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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1968
Page
2
Mayor Ben Corum seeks a second term. Dr Robert Rhyne enters mayoral race as first time candidate. Irvin Nix Vaughan Gas Co. employee enters council race for place three.
Allen Wiggins reported to police Wednesday that two lamps an air conditioner and a 30 inch bar were taken from a house being razed on 6th Ave SE. The article also notes a spring concert by the John C Calhoun State Technical Junior College treble choir at First Methodist Church in Decatur and mentions William Erskine Chenault a new cadet at Heights Military Academy starting September who has been at Decatur High School in the ninth grade.
The Decatur Arts Council board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Chamber of Commerce building to elect new officers and discuss future plans for the organization. Charles R Rankin recently spoke in San Francisco before Guardian Life Insurance leadership and leads local underwriters groups. Donna Kay Fuller earns art history BA at Converse College. Andrea Yates receives Navy Science Cruiser Award and AAAS honorary junior member status.
James Moses of Piedmont Southern Life Insurance Co. in Decatur returned from Baton Rouge where he completed the final course for the graduate certificate from the Institute of Insurance Marketing and was elected vice president of his class of southeastern life insurance representatives. Frances Lester Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester H Smith, has been selected for the University of Alabama Honors Program in the fall after meeting grade requirements. Regular Convocation of Decatur Chapter 38 Royal Arch Masons is at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Calhoun State Technical School announces June 3 day and June 5 night enrollment dates for business education programs.
Dr. Ralph M. Savage announces Athens College will launch a two to four year nursing program funded by federal aid estimated at 208000 for the first year with plans for 2 million over three years. The program may enroll 25 students this fall with eventual capacity of 100, using Athens Decatur and Huntsville hospitals for training and scholarships of 1800 per student annually.
Billy Don Boulden, 22, on death row for the 1964 murder of Morgan County Officer Loyd Hays, plans a U S Supreme Court appeal within days. Attorney William Moore Jr says the case should be reversed, while Gov. Brewer denied clemency in 1965. The 5th Circuit denied a new hearing two weeks ago.
A Decatur contractor submitted the apparent low bid of 106 672 dollars for an office building for four local attorneys. The project designed by Hall and Colvard Architects is slated for later construction with completion expected in September.
In Montgomery AP reports Alabama asks U S District Judge Frank Johnson for a delay to implement the Supreme Court's one man one vote doctrine in county elections. Atty. Gen. Gallion argues counties need time to redraw district lines amid suits from Houston Randolph and Tallapoosa counties seeking countywide elections. The Alabama Assn of County Commissioners notes 27 of 67 counties already elect commissioners by districts.
A 19-year-old Cullman youth, James Hogeland, died at Cullman Nursing Home about 5:30 a.m. today after a four year battle with injuries from 1964. He sustained head injuries during Cullman High School football drills, suffered a deep coma, and never regained consciousness. Community fundraisers by the Cullman High Quarterback Club helped cover hospital bills. Funeral services will be announced by Moss Funeral Home. He is survived by his mother Mrs. John Rawlison and his stepfather John Rawlison.
A five-vehicle collision at 6th Ave SE and 8th St SE left Percy Whitely hospitalized with head injuries and lacerations. The wreck at about 3 45 p.m. demolished all cars. Whitely, 61, remained under care after a reported good night at Decatur General Hospital.
Charles Staggs alleges he was knocked unconscious twice by Florence police during a family dispute on April 20. He names Grady Smith, William Coleman, James Carter, Eugene Wilson, and Ray Woods as responsible and seeks 75,000 dollars from each, with 25,000 actual and 50,000 punitive per officer.
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