Lost son writes to father after 17 years
In Los Angeles Charles Matlock Sr learns his son, now in Washington, D C, wrote seeking him after discovering his adoption was not consented to and that he used his real name. The son, discharged from the Army, contacted his father via the Times revealing the reunion's beginnings. Matlock speaks with his son for the first time in 17 years as he searches for the missing family member.
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Charles de Matlock
Matlock
Ife
Charles, Jr
Washington
California
Los Angeles Times
Airplane meet set for Dothan on June 20
The event will feature special acts and a planned day program. W D Malone, Houston County representative, spoke on Communism at the club meeting, introduced by Ray McGill, program chairman.
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Dothan
Tae Sete i
W. D. Malone
Houston County
Ray McGill
Three-Way Crash Leads to DWI Charge
Carlton Mecer 36 of Grand Ridge Fla was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck two pickup trucks on Ardida road. He hit a truck driven by Lee Roy Glass of Dothan as it turned left and then struck another owned by Daniel Palmer of Dothan. Damages were light and no injuries were reported.
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Carlton Mecer
Grand Ridge
Fla
Ardida
Highway Patrol
Mercer
Lee Roy Glass
Dothan
Daniel Palmer
Dothan Rate Two
Wicksburg Seniors Stage Our Gal Sal Friday
Wicksburg High School Senior II class presents the comedy Our Gal Sal at 7 30 p m Friday in the high school auditorium. Director Mrs Randolph Hughes leads cast Ann Norton Von Cilee Basiey Gypsy Dean Laney Wallace Lee Frances Woodham Frances Jones Joe Hartzog Jimmie Killingsworth Mary Ellen Greathouse.
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Wicksburg
Wicksburg High School
Gal Sal
Randolph Hughes
Ann Norton
von Cilee Basiey
Gypsy Dean Laney
Wallace Lee
Frances Woodham
Frances Jones
Joe Hartzog
Jimmie Killingsworth
Mary Ellen Greathouse
Transformation at Poythress farm inspires conservation drive
Sunrise construction on the Poythress place in Virginia shows a full farm restoration. Twenty tractors, drills, lime, and a bulldozer mobilized students and volunteers to install 5400 feet of fencing 3900 inches of meadowstrip seeding 1780 loblolly pines 12000 feet of terracing and 1000 crowns of kidzu planted. A pond shaped from a briar thacked meadow adds value while state police regulate visitors. The 105 acres embrace modern methods that locals hope will revive worn-out land.
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Poythress
Virginia
Guffaws Echo as Court Laughs at Sam in Pawtucket
Mayor mbrose McCoy and a group of businessmen protested in court as Sam faced a fine. Judge William M. Connell presided while the crowd laughed, with the judge promising the best jokes yet in Pawtucket.
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Mbrose McCoy
Sam
William M. Connell
Red Sam
Pawtucket
Ming
Floods and High Waters Hit Georgia Roads and Rail Lines
Flood waters closed highways from Donalsonville to Marianna and Colquitt as an ACL passenger train was halted between Montgomery and Thomasville. Up to 13 inches fell in Dothan area in March, with two inches in 24 hours, isolating homes and flooding towns from Bainbridge to Albany. Red Cross staffed canteens. numerous washouts and detours plagued Southwest Georgia and nearby states amid tornado damage and power outages.
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Donalsonville
Associated Press
Marianna
Fla
Colquitt
Montgomery
Thomasville
Black
Civil Aeronautics Administration Weather Bureau
Dothan
Lonnie Granger
Cottonwood
Georgia
Spring Creek
Decatur County
Georgia State Patrol
J. R. Lee
State Patrol
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Jokin
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Hardeeville
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Georgine
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Rial Roads
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Pecan City
Downing Area
Moultrie
Ashburn
K. S. Ellison
U.S
Valdosta
Florida Ine
April Fool Prankster Is Victim Of Own Gag
Panama City Florida theater owner Bud Davis staged an April Fool drive in gag promising season passes to the first callers. The radio show drew a flood of calls and jammed lines traffic and his home phone as fans surrounded the theater seeking the joke's payoff. Davis fled town briefly to escape the uproar and acknowledged the prank backfired.
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April Fool
Panama City
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Bud Davis
Davis
Traffic Violator Nabbed After Chase in Wichita
A Wichita traffic violator led police on a high speed pursuit through red lights and a filling station drive to dodge fines. He fled into a multi story garage and vanished, later traced home by license data and arrested and fined.
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Wichita
Kan
Staton
Furniture Split Across County Line Sparks Tax Pact
Excelsior Minnesota reports a couple dispute over their new house split by the county line. Johnstone agreed to let assessors in Hennepin and Carver counties tax only the portion on each side. The couple keeps all furnishings in place and units are taxed by region.
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Excelsior
Minn
Cap
D. 2Rave Johstone
Johnstone
Hennepins
Carver
Hidden Tooth Revealed by X Ray After 24 Years
In Columbus Ohio Mrs Lela Gasser returned for a final dental visit and had a tooth pulled when an X ray showed an impacted cuspid. The tooth had remained unnoticed since a prior dental procedure many years ago. The discovery puzzled the patient and was removed by a dentist.
