Fifty Years Ago Today, September 20, 1965

MAH To Curtail

Dependent Care

The decision to cut off all but essential dependent care is attributed to a shortage of doctors at the hospital to take care of military personnel currently on post.

Districting

The crucial battle to keep Lee and Russell counties in the same senatorial district shifts back to the House of Representatives today after apparently having been lost in the Senate Friday.

Russell Draft

Twenty of the 1,089 young Alabama men to be inducted in October will be from Russell County, according to Miss Betty Knighton, clerk of the selective service board.

This story was originally published September 18, 2015 at 7:17 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, September 20, 1965 ."