Groundbreaking Program Finalized for Wallace Mental Hospital
The Nov 13 dedication plans are set for the Lurleen Wallace Mental Retardation Hospital in Decatur on U.S. 31. Events include remarks by Gov Albert Brewer and former Gov. George Wallace, a portrait unveiling, and a first shovel of dirt ceremony at a $4.2 million project with performances by four local high schools.
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Lurleen Wallace
Austin High
Decatur High
Lakeside High
Morgan County High
U.S. 31
Flint
Sim A. Thomas
Mental Health Board
William K. Stephenson
First Baptist Church of
Decatur
Alabama Mental Health Board
John Chenault
Mrs. Wallace
George Wallace
T. C. Almon
Albert Brewer
Wallace
Lawrence Water System Proposed for Hillsboro Area
Planning began for a rural water system serving Hillsboro Lovettville and Wheeler after forming the Northwest Lawrence Water and Fire Protection Authority. The plan aims to enroll 400 to 500 customers at 20 dollars per subscriber with refunds if infeasible. A feasibility study by Joe Whorley and Associates will start soon.
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Wheeler
Lovettville
Hillsboro
Northeast Lawrence
Northwest
Terry
Tennessee River
Joe Whorley
Authority
Morrisson
G. T. Hamilton Jr
Ben Lovett
Joe Hardin
C. C. Bickel
E. T. Terry
David Woodall
Lawrence County T High Teacher Named 1969 March of Dimes Director
Lawrence County educator Gerald Bentley was named director of the 1969 March of Dimes campaign. The appointment was announced Wednesday by Dr. Frank Rose regional campaign chairman. Bentley will oversee the month long drive in January to combat birth defects.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Gerald Bentley
Frank Rose
Bently
Voting boxes relocate in Limestone County this week
Limestone County Voting boxes 9A and 9B move from the courthouse to the annex by the jail on S Jefferson St per Revenue Board chairman Thomas Lee Hammons. Today is final day to buy county privilege licenses before a 15 percent penalty. over two thirds of about 2100 firms have licenses sold. Office hours run 8 to 4:30 p.m. Car and truck tag sales near 20,000 with lines shortest mid afternoon according to License Commissioner Cleon Yates.
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Athens
Limestone County
Revenue Board
Thomas Lee Hammons
S. Jefferson St
Morgan County
Cleon Yates
Yates
Multiple Community Notices Ranging From Accident To Church Events
One person injured in a two car crash at Betty St and Danville Rd SW at 8 15 a m Barbara Colbaugh 1905 Eleanor Dr SW taken to Decatur General Hospital with facial and leg lacerations Gospel singing at 1012 18th Ave SE at 7 p m Tuesday Nov 5 Lay Witness Mission hosted by Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Friday through Sunday covered dish meals Friday and Saturday Sunday school 945 a m worship 11 lunch after service Austin High School Booster Club meets 730 p m today room 6 1 tickets for car giveaway due Decatur Wives Who Wait meet 7 p m Friday at 224 Clearview St SW call 353 7298 for info
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Betty St
Danville Rd
Barbara Colbaugh
Eleanor
Decatur General Hospital
Charlie Phillips
Birmingham
Memorial Drive United Methodist Church
Austin High School
Decatur
Marvin Bertsch
Clearview St. S.W
Decatur Police Chief Urges Safe Halloween Night
Decatur police chief Pack Self urges motorists to watch for children and kids to finish trick or treating by 9 30 p m. He advises flashlight use and light colored clothing while extra patrols deter vandalism and authorities promise strict action for property damage.
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Decatur
Pack Self
Self
LSD Debate Cancelled at Spring Hill College
The planned debate between LSD advocate Dr. Timothy Leary and conservative Dr. William Campbell Douglass at Spring Hill College was canceled. Leary will speak. Douglass will not appear. Student leaders and faculty favored two separate talks on LSD rather than a debate.
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Mobile
Ala
LSD
Timothy Leary
William Campbell Douglass
Spring Hill College
Leary
Douglass
William J. Rimes
Jesuit College
Rimes
Jim Page
Sarasota
Fla
Page
Sidney Cohen
Cohen
University of Notreame
Mediators Try Last-Minute Pact To Avert Mobile Bus Strike
Federal mediators meet with Mobile City Lines and ATU leaders in a final bid to head off a midnight strike as the one year contract expires. The city proposes a 90 day moratorium while a transport study is conducted and considers options including city takeover or outside operator.
