Federal plan to distribute free food begins in Alabama
The Agriculture Department opens direct food distribution in Elmore County Alabama in cooperation with the State Welfare Department and hiring locals to distribute 15 commodities to eligible welfare families. If successful the plan aims to expand to other counties by July 1 and push more counties to adopt food stamp programs.
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William M. Blair
New York Times
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Alabama State Welfare Department
Elmore County
Congress
Agriculture Department
Rodney E. Leonard
Consumer and Marketing Service
Leonard
Morgan County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Guy Roberts
County Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan
Southeast
Ala
Wetumpka
State Welfare Department
Montgomery
Elmore
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
George L. Hart Jr
U.S. District Court
Former Gov Patterson Testifies He Extended Lawrence Land Lease
Former Governor John Patterson testified in a justice court that he approved a two year extension on Courtland Air Base farm land leased to Tennis Terry of Moulton. The state seeks possession of 2600 acres claiming the extension was void for lack of FAA approval and alleged contract breaches. Judge Frank Babacy scheduled a decision for Monday after a three hour hearing.
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Town Creek
John Patterson
Justice of the Peace Court
Courtland Air Base
Tennis Terry
Moulton
Terry
Patterson
Sub
Frank Babacy
Thomas Pettus
Circuit Court
Federal Aviation Agency
Ruben Hamner
State Military Department
FAA
Pettus
Military Department
Moore Death Ruled Accidental Drowning in Tennessee River
Morgan County Coroner John McBride ruled the death of James Moore age 34 from 117 Cecil St. SW an accidental drowning. Moore’s body was recovered from the Tennessee River near noon Sunday by Flint and Limestone rescue squads after more than 48 hours of search. A personal note to his wife was left, with no evidence of self harm. Fishing tackle was found in Moore’s car near the river.
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Morgan County
John McBride
James Moore
Cecil St
Moore
Tennessee
Flint and Limestone Rescue
McBride
Corsoner
Flint Rescue Squad
Selden Seeks Senate Amid March Riots Fears
Sen. Armistead Selden, leaving the House race, warns the nation faces peril from civil rights marches that spark riots like Memphis. He joins six Democrats in the May 7 Senate primary, as Jim Allen attacks militant Negro leadership and Washington influence on Alabama politics.
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Associated Press
Armistead Selden
Memphis
Tenn
Selden
Ior
S. Senate
Senate
Jim Allen
Alabama
Allen
Stokely Carmichael
Rap Brown
Will
Udiate
Ito
Washington
Repairmen Rescue Athens Woman From House Fire
Two Southern Bell employees from Athens rescued Mrs. Nina Malone from a blazing home at 312 S Marion St on Friday. The elderly heart patient was uninjured. The men were installing a telephone at Tucker and Lieber Auto Service when they noticed the fire.
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Athens
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Jerry S. Smith
John Robert Johnson
Nina Malone
S. Marion St
Seg
King Vows New Action In Memphis
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says another mass demonstration will follow the Memphis riot. He plans a Memphis unity meeting and clears his calendar for the Poor People’s March on Washington. National Guard units stay on duty as 500 sanitation workers and supporters march in 82 degree heat.
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Memphis
King
Washington
Johnson signs space center land grant for Alabama
President Johnson signed a bill transferring about 30 acres of government land to Alabama for the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Center at Huntsville Redstone Arsenal. The project, funded by a voters-approved 1.9 million bond in 1965, can proceed now that the site is state-owned and a construction contract is planned.
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Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Alabama Space
Huntsville
Congress
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
Iof
City Students Sweep Region Science Fair
Three Decatur students swept the North Alabama Regional Science Fair with grand prizes. Andrea Yates, Thomas Raths, and Mary Connick earned trips to Detroit for the National Science Fair. Yates also won multiple honors including the Navy Cruiser award and additional recognitions from Brown Engineering Co. and Boeing Co.
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Huntsville
Decatur
North Alabama
Andrea Yates
Alfred Yates
Vinca St. SW
Thomas Raths
P.D. Raths
Pennylane SE
Mary Connick
James D. Connick
College St. SE
Miss Yates
Austin
Raths
Decatur High School
Detroit
Miss Connick
St. Ann’s School
Brown Engineering Co
Boeing Co
Society For Technical Writers and Publishers
Steve Young
Austin High School
Readers Voice: Should Israel Withdraw From Captured Territory
The notice asks readers whether Israel must withdraw its forces from areas seized in the 1967 war. Calls are requested before 9:00 P.M. Today with phone lines listed as 353-5112 and 353-5113.
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Israel
Choppers Shelled At Highlands Base
Viet Cong shelled a major U.S. helicopter field at Camp Holloway and five allied infantry bases in central and northern South Vietnam. Night shellings pounded Holloway with heavy mortars while air clashes reported a possible MIG kill near Hanoi and North Vietnamese claims of downing a missing F111 near the Laotian border.
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Saigon
U.S
Camp Holloway
Highlands
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Air
Panhandle
Pleiku City
U.S. Command
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