Re: Anybody here from Alabama?

[Dixiana <dixiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I live in Monroe County, right next door. The library over in Evergreen 
should have something; next time I'm over that way I'll take a look I'll 
have Mobile checked, too. They might have something as well.

Dave M.

John W Rosa wrote:

> I need a little help researching an incident that took place in 1974.
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> What I need is to find a newspaper article from the era that contained 
> an article about the event and a photo of the scene.
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> I'll provide the details below, but what I need to know is-
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> What newspaper?
> Exact date of the article?
> I need the full text and the photo from the article.
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> If somebody were willing to check the library's newspaper archives, 
> that would be awesome. But failing that, I could use help in finding 
> the mibraries closest to the incident site.
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> The incident (as described by the Alabama DPS website):
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> "Sergeant Julian D. Stuckey, 36, was killed on Thursday, June 27, 1974, 
> in Conecuh County, when a tire on his patrol car blew out, causing the 
> vehicle to hit a bridge railing on I-65.  Stuckey had planned to be 
> married that weekend."
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> Another State Trooper related the story to me as follows:
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> "Sgt Julian D. Stuckey was killed on I-65 near the Conecuh county Butler
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> line.  I worked this area for three years and became interested in his 
> death.  I was asble to find a news paper article about his crash.  The 
> article also has a photo of a ADPS javelin on its roof.  Sgt Stuckey 
> was traveling south on I-65 at a high rate of speed and a tire blew out 
> causing him to loose control and crash.  This happened June 27, 1974"
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> Naturally, I'd like to get this article for inclusion on my ADPS Javelin
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> website. I'd assume the article appeared on the 28th or perhaps the
> 29th.
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> So....anybody down there got a lead on getting this article?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> John
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