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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1955
Page
8
Lost item details include a blue tick male hound with a spot near one eye and a sore on its back reported near Flint Creek. Owner Guy Sivey Route 1 Hart selle requests return.
R M Chapman and Cecil W Cook report Paul Lemmons of Gum Springs shaping a waterway and constructing terraces for soil improvement. Bahia grass is planned for waterways and a six acre Isle field near Priceville will be seeded. County ASC requests for 1955 ACP determinations are being processed. conservation crops show good recovery from frost with harvest still pending.
A Morgan County wide 4-H rally will be held at the Livestock Coliseum in Decatur on Saturday May 7 at 9 00 a m. Sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce with the Alabama Extension Service API it will feature awards for outstanding 4-H club work and entertainment with lunch provided by the chamber. Over 2 000 members are in Morgan County and a large turnout is expected.
Glenn Colgan 26 admitted attempting to extort 10000 dollars after falsely claiming illness and unemployment. Police trapped him with chemicals placed on a dummy package that glowed under special light, revealing the plot. He telephoned Fred Meyer Inc threatening a bombing unless the payoff was left at a suburban street intersection.
A 20 year old discharged laborer opened fire on three women relatives in a Middlesex County home, wounding them before killing himself in a gun battle with police. The suspect, Alex Miedzwiadok, was found dead with his infant daughter unharmed nearby. The women Mrs Mary Kucharik, 43, Margaret Kucharik, 15, and Sonia, 18, were treated in fair condition at Middlesex General Hospital. Police exchanged shots with the man on two occasions before surrounding the residence.
Farmers are urged to save acres for winter cover crop seed. Homestead seed stocks of conservation crops support soil improvement. Experience shows farmers who grow their own conservation seed tend to perform best in conservation farming.
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