Brief News Items of Interest in the Southeast Empire: Alabama

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Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution

Publication Place

Atlanta, GA

Publication Date

04/23/1967

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Alabama, A former Elmore County deputy sheriff, Harvey King Connor, was acquitted by a federal court jury of violating the civil, rights of a Negro prisoner who died in jail after being arrested, by Connor. Defense witnesses said James Earl Motley sustained a fatal wound when he fell off a bunk in the county jail., Eugene (Bull) Connor, president of the Public Service, Commission, returned to Montgomery for the first time last, week since suffering a stroke in December of last year. Con-, nor has been confined to a Birmingham hospital and still receives therapy there. He presided at a special PSC meeting, seated in a wheelchair and with one arm in a sling., Four, Alabama industries filed acceptable water pollution control, programs with the Alabama Water Improvement Commission, last week., A $1 million oil refinery has been announced for, the Theodore Industrial Park south of Mobile. The refinery, will employ 28 persons initially and will produce about 10,000, barrels of petroleum daily from crude oil., A mechanical, failure at a lock on the Warrior River's Bankhead Lock and, Dam near Birminghamport has caused serious concern to, barge operators. A new lock is being planned to cost $25, million but it is not even off the drawing boards. A two-week, shutdown piled barge traffic., The medical service school, at Gunter Air Force Base north of Montgomery has been, moved to Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls, Tex.

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