Ten Men and Two Women Picked for Guntharp Case
A jury of ten men and two women, largely from outside Decatur, was seated to hear the first degree murder trial of former Mayor Charles E. Guntharp. The panel includes multiple workers from Hartselle and nearby towns, with testimony expected to begin this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lowry
Decatur
Charles E. Guntharp
James F. Davis
Gunthorp
Stewart Weaver
Elbert Brown
Hartselle
Wolverine Tube
David Buckelew
Redstone Arsenal
Joyce Sue Groover
Lewis B. Holloway
College St. SE
Bruce Howard
John Richard Parker Jr
Earnest Patton
Falkville
Kenneth Phillips
Trinity
Monsanto
Emmett Russell Reeder
Danville
Luther B. Roberts
Millwright
James R. Sullivan
Archie Wilson
Woodland St
Tom B. Coggin
Coggin
John Long
Ronnie Henson
Charles Gunthorp
Baxley
Nixon Declares Alabama Flood Disaster area relief aid
President Nixon designated Alabama and Mississippi as disaster areas after severe flooding and tornadoes. The declaration unlocks limited federal relief for public property repair and temporary housing, with unemployment and food stamps available to eligible residents. No long term low interest loans for private property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Alabama
Mississippi
Farmers Home Administration
Small Business Administration
William McMillan
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
Atlanta
McMillan
Jones
North
Morgan County Commission
Dick Fleming
Spectators Arrive Early At Gunthorp Murder Trial
On Monday the Gunthorp murder trial opened with about 100 spectators. Judge Coggin restricted entry during court sessions, forcing crowd discipline and prompting jurors to be sworn before questioning. A spectator attempted to leave, joking about not returning, while others awaited recesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lowry
Gunthorp
Tom B. Coggin
Coggin
Eisenhower declares western German forces defeated in 1945
On this date in 1945 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower announced that German military forces on the western front had been defeated, signaling a pivotal moment in World War II. Weather outlook shows highs near 60 and mid 40s tonight with a potential high 70s by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Singleton pleads guilty in Luker murder case
Harold Singleton Jr. changed his plea from innocent to guilty in the January 2 killing of Jones Chapel grocer Frank Luker. The 26 year old from Hartselle was sentenced to 25 years for second degree murder, reduced from first degree by Circuit Judge Jack Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Harold Singleton Jr
Jones Chapel
Frank Luker
Singleton
Hartselle
Jack Riley
Fred Goodman
Falkville
Goodman
Riley
Luker
Here
Cullman County
Orlin Buzbee
Billy V. Patterson
Somerset
Lawrence County
Patterson
Alabama
Baker to Testify on Lumber Cost Increases in Washington
Raymon J. Baker of Baker Industries testifies before the Senate Banking Committee at Sen. Sparkman’s request on the lumber and plywood crisis. He presents data from Phase II and III showing steep price rises and urges reimposition of mandatory price controls and a rollback to December 1972 levels to curb inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymon J. Baker
Baker Industries, Inc
Hartselle
Washington
John Sparkman
U. S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Baker
National Wooden Box Association
Nixon
Liddy refuses to name co-conspirators in Watergate case
G Gordon Liddy declined to answer most questions before a federal grand jury on self incrimination grounds and asked to be returned to prison. Judge Sirica delayed ruling on immunity while the grand jury reconvened to hear more witnesses in the Watergate investigation.
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Washington (Ap
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Democratic
Danbury
Conn
U.S
Nixon vetoes 2.6 billion rehab bill cites tax hike risk
President Nixon vetoed a 2.6 billion vocational rehabilitation bill warning that approving larger measures would force a 15 percent rise in personal income taxes. In Demopolis Alabama banker James Hinson was bound over to a grand jury to face charges of killing his 20 year old daughter Mindy Lou.
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Washington
Nixon
Demopolis
Ala
James Hinson
Mindy Lou
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Atty Mike Moebes
Dan Nelson
Cleo Teague
Noble
Lee
Bill Baxley
Marty VanTassle
Don Valeska
Morgan County
Mike Moebes
Jim Allen
Bob Jones
OEP
Huntsville
Paul Hall
Roy Smith
Rolanda Sarabia
Bill Ross
Red Cross
Tom Bevill
Walter Flower
White Houe
Furne
Second Ave
Ady
Landers
Tennessee Valley
Liddy
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