Metco Plant To Be Sold In Alabama
Metco Corp owner Raymon J. Baker announced the sale of the Metco steel reels plant in Hartselle, Alabama. The firm employs about 100, is a Baker Industries subsidiary, and makes reels for wire and cable plus large volume fabrication and welding. Baker cites doctors orders to reduce activity.
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Lee Sentell Hartselle
Metco Corp
Raymon J. Baker
Metco
Baker Industries
Wood Reels Inc
Hartselle
Morgan County
Baker
Brooksville Man Eyes Bumper Tomato Crop
J. W. Schrader plans a large winter tomato yield in a Brooksville heated house in Morgan County. An Auburn extension visit with Charles Rutledge noted plant lice and demonstrated pollination. Schrader manages temperature humidity and pest control, tapping overhead wires to mimic wind for pollination.
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J. W. Schrader
Brooksville
Morgan County
Schrader
Nature
Auburn Pathologist
Extension Service
Charles Rutledge
County Extension Service
Luther Farrar
Tomato hot house venture faces real costs and risks
Lee Sentell describes a first year hot house tomato project led by Schrader with Auburn University insight from Dr. Luther Farrar. The equipment starts around $4,000 and may rise. success hinges on active management beyond basic heating and humidity controls.
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Luther Farrar
Auburn University
Schrader
Falkville Teens Charged in Grand Larceny Case
Three Falkville youths Alvin Duncan 21 Alfred McNutt 18 and Edward Marion Smith 16 were arrested Saturday on grand larceny charges. Sheriff John McBride stated the trio were accused in the egg theft incident.
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Falkville
Sheriff's Deputies
Alvin Duncan
Alfred McNutt
Edward Marion Smith
Auburn Extension to name new county farm chairman
Officials expect Auburn Extension Service to appoint a county farm extension chairman after the death of Floyd K. Agee. The position has been vacant since his passing. Macon Patterson and Watt Carter serve as assistant farm extension agents.
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Athens
Auburn Extension Service
Floyd K. Agee
Macon Patterson
Watt Carter
North Alabama Senate Campaigns Turn On Presidential Clash
Sen John Sparkman and Republican challenger Winton Blount pressed north Alabama stops in the final campaign week. Blount campaigned in Birmingham Fort Payne and Scottsboro while Sparkman moved through Calhoun and Chambers counties Lafayette and An niston. They sparred over McGovern Nixon positions with Blount accusing Sparkman of distortion and Sparkman defending his independent decisions.
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John Sparkman
Winton M. “Red” Blount
North Alabama
Blount
Birmingham
Fort Payne
Scottsboro
Sparkman
Calhoun
Chambers
Lafayette
Anniston
Alabama
Senate
John LeFlore
National Democratic Party of
Herbert W. Stone
Conservative
Jerome B.couch
Prohibition Party
George McGovern
McGovern
Goodwin Case Thrown Out in Alabama Tax Charge
SELMA, Ala. A federal judge dismissed income tax charges against Earl Goodwin as he faced trial on false advertising invoices used to claim a 3000 dollar deduction for a political donation to the late Governor Lurleen Wallace in 1966. The ruling followed debates over double jeopardy and related conspiracy indictments against Seymore Trammell Elton Stephens and Robert Cottingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hugh Morrow III
David W. Orange
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
Morrow
Orange
Interstate 59
New Orleans
Selma
Earl Goodwin
Goodwin
Lurleen Wallace
Justice Department
U.S
Charles 0. Ditmars
Ditmars
Seymore Trammell
Trammell
Elton B. Stephens
Robert H. Cottingham
Stephens
EBSCO
Trammell _ still
Wallace
Brewer Named Marshal Of Christmas Parade
Former Gov. Albert Brewer is named grand marshal for the Decatur Christmas Parade set for December 1 at 6 p.m. Jaycees chairman Bill Briscoe says Brewer will preside as the Albert P. Brewer High School at Florette appears in the parade for the first time.
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Albert Brewer
Decatur
Bill Briscoe
Jaycees
Brewer
Gov. Brewer
Albert P. Brewer
Florette
Briscoe
John Tirpack
Harvey Pride Jr
Decatur Jaycees
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
2Nd Ave
Bank, St
Purses Reported Stolen From Brookhaven Church
Six purses containing $14 were stolen from chairs in the Brookhaven Baptist Church choir room Sunday night. An investigation continues as police review the incident.
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Brookhaven Baptist Church
Bradshaw High School violence closes three Florence schools
Florence officials report classes resumed on normal schedules at Bradshaw High, Offee High, and another local school after a two day closure caused by racial violence. Superintendent Glenn Farmer said 83 percent of pupils attended.
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Florence
Ala
Bradshaw High School
Glenn Farmer
Bradshaw
Offee High
School staff report on outbreak and patrols at Bradshaw
The article notes two people slightly hurt in the Bradshaw outbreak and says police are patrolling school hallways and parking lots while Appleby Junior High attendees were present with normal attendance near 95 percent of enrollment. Crisis numbers and emergency guidance are provided.
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Appleby Junior High
Bradshaw
Farmer
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Arthur Garnett
Willie Garnett
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