Croes Life In The Wiregrass A Local Event
Death totals rise across Alabama with 4 443 deaths in April to June. Houston County records 312 of the statewide total as the Health Department notes the second quarter rise. Five alarms responded yesterday with three fires and a near reactor incident. no injuries reported. Diphtheria case confirmed in Dothan route one seven year old girl. Berry Pitts charged with assault and battery. bond set at 980.
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Alabama
Houston County
State Department of Health
Tota
Dothan
Small Storm Spotted Off Coast of Florida
Miami Weather Bureau reports a tropical storm located at sea off the Florida east coast with winds around 60 mph. A ship says the storm was about 650 miles southeast of Bermuda or east of West Palm Beach and moving west-northwest at 12 to 18 miles per hour.
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MIAMT
Miam ‘Weather Bureau Today
Florida
Bermuda
Ata
West Palm
Napier Youth Revival Opens At Napier Field Church Tomorrow
The Rev. George Gilbert, student minister and Banks-Methodist pastor, leads a youth revival at Napier Field Methodist Church starting tomorrow and running through Sunday with evangelist singer Jim Opyett directing music and a youth choir from several churches. A youth rally Saturday will climax a full day of visitation evangeli fellowship lunch on the parsonage lawn and a wiener roast in the evening. The Napier Church pastor Rev Comer Woodall invites youths and adults to attend the revival ending with Sunday evening service.
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George Gilbert
Troy
Banks — Methodist Church
Napier Field Methodist Church
Jim Opyett
Dothan
Napier Field
Comer Woodall
Napier Church
Enterprise to Name Pageant Beauty Contestant
The Enterprise representative for the National Peanut Festival Beauty Pageant will be chosen Monday night at the theater. Three senior entrants from Enterprise High School were nominated by a student committee: Jeanette Baier Patricia Hollis and Beverly Ann Brooks. Bettie Proctor withdrew to attend a wedding.
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Enterprise Special
Enterprise
Dothan
Jean Farris
Enterprise Chamber of Commeter
Enterprise High School
Jeanette Baier
Patricia Hollis
Beverly Ann Brooks
Bettie Proctor
Newton
Storig Cauthen
Ozark
Newton High School
Newsprint Rise Hits Powell River Customers Oct 16
The Powell River Company informed its Canadian and United States customers newsprint will cost 8.10 more per ton starting October 16 due to higher production costs. In New York, cotton futures were mixed with small gains across several contracts.
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Vancouver
B.C
Powell River
Canantse
United States
Air War College general reassigned after suspension
Maj. Gen. Crgil A. Anderson, suspended head of the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama, was assigned to lead the 370th Technical Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas. The move ends speculation on a new command and follows his interview promoting a preventive war against Russia.
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Air Forcs
Air Force
Air War College
Anderson
Ing
Rosaly
Hoyt Vandenberg
Etaff
Ground fighting widens as UN redeploys along KOREA front
UN and allied forces press the North Korean advance along the 190 mile front near Kumchon and Hanpo. US Fifth Air Force sorties total 259 with raids on rail lines and coastal targets while naval bombardments disrupt Red installations from Chongjin to Manchuria border. American, British, Canadian and Australian units push toward Kumchon, with Cavalry columns and South Korean troops forming pincers near Hanpo and Paekchon as Red divisions move to counter.
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Wonsan
Wonsan Bay
Tae-Do
in-Do
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
United Nations
North Korea
Chongjin
Iran
Steel Center
Soviet
Vladivostok
China
Manchuria
Red Army
Arthur BD. Strable
Soviet Union
William J Waugh
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Kumchon
Pyongyang
Kamehon
Kamehan
Hanpa
Hanpo
Paetchon
Paekchon
Venezuelan airliner crash at Granadeto Airport injures none
An Awin-engined Venezuelan national airline plane with 16 passengers and four crew crashed and burned at Granadeo te Airport last night. All aboard escaped injuries.
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Maracaibo
Venezuria
Venezuelan National Airlines
Granadeote
City Notes Purchase of 41 Million KWH of Electric Current
City of Dothan reports total electricity purchases for the past fiscal year reaching 41,400,000 kilowatt hours. About 2.826 million kilowatt hours were recorded as losses from transformers and meters, with 346,000-plus kilowatt hours sold to paying customers and 2,085,206 for city use. The year ended with 3,004 paying customers as of Sept 30, 1969, down from 6,445 earlier, per Water and Electricity Department officials and Alabama Power Company statements.
