Indicted Ex Athens City Employees Face $20,000 Shortage
Limestone County grand jury returns 20 count indictment against two former Athens city employees, both women, linked to over $20,000 missing from city funds. Bonds to be set by Circuit Judge Newton B. Powell as indictments are served. Names withheld pending service.
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Winford Turner
Daily State
Athens
Limestone County
Newton B. Powell
Powell
Limestone County Sheriff’s Office
Brothers Claim Self-Defense In Nighttime Killing
LACEY S SPRING Two Somerville brothers Wallace Steelman 25 and Dean Steelman 27 turned themselves in after a fatal shooting on Alabama Highway 36 near Lacey s Spring. They claim self defense in a quarrel that ended with Thurston Bell 27 dead and Kenneth D Stedgen 24 held on a separate peace warrant.
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Winford Turner
Daily State
Lacey
Somerville
Cotaco
Alabama
Here
Morgan County
Dick Fleming
Bob Hancock
Wallace Steelman
Dean
Thurston Bell
Kenneth D. Stedgen
County Okays Garbage Study
Morgan County boards authorize McWhirter Material Handling to survey county needs for a county wide garbage collection system. W. T. Garrison says two to three financing options will be proposed with the survey at no cost to the county and no obligation to contract.
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David Knight
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
W. T. Garrison
Mc.Whirter Material Handling Co. Inc
Alabama
Decatur
Garrison
Charlie Kullman
McWhirter
Decatur_outlet
Madison County Health Department
Lisapdill
Morgan County
H. G. Arnold
Town and Country
Gresham, Williams and Johnson
Springdale Acres
Sunnybrook
McWhirter Material Handling Co
American Legion Home rental info and local events
The American Legion Home at 925 Bank St is available for private parties and dances with contact John Aldridge at 353-9303. The Decatur Jaycettes host an 8 p.m. entertainment Saturday at the Pet Dairy Hospitality Room with public invited.
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American Legion
Bank St
John Aldridge
The
Decatur Jaycettes
Pet Dairy
Congress approves 2.8 billion subsidy bill for subsidy and teacher corps
Washington AP reports Congress passed and sent to President Johnson a 2.8 billion supplemental bill to finance the rent subsidy program and the National Teacher Corps temporarily.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Detroit plants cut back June car production
Chrysler Corp announced reduced auto production for June following General Motors and Ford which had trimmed May output. The move aligns with a broader industry slowdown as manufacturers curtail output to manage inventories and demand.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Ford
Hayneville deputy trial postponed to fall term
In Hayneville Alabama the trial of a parttime deputy sheriff charged in the shooting of a civil rights volunteer was postponed to the fall term of Circuit Court.
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Hayneville
Ala
Africa Today: Looming Turmoil in Black Africa Nations
Drew Middleton reports in a four part New York Times series that Africa faces five to ten years of coups revolutions and upheaval as independent nations navigate post colonial political change. The piece previews broader analysis by noted critics and religion editors with focus on church mergers and religious demographics.
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Africa
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Stanley Kauffmann
Ronald Richman
Times
John Cogley
Red China Hydrogen Bomb Test Reported Dud Says AP
Defense Department sources said Red China may have failed to detonate a hydrogen bomb during a test. Reports noted the use of thermonuclear materials but stopped short of confirming a true hydrogen device. Mao Tze-tung resurfaces in public in Tokyo after six months as China’s leader meets Albanian Premier Mehmet Shehu.
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Bob Horton Washington
Defense Department
Peking Adso
Communist
China
Tird
Pe‘king
Ita
Pentagon
Tokyo
Mao Tze-tung
Mehmet Shehu
State Department
City Election Slated Aug. 16
City commissioners set August 16 for the annual city election for a three year term held by Wilson Morgan who may seek reelection. A runoff would occur September 6 if needed. Morgan has seven years on the board since 1958 in two three year terms and one one year term.
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Cora Blair
DAILY
Wilson Morgan
Morgan
Board of Commissioners
Security Mutuel Finance Corp Mortgage Loans Note
Security Mutuel Finance Corp located at 714 Bank St offers two mortgage real estate loans as advanced financing options. The firm may be reachable at 353 0742 1 for details and terms.
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Security Mutuel Finance Corp
Bank St
Five Killed In Viet Outbreak
Viet Cong detonated a mine in Saigon as U S sentries opened fire on a crowded street. Five killed and 29 to 32 wounded including a Vietnamese policeman three Vietnamese women and a child. Eight Americans and at least 21 Vietnamese civilians were hurt. A U S Army spokesman said no Viet Cong fire was found in the half hour fusillade that followed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
Overcoats Return as Decatur Sees Cold Start
Decatur residents awoke to 40-degree weather as arctic air moved into North Alabama. The cold front dropped dawn temperatures to near 39 degrees with a brisk wind, then a warm trend was forecast midweek with highs in the 70s and partly cloudy skies by Thursday. Then the article notes sub-freezing temperatures and snow farther north.
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Weath
Decatur
Hunts
North Alabama
WHOS
Weather Bureau
Falling Steel Kills Builder At Chemstrand
A 39 year old Decatur construction worker William Robert Bill Jones was fatally injured Monday morning when he was struck in the head by falling steel at a Davis Constructors contract project at Chemstrand. Project engineer B E Wells identified the victim as Jones of 1704 Westmeade Street SW. Jones was injured about 7 45 a.m.
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Decatur
Davis Constructors
Chemstrand
B. E. Wells
Davis
William Robert
Bill) Jones
Westmeade St
Wells
Jones
Markets At A Glance Quick Market Highlights
New York stocks rise amid heavy trading while bonds remain quiet. Chicago wheat falls on liquidation with corn oats and soybeans slipping. Hogs hold steady to 25 cents higher with slaughter steers mostly steady to five cents lower. Ad note for financing appears.
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Fleming and
Hancock
Steelman Brothers
Lee Brothers
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Buddy Winton
Danville Rd
Joe Earls
Freeman Ave
Africa Today
Red China
C‘strand
New York
Security Mutual Finance Corp
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