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Mobile
Ala
Amalgamated Transit Union
Mobile City Lines
Mobile City Commission
Lambert C. Mimms
U.S. Transportation Department
Dallas Convict Granted Freedom by Federal Court
Freddie Acoff, jailed seven years of a 12 year sentence at Atmore State Prison, must be released by Nov. 9 after a federal judge ruled he lacked legal counsel at his 1961 Dallas County conviction for second degree burglary and assault with intent to murder.
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Mobile! Ala
Dallas County
Atmore State
U.S. District
Daniel H. Thomas
Freddie Acoff
Acoff
Thomas
Acuff
U.S. Supreme Court
Three Killed In Wednesday Wrecks Across Alabama and Florida
State troopers report three Alabama highway crashes on Wednesday claiming the lives of Robert Paul Descoteaux 22 of Ft. Rucker Delvis Godwin 22 of Section and Ranier C Ezell 32 of Lisman. A separate Florida wreck near Panama City killed J A Clayton 35 of Jasper and Lucy Mary Corte 40 of Sunnyside Beach Florida.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jasper
Florida
Robert Paul Descoteaux
Ft. Rucker
Dothan
Scottsboro
Delvis Godwin
Section
Lisman
Ranier C. Ezell
Butler
Banama City
Fla
J. A. Clayton
Lucy Mary Corte
Sunnyside Beach
Leaflets Claim Wallace Party Alignment Deemed False
Alabama campaign leaflets allege the American Independent Party is George Wallace official state party. Wallace electors will run under the Democratic banner with a rooster emblem on the ballot. Seymour Trammel called the leaflets false and possibly unlawful, noting they were signed by a so called Citizens for Wallace Committee with John Selzer as chairman.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
American Independent Party
George Wallace
Wallace
Seymour Trammel
Curtis LeMay
Citizens For Wallace
John Selzer
Alabama Forest Fire Hazard Remains High
Alabama Conservation Director Joe W. Graham warns the fire danger remains high with no relief foreseeable for several days. He notes a dry spell and low humidity driving the risk as 173 forest fires burned 3,151 acres on Monday and Tuesday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Joe W. Graham
Graham
Lawrence County Vocational High School Bid Open Delayed
A bid opening for a $260000 Lawrence County vocational high school was postponed after federal wage scales were omitted from bid specifications. Board attorneys will issue amendments and set a new opening date. The school near the Lawrence County Coliseum aims to open for the 1969 70 term.
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Lawrence County Coliseum
University of Alabama selects homecoming queen Susan Squiteri
Susan Squiteri is elected homecoming queen from three finalists at Alabama. Runners up are Sandy Mcree and Mary Ann Rudd. Squiteri, a nutrition major and Kappa Alpha Theta member, will be crowned after the pep rally and parade before the Saturday game versus Mississippi State University.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Susan Squiteri
University of Alabama
Sandy Mcree
Atlanta
Mary Ann Rudd
Ozark
Miss Squiteri
Victor Squiteri
Frankfort
Germany
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Miss Meree
Ralph Meree
Miss Rudd
E. F. Rudd
Mississippi State University
Brewer Named In Suit Against Southwest Alabama Co op
Southwest Alabama Farmer's Cooperative Association sues Gov. Albert Brewer and two local officials for alleged harassment seeking to lift a court injunction blocking $595,751 in federal funds. The group serves about 2,000 families, mainly African American, with offices in Selma.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southwest Alabama Farmer’s Cooperative Association
Albert Brewer
Farmer's Group
Co-Op
Selma
U.S. District Court
Swafca
Office of Economic Opportunity
Brewer
William H. Harrison
OEO
Alabama
Lurleen B. Wallace
Farmer’s Home Administration
Harrison
Smitherman
Joe Smitherman
Dallas County
James A. Hare
Boypower 76 Scout Topic Discussed at TVA Conference
At West Elementary School the Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts outlined Boypower 76 a long range plan through 1976 the nation’s bicentennial Commissioner Mat Thome highlighted goals to involve about a third of American boys expand into poverty areas and boost Explorer growth Council president Dr Sidney Chenault of Decatur led the leadership. In court Jimmy Yarbrough age 21 was found not guilty of raping a Trinity area girl May 25 and two manslaughter cases were to be decided as the two week session neared end.
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Athens
Boypower
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
West
Mat Thome
America
Thome
Sidney Chenault
Decatur
Moulton
Lawrence County
Jimmy Yarbrough
Trinity Area
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United Fund
John Wilks
Jim Davis
Charles Belt
Horace
Lawrence Water System
18Th Ave
Dallas
Independent Party
Lawrence School
The
Board of Education
U of A
Dallas County Circuit Court
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