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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1973

Page

8

Weekend Fatalities Across Alabama Reported in Multiple Crashes

A series of weekend traffic deaths across Alabama include Scott and Bettie in a U S 72 wreck west of Huntsville at 10 15 p m Saturday, Jerry Robinson 21 of Toney in the same crash, and Austin in a separate 11 30 p m collision near Town Creek on Alabama 101. Additional fatalities include Winston on U S 278 near Cullman, Miss Long in a Grimwood Rd Beaverdam Creek drownings, and two boys found drowned at a Massey rock quarry. Funeral services are planned for Miss Long Belew and for Scott at Cairo Methodist Church with details on burial arrangements and survivors listed.

Scott Bettie Cockrell Huntsville U.S Jerry Robinson Toney Robinson Austin Town Creek Alabama 101 Herman Minton White Winston Cullman U.S. 278 Miss Long Charles Lowes Beaverdam Creek Grimwood Rd Charles Wayne Lamb Lones Huntsville Hospital Pryor Memorial Presbyterian Chapel Falkville Massey Flint Morgan County Guy Hollaway Hollaway Belew Primitive Baptist Church Anderson J.R. Dutton L.C. Seymore Shirley Mentor Ohio Inez Hood Perryton Tex Willard Belew Birmingham Wylie Belew Chicago First Baptist Church of Cairo Methodists Church Woodrow Franklin Roselawn McConnell

Nursing home beds hard to find for indigent patients

Officials say the county's $13.50 daily payment cannot cover costs, forcing fewer facilities to accept indigent elderly residents and leaving them with limited bed options.

Farmers files suit to hold cotton buyers at bay

Cotton farmers led by Thompson sue to freeze escrow money and keep buyers from repossessing freshly ginned cotton via gin companies Sivley Gin Co Davis-Hunt Allenburgh Loeb and Mitchell-Huntley. Plaintiffs include Curtis W. Davis Bill Collier Lawrence Davis Jr Alvie Sharpley Bobby Ray West Andrew Allen J O Weeks Curtis Stroup Truell Warren Tommy Tomlinson Price Hamilton Howard Millsap. Funeral notices for Cockrell family listed among Elkmont residents.

Curtis W. Davis Bill Collier Lawrence Davis Jr Alvie Sharpley Bobby Ray West Andrew Allen J. O. , Weeks Curtis Stroup Truell Warren Tommy Tomlinson Price Hamilton Howard Millsap Sivley Gin Co Hartselle Davis-Hunt Decatur Allenburgh LaGrange Loeb Montgomery Mitchell-Huntley Huntsville Thompson

United Way Campaign Aims High In Morgan County Drive

United Way 1974 fundraisers launched a Do It in October campaign to reach 367661. Division chairmen reported pledges led by Tommy Counts 34015 and Bob Rose. Training sessions with loaned executives completed. Meetings set for Oct 16 23 at Decatur Inn. Victory celebration planned for Oct 31.

America United Way Tommy Counts Major Industries Bob Rose Major Industries Division Decatur Inn Morgan County

Farmers sue to enforce cotton contracts over price dispute

General Elliot L. Richardson vows standards of conduct as farmers sue to enforce contracts amid a 300 percent price rise since last spring. The action follows a Birmingham suit by Mitchell Huntley against Colbert and Lauderdale County farmers seeking injunctions to deliver cotton per terms.

Birmingham Mitchell- Huntley Colbert and Lauderdale County

Right to Travel Rights and Passport Limits

The Supreme Court has protected the right to travel as part of liberty. Government bans on leaving or returning may violate due process, though area-based passport restrictions can be lawful when narrowly tailored.

United States Supreme Court Supreme Court

GE Theater Returns with New Dramas on TBS

GE Theater returns after 11 years with 90 minute dramas to be filmed on location. The Dec 18 premiere adapts Heard The Owl Call My Name with Tom Courtenay and Dean Jagger. The coast of British Columbia provides the setting as tensions between old and new Indian youth unfold.

New York GE Theater TBS Margaret Craven Jerry di Pego Tom Courtenay Dean Jagger Courtenay Jagger British Columbia David W. Burke General Electric Co Tomorrow Entertainment

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