Decatur High Leads 1969 Graduation Classes Across Three Schools
More than 500 diplomas were awarded as Decatur’s three high schools conferred 1969 graduates. Decatur High had 219, Austin High 200, Lakeside 9. Lakeside will become a junior high after federal court closure. Superintendent H R Leeman urged continued education and civic cooperation.
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Decatur High
Austin High
Lakeside High
Lakeside
Supt. of
H. ‘R. Leeman
Austin
Judge Halts Trial To Go Fishing Over Pay Delay
Pottsville Pennsylvania Judge Harold Paul suspended a personal damage suit and left the courtroom saying he would resume once paid. The move followed news that 265 Common Pleas Court judges faced delayed pay due to an empty judicial salary fund, after the House approved a $245000 deficiency appropriation to replenish it.
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Pottsville
Harold Paul
Schuykill County Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas Court
House of Representatives
Agriculture called to expand Alabama harvests statewide
State Agriculture Commissioner Dick Beard urged full production potential at a resource conference in Birmingham. He said Baldwin County could meet Alabama’s food needs and that all 67 counties could boost output if allowed, envisioning Alabama as a future breadbasket. Shelby Massey of Alabama Flour Mills noted dramatic crop gains in the central valley and highlighted regional innovation and shifts in crop importance.
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Beard
Baldwin County
Alabama
Alabama Natural Resources Committee
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U. S
Shelby
Massey
Alabama Flour Mills
Tennessee Valley
Central Valley
Ira Myers
The
Public Health
Shelby, Massey
Bob Bates
Five Die In Weekend Alabama Traffic Crash
Five people including an elderly couple and two grandchildren were killed when a trailer truck and a camper pickup collided on a bridge near Heflin Alabama late Thursday night. A separate wreck in southeast Alabama killed a car driver as his vehicle rolled 660 feet after leaving the highway. Memorial Day weekend toll rose to seven with a Huntsville woman dying in a home fire from smoke inhalation.
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Heflin
Ala
Alabama
Huntsville
W. A. Torian
James Leroy Messer
Wedowee
Mary
Toni Carollyne Messer
Cheryl Lee
Unemployed Women Sought In Decatur Morgan County
The Industrial Development Association asks unemployed women in Decatur and Morgan County to complete applications today and Saturday to gauge interest for a potential new industry. Up to 250 jobs may be created. Survey booths are at American Bank and Trust Co. and Elmore's in Hartsel until 4 p.m. today, then 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and at Westgate and Gateway shopping centers until 7:30 p.m. today and 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Morgan County
Industrial Development Association
American Bank and Trust Co
Elmore’s
HartseHe
Westgate
Gateway
Thousands Rally At Berkeley Park To Oppose Fence
Berkeley residents converge for a peaceful march to reclaim three acres labeled peoples park. Alameda Sheriff Madigan warns guards will use force if violence arises as about 130 wounded earlier. 200 National Guard troops guard the fenced lot near UC.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
National Guard
University
Madigan
James Rector
People’s Park No. 2
Philip R. Lee
University of California Medical Center
San Francisco
Andretti Wins Indianapolis 500 In Hawk Ford
Mario Andretti of Nazareth Pennsylvania driving a Hawk Ford won the Indianapolis 500 Race today with an average speed over 160 miles per hour. An earlier story is on page eight.
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Mario Andretti
Nazareth
Becky's Tears May Stop Soon
Becky's chronic tearing may end after doctors plan to implant tiny steel tubes around her eyes to create tear channels. George Rowley proposed the idea, and Pittsburgh Children's Hospital doctors had previously tried duct clearance and scar tissue methods without success.
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Apollo, Pa
Becky Rowley
George Rowley
Becky
Pittsburgh's
Children’s Hospital
Lee Becky
Memorial Day Traditions and War Vigil Remembrances
Americans observe Memorial Day with parades vigils and tributes to fallen service members. The 102nd annual day includes antiwar vigils reading names of over 35000 Vietnam dead and a forecast of 550 to 650 traffic deaths this weekend.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
National Safety Council
Argentina faces 24 hour general strike amid violence
Buenos Aires reports a 24 hour nationwide general strike halted most commerce and transport after a night of violence in the Argentine heartland. In Saigon the U S military headquarters accuse the Communist command of 34 violations in the first eight hours of a 24 hour cease fire marking Buddha's birthday observance.
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Argentina
Saigon
U.S
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