Decatur Senior Wins Peabody College Scholarship
Decatur High School senior Gregory J. Umber was awarded one of 66 scholarships at Peabody College Nashville Tenn He is the son of Mr and Mrs J D Umber 2108 Woodmont Dr SE The Decatur Fire Department also reported a false alarm on Vine and Sykes Street at 12 59 a m Saturday.
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Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Decatur High School
Gregory J. Umber
Umber
J. D. Umber
Woodmont Dr
Decatur Fire Department
Vine and
Sykes Street
Hershey Sees Politics In Draft Probe
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey said congressional electioneering may drive demand for a probe into the Selective Service System. The 72 year old lieutenant general welcomed any congressional inquiry and noted public protests over the draft amid criticism tied to the Vietnam War. He linked backfires to Defense and wartime opinion.
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Wlater R. Mears
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Capitol Hill
Hershey
Congress
Viet Nam
Bekins Moving and Storage Admits Denial Noted
Fragmentary 2014 notice mentions Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage with a call to action or denial segment. The readable text suggests a legal or public notice context but lacks complete details.
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Bekins
Political Wheel Spins This Week
Winford Turner reports on Morgan County Democratic Runoff races for four offices. Candidates include Easter and Harris for State Senate, Sandlin challenging Sheriff Fleming, and Maples Maddox for district one commissioner with Wadsworth Collier for district two. Fleming leads a crowded field in May.
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Winford Turner
Daily State
Morgan County
Daren Easter
Bob Harris
Dick Fleming
David Sandlin
William Wadsworth
Paul Collier
Clyde Maples
Jack Maddox
Sandlin
Danville Farmer-Industrial Employe
Sheriff Fleming
Fleming
Lee
Cuba Rejects U S Protest Over Guantanamo Intrusions
Cuba rejected a U S protest warning of grave consequences after Cuban soldiers reportedly intruded into the Guantanamo Bay base. The note cited incidents last Saturday and Monday and referenced a Cuban sentry shot during duty.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Havana
Luis Ramirez Lopez
Guanitanamo
State Department
Castro
Ramirez
Guantanamo
Athens Cemetery vandalism cases wrap up with fines
Athens College students charged in the May 6 cemetery vandalism saw nine released or not pressed while two pleaded guilty and were fined 500 dollars each. Others were not pressed or found not guilty as cases concluded. Separate fatal crashes in Vinemont and Decatur claimed two and one additional lives in the four-county area.
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Athens
Athens College
Athens Cemetery
Bruce Sherrill
David Harms Fry
Chicago
Lawrence Rath
Pottstown
Arthur Burke
Westwood
N. J
Frances J. Theisen
Elkherst
L. I
Robert F. Mclaughlin
New York
James Inpel
Joseph Cresta
George Tecci
New Jersey
James Joseph Ryan
Valley Springs
N. Y
Dale Grace
Charlotte Hall
Gary Harlan Ross
Fry and Rath
Atty
Buck Steele
David Patton
Byrd Latham
Innella
Cresta
Gemini Crew Moon Surveyor Get Okay
Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan cleared final health checks and received all clear to launch Wednesday for a two-pronged moon mission. The Surveyor lunar lander atop an Atlas-Centaur booster won approval to begin countdown Sunday for a 63 hour flight to the moon for TV pictures and surface data.
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Jim Strothman
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Space
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Duane Catterson
Surveyor
Atlas
Lt Kilgore Retired City Officer Dies at 70
Retired police lieutenant W. E. Kilgore, 70, died Saturday at Colonial Rest Home. Funeral services set for Monday at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Msgr. Horgan officiating. burial in City Cemetery. He served 36 years in Morgan County law enforcement, including 14 as deputy sheriff and 22 as a police officer. Survived by widow Ida Kilgore and son Paul Kilgore of Decatur.
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W. E. Kilgore
Colonial Rest Home
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Msgr
John M. Horgan
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Kilgore
Morgan County
Madison County
Decatur
6Th .Ave
Six escapees in Morgan County Jail break
Six prisoners escaped Morgan County Jail early Friday. five have been recaptured. Edward E. Page, 21, is still at large with possible ties to the Morris area. Deputies nabbed two escapees in Somerville, Hartselle police captured the fifth, and other fugitives Hefner and Dempsey were also taken into custody.
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David Knight
Daily
Morgan County
Jefferson County
Edward E. Page
Morris
Dick Fleming
Somerville
Hartselle
Jim Elsworth
Elsworth
Charles Hefner
William Jack Dempsey
Sherif Fleming
Clarence Har- Lee
Real Estate Ad for A B Love Investments
An advertisement for A B Love Investments lists a new phone number 353 2978 and offers day or night service for real estate inquiries and investments.
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Davidson Heating Service
A. B. Love Real Estate
Nun's Self Immolation Sparks Huge Hue Saigon Protests
A Buddhist nun burned herself to death Sunday in Hue, sparking thousands of supporters in Saigon. The act threatens to trigger a new wave of anti government agitation across the country, a Hue spokesman said.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Hue
Teen Job Rush Draws 1000 Graduates in Three Counties
Meredith Woodall of the Decatur state employment bureau predicts about 1000 high school graduates from Morgan Lawrence and Limestone counties will seek work after graduation. She cites postwar baby boom effects and expanded counselor outreach as factors boosting job contacts and testing at area high schools.
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Cora Blair
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Meredith Woodall
Decatur
State Employment Bureau
Woodall
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