Guntharp Testifies He Killed Davis In Murder Trial
State Investigator Robert Hancock testified Guntharp admitted to killing James F. Davis. The defense fought to suppress the statement, but the judge allowed it. Toxicologist Vann Pruitt outlined four gunshot wounds and a .38 revolver found in Guntharp’s car. Witnesses tied Davis to Guntharp’s wife and political defeat motives.
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Guntharp
Davis
Hancock
Stewart Weaver
Decatur
Vann Pruitt
Pruitt
Gunthorp
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Texaco
Guntharo
Joe Carter
Browns Ferry
Carter
Bill Baxley
Baxley
Moebes
Guntharp Trial in Morgan County Courthouse
Former mayor Charles E. Guntharp faces a first degree murder charge in the second floor Morgan County Courthouse courtroom. Sheriff John C. McBride and prosecutors Marty Van Tassle Bill Baxley and Mike Moebes sit to the right. defense led by Noble Russell Dan Nelson and Robert Straub to the left. Judge Tom B. Coggin presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Guntharp
James F. Davis
Robert Hancock
Hancock
Gunthorp
Dan Nelson
Robert Straub
Noble Russell
Guntharp
Tom B. Coggin
Morgan County
John C. McBride
Marty van Tassle
Bill Baxley
Mike Moebes
Decatur’s Friendliest Shopping Area Promises Local Flair
On this date in 1939 Madrid fell to Franco ending the Spanish Civil War. The page notes Athens weather with highs in the upper 60s and 70s, rain chances 20 to 50 percent, and references TV log, obituaries, and horoscopes in a Tennessee Valley outlet.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Tennessee Valley
Low-Interest Flood Assistance Granted in Alabama
President Nixon designated Alabama a major disaster area enabling long term, low interest loans for homeowners and businessmen. State Civil Defense Director C. J. Sullivan in Huntsville said Alabama received a full declaration with no exclusions as far as he knows.
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Ben Windham
Nixon
Alabama
Civil Defense
C. J. Sullivan
Huntsville
SBA loans offer aid after March 16 Alabama floods
Sullivan announced SBA loan availability alongside mini repairs food stamp unemployment and emergency housing benefits. Loans carry 1 percent interest with a forgiveness clause covering initial repair costs, though Alabama forgiveness limit is undecided. Disaster declaration covers Alabama and all affected counties including Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman as requested by Gov. Wallace.
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Sullivan
Small Business Administration
SBA
Alabama
George Wallace
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Fourth Duck Hunter Found Near Limestone River
The body of Charles A. Bradford 18 one of four Birmingham duck hunters who drowned in a Tennessee River storm was recovered Tuesday near Lucy's Branch in southwestern Limestone County Coroner Ralph Padgett said Bradford's body was found about 1.5 miles from Ezell's Place near the Elk River mouth.
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Athens
Charles A. Bradford
Birmingham
Tennessee
Lucy’s Branch
Limestone County
Bradford
Ezell
Elk River
Courtroom layout described with judge clerk reporter and witness boxes
Circuit Clerk Cleo Teague sits to the left. Court reporter Benny Walker sits below. A witness box is beside Walker. The state uses the right witness room and the defense uses the left one. The jury faces the witness.
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Circuit
Cleo Teague
Benny Walker
Walker
Former Prisoner Favors Amnesty
A repatriated American prisoner of war Captain Guy D. Gruters favors amnesty for Americans who left to avoid Vietnam service. He and four other POWs spoke at Maxwell Air Force Base disagreeing with Col Kenneth Simonet who urged delaying a decision.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States
Vietnam
Air Force
Guy D. Gruters
Sarasota
Fla
Gruters
Maxwell Air Force Base
William R. Austin II
Simpsonville
S.C
Thomas V. Parrott
Dalton
Paul A. Kari
St. Petersburg
Kenneth A. Simonet
Boca Raton
Grease Fire Kills Decatur Invalid at 422 10th Ave SW
A grease fire on a stove in a Decatur residence killed 56 year old invalid Seldon Justice. Coroner notes the victim had been incapacitated for 22 years since a gunshot injury and amputation. Fire chief cites it as a second city fire death this year.
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10Th Ave. SW
Seldon Justice
Guy Holloway
Justice
A. D. Terry
Decatur
10Th Ave
Howard Johnson
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Bob Lowry
Bob
Shelton Funeral Home
Nelson
Russell
Charles Guntharp
lWitness Box
Elbert Brown
Lewis B. Holloway
Mrs
Earnest Patton
Luther B. Roberts
David Buckelew
Bruce Howard
Kenneth Phillips
James R. Sullivan
Tom Coggin
Joyce Sue Groover
John Richard Parker Jr
Emmett Russell Reeder
Archie Wilson
Tre
John McBride
Landers
By Paul Till
Simonet
Blaze
Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Atlanta, GA
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
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