Permits Issued For Dothan Area Construction Projects
City and county officials announced multiple permits including a 42 108 Ghengedbulldine at Mt S gtes and a 610000 residence at 4H Jortngy Street Peru for repairs. Grants totaled 2300 to J T Qualim and others, while board meetings and workshops were scheduled in Dothan. Examinations were announced for social workers and medical technical assistants with salaries listed. A cemetery work detail at Concord Baptist and enlistment notices for Wiregrass veterans were also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vos Sullivan
Foster
L Griggs
Dusy
Jamar Colter
N. Alice
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Warrington
P. C
United States
Madicn
A. L
al- Jen
Local Commission
Dothan
Pulitzer Prize Winners Read Like War Dispatches Across Arts
A garbled 1968 Pulitzer list cites journalism and literature awards. It notes the paper’s disaster coverage and a campaign leading to safety references, with honors for Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. The report mentions prizes for journalism, literature, music, and art with $300 cash to individuals and a $500 medal to the winning newspaper under the late Joseph Pulitzer framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Coneral
Frank D Fackgothal
Columbre Unversity
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Stolaws Post
Totstara
Moat
United States
Berard de Vato
Missouri
Moet
Margaret Clapp
Fast Citizen
John Birstow
W of Auden
Walter Piston
Ruskland
Barvard University
Philip Anthony Mourne
New York City
National Academy of Denign
Political Primaries and Delegates Across States
The report outlines Democratic and Republican primary activity in multiple states. Delegates were chosen in Alabama and Delaware with varying instructions, while Florida voters allocated both Democratic and GOP delegates and nominees for six House seats and state offices. Indiana, Missouri, Georgia, and Maryland also held contests informing presidential nomination dynamics.
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Tafsen
Ohio
Howe Santa
Alarberma
Delaware
Flora and Indians
Alabama
Truman
Florida
Indiana
Teter Witt
Missouri
Georgia
Maryland
Cotton Substitute Studied In Australia
A report from Radio Australia notes experiments on a cotton substitute conducted in Australia and England. Researchers indicate the plant adapts and could be planted, with potential for improved protein content, as experts weigh future developments amid cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
San Francescy
Leely
England
Wien
Demonstration Club To Present Program on Radio
Houston County home demonstration clubs will present a radio program Thursday over WIG station. District agents and club members will explain district and county club work, community health and home life topics during National Home Week.
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Houston County
Minn Margate
Oliver
District
Auorn
Distriet Club
Clarence Holla
Dethew Lobintinber
Mra
Ed. Whidden
Smyrna
Mre DS. Melon
Webb Cik
Chile
Mex WA
Womack
Dupree
Mont Oliver
Clarence Hollis
Duthie
April Showers Hit City in Front Page Debacle
A garbled report from a three story Dopatel roof collapse injures several residents including Ray Dench aged 48. Authorities, led by MH Dyon Kay, describe chaos as witnesses recount police lines and a tense rescue at the scene near Princeton and Meat I Bie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debrie
Dopatel
Mies Bertha Hieet Sipermteadon
Dyon Kay Inured
Ray Dench
Tore Tule
Duane Som
Cota Patel Ae Rey
Cab Driver Dies Of Gunshot Wounds In Rogersville
Rogersville taxi driver J H Phillips died in Athens hospital after being shot in a Sunday night incident. Police issued murder warrant for Nathan Bowlin, a Black man who allegedly refused to pay the fare and shot him. Bowlin remained at large as authorities pursued more details.
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Rogersville
Ala
Phillips
Athens
John Witkins
Nathan (Cash) Bowl
Bowlin
Williams
Phitlyn
Fort Pierce rally early exit sparks race talk
The report notes number 27 leaving for his Fort Pierce home before the rally and arriving well before his third child was born at Fort Merce Memorial Nayphral. Observers rate McCarty Fuller Warren and Jocksonville state school sup Colin Eng tish as top contenders amid a crowded field with many names.
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Fort Pierce
McCarty
Fort Merce Memorial
Nayphral
Oolony
Polly
Fuller Warren
Jocksonville
Colin Eng Tish
Clore
Tony Warses
Stormy
Uhl Shandy
Games Salle
Bernarr Mackad Gen
Miami Beach
Body Beautiful Advocate
Rachand Cyapor
Deland Law
Bool Pott
Miami
Alan
Mamas Drigatst
Gav
Edwardo Braves
General L Grads Ruston
Wanita
Po Guy Cavs
Aaksoowle
Packard Wofer
Tallamesse
Muph F
Macdrether
Ft Cerdale
Dark Serail Amar J
Buwin
Tan
Robert
Misi
Bowert
Fack
Bent Gamtu
McClelan
Senate
Telegraphed shell attack on Neve Yacuy and Atarot areas
Reported by informants, 30 shells landed near Neve Yacuy and Atarot with no casualties claimed. Clashes and shelling described across Jerusalem area, with damage to a power station and multiple neighborhoods amid British Mandate and Arab forces activity near Kefar Atelon.
