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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1968
Page
2
Athens College reports a fall term total of 1,301 students with 687 from Alabama and 614 from 23 other states plus two foreign countries. It marks the institution's second largest enrollment in its 146-year history, while Morgan County voters gain ten days of October registration.
Daily staff writer Bob Dunnavant documents Athens police crowd control training led by Chief A B Lightfoot with 18 officers using gas masks gas canisters and bayonet practice. The narrator experiences tear gas crying coughing and a sense of helplessness during the field demonstration.
Two masked men robbed Billups Service Station on Highway 20 at 3:30 am Saturday but fled after the attendant Howard Norwood found a key to the office safe and police reported the cash register held about $960. The entry was interrupted as Norwood attempted to flag down motorists. Also noted are local scouting night plans for boys ages eight to fourteen and results from a northern division Toastmasters contest with Billings winning a trophy for How to Increase Your Income.
Notes of interest report Terry Waldrep entering David Lipscomb College Nashville to study Bible. Decatur Woman's Club meets Thursday at 9 30 am in Pet Dairy Hospitality Room. Rising Sun Lodge 29 hosts covered dish dinner Monday at 6 30 pm at Masonic Hall. Daniel Glenn Blevins and Frank Johnson Jr listed among 800 University of the South arts and sciences students. Blevins a freshman Johnson a senior.
A Wallace campaign report gives George C Wallace net worth at 77000. Assets include 30000 in stocks and mutual funds, 1000 bonds, 3000 insurance cash value, 10000 personal property, 15000 savings, and 18000 real estate equity with 23000 to 24000 mortgage on his Montgomery home. Clayton home valued 8500 may pass to Mrs Wallace’s four children. Wallace plans a seven-state tour starting in Chicago with rallies in Cicero followed by stops in Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana New York and New Jersey.
Rep. Bill Dickinson of Alabama said he will vote for George Wallace if the presidential result is decided in the House. He spoke at Wallace’s Montgomery campaign HQ, adding he will support the candidate carrying his 2nd District, likely Wallace, if no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes.
A three judge panel will hear the National Democratic Party of Alabama challenge to place a second pro Humphrey slate on the Alabama ballot for president. The suit seeks certification for NDPA candidates to U.S. Senate, seven House seats, and county offices for the November 5 election.
Lucretia Waldrep, a 15 year old from Trinity, now known as Joey Kangaroo, earned a fulltime DJ post at WLCB in Moulton after failing and passing a broadcasting exam in Nashville. She balances school at Lawrence County High and radio duties, ad libs, early hours, and fan mail while aiming to finish school and become a top DJ.
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