Falls Appointed To Mutual Post
Selman H. Falls named general manager of Mutual Service and General Homes Inc a subsidiary of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co Pecatur Redus C Collier president announced the hire noting burial insurance importance to better serve policyholders Falls previously worked as funeral director in Jasper Birmingham Mobile over 20 years is a four year U S Air Force veteran and Church of Christ member
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Selman
Birmingham
Jasper
Mobile
Falls
U. S. Air Force
Church of Christ
Local Church Meeting and Weekend Community Listings
The United Presbyterian Women of Westminster Church in Decatur plan an association meeting Monday at 10 a.m. with a 9 a.m. executive board greeting. The Decatur curb and country market at 1st Ave and Grant St will sell sausage ribs ham eggs cakes jams and produce Saturday 6 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Cadet Lt Col Kenneth W Garvey son of Mr and Mrs Ordell L Garvey has been chosen brigade executive officer at the University of Tennessee Army ROTC after basic at Ft Bragg. The Past Matrons Club of Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 OES meets Monday at 7 p.m. at 1409 15th Ave SE. Muscle Shoals Baptist Youth Rally is 7 p.m. Saturday at Ivory Baptist Church. the public is welcome.
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United Presbyterian Women of
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Creeting
Decatur
1St Ave
Grant St
Kenneth W. Garvey
Ordell L. Garvey
Woodmont Dr
Therigade of Cadets
Army Rotc
University of Tennessee
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Decatur High School
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Tennessee
American Marketing Association
Mary Lou ‘Dancy
O.E.S
Douglas Rogers
15Th Ave
Muscle Shoals Baptist
Ivory Baptist
Allstate names Mahlon Hartselle regional sales manager
Mahlon Hartselle, a native of Hartselle, has been named regional sales manager for Allstate Insurance Co in the Denver Regional Office. He will oversee and direct sales across the five state Rocky Mountain area of Colorado Utah Wyoming Montana and New Mexico. He joined Allstate in 1956 as a sales representative in Ecatur.
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Mahlon Hartselle
Hartselle
Denver
Allstate Insurance Co
Allstate
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
New Mexico
Ecatur
Moulton Dr Plaut Audits Alcoholism Progress
Dr Thomas Plaut told a Moulton Methodist Church audience that America is gradually recognizing alcoholism and taking action. He cited the Lawrence County Mental Health Association and 72 Lawrence County High School Glee Club members who performed before the address. He urged full community use of psychiatric and social services to help alcoholics and noted growing recognition across health care and government programs.
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Moulton
America
Thomas F.A. Plaut
Moulton Methodist Church
Lawrence County Mental Health Association
Wisiters Froc
Lawrence County High School
Glee Club
Herbert Lee
Piaut
Alcoho
Plaut
National Center For Prevention and Control of Alcoholism
National Institute of Mental Health
Chevy Chase
Alcoholics Anonymous
Brewer and Stone seek court to hear desegregation evidence
Governor Albert Brewer and State Superintendent Ernest Stone asked a federal court to hear crucial evidence for modifying the Aug. 28 school desegregation order. They argue problems vary by district and that local officials must be heard.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Ernest Stone
Brewer
Stone
U.S. Dist
Wallace Demo Ticket Endorsement Denied
Burglary at the Sir Shop last month netted thieves about $3902 in clothing including sport coats, socks, trousers and two pocket puffs. Police say the burglary likely occurred through a side door with a back entry by the burglars.
Spring Hill President Supports LSD Debate in Mobile
Spring Hill College President defended Dr Sidney Cohen and Dr Timothy Leary during a planned Mobile appearance. He said Cohen would counter Learys views with scientific facts and criticized the cancelled student debate as a misstep while noting the overall reaction only strengthened resolve to hear both speakers.
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Mobile. Ala
Spring Hill College
Sidney Cohen
Timothy Leary
William J. Rimes
Cohen
Veterans Administration Hospital
Los Angeles
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington, D.C
Leary
LSD
Riches
William Campbell Douglas
SGA
Rimes
Jim Page
Page
Soen
Pontius - Pilate the Great
Timothy. Leary
Mobile
Two Policemen Seek Lightfoot Position in Athens
ATHENS Two policemen apply for the Athens Police Department chief job as council considers a lower salary than Chief A. B. Lightfoot now earns. Lt Benton McLemore and Lt Marvin H. Vinson filed or considered applications, with Lightfoot's fate unresolved and outside candidates rumored. Lightfoot, a former state trooper living in Decatur, faces scrutiny over residency and compensation.
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Athens
Benton McLemore
Leonard McLemore
A. B. Lightfoot
Marvin H. Vinson
William D. Owens
Lightfoot
Decatur
Counties Named In Civil Rights Report
The U S Civil Rights Commission released a publication accusing 16 rural Alabama counties Autauga Barbour Bullock Butler Choctaw Clarke Dallas Greene Hale Lowndes Macon Marengo Monroe Perry Sumter and Wilcox of failing to enforce federal equal opportunity laws. It cites aid programs education employment and health and welfare as areas of continued inequality for Black residents based on hearings held in Montgomery last April.
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Washington
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
Civil Rights Commission
Montgomery
Commission
Paul Good
Good
Theypope
Howard A. Glickstein
Counties
Autauga
Barbour, Bullock, Butler
Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes
Macon
Marengo
Monroe
Perry, Sumter
Wila@x
Halloween Tricks Reported With Vandalism Alleywide
Police logged several Halloween pranks including egg and rock throwing and tissue paper yard rollings. Breaks occurred at Decatur High, Robinson Superette, and Charlie Jolly residence. a rock damaged Richard Winchester’s car window. A clinic robbery yielded 60 dollars plus uncashed cash and a 10 dollar check.
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Decatur High
Robinson Superette
Vine’ St. NW
Charlie Jolly
Poplar St
Richard Winchester
Decatur
Hamilton
Copeland and McKenzie Clinic
56Th Ave
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Cullimay
Selman H. Falls
Wallace
Pamela Jett
Tuscumbia
Decatur General Hospital
U.S. 20
Lawrence County
Ditch
Ann Beard
Calhoun Junior College
Billy Smith
Spring Hill
Albert Bréwer
Ken _Moore
Jefferson County
George Wallace
Cecil Vickers
Vickers
Robert F. Whaley
Tuscaloosa
Walter Flowers
Whaley
Curtis LeMay
Flowers
Armistead Selden
Mobile County
Democratic Pary Executive Committee
Arnold Debrow
Bob Walker
Ata Lightfoot
Civil Rights Report
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