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Neve Yacuy
Atarot
Jerusalem
Mekor Haim
Britah
Bhaldaan
Heseos
Kefar Atelon
Palew
Ancron
Daft
Workman Vanishes Under Sand and Water at Chelsea Pit
In Chelsea Michigan a water department worker Angelo Corvino, age 33, vanished Saturday night as sand and water flooded a 33 foot pit. Crews pumped water and braced the pit walls while a shaft was driven downward to recover him. His sister-in-law and two brothers watched, as Corvino’s wife Corina, nearby at a water main, suffered near collapse.
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Chelsea
Angelo Corvino
Water Department
Corsino
Martin
Han
Coreina
Las Vegas Salute Rebrands to Howdy Podner Event
A Las Vegas salute program adopts the nickname Howdy Podner amid local celebration. The odd wording in reports mirrors OCR garble but confirms a name change and community activities around a public event. Local officials and residents engage in festivities as plans unfold for a regional gathering.
Fragmented OCR Note on Names and Places
A garbled OCR fragment lists unclear names and terms such as Mk ty oy Thee rer ent vee ta Vive tae and Pale Ge ade web th me Wether ie, plus references to payee dee Tht whan nme oe ume et Me Wee tye rt ae fort say.
Mississippi Official Declares Segregation Is Solution
Jackson dispatch reports Freddie Wrght, leader of the States' Rights movement in the National Democratic Party, telling a statewide broadcast that segregation is the only proper relation between races. He says Negroes should be informed on states rights and asserts white Mississippians want segregation, while denying organized anti Negro activity.
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Jackson Miia
Gow
Freddie Wrgn
Shanscpp
Wright
Wrght
National Democratic Party
Mississippi
South
Livestock Prices Across Georgia and Alabama Markets
Livestock arrivals topped 430 cattle and 1000 hogs at major packing plants in Albany Columbus Tifton and Tallahassee with quotes steady. Montgomery stockyard reports mixed cattle calves hogs and cows with varied prices from 18 to 28 dollars per cwt and moderate demand on medium to good veal and hogs.
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Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Thorad Tifton
Montgomery Market
Montgomerky
Mit News
Romaon
Voting machines slow as Dothan polls open late
In Dothan and rural areas observers report late starts and machine delays as voters queued for hours. Two of seven machines operated briefly, a third not used until after delays. County officials expanded operation time to allow all ready voters to cast ballots.
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Land
Court 1
Saxon P. Poyner
Dothan
Cury Market
Ward Two
Lewis
Cowshia
Webb
Rehobeth
Taylor
Houston County
Grain futures rise on firm Chicago board trade
Grain futures advanced as mill buying and crop threats supported prices at the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat led gains with May at 2.46 1 4, corn and oats mixed, soybeans little changed to higher, reflecting private crop estimates and input demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Singing cowboy Taylor recalls police car episode in Senate testimony
Taylor said as a singing cowboy he feared for safety during a taxily tense patrol to downtown, describing a backseat warning to extinguish a cigarette and noting his wife received threats. He said jailed colleagues faced rough treatment while he avoided protest, insisting he did not act improperly.
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Cusboy
Teould
Tor Ie
Bohée
Jin Wo
Taylor
Birmingham
Buddy
Vilin
Senate
Uranium Drives Old Ghost Towns In Colorado High Country
Washington reports the Atomic Energy Commission reserves public lands in Montrose and San Miguel Counties for uranium exploration, potentially reviving a rugged San Juan high country once famed for ghost settlements near Naturita. Historic mining towns and early ore shipments to Paris in 1888 are noted, with uranium’s rise framed as a new energy frontier amid long traded metals and highway legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colorado
Fas Juan Mountain Country
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Montrose
San Miguel
Natorita
National Geographic Society
Supreme Court Bans Enforcing Racial Property Restrictions
The Supreme Court, in a Vinson-led ruling, overturned state court enforcements of restrictive agreements that barred Negro purchasers from using property. The decision holds such private contracts cannot override the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1868, invalidating injunctions aimed at colored residents in St. Louis, Detroit, and Washington.
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Justice Wineson
St. Louis
Detroit
Vinson
High Court
Federal Court
District of Columbia
Washington
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Earl M. Fulford
Medical Voice
Billy Branson
Chancellor
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NFM
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George B. Goodwin
Atlanta, Ga
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Washington and Lee University
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Soviet Union
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Richmond Tunes Dispatch
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Boston Traveter
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Prem Mented
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Young Brothers
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Duight D. Eisenhower
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