Tax forms scattered across a Pennylane yard
A Pennylane resident reported torn tax forms in her front yard after a late night incident. Police noted the litter consisted of forms for tax purposes. The report also notes two Decatur contractors bidding on road projects in Blount County and Huntsville.
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Pennylane
Herbert Ellis
Pennylane SE
Decatur
State Highway Department
Holland and Woodard
Blount County
Brooks and Mixon
Memorial Parkway
Huntsville
Highway Department
Spencer and McClary Reelected Decatur School Board Leaders
Bruce Spencer and J E Mc Clary were reelected as chairman and vice chairman of the Decatur city school board for 1967 1968. Other board members include John Smither Joe Calvin and Jewell R McWhorter. Board members will present diplomas at graduation exercises May 30 with Spencer at Lakeside High McClary at Austin High and Calvin at Decatur High.
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Decatur City School
Bruce Spencer
J. E. McClary
John Smither
Joe Calvin
Jewell R. McWhorter
Decatur High
Spencer
Lakeside High
McClary
Austin High
Calvin
Apes Club to Meet in Athens for Covered Dish Supper
The Apes Club will meet in Athens Saturday at Lucy's Branch for a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper. If rain prevents gathering, the meeting moves to Athens Masonic Hall.
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Apes Club
Athens
Lucy’s Branch
Athens Masonic Hall
Sunday television log with mixed programming and religious segments
A long Sunday broadcast schedule lists cartoons, dramas, news, and sports across stations with many time blocks. It includes Popeye Bugs Bunny Spider-Man Superman Airing schedules and special programs such as Gospel Hour Grand Ole Opry and Emmy Awards with times extending into late night.
Editorial endorses Harriman and Vance for Paris Vietnam talks
The piece argues W Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance are best suited to represent the United States in Paris. It outlines Harriman’s four decades of service from FDR through Johnson and Kennedy to nuclear treaty work, and Vance’s roles from counsel to the Senate and Pentagon to diplomacy. It notes the talks will be challenging, requiring durable, skilled leadership.
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Selma Times Journal
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Vietnam
Paris
United States
Harriman
Johnson
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Soviet Union
Britain
Truman
MacArthur
Kennedy
Russia
Vance
Washington
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Pentagon
Army
Defense
Panama
Dominican Republic
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
South Korea
North Korea
North Vietnam
Weather Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thundershowers this morning, ending by afternoon. Sunday partly cloudy and warm with a chance of afternoon storms, high around 80, low 58, NW winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Decatur
Ito
$65 000 Awarded In 165 Land Suit
Limestone County Circuit Court jury awarded $65 000 to Mr and Mrs Cooper Frazier and Zelpha Mitchell of Mooreville for 52 acres needed for Interstate 65 right of way. The state valued the land at 54 000 to 56 000, while the family owned it appraised at over 101 000. The case involves a highway project with horseshoe access roads linking I 65 to Birmingham and Decatur Huntsville.
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Athens
Limestone County
Cooper Frazier
Frazier
Zelpha Mitchell
Mooresville
Newton Powell
Powell
Birmingham
Alamo 20
Huntsville
Decatur
Hospitals and dismissals list for area residents
A long list names many individuals with addresses in Decatur Hartselle Madison Somerville and surrounding areas noted for hospital admissions or dismissals including Mrs. Jerry Partridge Mrs. William Can trell Miss Janice Coey Mr. Lloyd Engman and many others with current or former hospital status and associated locations.
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Jerry C. Partridge
8Th Ave
Wiliam C. Cantrell
11Th St
Jerry L. Barnette
Bobwhite Dr
Zacky M. Ball
Stewart St
Hartselle
Janice Faye Coey
College St
Lloyd Denton Cole
Bennie Ethern Walker
Fairway Circle
Lloyd J. Engman
Park St
Carl William Meredith
Guntersville
Angela Gayle Higgenbotham
Danville
Kenneth Lynn Bowling
Decatur
Sherman Leroy Talley
Seton Ave
Lizzie Sue Keith
2Nd Ave
William Hamilton
Johnston St
Hubert R. Mitchell
Thomas Ferguson
Decature
Ollie C. Mayes
Courtland
Effie Nash
10Th Ave
Ernest P. Hargrave Madison
Bobby R. Thrasher
Larkwood Dr
Ben F. Lovett
Hillsboro
Claude Lamar Nelson
Freeman Ave
Ernest T. Paul
Rhonda Denise Way
Moulton
William Schlangen
W. S. McClanahan
Sth Ave
William Almer Wood
Rayburn Terry
9Th St
Josephine Elliott
11Th Ave
Rice Keith Bradford
Eleanor Jane McCulloch
Harrison St
Lester Garrison
Harry James Lowther
Madison
George A. McCarary
7Th St
William Alford Franks
Somerville
Rumors, Calls Tie Ray to New Orleans Trip Before Murder
The report traces Ray and Stein returning to Los Angeles from New Orleans on December 21 after early December trips. Investigators focus on two long distance calls from New Orleans and locate potential contacts in a 200 mile stretch between San Antonio and Houston. A possible New Orleans romance is noted as a lead while searches probe St Francis Hotel phone activity and the disappearance of Dyrell Dennis.
