14 Killed In State Wrecks On Weekend
Alabama weekend accidents claimed 14 lives on Saturday. Among the dead were Elba driver Jimmy Ensor 27 and Mobile boy Joe Andress 8. The fatalities included Benny Daniel 3 and his sons Bobby 11 Donald 14 in a trio of crashes on U.S. 78 near Adamsville and other separate wrecks across the state with victims Shiri Butler 26 Virla Hill 61 Pearl Hancock 61 Dorothy Drabick ? and more. AP notes weekend totals from Friday 5 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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Elba
Jimmy Ensor
Coffee
Joe Andress
Mobile
Benny Daniel
Bobby
Donald
U.S
Birmingham
Shiri, Butler
Virla Hill
Pearl Hancock
Dorothy Drabick
Adamsville
George Morates
Augusta
Jimmy Nix
Checotah
Okla
Betty Salter
Bessemer
Rosana Hayes
Shorterville
William Wallace
Evergreen
Associated Press
Bond To Address Calhoun Group
Georgia legislator Julian Bond, SNCC founder, will speak Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Calhoun Junior College. Bond, SNCC communications director until 1966, played a key role in civil rights and voter registration efforts. He faced a 1965 hurdle when lawmakers blocked his Georgia House seat over Vietnam War remarks, then won a second election in February 1966 to fill the vacancy.
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Georgia
Julian Bond
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Calhoun Junior College
Bond
Georgia House of Representatives
Athens High to honor first Dillard Feigley Memorial Award
The award will be presented Friday during awards day at Athens High School to a senior showing character. Feigley, the former Limestone County coroner, died in an automobile accident near Kimberly in Jefferson earlier this year. Frank Deemer led the selection with school officials. the hallway plaque was sculpted by Bob Riddle of Hartselle.
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Athens
Dillard Feigley
Athens High School
Feigley
Limestone County
Kimberly
Jefferson
Frank Deemer
Athens High
Bob Riddle
Deemer
Guilty Pleas Entered In Court
Curtis Lee Bynum 26 of Hartselle pleaded guilty to assault with intent to maim and conceal stolen property, reduced to a misdemeanor and fined 250 dollars. Aaron Jones, convicted of robbery, received a 10 year sentence.
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Curtis Lee Bynum
Hartselle
Aaron Jones
Little Mr and Miss Decatur Named in Night Contest
Mike Lawrence and Melamie Jeffers were crowned Little Mr and Miss Decatur at a Saturday night pageant sponsored by the Decatur Jayceettes. The event highlighted local youths with Tray Walden III among top entrants.
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Mike Lawrence
Ronald Lawrence
Noble Ave
Melamie Jeffers
Harold Jeffers
Plaza St
Decatur
The
Decatur Jayceetes
Tray Walden Ili
Vaughan Named T. P. Mallard Board
The city council approved Bayne Vaughan vice president of First National Bank to fill Harry Rice's term on the Point Mallard Park board of directors. Rice resigned earlier this year to become the park's first permanent director. The nomination came from Councilman Bill Lovin.
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First National Bank
Harry Rice
Point Mallard Park
Rice
Bill Lovin
Falkville Officer Featured in Air Force Recruiting Ads
Capt Myles D Hammon of Falkville who modeled for Air Force posters appears in Life and Ebony ads with a T 38 jet. The Auburn graduate, once a Falkville High football hero, now promotes officer training and flight school as a path to the silver wings.
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Falkville
Air Force
Life
Bert Collins
Air Force Recruiter
Ebony
Hammon
Falkville High School
Auburn University
Auburn
Bruce Adams
Falkville 2
James M. Hammon
Capt. Hammon
Two Named To St. Bernard Board
Cullman businessmen Robert Schaefer and Robert Schiller were elected to the St. Bernard College Board of Governors joining Rev. Gregory Rottger OSB as chancellor. The board meets twice yearly to advise college administration.
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St. Bernard College Board of Governors
Gregory Rottger
OSB
Robert Schaefer
The
Schaefer Co
Robert Schiller
Schiller Industries
McNutt Announces Athens City Council Candidacy
Athens resident STE McNutt, a Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers director and former American Chemical Society North Alabama chair, plans to qualify next month for Place 2 on the Athens city council. He cites future development ideas and wants a role to implement them.
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Ardmore
Athens College
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Crisis Call Center Emergency Numbers Guidance
The notice advises calling the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 for personal crises and poisoning, or contacting a hospital or family physician. If unsure of the emergency number, dial 0 and explain the nature of the emergency to the operator.
Federal Jury To Hear Pot Cases In Huntsville Air Seizure
A federal grand jury is expected to hear charges of conspiracy to smuggle marijuana against five men linked to a March seizure of over 1,000 pounds of marijuana at North Huntsville Airport. Virgil Jewel is named in a preliminary hearing as an alleged plane load contractor. The Cullman County grand jury resumes after a recess as officials pursue more indictments.
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Huntsville
North Huntsville
Virgil Jewel
Jamaica
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Steven Allen Jewel
Johnny Freeman Bailey
William Young Smith Jr
Steven Doyle Cavender
Jewel
St. Clair County
French 0. Whitten
Pell City
U. S. District Court
Clarence W. Allgood
Whitten
Birmingham
Out of State
North Alabama
Alabama man posthumously honored for lake rescue in Pittsburgh
Carlton A. Thomas Jr. of Albertville Alabama drowned while trying to save James R. Breedlove during a Lake Guntersville incident last November. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded Thomas the Bronze Medal posthumously for his brave actions.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Albertville
Ala
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Carlton A. Thomas Jr
James R. Breedlove
Guntersville Lake
Thomas
Breedlove
Weeding Out Black Educators In Alabama Posts Rise
In Alabama, new subtler methods push black educators from public schools. Charles Varner of Alabama State University notes 119 techniques used to displace blacks, with a 1974 budget cut linking pay to certification. He cites 358 black principals replaced by whites and many teachers reassigned or fired.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Charles Varner
Alabama State University
Alabama League For the Advancement of Education
Varner
U. S. Office of Education
Warner
State Board of Education
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Decatur teen discovers new world beneath ocean
Beverly Bounds 17 a Decatur High School junior says scuba diving opened a completely different world. She began after a lifeguard summer and joined a diving course that sparked her passion.
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Beverly Bounds
Decatur High School
Point Mallard
Beverly Becomes Avid Scuba Diver In Florida Trips
Linda Parham profiles Beverly a student who passed a required swimming test for scuba lessons and enjoyed dives in a Point Mallard pool and in Florida's Gulf. She recounts buddy breathing, exploring a WWII sunken ship, and plans to study forestry or marine biology while pursuing more dives.
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Beverly
Point Mallard
Florida
Gulf of Pete
Smoky Mountains
Lifeguard Prsttchdratint Stewart Float Guide
Lifeguard Prsttchdratint Stewart offers a float technique guide from 1005 Phas, DF SW area. The snippet promises practical tips for staying buoyant and safe in daily aquatic contexts.
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