Keller murder trial draws record attention in Cullman
Albert Grady Keller faces murder charges over his wife’s death jailed during a trial that locals say rivals the biggest Cullman County cases. Spectators crowded the 62 year old courthouse as critics and officials debated possible penalties and the trial’s pace and impact.
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Cullman
Albert Grady Keller
Cullman County
John Sparks
Bobby
Sparks
Bobby Redding
Keller
Jack Riley
Riley
K. J. Griffith
Griffith
Decatur
James Moody
Cleve Burrow
Wheat Sale To Soviet Eyed By Freeman
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman told eastern Iowa farmers he would consider selling some U S surplus wheat to the Soviet Union if the Russians pay the full price Freeman said the sale would require no subsidy and would depend on high level government approval He noted Canada and Australia have already sold wheat to Russia and that the Russian crop is short this year.
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Monticello
Iowa
Orville Freeman
Soviet Union
Russia
Freeman
U.S
Athens College enrolls a record 692 for fall term
Athens College reports a fall term enrollment of 692 students consisting of 435 day students and 267 in the night program. President Dr Virgil McCain notes the rise exceeds 10 percent from 1962 63 and announces plans for a new gymnasium auditorium and pool. He lists 10 new staff hires including Byron Bradley Howard Jaggers Sam McBee and Paul Munro among others.
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Athens
Athens College
Virgil McCain
McCain
Byron Bradley
Howard Jaggers
Sam McBee
Ethel Leak
Rudolf) Festa
Florence Marie Steward
Margaret E. Foley
Paul Munro
Jerome Mouton
James L. Davis
Richard Ray
Tunnel Urged Under Channel Between Folkestone and Sangatte
A two year study by British and French experts urges a 32 mile railway tunnel under the English Channel from Folkestone to Sangatte. It estimates capital cost at 143 million pounds and says a bridge would be more costly and risky to shipping. Completion would take about six years with joint state ownership.
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London
English Channel
Folkestone
Sangatte
Calais
Stop March Urged Against Montgomery Protest by Birmingham Negroes
Alabama congressman George Andrews urged President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy to stop a planned Montgomery march by about 1,200 Birmingham Negroes protesting a church bombing that killed four children. Andrews cited telegrams from Montgomery officials and urged use of federal authority to thwart the demonstration.
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Washington
Alabama
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Montgomery
Ala
George Andrews
Montgomery County
William F. Thetford
M. S. Butler
W. Tom Jones
Revenue
Andrews
Martin Luther King
Birmingham
Negro Youth Held In Stabbing Of Detective’s Daughter
James Edward Rutledge, 18, held on assault with intent to murder charges in Birmingham. He allegedly stabbed Connie Bieker, 14, arm while she rode a chartered band bus home from a football game. Det. Joe Bieker’s daughter. heads offered rewards totaling 1200 dollars for arrest and conviction.
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Birmingham
James Edward Rutledge
Rutledge
Connie Bieker
Joe Bieker
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Ralph Bland
Burrow
Bland
Julian
Phenix
A. A. Griffith
Hertz
Hertz System
Decatur Transit
Decatur Transfer & Storage
Industrial Finance Corporation of
East Moulton St
Huntsville
South Side Square
Holmes Ave
N.E
JFK
RFK
Alabama Mill Store
Decatur’s
Princess Theatre
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