Witness Describes Struggle Over Shotgun in Murder Trial
Mrs. Bobbie S. Boulden testified in a Morgan County Circuit Court murder trial that she and her husband wrestled for a shotgun after he demanded she get up from bed. She said the weapon discharged striking Raymond Boulden as she grabbed the pistol earlier, and she demonstrated the sequence to the jury.
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Bobbie S. Boulden
Boulden
Hartselle
Raymond Boulden
Cedric
Jack Metcalf
Metcalf
David B. Cauthen
Guy Hollaway
Morgan County
John Higdon
Cullman
R. L. Handley
Higdon
Decatur and Austin Students Win Junior Achievement Contest
Mae Sue Harper topped the Junior Achievement Best Salesman Contest on Monday. Gil Langley, a Decatur High School junior and member of the Junior Achievement Publishing Co., took second place, with Denise Andrew, an Austin sophomore and Goodteen Co. member, finishing third alongside Mae Sue Harper of Santocal Products Co.
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Gil Langley
Junior Achievement
Decatur
Langley
Junior Achievement Publishing Co
Center
Denise Andrew
Austin
Goodteen Co
Mae Sue Harper
Santocal Products Co
Passport Applications Halted At Decatur Post Office
Decatur branch will no longer issue passport applications. Morgan County Circuit Clerk Cleo Teague asked the clerk’s office to take over the operation. Post offices handle passport duties only where no other government agency wants the work. The article then shifts to two recruits at Parris Island Navy boot camp, Mike Meadows and J. R. Galloway, detailing their physical changes and the demanding three months of training.
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I. E. Self
Decatur
U. S. Postal Service
Self
Morgan County
Cleo Teague
Parris Island
Mike Meadows
J. R. Galloway
Two Recruits Graduation Honors After Marine Corps Training
Alvin Benn recounts the experiences of Meadows and Galloway at Parris Island where heavy recruits faced the Fat Man's Platoon and earned top honors. Meadows won the Leatherneck Award and a private first class promotion while Galloway scored highly on rifle qualification and joined the color guard. Both await future assignments at Camp LeJeune and aviation school in Memphis while awaiting Annapolis word.
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Meadows
Special Training Regiment
Galloway
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Decatur
Meadows Meadows
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Memphis
Rep Jones commends TVA for pollution control leadership
Washington Democrat Rep Bob Jones praised TVA for meeting changing pollution control concepts. He cited TVA expansion and research at Widows Creek and Colbert plants as key to cleaner rivers and continued regional development despite power shortages.
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Washington
Bob Jones
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
House Natural Resources and Power
Jones
House Public Works Committee
Widows Creek
Colbert
Couple Charged With Burglary After Laundry Thefts
Two area residents, Douglas Wayne Eddy Hartseller 20 and Deborah Gail Hester 21, were arrested by Decatur police on second degree burglary charges after vending machine items were stolen from a laundry at 6th Ave and Holley St NE. Police found six cans of soft drinks a bubble gum vending machine full of gum and 66 boxes of vending machine detergent. A separate incident reports a broken plate glass window at Diskay Discount Mart 219 2nd Ave SE caused by a thunderstorm. nothing was missing. A garage theft at 504 14th Ave NW involved 50 dollars and a skunk incident where police assisted and the animal shelter dispatched the skunk.
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Decatur
6Th Ave
Holley St
Douglas Wayne Eddy
Hartseller
Deborah Gail Hester
Jackson St
Diskay Discount Mart
2Nd Ave. SE
Emergency numbers listed for crises and emergencies
Emergency numbers are provided including Fire Department 353 4141 and Highway Patrol 353 0631. Sheriff Morgan 353 6256 and Crisis Call Center 355 8000 are listed for personal crises with collect calls possible. Dial 0 for operator assistance if unsure of the correct number. Nights and holidays 253 4739.
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Piet
Edie Dlowndock
Fire Department
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Morgan County Considers Steps to Strengthen Garbage Service
The Morgan County Commission on Monday discussed tightening garbage pickup enforcement as many residents have not signed up for the $3 monthly service. A plan to curb unauthorized roadside dumps was favored. The board also eyed a courthouse concession center and appropriated funds to two tuberculosis hospitals in Flint and Tuscaloosa. Rev. William W. Glass of Decatur is undergoing aneurysm surgery at Duke Hospital and may receive mail via care of the hospital.
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Morgan County Commission
Commission
Larry Kauffman
Flint
Hale Memorial Tuberculosis Hospital
Tuscaloosa
William W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Duke Hospital
Durham
N.C
Decatur Theater Postpones Owl and the Pussycat
The Decatur Civic Theater delays its production due to casting problems. The show moves from April 28-29 to May 12-13 at Riverside School. Casting resumes Thursday at 7 30 p m.
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Decatur Civic Theater
Riverside School
Speegle Receives Life Sentence for 1970 Hanceville Arson
Sherrell Dean Speegle of Cullman was sentenced to life in prison for the Christmas 1970 arson at Blue and Gray Motel in Hanceville. Kenneth Speegle, a Cullman city employee, was not involved. The two men are distant relatives and Sherrell Dean is sometimes called Kenneth.
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Cullman
Sherrell
Dean Speegle
Kenneth Speegle
Decatur Daily
Hanceville
Sherrell Dean Speegle
Kenneth
J. B. Buckelew
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Chamber of Commerce
Rooster
Decatur Marines
By Alvin
Benn
Meadows and Galloway
George Amyotte
Korea
Mike
Tennessee
Charles W. Matthews
14Th Ave
14Th St. NW
Matthews
The
City Animal Shelter
Sherrell Speegle
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