U S Rep Armistead Selden outlines his Senate bid with tours in Elkmont Ardmore and Athens plus visits to Limestone County plants including Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant. A committee will meet at 7 p m Thursday at the Alabama Courier and Limestone County Democrat office to plan the Athens Horse Show tied to the May 4 11 sesquicentennial.
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Athens
U.S
Armistead-Selden
U.S. Senate
Limestone County
Selden
Elkmont
Ardmore
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
Alabama Courier
Limestone County Democrat
Dick McGrew
Notes of Interest and Local Club Meetings
North Alabama White Shrine Number Seven plans an open installation Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Hall. Decatur Chapter 38 Royal Arch Masons meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Building. Decatur Toastmasters convenes Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Bentley's Restaurant. New officers will be elected. Horace E. Hay and Glenn L. DeLong completed solo and private pilot milestones at Decatur Athens Airways. Morgan County League of Women Voters gathers Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at St Johns Episcopal Parish House. Wheeler Basin Regional Library No 2 hosts a bookmobile schedule this week with hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and extended evening hours Thursday and Friday.
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North Alabama
Masonic Hall
Decatur Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Building
Decatur Toastmasters Club
Bentley's
U.S
Horace E. Hay
S. Madison St
Athens
Glenn L. DeLong
Stratford Rd
Decatur-Athens Airways
Morgan County League of Women Voters
St. Johns Episcopal Parish House
G. Ws
Wheeler Basin Regional Library No.2
Decatur
Wallace Attends Grandmother Funeral Amid Campaign Swing
Former Gov. George Wallace plans to attend his 100 year old grandmother Mrs G O Watson's funeral in Graysville Alabama interrupting a six state presidential campaign tour. He resumes campaigning Thursday with stops in Jackson Mississippi Memphis Tennessee Nashville and Knoxville and Raleigh. Wallace criticized both parties and urged military victory in Vietnam while calling for allies to share burden and for withdrawal of aid from reluctant nations.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Robert F. Kennedy
Wallace
G. 0. Watson
Graysville
Jackson
Miss
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Alabama 24 surveyed for possible four lane link
The State Highway Department is preliminarily surveying Alabama 24 from Russellville to Moulton to study a potential four lane highway. A Russellville spokesman said centerline surveys cover about seven miles north of the current road. Separate crews from Montgomery are checking Russellville to Red Bay. Gov. Lurleen Wallace proclaimed May 11 as J Edgar Hoover Day in Alabama with a shrine delegation presenting the proclamation to Mobile FBI officials.
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Russellville
State Highway Department
Alabama
Moulton
Highway Department
Lawrence County
Montgomery
Red Bay
Mobile
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
J. Edgar Hoover
Abba Temple
W. M. Alexander
FBI Office
Belletete Awaits U.S. Citizenship Amid Vietnam Duty
Harald W. Belletete, a German-born medical corpsman at Pleiku, Vietnam, waits for U.S. citizenship to settle in the United States with his wife Hilda Grizzard of Decatur. He earned a citation for saving a soldier at Redstone Arsenal and expects citizenship in spring 1969.
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Harald _ W. Belletete
Decatur
Vietnam
U. S
Hilda Grizzard
Belletete
U. S. Army Hospital
Pleiku
Decatur High School
Hawaii
Calhoun Jr College Seeks Regional Accreditation
President Carlton Kelley announced Calhoun Junior College is expected to receive accreditation this spring from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The official notice was not expected until later.
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Calhoun Junior College
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Carlton Kelley
Kelley
El'mont 4-H steer winners and related honors reported
In Limestone County 4-H show Ton Turner 14 Elkmont 2 won grand champion and Jane Maples 10 won reserve. Turner also took Angus class first while Jane was second. Other winners include Madison 1 and Elkmont entrants. showmanship went to Jenny Horton. Separate notes mention Calhoun College accreditation discussions and Dr Wattenbarger’s visit. Leonard Beard comments on Senate overrule of tax exempt development ban.
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Bob Stansell
Athens
Jack Turner
Elkmont 2
Jane Maples
Limestone County
Turner
Elkmont
Willie Turner
Jane
Mack Maples
John Horton
Kathy Horton
Jenny Horton
Madison
Jo Turner
Steve Turner
Don Maples
Rickey Turner
Jill Fowler
Tarner
Hereford
Johnny Hayes
Diana Fowler
Ardmore
Billy Webster
Steve Killum
Belle Mina
Susan Rodman
Ralph Fowler
Montgomery, Ala
Leonard Beard
Senate
U.S. Treasury Department
Limestone
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Cullman
James Johnson
Billy
Michael
James
Johnson
Bob Dunnavant, Jr
Civil Service
Ellison Air Base
Pattersons
Santa Claus
Hart
United States
Presidential
Columbus
Atlanta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Robert Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Thas
M'ton-R’ville Road
Edgar Hoover
Spec
Calhoun Jr. College
El’mont
Bama Counties
Huntsville
Jeff Martin
Ft. Payne
Randy Hammond
Harold C. Manor
Palm Beach Junior College
Lake Worth
Fila
Calhoun
Association
Jack E. Campbell
Campbell
James Wattenbarger
Institute of Higher Education
University of Florida
Wattenbarger
Beard
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