Alaska Purchase Recalled In U S Russia Trade Tale
The piece recounts the 1867 Alaska sale for 7.2 million dollars and the ensuing controversy. It notes rumors of graft around the deal, Seward’s critics deriding the purchase as folly, and lingering myths about how the sum was disbursed. It ends with a heads up on dwindling bighorn sheep numbers from Canada to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Ragsdale Jr
Washington
United States
Russia
America
Alaska
Frol Kozlov
Wits
Great Britain
Charles Sumner
Massa
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
House
Stoeckl
Seward
Pogo African group alarms South Africa amid apartheid tensions
African groups including Pogo and PAC claim aims to push whites from power and establish an African socialist government, raising fears of intensified resistance under Verwoerd era apartheid. The militant wing is estimated at 150,000, with broader unrest cited as a threat to the white regime. Meanwhile Alabama tax list alerts nonresidents of delinquent real estate taxes due in Morgan County.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Potlako Leballo
PAC
Pogo
Leballo
State OF
Alabama
Morgan County
W. J. Britton
Printer’s Fee
W. S. Coats
Cave Springs Land Co., Inc
Hamby Land & Development Co
Greer E. Hendon
Industries, Inc
Robert H. James
J. W. Johnson
Ralph Lovell
Clyde Matthews
Henry Morrow
Daisy Lee Morrow
Mattie McAdoo
Robert A. McMasters
Ernest Nix
Arnold A. Porter
Pierce Roden
L. A. Saylor
Odie Stover
Urban Land Corp
Printer’s Feet
Eileen W. Walling
Flossie Wilson
Verlie Yarbrough
State
Leslie Austin
Eva Lee Baggett
Admx
T. E. Shaw
Marie Couch
Harold Couch, Jr
Bobbie Jean Couch
James P. Cox
Christell J. C. Dunn
Lula Hall
Mahlon A. Hartselle
Admr
Est
J. C. Hartselle
Max Hodges
F. B. Neely
Pearl L. Newsom
Paul M. Penny
Trust National Bank
J. E. Penny
Sadie Stewart
J. B. Taylor
Julia Webb
Dorothy P
Legal Notice Order of Publication Complainant Frank E Wilson
A legal notice records an order of publication for Frank E Wilson as complainant in a court matter. The notice directs publication to proceed per court rules and identifies the involved parties and jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Wilson
Elliott L. Drinkard
Sanitary Sewer Ordinance No 132 in Decatur Alabama
The city of Decatur Alabama adopts Sanitary Sewer Ordinance No 132 to authorize construction of sanitary sewer lines and appurtenances in Lott Subdivision District 23 A and related improvements. It details Line 1 and Line 2 sewers, manholes, service connections, and project maps with estimated cost and scheduled public hearing on April 23 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Commissioners
City OF
Deactur
Alabama
Decatur
Railroad Street
Danville Road
Evelee Street
S.W
Evelee Can
Colfax Street
Puckett Avenue
S.W. B
V.C
Loft Subdivision
Board of Commissioners of
Improvement Ordinance No. 1329 for Decatur streets and alleys
The Decatur Alabama board adopts improvements on Calray Avenue SW and Hamilton Drive SW, with loop paving and concrete gutters, and grades all related Hamilton Gardens alleys. Assessments will be charged to abutting property, limited by block distance and project cost.
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Board of Commissioners
Decatur
Alabama
Calray Avenue
Hamilton Drive
Hamilton Gardens
Morgan County
Clark
Alco
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Canada
Mexico
Africa
T. C. Almon
Oscar Wiggins
Blanche
Ruby
Ida Mae
Ethel Lee
Luelin, Jr
Benjamin
Wiggins
Georgia Mae O. Wilson
Circuit Court OF
The
Register
Georgia Mae _O. Wilson
Decatur Daily
Bryan McAfee
Clarice
Edna Hill
Probate Court
Agnes Handley
Betty C. Drinkard
Circuit Court
Hall
Clark Street
Calray Street
V. C
L. F
S. Y
Clarks Anon
Dene Alabama
Sefad St Danes
Pres
Ee Drive
Joe Pettey
Sanitary Sewer Ordinance NO
PT. Type
Debre
Soe Ui
Kobe
Paul C. Davis
Moulton St
Holland
Henry Wade
Traylor Music Co
N. Mem
Parkway
Huntsville
Ala
Gracie W. Sartor
St. John's Paris House
Henry W. Wade
Electrolux
Glenn Butler
P.O
Florence
Eas Sewing Center
6Th Ave
Wright
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