Nixon in Mobile Sees Tenn-Tombigbee as Big Project
President Nixon greeted by thousands in Mobile and praised the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway as a tremendous project for America. He urged all regions to unite with a mission to spur a broad economic boom in the Deep South, stressing partnership among five states and the federal government.
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Lee Sentell
Mobile
Richard Nixon
Alabama
America
Deep South
Nixon
Bear Bryant
Wallace
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Crib Accident Kills City Infant
A six month old boy died when his crib toppled entangling him in a sheet. Christal O Neal Johnson of Decatur died on arrival at Decatur General Hospital. Graveside services are planned at Sykes Cemetery with Rev. Frank Moore officiating. Survivors include his parents two sisters and two brothers all of Decatur.
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Morgan County
Guy Holloway
Holloway
Christal O’neal Johnson
Woodrow Johnson
Cherry St
Decatur General Hospital
Aaa-South End
Sykes Cemetery
Frank Moore
Sykes Funeral Home
Carman Johnson
Karen Johnson
Decatur
Woodrow Johnson Jr
Ted Johnson
Cora Lee Bell
Magnolia Johnson
Ernest Bell
Dolvins Lose First Round in Freedom Bid
Dolvins lose initial motion for new trials in their kidnapping case. Circuit Judge Hundley denied the request by Harold G. Peck. The Dolvins face 10-year sentences for kidnaping Charles Ray Lovett who disappeared from 806 Fremont St SW since August. Dolvins, from Key West, were arrested in 1970 and convicted last February. Dolvin, 43, also faces another 10-year term.
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Bob Lowry
Glenn
Sue Dolvin
Decatur
R. L
Dick) Hundley
Florence
Harold G. Peck
Dolvins
Charles Ray Lovett
Lovett
Freemont St. SW
Key West
Fla
Dolvin
Jumping Frog Jubilee draws crowds and concerns in Angels Camp
The Jumping Frog Jubilee in Calaveras County May 13 to 16 drew huge crowds, with one death, 141 injuries and 60 arrests amid calls to end the event. County officials described the weekend as frightening and out of control as warnings spread about narcotics charges and safety risks.
Senate rejects amendment on draftee combat use
The Senate rejected an amendment that would prohibit deploying draftees to combat areas without explicit congressional signoff. The Nixon administration plans a broad overhaul of surface transportation rules giving railroads and truckers more latitude to adjust rates without government approval.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon Makes First Alabama Visit Since 1963
President Nixon visits Mobile and Birmingham marking the first trip to Alabama since John F. Kennedy’s 1963 stops in Muscle Shoals and Huntsville. Staff reporters cover the Mobile port city stop and Nixon’s Birmingham arrival for the Decatur Daily.
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Nixon
Alabama
John F. Kennedy
Muscle Shoals
Huntsville
Lee Sentell
Mobile
Port City
Bob Lowry
Ben Windham
Birmingham
Decatur
Judges Named for Miss Point Mallard Pageant
Five judges announced for Friday's Miss Point Mallard Pageant include Daphne Grimsley a soloist with the Birmingham Symphony and Birmingham Civic Chorus and Mrs A B Windham of Selma along with Erik Fris Burton Jones and Bernard Loposer of Huntsville Chairman Robert Horton said the panel is exceptional to pick a contestant to represent the area in the Miss Alabama Pageant in Birmingham. Miss Grimsley a music instructor at Birmingham Southern College has performed with major orchestras and on national television and is active in choral leadership.
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Birmingham Symphony
Alabama
Robert Horton
Daphne Grimsley
Birmingham
A. B. Windham
Selma
Erik Fris
Burton Jones
Bernard Loposer
Huntsville
Horton
Miss Grimsley
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham Civic Chorus
Westminister College Choir
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Omnibus
Bell Telephone Hour
High School of Fine
Curfew Extended as Chattanooga Sees Citywide Unrest
In Chattanooga Tennessee 2000 National Guardsmen keep a strict curfew after a fatal police shooting and four nights of disorders. Leon Anderson 22 was killed throwing a brick at officers amid sniper fire and earlier firebombings. Police report 39 arrests as curfew extends through Hamilton County.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Gene Roberts
Leon Anderson
H. H. Wright
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Roberts
Hamilton County
Rioting at Travis AFB Injures Fireman and Halts Base
More than 600 servicemen fought in racial clashes at Travis Air Force Base California over three days. A civilian fireman died battling a blaze near transient officers’ barracks and another was hospitalized. At least 100 personnel detained as 300 MPs plus sheriff and local police cleared the scene with a large show of force.
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Travis Air Force
Calif
Solano
Napa County
Herb Prout
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Tombigbee Waterway
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