Maid Of Cotton Portrait Of Katy Sue Meredith
Katy Sue Meredith memories mark a year as Alabama Maid of Cotton after winning the national title in Memphis. The Andalusia native, 20, now a home economics student at Alabama College, reflects on travel, reception abroad, and her aim to promote cotton goodwill while awaiting the next successor.
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James Parks
Birmingham
Katy Sue Meredith
Katy Sue
Memphis
Miss Meredith
Andalusia, Ala
Montevallo
Alabama Callege
Alabama Maid of Cotton
Switzerland
India
England
Thailand
Japan
Australia
America
Alabama
Betyie Thompson
Limestone County
Patsy Wesley
Cullman County
Sara Hudgins
Cherokee
County
Thompson
Wesley
Hudgin
North Alabama
Huntville
Lady Douglas-Home
Lady Douglas Homes
Wilson
London
Hampstead Garden
Robin
Oxford University
Giles
Clergymen Daughters Aid Drive
Two wives of British party leaders travel with their husbands to campaign across cities and towns as the Oct. 15 national election nears. Elizabeth Home and Mary Wilson share nerves, humor, and support while keeping focus on their men. Their lives mix public duty with private family details and music at home.
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Tom Ochiltree
London
Jas Home
Harold Ilson
Elizabeth Hester Douglas- Home
Mary Baldwin Wilson
Alex Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
Lady Douglas-Home
Wilson
Wallace Receives Prison Report On Convict Labor
Gov. George Wallace returned from a speaking tour through Mississippi and Louisiana to a report from a special committee on convict labor. The panel may urge halting road gangs and studying relocating Kilby Prison within two years. Committee chair Sen. James Clark of Eufaula said the report is general and nonbinding.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wallace
Kilby
James Clark
Eufaula
Population surge and government employment rise 1946 1962
Between 1946 and 1962 the U S population grew 131 5 percent to about 186 7 million while civilian federal government jobs increased 4 1 percent and local and state government employment rose 93 percent.
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U.S
Alabama Briefs Roundup From Dallas to Birmingham
Alabama items report Gov. George Wallace viewing the Texas Oklahoma football game in Dallas en route to San Antonio for a Southern Governors Conference. Treasury data show Alabama national banks’ total deposits rising to 2.1 billion as of June 30 1964 from 1.9 billion a year earlier. Progres sive Farmer magazine names Robert Haney and Vernon E Miller to new editor roles in Birmingham. Mitsubishi International Corp wins a 17000 contract with TVA for insulators used in transmission lines in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Dallas
Tex
Alabama
George Wallace
San Antonio
Washington
James J. Saxon
Saxon
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Robert Haney
Vernon E. Miller
Birmingham
Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mississippi
Mitsubishi International Corp
New York
Mizuho
Nagoya
Japan
Lipscomb Man Killed in Bessemer Highway Crash
Ed Henry Harper 36 of Lipscomb died when his car left the Bessemer super highway and overturned after he swerved to avoid vehicles ahead. Wreck investigator J L Cousin reported the cause as loss of control during the pursuit of a safer path.
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Birmingham
Henry Harper
Lipscomb
Bessemer Super Highway
J. L. Cousin
Harper
Federal funds distributed to state governments last year
Report shows over 7.8 billion dollars allocated to all fifty states for highways welfare and education. Major shares include 3 billion for highways 2.7 billion for public welfare and 1.2 billion for education.
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Douglas
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Iness
Decatur
Buschs Credit Jewelers - Opticians
2Nd Avenue
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Alexander Nunn
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Reme
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Parisiay
Darisiak
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