Cullman Junior Miss pageant applications sought
Cullman Jaycees invite applications for the Cullman County Junior Miss pageant to be held at Cullman High Auditorium on December 7. The winner aged 16 to 19 will represent the county at the state contest in Birmingham next February and potentially at the national contest in Mobile in March 1969 with $42,000 in scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Cullman Jaycees
Cullman County
Cullman High Auditorium
Birmingham
Mobile
Merritt Compton Promotes Magnetic Healing Craft
Elkmont healer Merritt Compton 82 describes his magnetic healing, learned from grandfather Dr Merrit Hyde, claiming to aid physical and mental troubles and domestic issues. He treats up to 100 people on visits, travels to Mexico, California, and Texas, and cites patient recoveries without formal psychology training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Walker
Elemont
Merritt Compton
Elkmont
Merrit M. Hyde
Texas
Hyde
Connecticut
Wakeman
Ohio
Compton
California
Mexico
Springfield
Patterson Sales and Customer Relations Convention in Decatur
The Patterson Sales and Customer Relations convention sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be held at Decatur High School Auditorium on Monday and Tuesday nights. Sessions run from 7 to 10 p.m. each night.
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Patterson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur High School
Rebecca Statue Housed Near Street Dept In Decatur
The Daily Photo reports a statue named Rebecca near the Street Department building in southwest Decatur. Workers note the idea for a rock garden and the designer’s concept behind the lightly clothed figure. Water and lighting power the display, though Rebecca often remains high and dry.
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Rebecca
New Street Department
Decatur
Decatur native helps guide Apollo 7 from NASA control center
Daniel A Nebrig of Decatur a 34 year old project engineer at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center Houston monitors Apollo 7 data. He notes two engine burns and a rendezvous with the booster shell as ground controllers work twelve hour shifts amid a brief power scare. Nebrig traces his roots to Decatur High School class of 1953 and Auburn University.
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Decatur
Daniel A. Nebrig
NASA
Manned Space Craft Control Center
Houston
Tex
Nebrig
Houston Mission Control Center
Arthur Nebrig
Eastmeade
Decatur High School
Auburn University
Ann VanArsdale
A. B. VanArsdale
Central Baptist Church
Mark
Mike
Carol
Bill
Seabrook
Manned Spacecraft Center
Florida
Auburn
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Cadet Grubbs Joins Auburn ROTC Flight Program
Notes announce Cadet W B Grubbs son of Edward T Grubbs training in the Air Force ROTC Flight Instruction Program at Auburn University. He majors in economics and plans to receive a commission after graduation. Also local notices include a hairdresser group meeting and open house at Sterr Day Care Center.
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W.B. Grubbs
Edward T. Grubbs
Woodmont Dr
Air Force
Auburn’ University
Grubbs
Decatur High School
Sterr's
Carrie Matthews
Dr. Outlaw
No Room For Cleaver Declines at Alabama Campus
Dr. Frank Alabama refused to let the Democratic Students Organization use university facilities for talks by four controversial figures including Eldridge Cleaver Jerry Rubin Herbert Aptheaker and Mark Rudd. The university cited no absolute right for student groups to select speakers and defended academic freedom.
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Tuscaloosa. Ala
Frank Alabama
Democratic Students Organization
Jack Drake
Rose
DSA
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Jerry Rubin
Youth International Party
Yippies
Chicago
Herbert Apthacker
Communist Party
United States
Mark Rudd
Students For A Democratic Society
Area Highway Post To Be Filled Soon
MONTGOMERY The area highway division engineer post, vacant since Herman Nelson's death, will be filled soon likely this week. State Highway Director Bob Kendall, with Gov. Albert Brewer's consent, will appoint head of the division from three certified candidates for 13 North Alabama counties. The Highway Personnel Office said no request had come from the director's office as of Friday.
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Montgomery
Herman Nelson
Bob Kendall
Nelson
Division
Kendall
Albert Brewer
North Alabama
State Personnel Board
Highway Personnel Office
High Court Appeal Plan Over NDPA Ballot Denial in Alabama
A 2-1 Fifth Circuit ruling upheld Alabama laws on ballot notices and campaign finance. The National Democratic Party of Alabama plans to appeal to the Supreme Court as only a few NDPA candidates may appear on the November ballot for presidential electors and other offices.
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NDPA
Hubert Humphrey
John Godbold
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals and Dist
Virgil Pittman
Secretary of State
Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Mabel Amos Orginally
Alabama
Alabama Independent Democratic Party
George Wallace
Pretty Connecticut Sophomore Crowned Athens College Founders Queen
Miss Jan Price a 19-year-old sophomore at Athens College was crowned 1968 69 Founders Day Queen at the College Ball Room. The winner was chosen by student votes and crowned by President Dr. Frank N. Philpot amid the Founders Day festivities honoring the college founded October 26, 1822.
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Jan ‘Price
Rockville
Conn
Athens College
South
Frank N. Philpot
College
Miss Price
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Athens College Players
Alpha Tau Omega
Ottis Price Jr
Jan Price
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Cullman Readies Pageant
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Moulton
PTA
Lawrence County
North Alabama Geological Society
Willard Irvin
Wren RD
Wheeler Basin
Morgan County League of Women Voters
St. John’s Episcopal Church Parish
Women’s Society of Christian Service
United Methodist Churches
Athens First United Methodist Church
St. Bernard College
John G
J. Nijenhuis
O. Carm
Robert Bramian
University of Dayton
S. A. Weltner School of Healing
Nevada
Merritt M. Hyde
S. A. Weltner
Weltner
W. M. Stanley
M. D
Chamber
Decaturite
By Faye Brewington
DAILY
Earth
America
Daniel Nebrig
The
National Hairdresser-Cosmetologists Association
Besco, Inc
Holly St
W.A. Priest
J.M. Brooks
Tractor-Trailer, Inc
Cleveland
White Truck
White Motor Corporation
Decatur Christian Woman's Club
Marjorie Cox
Decatur Inn
First Federal
Ross Williams Jr
J. Ross Williams
5Th Ave
South Vietnam
Tuscaloosa
High Court
Ala
National Democratic Party of Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Norma Dann
Fairfield
Dr. Philpot
Queen
Dee Archer
Nashville
Tenn
Susan Lauzon
Far Hills
N. J
Lori Keech
Beachwood
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