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Los Angeles
Stein
New Orleans
Ray
Seeneek Hi Ae
Houston
San Antonio
Dr. King
New
Milwaukee Journal
Former Decatur resident Kelly Projanowski dies in Bridgeport
Kelly Projanowski of Bridgeport formerly of Decatur dies Friday at Guntharp Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at Austinville Baptist Church with Rev. Huntsville and Rev. Speake officiating. Burial at Rose Lawn Cemetery. Survived by widower Charles D. Smith and two grandchildren, plus parents Clarence and Bessie Boyd, a sister and a brother. She worked at Remington Rand in Bridgeport before retiring.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Decatur
Kelly Jo
Bridgeport
Austinville Land
Clarence Allred Jr
Baptist Church
Robert Huntsville
Slack
Gilbert Speake Baugh
Projanowski
Charles D. Smith
Deca
Clarence
M. J_.Hall Sr
Huntsville
Kye
Bessie Boyd
Athens
Jer
Daratur
Thraa Crandshild
Ce VE Aee
Wiegi Gumuliiu
Austinville Baptist Jurch
Remington Rand Corp
Grand jury items from Town Creek indict 3 men and urge police upgrades
The grand jury considered 32 cases with 23 indictments and 6 dismissed. Indictments include three Town Creek men for a store break in earlier this year. The panel urged sheriff's force additions, pay raises when possible, and paired officer assignments after a brutal beating of a county officer.
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Town Creek
Robert Lee
Doss
Sherman Doss
Robert E. Cheatom
Deaths: Mrs Nellie Colbert Moore of Hillsboro
Mrs Nellie Colbert Moore 1 died at 9 p m Friday in a local hospital. Services Sunday at 3 p m Flower Hill Baptist Church with Rev Clifford Mason and Rev Joe Henderson officiating. Burial in Clardy Cemetery Gunthorp directing. Survivors include seven daughters and three sons with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body lies in state at the church one hour before services. Grandsons are pallbearers.
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Nellie Colbert Moore
Hillsboro
Flower. Hill Baptist Church
Clifford Mason
Joe Henderson
Clardy Cemetery
Gunthorp
Jessie Terry
Decatur
Preston Dotson
Wiley Cottingham
Dave Peebles
Trinity
Evelyn Hills
Stephenson
W. C. Adams
Billy Coffee
James Moore
Jessie Moore
Robert Moore
Falkville
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Norton in Florence
Hollingsworth Hospital Annex in Florence hosts services at Decatur Cemetery after noon officiated by Rev. David Kearley. Morrison-Elkins Funeral Home of Florence directs. Survivors include daughter Mrs J C O Gwynn Jr of Mobile. daughter in law Mrs W R Norton of Florence. seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Mrs Norton was wife of the late Lawrence W Norton and a Tuscaloosa County native. She was a Baptist church member.
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Hollingsworth Hospital
Florence
Decatur City
David Kearley
Morrison-Elkins Funeral Home
J. C. O’gwynn Jr
Mobile
W. R. Norton
Mrs Edna Projanowski Funeral Services Noted
Funeral services are announced for Mrs. Edna Roper Projanowski, 65, of the community, with details to follow. The obituary notes her passing and remembers her contributions to family and local life.
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Edna Roper Projanowski
Funeral services for Mrs J D Smith Huntsville
Funeral services for Mrs. J D Smith of Huntsville were set for 2 p m today at Laughlin Funeral Home Chapel Huntsville with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Survivors include four sons Jeff D Smith Charles R Smith Or nia R Smith plus three daughters Eugenia Smith Louise Smith and L D Southerland twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
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Huntsville
J. D. Smith
Laughlin Funeral Home
Maple Hill Cemetery
Laughlin
Jeff D. Smith
Charles R. Smith
Ormia R. Smith
Corinth
Miss
R. Dudley Smith
Decatur
Eugenia Smith
Louise Smith
L. D. Southerland
Funeral service for Emmett Walker in Moulton
Funeral services were held for Emmett Walker 82 at Freeman Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev Paul Hubbard officiating. Burial followed in Moulton Cemetery under Turner Funeral Home of Decatur directing. Survivors include his brother Earl Walker of 516 Church St Moulton.
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Moulton
Emmett Walker
Church St
Lawrence County Hospital
Freeman Tabernacle Baptist Church
Paul Hubbard
Turner Funeral Home
Decatur
Earl. Walker
Funnel cloud sighted near New Orleans area
Weather report notes a funnel cloud observed 28 miles northwest of New Orleans. Forecast calls for a high near 80 degrees and a low around 62 in the Decatur vicinity.
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New Orleans
Decatur
Selden Foresees Election Lead From Experience
Selden argues his record and experience give him an edge in the race against Reihrad, warns the ongoing “poor people's search” could spark a riot, and backs cautious optimism. He opposes appealing to enemies and favors programs such as arming South Koreans to fight Communism. He pledged independent law practice from a 16 year career in Pennsylvania.
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Selden
Com- Reihrad
Paris
Esa
America
There Are 1100 Soggies Fleas Known On Earth
A report notes 1,100 soggies fleas are known to science, highlighting their distribution and unknown diversity across habitats.
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Earth
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