Wreck Cause Report Due After Montgom ery Conference
A state inquiry into the April 23 Cotaico school bus crash is due today. The report follows a Mont gomer y conference between Dr Ernest Stone and local officials. State troopers blame faulty brakes for the wreck which killed four students. Stone says the public will learn the whole truth with no cover up.
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Cotaico
Staite Supt. of
Ernest Stone
Stone
Montgomery
Morgan County
J. C. Pettey
George Nancarrow
Tal — Stone
Iit
Heron Tagged After Flight From Sweden to Guinea
A gray heron found by fishermen on Bubaque Island in Portuguese Guinea bears a metal ring reading Inform 5053147 Riks Museum Stockholm. The bird appears to have flown from Sweden to the African island.
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Bissau
Portuguese Guinea
Sweden
Bubenkie
Riks Museum
Stockholm
Obituary notices for George Byrd Houston and Mary Foster White
Funeral services for George Byrd Houston 72 were held at Guntharp Chapel with burial in Wesson Cemetery Mississippi. Surviving brothers Philip and James B Houston, WWI veteran, Royal Tire Co. employee. Funeral services for Mary Foster White 70 were set for St Stephen Primitive Baptist Church Hillsboro with burial Foster-Davis Cemetery Reynolds. Survivors include daughter Annie Belle Patton and son Edward Reed among others.
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George Byrd Houston
Sherman St
Guntharp Chapel
Wesson Cemetery
Wesson
Miss
Guntharp
Philip Houston
James B. Houston
St. Louis
Houston
Royal Tire Co
Lee St
Mary Foster White
Lafayette St
St. Stephen’ Primitive Baptist Church
McCartney St
Willie Masti
Foster-Davis Cemetery
Hillsboro
Reynolds
John White
Decatur
Annie Belle Patton
Tanner
Edward Reed
Chicago
Ill
Robert Foster
Louise. Campbell
Louisville
Funeral services for Mrs Rosie Pitts in Madison
Funeral services for Mrs Rosie Pitts age 72 of Madison were held after she died Sunday at Mt Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church Mooreville. Rev Aaron Toney officiated with burial at New Hope Cemetery Limestone County Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include son John L Rice grandson Cleveland Rice Decatur a brother Rev Edward McNeil Madison and four great grandchildren.
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Madison
Rosie Pitts
Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Mooresville
Aaron Toney
New Hope
Limestone County
Reynolds Funeral Home
John L. Rice
Cleveland Rice
Decatur
Edward McNeil
Funeral set for C. T. Watkins Somerville resident
C. T. Watkins 78 of Somerville died today in a Hartselle hospital. Peck Funeral Home of Hartsville will announce funeral arrangements. Survivors include wife Beatrice Watkins of Somerville, two sons Glen T. Watkins and Hoyt T. Watkins of Somerville, a daughter Wynelle Edwards of Decatur, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and sister Mrs. J. A. Garrison of Somerville.
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Somerville
C. T. Watkins
Hartselle
Peck Funeral Home
Hartseille
Beatrice Watkins
Glen T. Watkins
Hoyt T. Wattkins
Wynelle Edwards
Decatur
J. A. Garrison
Evans Association Formed Plans Summer Activities
Eva ns Association officials met to map plans for a summer program including Little League and Babe Ruth baseball. President John G Norris said the group formed last month to promote athletic, economic, and social functions in the area with monthly meetings at Eva School.
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EVA
Evans Association
John G. Norris
Little Lea
Babe Ruth
Norris
Martin Nelson
Mildred Childers
Jimmy Patton
Shorty Ryan
Gwinn Mason
Ruth Livingston
Limestone grand jury to report. murder case among docket
Limestone County grand jury is to report this afternoon to Circuit Judge Newton Powell. The panel was empaneled Monday and will consider 13 criminal cases at trial, including a murder charge against 72 year old Maxie Hargrove of Athens for the April 12 killing of Ed Brown, whose body was found April 15. A clerk’s office spokesman said additional cases may be added after the report.
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Athens
Limestone County
Newton Powell
Maxie Hargrove
Athens 1
Hargrove
Ed Brown
Brown
Hardgrove
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Grand Jury
Weather advisory notes extended showers into Saturday
Weather forecast indicates showers and possible thundershowers continuing through the week with delayed entry into Alabama likely by late Saturday. The most active rainfall appears to be in the extreme northwest portion of the area.
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Alabama
Weather Summary for Decatur Area Morning Update
Morning report notes river conditions around Keller Mc Bridge and Decatur area. High temperature reached 88 degrees at 4 p.m. and a low of 58 degrees occurred at 6 a.m. Skies were partly cloudy at 8 a.m. with scattered showers possible and variable cloudiness through the day.
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Decatur
Keller Mc Bridge
Saat Prostate Usiaerdeosiers
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