Alabama cotton buyers win initial 1973 crop contracts cases
In Birmingham several lawsuits favored cotton buyers Mitchell-Huntley and others over farmers who refused to honor January contracts. Judges Lynne Guin McFadden issued injunctions and damages totaling $65,000 while warnings of further contract legality challenges and potential price impacts circulated among farmers, mills, and wholesalers.
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Tommy Stevenson
Alabama
Birmingham
U.S. District Court
Mitchell-Huntley Cotton Co. Inc
Seybourn H. Lynne
Danville
Curtis Stroop
Stroop
Mitchell-Huntley
Lynne
Foy Guin
Mitchell Huntley
Northwest
Frank H. McFadden
Hohenberg Bros. Co
Aliceville
Robert Hampton
Pat Richardson
Huntsville
Richardson
Hare, Wynn, Newell and Newton
James Thompson
Thompson
Georgia
Hare
Wynn
Newell
Newton
Hare, Wynn, Newell and
Mitchell-Huntley and Allenberg
LaGrange
Judge Lynn
Federal Building
Morgan County
Mitchell- Huntley
a _ mill
a_ mill
New York
Action Answers Vacuum Cone and Greenland Orders
Mrs H G W asks where to buy a Filter Queen cone. answer lists two Birmingham outlets Air Way and AAA Vacuum. E T Decatur asks about unreceived Greenland Studios coin collection order. Greenland says replacement is on the way.
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THE
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
H.G.W
Filter Queen
Birmingham
Air Way of
Warrior Rd
AAA Vacuum Cleaner Co
North 14Th Street
Greenland Studios
Family Weekly
E.T
Greenland
Woods Eyes Run for Lt Governor Against Brewer
Sources say Charles Woods may enter Alabama politics as lieutenant governor to counter Albert Brewer if Gov. George Wallace runs. Woods, a Wallace ally, is weighing a bid and has urged reforms including tax shifts and milk board abolition. Wallace is未 announced but expected to run this year.
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Ben Windham
George Wallace
Dothan
Charles Woods
Albert Brewer
Jere Beasley
Woods
Wallace
Florida
Alabama
Gulf Shores
Key Biscayne
Economic discrimination tops Dixie's concerns says Morris Dees
Morris Dees Jr and Joe Levin Jr founded the Southern Poverty Law Center to help the poor and pursue class action suits. They argue economic bias now drives reform, with notable cases on press freedom, desegregation, and black state troopers hires, funded by donations and investments.
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Montgomery
Ala
South
Morris Dees Jr
Dees
Joe Levin Jr
Southern Poverty Law Center
Alabama
Center
Supreme Court
Air Force
Law Center
Levin
Poverty Law Center
Georgia
Julian Bond
Mai Rom
University of Alabama
Millard Fuller
Zaire
George McGovern
McGovern
Crisis numbers and emergency guidance for residents
Instructions direct residents to call the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 for personal crises and to seek hospital or physician help for possible poisoning. It advises calling 0 to reach an operator if unsure of the emergency number. The text mentions a sheriff and provides a phone number 974 8782.
Ambulance Company Manager Breaks Gender Barriers in Alabama
Judy Gomes runs Southend Ambulance Co. becoming one of two Alabama women in the field. The outfit faces finances, theft, and life‑saving duties, handling 160 to 180 calls monthly with $30,000 in ambulances and resuscitation gear. She emphasizes early treatment and ongoing EMS training to save lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Gomes
Judy
AAA _ Southend Ambulance Co
Boeing
Southend
al Gomes
Cied
Southend Ambulance Co
Judy Benn Powers Through Sad Times with Humor and Duty
Judy Benn recalls 1968 Mooresville ambulance call and her busy life as manager of two full time staff and six part time assistants. She balances work with home life driving her sons to Austinville and managing an office that doubles as a second home. She works 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and remains on call after hours.
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Southend
Mooresville
Judy
Johnny
Jamie
Austinville
Evert
Tragedy Strikes Alabama Weekend With Four Fatalities
A weekend of deadly incidents in Alabama left four people dead. A tractor trailer struck a horse on Alabama 20 near Florence, toppled into a ditch and crushed bystander Wilson Theodore Lester of Florence as wreckers worked. In Wilcox County a two car crash claimed Mattie H. Joiner of Dolphin and Elsen Agee, 36, of Magnolia. A separate Pickens County crash near Aliceville killed a 15 year old named Glenn Wilson.
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Florence
Wilcox
County
Alabama
Wilson Theodore Lester
Mattie H. Joiner
Elsen Agee
Magnolia
Wilcox County
Kimbrough
Pickens County Road
Aliceville
Glenn
Wilson
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Southeastern Conference of Women In Chambers of Commerce
Mary E. Evans
Little Rock, Ark
Minnie I. Baird
Rena
Walters
Hot Springs
Ark
David Edwards
Highway Patrol
Hartselle
Limestone County
Athens
Lawrence County
Cullman
Tony Estes
Alvin Benn
Associated Press
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