Heated Campaigning Ahead as Election Nears
With under a month to the presidential vote both major parties rush to open headquarters and flood the streets with literature. Democrats plan a Wayne County center near 6th Ave SE while Republicans set up nearby. Democrats for Goldwater announce their own HQ. A Democrats gathering on Tuesday plans a Decatur Country Club dinner for Oct 21 where Gov. Ellington may urge renewed vigor toward Democratic gains in Alabama prior to the Nov 3 election.
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6Th Ave
Goldwater
City Electric Department
Decatur Country Club
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
Alabama
CAP Exercise Canceled by Weather in Alabama and Mississippi
The nationwide CAP airlift capability drill for a simulated nuclear attack was canceled in Alabama and Mississippi due to Hurricane Hilda. Local CAP officials learned at 7 a.m. Saturday that flying operations were called off as planes and members awaited launch. Some expect a possible reschedule, Pryor Field would have served as a refueling station and key communications point for the Anniston scenario.
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United States
Alabama
Misssissippi
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Defense and
Federal Aviation Agency
Hilda
CAP
Mississippi
Pryor Field
Anniston
Athens Police Chief Sandlin to become city security guard
Athens Police Chief John Sandlin will move to a security guard position for the electric department as a new city government takes office. He has served 25 years as a law enforcer with a career beginning in 1939 as jailer and rising to chief, with plans to work beyond retirement rules if possible.
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Athens
John Sandlin
Sandlin
Electric
Martin Whitt
Whitt
H.G. Garrett
Wiktiera Ee i
Limestone
Clyde Ennis
Ennis
al Corder
Pine Creek
Belle Mina
Sheffield
Huntsville
New York
We the People
Iene Us
Mothers Back Gov Wallace Free Textbooks For All Grades
Mothers in Decatur praise Governor George Wallace plan to provide free textbooks for every public school pupil from first through twelfth grade starting next September. They cite savings and reduced shopping hassles, with concerns about tax impact and teacher salaries.
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AL Burleson Daily
Mothers of
Decatur
George Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Alabama Educational Fund
Troy Welch
North SE
Harvey Pride
Grant St. SE
S. M. Eich Jr
4Th Ave
Herschell F. Nabors
8Th Ave
Carl M. Preston
B. O. Stinnett
Johnston St
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Sen. Gold
By Winford Turner
Summerbrook Subdivision
Somerville
Hartselle
Summerbrook
Morgan County
Driselle
State Health Department
Morgan County Probate Office
Inte
Denbo Iron & Metal CO
Decatur, Alabama
S. Marion St
Alc
City & State
Corvair Corvair
E. F. MacDonald Stamp Company
Eaverteig Spenates
E. F. MacDonald Stamp Co
RCA
Plaid
A&p
Semal
A&p Plaid
Washington State
Hubert Sandusky
Odell F. Dobson
Lafayette St. NE
Walter M. Penney
Stratford Rd
Robert Hudson
5Th Ave
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