Amerson Trial Set Wednesday in Alabama Civil Rights Case
Sheriff Lucius Amerson of Macon County and his chief deputy Richard Coleman Jr. face a federal trial on beating Wilbert Harris during an August arrest. Atty. Gen. Baxley defends, while Harris faces four counts of assault with intent to murder and weapon charges.
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Opelika
Ala
Alabama
Lucius Amerson
Macon County
Richard Coleman Jr
Federal
Amerson
Coleman
Wilbert Dean Harris
Harris
Bill Baxley
Fred Gray
Baxley
Trash Drive Plans Discussed by Morgan County Commission
Morgan County Commission discussed a county-wide trash cleanup drive May 29 to June 5 with final plans at a dinner meeting in Priceville. The meeting features Dr. Betty Vaughan and Charles Mathias. Also approved were three appropriations totaling $1,710.74 to District One Tuberculosis Hospital $213.97 to Civil Defense and $6,201.30 to the Forestry Commission. Valley Mobilization Week proclaimed May 16 to May 22.
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Priceville
Betty Vaughan
Tri-County District Health Service
Charles Mathias
Morgan Beautiful
District One
Morgan County Civil Defense
Forestry Commission
Bank Robbery Suspects Arraigned in Florence Court
Two men charged with January bank robbery near Cherokee entered innocent pleas. Elvin Haddock of Florence, 35, and Winford Smith Jr. of Memphis, 21, were captured after a chase that ended with a car wreck. About 8900 dollars were taken at gunpoint from the First National Bank of Tuscumbia. The cases come up in a two week criminal term starting July 12 with over 50 trials planned. Indictments were returned by federal grand jurors on March 21.
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Elvin Edsel Haddock
Florence
Winford Louis Smith Jr
Memphis
FBI
First National Bank of Tuscumbia
Witness Testimony Details Fraud Links In Vietnam NCO Club
Faulks testified he handed two checks to Higdon and had a third sent to him. The funds were said to buy cigarettes for troops from Liggett and Myers. Prosecutors allege Higdon used club funds for graft and kickbacks. Defense notes gambling and checks as a medium of exchange amid restricted Vietnam operations.
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Faulks
Higdon
NCO
Vietnam
Faulk
Club
James Henry
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co
Edward Hopper
Hopper
Ford Denies Nixon Link to SST Resurrection Drive
Former President Ford asserts the Nixon administration had no role in reviving the SST effort. He credits Congress with starting the drive and names Seattle's Thomas M. Pelly and Brock Adams as prime movers amid Boeing layoffs of 7,000 in Adams's hometown.
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Ford
Nixon
Seattle
Thomas M. Pelly
Brock Adams
Captive born eagles hatch at Topeka zoo world first
Two American golden eagles hatched last week at Gage Park Zoological Park Topeka Kansas marking the first captive hatching in the world of the endangered North American subspecies and the first in the Western Hemisphere of any golden eagle. The male is on the nest with the chick and no artificial incubator was used.
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Gage Park Zoological Park
Topeka
Kan
POWs told of future use and home not promised
A defected North Vietnamese official described his role in the central highlands and claimed foreign advisers from the Soviet Union China and France guided North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Separate report says Charles Brumitt is jailed in Limestone County for disturbing the peace after a shooting incident on property disputes.
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Tan
Pleiku
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Communist Party
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Three Accused of Burglary Held in Morgan County Jail
Sheriff John McBride said three youths are jailed on burglary charges in Morgan County. Douglas Kelsoe 20 from Danville Robert Britton 19 Hammond Ind and Raymond Ballard 17 Memphis are accused of burglarizing Mrs. Jimmy Willingtons summer home on Danville Road. The burglary was reported Monday and arrests followed Monday night. A clock and food were taken.
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Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Douglas Quinton Kelsoe
Danville
Robert T. Britton
Hammond
Ind
Raymond Ballard
Memphis
Jimmy Willington
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Morgan County Commission
Wyatt
Congress
Athens
Charles Price Bramitt
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Evans
Brumitt
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Lintzville
Mt. Pleasant
Carl Casteel
Casteel
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Herbert Khoury
Tiny, Tim
Victorie May
New York
Doctor's Hospital
Montgomery
Acre
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