Southern Governors Turn To Black Leader
POINT CLEAR Alabama Melvin Evans a 56 year old Virgin Islands governor and physician is eyed to chair the Southern Governors Conference as energy worries push a push for a stronger state voice Evans a Republican has led as vice chairman and would succeed George Wallace Askew of Florida would become vice chairman The group also backed a national energy policy plus end price controls on oil and gas and supported private funding for an Alaska pipeline Evans’ historic rise marks the first time a Black man is expected to chair the conference
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Alabama
George Wallace
Florida
Reubin Askew
Virgin Islands
Melvin Evans
Wallace
Evans
Askew
Point Clear
Ala
Melvin H. Evans
Southern Governors Conference
George C. Wallace
Souther
Conference Resolutions Committee
Howard University
University of California
U.S. Army
U.S. Public Health Service
Counterfeit Trials Set for Two Men in Moulton Case
Circuit Judge Billy C. Burney set Tuesday as trial date for William Wiley Jones and Bobby Lee Weatherford in a counterfeit bill case tied to passing 60 dollars in 20s in Moulton on Feb 22. Both men, with Billy Lee Bastin, had escaped Lawrence County Jail on April 27 and were later captured in Nashville on July 10. Bastin received seven years after pleading guilty. Jones and Weatherford faced additional Tennessee sentences and were extradited to Lawrence County.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Billy C. Burney
William Wiley Jones
Forrest City
Ark
Bobby Lee Weatherford
Lexington
Tenn
Jones
Weatherford
Billy Lee Bastin
Linden
Nashville
Bastin
Dist
Tom Pettus
Tennessee
Skylab To Be Visible Over Decatur Area Next Week
NASA officials say Skylab will be visible over the Decatur area six times next week depending on clear skies. Observations include Thursday at 6 a.m. for 6 minutes 30 seconds with a 42 degree peak and 386 mile range and multiple passes through Friday Saturday Sunday and Tuesday with varying elevations and ranges.
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Decatur
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Skylab
Court Refuses To Review Case Again In Alabama
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals refused to rehear the convictions of two Morgan County men. Cecil Albert Kilpatrick, 49, was sentenced to 26 years for raping a 54 year old mental patient at Bryce Hospital. the crime occurred in August 1968 after the victim was taken from the Tuscaloosa hospital to Kilpatrick’s home near Falkville. Joseph W. Hollis, a Decatur resident and former O K Tire employee, was sentenced to three years for embezzlement of four auto tires and two truck tires valued at 165 dollars, with trial dated September 8, 1972.
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Montgomery
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
Morgan County
Cecil Albert Kilpatrick
Market St. NW
Joseph W. Hollis
Decatur
Kilpatrick
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Falkville
Hollis
O.K. Tire and Rubber Co
6Th Ave
Althea Gibson Quips “I Still Am” After Recognition
In Harlem a man asked tennis great Althea Gibson if she was the famous player. She smiled and replied, “I still am,” after returning to her roots to lead a mobile tennis program for local youths.
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New York
Althea Gibson
Harlem
Miss Gibson
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