Nixon's Daughter Visits Alabama for Social Security Center
Patricia Nixon Cox, daughter of President Nixon, praises his reforms and confirms the 1968 pledge to inflation proof Social Security as she helps break ground on a $25 million regional Social Security payment center in downtown Birmingham serving several southeastern states. She adds that actions boosting elderly dignity uplift all Americans.
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Birmingham
Ala
Patricia Nixon Cox
Nixon
Proctor Outlines Disaster Plans For Three Fronts
Civil Defense director Howard Proctor outlined three disaster readiness efforts in Morgan County including the Mutual Assistance Program spanning 16 counties, the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant three county warning plan, and a Hospital Facilities Plan to share hospital resources. The Browns Ferry plan was approved and used as a model by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Morgan County
Civil Defense
Howard Proctor
Community Services Planning Council
Browns Ferry
Decatur
Atomic Energy Commission
Confession False: Accused Assailant testifies to false confession
Billy Joe Birdsong 19 admits he signed a false confession to stabbing 16 year old Fran Bishop in a Decatur church. Bishop identified Birdsong as her attacker. Birdsong described coercive interrogation and fear as a black man among white detectives. He claims he had never been in the church.
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Ben Windham
Decatur
Billy Joe Birdsong
Walnut St
Fran Bishop
Birdsong
Miss Bishop
Bowman
Reed
Bingham Edwards
J. D. Chestnut
Selma
Bingham
Edwards
Decatur General Hospital
Bishop
Old-Timer Still On Job Weaving Chair Bottoms
At 95, George McEntire, a retired Goodyear employee living in Decatur, remains active crafting chair caned bottoms. He recalls 1890s Decatur with mule-drawn streetcars, limited schooling, and early work to support a blind father, asserting hard work lengthens life while continuing his craft at home.
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George McEntire
Goodyear
McEntire
Decatur
Huntsville
Cincinnati Post
Longtime craftsman recalls family chairmaking and wartime epidemics
McEntire, raised in Florence and now living in Decatur, recalls his chairmaking lineage and elm bark craft begun after his 1897 wedding gift. He recounts 1883 yellow fever near Florence and a later smallpox quarantine that burned the home, then notes his long career in construction, fishing, and Goodyear guarding, with seven children and many descendants.
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Florence
McEntire
Tuscumbia
Chattanooga
Memphis
Iron City
Tenn
Giese Oe
Mules Pull a Streetcar Up 6th Avenue in Front of Tavern Hotel
A historic note recalls two mules guiding a trolley up 6th Ave SE about 55 years ago near Grant Street in front of the Tavern Hotel and Cornelian Hotel.
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6Th Ave
Grant St
Cornelian Hotel
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Alabama
Proctor
Athens
Limestone County
James Newby
Newby
Calhoun
Senate
Calhoun Junior College
John Mullins
Leighton
Phil
Nitin Patel
Johnny Bailey
Somerville
Shannon Thomas
Cotaco
David) Reed
Chestnut
Ricky Brooks
Nashville
Daisy Brown
Clara Keves
Margaret Henderson
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