Deputy Henson Dies After High Speed Chase Crash
Carolyn Henson recalls the sudden loss of her husband Deputy Jimmy Henson after a pursuit of two fleeing youths in Morgan County. The 29 year old officer died from a broken neck when his car hit a tree, as fellow deputy George Miller and another deputy Ronald Henson were injured. The incident began when deputies pursued suspects near the Marshall County line after the pair fled a drive in arrest warrants. One suspect was later arrested on reckless driving and failing to stop charges.
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Linda Parham
Jimmy Henson
Carolyn Henson
Carolyn
Morgan County
Marshall County
Henson
George Miller
Jimmy
Decatur General
Ronald Henson
Huntsville
Miller
Rescue Rd
McBride
Decatur Man Receives 18 Year Robbery Sentence
Lonnie White of Decatur was found guilty of robbing the Kaye Service Station on Alabama 20 in April and received an 18 year prison term. The trial followed a mistrial in September with testimony from service attendant Jamie Stewart and a letter White allegedly wrote claiming an alibi. The case featured allegations of kidnapping and multiple suspects, with another participant already given a 30 year sentence.
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Bill Cornwell
Moulton
Lonnie White
Decatur
Lawrence County
White
Jamie Stewart
Dan Nelson
Stewart
Nelson
Montgomery
Kaye
Alabama
Tom Pettus
Pettus
Jesse Braezelle
Ben Thomas Jennings
Football Invading Basketball Territory
When you think of Neel and Danville in a sports sense the term basketball leaps out. That area has annually produced some of the best high school roundball teams in the state.
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Neel
Danville
Neel area organizes youth midget football teams for first season
Clyde Gillett and co coaches form midget and mini-midget squads with four games split two wins two losses. They aim to teach basics like blocking and tackling to younger players and plan a future Sheriffs Bowl benefiting the Alabama Sheriffs' Boys Ranch near Neel.
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Clyde Gillott
Billy Smith
Don Linderman
James Gillott
Gillett
Addison
Alabama
Bear Bryant
Neel
Alabama Sheriffs
Atlanta
Emergency crisis numbers and hospital guidance notice
The Decatur Daily lists emergency numbers for crises and hospital contact. It advises calling the Crisis Call Center at 355 5000 and dialing 0 to reach an operator if unsure of the emergency number. Also provides department phone lines and after hours contacts.
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Risis Ca
Bullet Removal Order Appealed
Attorneys for James Edward Creamer say they will appeal the Georgia Supreme Court decision upholding a lower court order that forces involuntary bullet removal for ballistics tests. The 6-1 ruling held the order does not violate self incrimination protections. Creamer is tied to the May 1971 slaying near Marietta of Dr. Warren Matthews and his wife.
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Atlanta, Ga
James Edward
Creamer
Georgia Supreme Court
Warren B. Matthews
Marietta
Matthews
Tuskegee Area Searched For Baby Swap Suspect
In Alabama authorities hunt for a man in borrowed baggy clothes linked to a baby swap case after his teenage wife was arrested for swapping their infant son for a used car. The wife, Jennifer Sims, 19, faces selling a child charges and was arraigned in Immokalee, while her husband fled into woods and a posse pursued him. A decoy lead and a man named Willie Smith are connected to aiding a fugitive. Separately, a nine year old boy, James Hamilton, was injured in a bicycle collision with an automobile in Decatur.
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Immokalee
Fla
Tuskegee
Ala
Jennifer Five Sims
Collier County
Christopher Sapp
Union Springs
Eugene William Sims
Bullock County
J. S. Williams
Sims
Decatur 5
Clearview St
Sandlin Rd
James W. Hamilton
AAA
South End
Decatur General Hospital
James D. McMeans
Robinson St
City Apprehends Morgan Escapee
Decatur police captured William Doyle Braswell, an escapee from Morgan County Jail, after spotting him on 14th Ave SW and cornering him at a nearby golf course. The suspect was turned back to Morgan County per the police report.
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Morgan County
Decatur
William Doyle Braswell
Bill Nagy
14Th Ave
Braswell
Morgan
Fifty Cases Set Before Miam Justice Court
Fifty cases including speeding and driving while intoxicated were to be heard today in justice court before Judge Robert L. Milam.
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Justice Court
Robert L. Milam
Layman Attacks Blount Campaign Over $1000 Dinners
Decatur layman Layman and Sen John Sparkman's campaign co chair charged Blount uses outside professionals financed by $1000 a plate fundraisers to buy a Senate seat. He cited Birmingham dinners 88 attendees and out of state officials as top campaign aides and a broad ad campaign.
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Maynard Layman
Decatur
Sen
John Sparkman
Winton M. Blount
United States Senate
Birmingham
Relay House
Layman
Blount
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Azilee H. Morris
Stratford Rd
Cedar Lake Rd
Aaa-Southend Ambulance
By Tony Estes
Hartselle
Decatur Daily
Athente Anc
Frank Brown Sr
Olivia
George Burt
Calvin
Lewis (Pinky) Brown
Frank Brown
Canal and
Market Streets
Cobb County Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Tuskegee Area
Williams
Willie James Smith
Smith
Dairy Queen
W. Moulton St
Virginia King
Jackson St
Louise Blizzard
Prospect Dr
Big E
Southland Plaza
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