Weekend Accidents Claim 12 In State
The Associated Press reports Alabama’s Labor Day weekend saw 12 traffic deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. Victims included Jerome Guess of Childersburg and Griffin Childs of Hartsboro among others in two-car and truck crashes across the state and in nearby states.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Childersburg
Je-rome
Grady Guess
Ala
Talladega County
Guess
Griffin Childs
Richard E. English
Mobile
Willie
Calvin McGilday
Grove Hill
James Beasley
Hueytown
Ollie—David— Winston
U. S
Benjamin Norfleet
Newbern
Ledford Eugene Strickland
Hayneville High School Opens Desegregated Without Incident
Lowndes County schools desegregate as Hayneville High enrolls 80 to 100 Negro students while white pupils mostly join a private school. Fort Deposit sees Negro students in classes. officials praise superintendent Hulda Coleman and the school board for a quiet opening day.
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Hayneville
Fort Deposit
Smith
Supt
Hulda Coleman
Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition prize announced
A Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition pageant offers a 30 day free car ride plus more than 700 in prizes. C Bennett McRae and John McBride announced Bursch Ford will provide a car for the winner. Contestants enter by Sept 12 17 at First Federal Savings and Loan.
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Morgan County Fair
C. Bennett McRae
John McBride
Bursch Ford
Decatur
Sue Swann
Federal Savings and Loan
Maroon IT
Limestone
Morgan County
McRae
McBride
Alabama G s Given Top Citations
Maj. John D. Jackson of Wing Alabama received the Silver Star Bronze Star and Air Medal for leading Company C 2nd Battalion 28th Infantry 1st Division in a five hour hilltop battle against Viet Cong near Lai Khe Saigon. He stayed at the front rallied his men directed artillery and aided evacuations.
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Saigon
Alabama
John D. Jackson
Wing
Ala
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Jackson
28Th Infantry
Campaign Speech Ahead of South Viet Nam Elections
An elderly woman in Saigon listens to a candidate for the Constituent Assembly as elections approach next Sunday. Five thousand two hundred thirty eight polling places will vote for 108 assembly seats, with Montagnard chiefs appointing nine more, totaling 117 seats.
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South Viet Nam
Constituent Assembly
Saigon
Czechoslovakia Leads Communist Bloc in Car Ownership
Czechoslovakia reports the highest rate of cars per capita among Communist bloc nations. The finding highlights urban mobility and private vehicle ownership trends within the region.
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Czechoslovakia
Civil Rights Faces Hurdles As Congress Returns
Congress returns from Labor Day with civil rights, housing dispute and filibuster risk in the Senate. House action targets bank deposit interest limits tied to money policy. Major bills loom: $3.5 billion foreign aid, $1.60 wage top rate timing, and $58 billion defense funding with Reserve callup provisions under dispute.
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Breton
Washington
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Senate
House
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Morgan Man Released On Bonds
William B. Blankenship, 25, of Morgan County, released on three bonds totaling 3000 after being charged with three burglary cases. He allegedly took guns and ammunition from Farmer's Supply Store and small change from a juke box and cigarette machines at Wagon Wheel Pool Room on Market Street.
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Athens
Morgan County
Doris Black
William_B._Blankenship
Blankenship
Wagon Wheel Pool
Market St
Assault Charged To Teen Pair
Two 18 year olds from Waldermose Springs face charges of assault with intent to ravish after alleged attempt to attack two teenage girls in a Talucah area automobile over Labor Day weekend. Bobby Bonds posted $750 bail and was released. J C McCutcheon remains jailed in lieu of $1,500 bail.
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Waldermose Springs
Morgan Sheriff's Deputies
Bobby Kennedy
Bobby Bonds
J. C. McCutcheon
Talucah
Bonds
McCutcheon
University of Pennsylvania Becomes University in 1779
The University of Pennsylvania is noted as not the oldest institution yet became a university in 1779 marking a key milestone in higher education.
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University of Pennsylvania
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