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Dothan
B.C. Ward
Water and Electricity Department
Alabama Power Company
Fise
Jesus
Livestock Prices and Cotton Report From Southern Markets
Livestock receipts totaled 200 cattle and 2 760 hogs at multiple Georgia plants, with hog prices up 24 to 50 cents and 1.25 to 1.50 higher than a week ago. Prices varied by weight, with 190-240 pound hogs around 19.50 to 19.59 at several plants and sows 14.50 to 15.75. New Orleans cotton futures were irregular with October under pressure before last notice day October 17, trading 20 cents lower to 35 cents higher, and capybara sized giant guinea pigs noted as the largest known rodents.
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Thomasville
APY
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Tilton
Dothan
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
New Orleans
iClinic registrations surpass125 at fall clinic
By mid-morning more than 125 patients had registered at the fall clinic for crippled children and adults at the Dothan Recreation Center. People from Dale, Geneva, Henry, Coffee, and Houston counties were examined by Dr. W. D. Hannon. A vocational rehabilitation worker and the Delhay Service League assisted with registration and provided sandwiches and milk at noon.
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Dothan Recreation Center
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Coffee
Liberated Area Man Returns to U S From Tokyo Prison Camp
One of the first group of 92 American war prisoners, John L. Nepier of Cottonwood, returns to the United States after a week of meals, milk, and medical care in a liberated area. The men were freed at Nanwon, South Korea, on Sept 28 by the 25th Infantry Division after months in Korean Communist custody. Their plane was due at Fairfield-Suisun Air Base in California.
Poultry Market Report Georgia Prices Steady Demand High
In Atlanta Georgia the poultry market shows a steady undertone with supplies cleared in most sections but some shortages in others. Demand remains good for Friday with Friday and Thursday prices for brailers and fryers across weights at 25 to 28 cents with most at 25-26 cents FOB farm.
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Atlanta
USDA
Nori
Georgia
Seven Nominations Named For Woman Of Year
Dothan women vie for the Woman of the Year honor in the second annual contest by the Business and Professional Women's Club. Seven nominees include Mrs. Mionie T. Heard and Mrs. Evelyn Mullen. Miss Story notes eligibility rules exclude nonresidents like Mrs. E. J. Whiddon. Judging will be by impartial out-of-town members, and the winner will be announced at the club banquet at Houston Memorial Library next Thursday.
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Dothan
Mionie T. Heard
Evelyn Mullen
Q. S. Lewis
Citta — Schwalb
C. W. Johnson
F. A. Flowers
W. F. Covington, Jr
Lila Serr
L Committee
Miss Story
Ety
E. J. Whiddon
Ashford Highway
Houston Memorial Library
Addie A. Wilson
Night Of Surprises in Stoneham Baby Shower
Friends of Mrs. Robert Conklin surprised her with a baby shower last night and she returned the favor. Mrs. Conklin whispered a joke to guests just before the baby was born, arriving within 30 minutes of the shower.
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Stoneham
Mass
Mra
Robert Conklin
Conklin
Robert
Nine Houston Men Leave For Induction
Nine Houston County men left for Montgomery for induction into the armed forces. Draft board clerk Mrs. Alla Hynson reported one man, Jamies E. Smith, was transferred to Hazardeliie Conn. for induction. Those leaving include Lester H. Ramsey James H. Waters Robert Earl Vann Charlie Burton Jr James C. Elmore Wille J. Bar jBer Elijah Vannie Roach Gordon J.T. Fowler Newton route and Charles Donnel Howell Cottonwood.
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Houston County
Montgomery
Armed Forces
Alla Hynson
Sian
Jamies E. Smith
Hazardeliie
Conn
Lester H. Ramsey
James H. Waters
Robert Earl Vann
Charlie Burton, Jr
James C. Elmore
Wille J. BarjBer
Dothan
Elijah Vannie Roach
Gordon
J.T
Napier Man Injured In Bus Car Crash
Grady F. Laminone a 66 year old Napier Field resident suffered cuts and bruises when a Dothan bus rear ended his car at Napier Field. The driver of the bus was Konnie A. Kirkland from Dothan. Car damage estimated at 75 dollars and bus damage at 125 dollars. No charges were filed.
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Grady F. Laminone
Napier Field
Dothan
M. S. Vickery
Ikonnie A. Kirkland
Holmes Grand Jury Still Studies Cases
Holmes County grand jury, convened Tuesday, continues hearings on three cases. Two involve potential capital punishment on indictment and conviction. exact nature of the cases remains undisclosed. Indictments, if any, may be announced this afternoon or tomorrow as a petty jury for Fair term Circuit Court trials opens at 10 a.m. Monday.
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Bonifay
Holmes Gounty
C ‘Welch
Mazinnna
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