Young Mother Found Drowned In Creek Case A Bachelor Is Held
Gadsden county police held Joe Blackburn of Murray Cross as a suspect in the drowning of Kathleen Higgins a mother of two whose body was found in a shallow Turkeytown creek Friday night. Sheriff Shertie Folsom said she was raped beaten and held under water until she died. Blackburn accompanied Higgins to her home and helped her cross a dam where witnesses saw them. The husband reported her missing after returning from work.
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Turkeytown Creek
Shertie Cecil Folsom
Joe Blackburn
Murray Cross
Bona
Elowsh
Kathleen Hlagina
Folsom
Higgins
Blackburn
Four-Blast Fire At Bell Street House Extinguished
Firemen answered a four blast alarm at 700 South Bell, extinguishing the blaze at a Neara residence before damage occurred. Chief Floyd Harris and Martis cited a defective stove as the cause. occupant listed as Della Cain. A second alarm from Osceola Street reported a woods fire with no damage. Also notes about US made syrup and sugar production in Vermont and New York.
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South Bell
Neara
Floyd Harris
Martis
Della Cain
Osceola Street
Woods
Children and Pets Dominate Weekly Photo Contest
The week features top entries from Dothan and surrounding areas where children and pets shine. Winners include a deer hunting shot by Andrea Dismukes and a child with a baseball glove by James Reeves Jr. Other notable photos show Jane Collier with her dog Butch and Ruth Mayaly as a equestrian, reflecting the contest’s popular mix of young subjects and animals.
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Rickey
Hig
Eagle
Pete
Rekey
Ares
Fawle Pho
Andrea Dismukes
Reckoys
Curts Heady
Dothan
Mocca Wat King
Dathasi
Ready
Jane Collier
Butch Jane
Hernan Collier
State Park
Blakers
Maynty
Excelent Powe
Ruth Mayaly
Rath
Cindy
White
James Reeves, Jr
Donalsonville
Jimm
Jammy
Roger Lanny Barnes
Chancellor
Rogers
Two Czechs Given Death Sentences in Prague
Two Czechoslovaks were sentenced to death after a three day trial in Prague. The court also handed down 16 year to life terms to four co-defendants as espionage cases tied to aiding countrymen to flee Czechoslovakia. The US Information Service was ordered closed and staff expelled amid accusations of spreading hostile propaganda.
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Russell Jones
Prague
Czechoslovakia
CS Information Service
Jaromir Nechansky
Vejeslay Wahl
Stue
Pankras
Ufe
USIS
Ite
Cher US
Joseph C Kolarek
Kolarek
Czechoslovaka Yesters
Paukiac
Mies Spreal
Karel Logis
Jan Doh Waleh
Zdenia Vachova
Omy Wean
Dothan Boy Named To State Nine Position
A Dothan High School Diversified Occupations Club student Morrison was elected second vice president at the state officers meeting concluding a three day annual gathering at the University of Alabama. An Anniston student was named president, Flora McCall of Union Springs was chosen Miss Diversified Occupations, with Dothan student Miriam White among candidates.
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Dothas High School
Clude Morrison
Alabama DC Club
University of Alabama
Anniston
Presdent
Chuir
Farst
Montgomery
Flora McCall
Union Sprites
Wine Dealer Wins First Suit Round Infringement Case
Montgomery A Montgomery wine dealer won the first round in a federal court trade mark infringement case when the suit was dismissed. The Birmingham company, Bama Company, appealed to the US Court of Appeals. The case involved alleged use of a trade mark on wine bottles by Ben R Goltsman Co. Judge CB Ken Ramer held there was no substantial evidence.
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Montgomery
Bama Company
Birmingham Wine
Birmingham Company
Bama Fed
Ben R Goltsman
Magic City
Goltsman
CB Ken Ramer
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Bell Street
Vermont
New York State
Saga
National Geographic Society
Peanut Shellers
Segrest Gin
David Bradford
Bauman
Jewelers & Slversmiths
Wornaa
Arasama
Rowitch
Nand
Charles E Baines
Larry
Nadine Crumpler
Sixth Street
Marianna
Ronnie Weeks
Nadine
Czechoslstaki
Armeti
Bama
Phyrgia
Ium
Asia
Dinor
Thureday
Chapman
Gates
Phyfe Coffe
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