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Columbus
Lela Gasser
Apo
Seized chance to back self help plan shifts with Spain
Conferees near a vote on a self help package with Spain as a key participant. The House action fuels Western bloc influence concerns as Communist factions warn it could boost Communist strength ahead of April elections. White House opposition details remain unclear.
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Spain
Vanderberg
United States
House
Brush
Mr. Trasqaey
Posien Oon
White House
Instant Retaliation Key to America's New Defense Plans
In a sweeping defense concept the United States gravitates toward instant retaliation to deter and defeat a potential Soviet attack. The plan centers on expanding air power, basing and interceptors, and striking enemy industrial centers swiftly to forestall a Pearl Harbor style strike.
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America
Washington
NEA
Congressional Aviation Policy Board
U. S
Russia
U.S
Phu
Tyyire Tssion
Mys
Transporta
Tony
AAF
Vimestanie
Plastic Caskets Are Immune To Decay
Houston Tex see plastics derived from petroleum products used in casket manufacture by Southwerterm Plastics Co. President Bloxson says about 100 plastic caskets have been made since September 1938 and that the material resists fresh or salty water ground chemicals and decay.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Can Fl
Bloxson
Southwerterm, Plastics Co
Dothan Civic Association Plans April Drive and Ticket Sales
The Dothan Civic Music Association announces a weeklong drive starting April 8 to distribute supplies and sell season tickets. Workers will operate Monday night April 18 with tickets offered to residents in Abbeville Columbia Ashford Headland Hartford Graceville and Geneva. Reciprocal agreements with Enterprise and Ozark associations will be renewed. Letters go to 1947-48 members for renewal. voting favored a dancer or dance group with orchestra and pianist as next choices. President Simms notes favorites may be selected if the budget allows.
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Association
Dothan
Abbeville
Columbia
Ashford
Headland
Hartford
Graceville
Geneva
Enterprise and Ozark
Simms
Gerald Dickerson Sentenced To U S Training School
Gerald Dickerson age 15 of Dothan pleaded guilty to juvenile delinquency before U S District Judge C B Kennamer in Montgomery and was sentenced to three and one half years in a national training school for boys. He had escaped Houston County jail two weeks earlier and was transferred to Montgomery to face a Dyer Act count. Dickerson admitted transporting a stolen motorbike from Dothan to Columbus Georgia last May and was arrested in February in connection with a gun repair shop burglary.
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Gerald Dickerson
Dothan
U.S
C. B. Kennamer
Montgomery
Houston
Kennumer
Dickerson
Columbus
Western Allies confront Soviet border limits in Germany and Vienna
A British official in Hamburg notes stronger Russian control forces in the British zone and fewer illegal refugees crossing. Vienna reports Russians tightening rules for Americans en route to Vienna as four-power control frays. Clay and Robertson discuss the move, with France signaling support for the Allies. Trains face Soviet border inspections and limited transit for Allied personnel, while food and coal reach Berlin and American nationals number about 10,000.
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Austria
Vienna
Berlin
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Brian Robertson
Nolce
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Germany
Moscow
Yury Korolkov
Pravda
Control Council
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Frankfurt
U.S
Britain
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U. S
Driggers Named Assistant Clerk Recorder in County Change
The resignation of 5 L Vaughn as County Recorder is accepted. Vaughn remains auditor treasurer clerk. L R Driggers becomes Recorder and fills the newly created Assistant Clerk Recorder post.
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L. R. Driggers
Vaughn
Driggers
Uncle Bob keeps Lizzie running a Model T despite odds
A small town tale shows Uncle Bob of Ashford sourcing 14 wheel bearings and parts from distant states for his Henry Ford Model T Lizzie. Letters from across the country arrive offering help and parts while local neighbors provide bearings. Uncle Bob describes his long affection for the T and demonstrates starting and driving Lizzie despite rheumatic limitations.
Market Prices For Hogs And Weights By Category
Prices listed for soft and semiheart hogs across weight ranges. Medium to choice barrows and gilts 69-209 lbs bring 17 to 25 dollars. 208-270 lbs 16.50 to 17.50. over 270 lbs around 15.56 to 17.25. Sows 13.50 to 15.25. top area price limit 18 for well shrunk 180-240 lb soft and semi hogs.
Cattle Calves and Hogs Prices Noted at Montgomery Market
Federal State Market News reports salable cattle receipts around 250 with steady trade. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly 22.00 to 23.00 and 18.00 to 21.00 for common. cows 15.00 to 18.00. calves with 24.00 to 25.00 for good butcher calves. hogs with 17.50 to 18.00 for 180-240 lbs barrows and gilts.
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Montgomery
Fed
State Mkt News Soc
Union Stock Yards
New Orleans Cotton Futures Rise on Short Covering
Cotton futures in New Orleans climbed as traders covered shorts and fixed prices after recent export sales. By 11:30 a.m. May, July, and Oct contracts showed gains up to 1.20 per bale, with activity linked to China sales. In New York trading, late, prices advanced 80 cents to 1.70 a bale on heavy buying tied to China demand.
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New Orleans
New York
China
Notaries Appointed in Houston County
Secretary of State announces two new notaries in Houston County. N. E. Cameron of Dothan receives a county-wide appointment and JH. Saxon is appointed for the state at large by Governor Fo rom.
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Houston County
S.bul Pool
Forom
N. E. Cameron Fof Dothan
JH. Saxon
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