Limestone County double murder suicide ruled homicide
Limestone County Coroner Charlie Sammett ruled the death of John Hambrick and his wife Rossie Hambrick as murder and death by own action. Hambrick shot his wife in the head with a rifle then killed himself with a 12 gauge shotgun after entering her grandmother’s house. Authorities described witnesses andtimeline details, noting the husband’s body lay on a bed and the wife died at Athens Limestone. The case involved the Cross Key community, local sheriff's investigation, and confusion over vehicle involvement.
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Athens
Limestone County
Charlie Sammett
Sammett
John Hambrick
Veterans Fairground
Evans
Hambrick
Cross Key
Vaughn Williams
Archie McElroy
McElroy
Sammet
Record Prison Budget Urged
Governor George Wallace proposed a record Alabama prison budget of 4.476 million dollars. Corrections Commissioner Frank Lee outlined allocations: 3.137 million from the general fund, 1.75 million from the Highway Department for convict labor, and 1.339 million from prison agriculture and industrial programs. Lee cited a highway labor cut and road camp openings impacting revenue, noting 2,430 convicts would be needed to meet the 1.75 million target.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Frank Lee
Lee
Prison Board
Wallace
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Connecticut Bans Tattoos Near Sub Base Groton
Connecticut lawmakers pass a bill outlawing tattooing except under medical supervision or by doctors, effectively closing tattoo parlors near the U S submarine base at Groton. The move bars civilian tattooing near the base and shifts control to licensed medical professionals.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
U. S
Groton
Jail Escape Try Met With No Success
About 10 p.m. ten white transient prisoners attempted to saw through a metal bar at Morgan County jail. Deputies heard the blade, confiscated it, searched for more blades, and the group was unable to break free. The inmates, including two African Americans, departed for Montgomery the next morning.
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Morgan County
Montgomery
Science and research for a fuller life and democracy
In a world of uncertainties the speaker calls for better techniques to extract resources from Earth and for science to preserve democracy. These are monumental tasks unlikely to be achieved by accident or wishful thinking.
Alabama Democrats deny need for federal troops in Birmingham
In the Congressional Record, Alabama Democrats Roberts and Andrews said local police maintain order amid Birmingham racial tensions. They argued outside agitators led by Martin Luther King Jr provoked trouble and called for federal troops removal, insisting no breakdown of local authority or federal law occurred. King leads marches pressing end of segregation.
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Roberts
Alabama
Birmingham
Andrews
Martin Luther King Jr
King
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