Limestone Rancher Drives Cricket Herd For Part-Time Profit
Isom's Cricket Ranch near Athens, five miles east on US 72, houses over 200 000 crickets year round. Donald B. Isom, a veteran postal employee, and his wife raise crickets for fishing bait in a 30 by 60 foot metal building, selling to North Alabama bait dealers after a six week growth cycle.
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Athens
Limestone County
Isom
U. S. 72
Donald B. Isom
South Alabama
North
Alabama
Bob Walker
Dear Miss Dorothea Dix Advice on a wavering wedding
Three weeks before a wedding a woman faces a past love reappearing. The adviser notes the marriage is essentially certain and urges clarity, arguing that a lingering glance does not prove true love and advises focusing on the upcoming union rather than risking it.
USS Constellation Returns Toward Home Port
The world’s oldest warship afloat the USS Constellation left Boston at sunrise Friday for Baltimore to be set in a masonry bed funded by Marylanders who contributed 100000 dollars. Navy officers estimate a four to five day tow.
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Boston
USS
Constellation
Baltimore
Navy
Okeh Men On To The Moon Says Cosmic Rays Won’t Stop Flight
Dr S F Singer of the University of Maryland told the sixth annual meeting of the International Astronautical Federation that cosmic ray bombardment would cause too little radio activity to make flight impossible. He spoke at a Copenhagen gathering arguing spacecraft and the moon surface would not be dangerously hot from cosmic rays.
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Copenhagen
S. F. Singer
University of Maryland
Singer
International Astronautical Federation
Moon
Miners Die in Rock Fall at Bessie Mines Near Here
Two state miners, J. W. Estes and Orville Beasley, were killed in a rock fall at the Bessie Mines owned by A. Pipe & Foundry Co. this week near the town.
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Birmingham
Bessie
Here
J. W. Estes
Orville Beasley
A. Pipe & Foundry Co
Montgomery WCOV Damaged by Early Morning Blaze
A fire discovered Friday severely damaged WCOV radio and UHF television station in Montgomery Alabama. The Channel 20 outlet was virtually demolished and will be shut indefinitely with some TV equipment melted by the heat.
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Montgomery
Ala
WCOV
Talladega Lawman Hears Call From Lord Resigns
Talladega Police Chief L. D. McGee resigns after declaring a divine call to leave the force. Local officials say McGee cited a higher mandate as the reason for stepping down. The noted lawman served Talladega with a reputation for strict standards and community safety.
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Talladega Lawman
Lord
Primary cosmic rays and shielding ideas for protection
The text discusses potential damage from cosmic rays to humans and suggests shielding materials such as kerosene paraffin and water as possibly effective protection. It presents the concept of shielding to mitigate radiation exposure and mentions the protective role of containment materials.
Unpaid Government Jobs Probed by U S Antitrust Division
Assistant Attorney General Stanley N. Barnes announced a new U S Antitrust Division inquiry into unpaid government posts held by businessmen. He tied the disclosure to a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing and reported an oil company official was removed as head of an Interior Department advisory panel on foreign oil supplies.
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Washington
Stanley N. Barnes
House
Interior Department
Barnes
Chief McGee Resigns After 14 Years in Local Police
McGee, who had been chief since Oct 5 1953, resigns effective Aug 15. He will retire to Troy, saying he would not leave to take another law enforcement job.
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McGee
Troy
Borderland of Law and Ethics Examined By Committees
Chairman Philip Young of the Civil Service Commission testified that three other businessmen on loan from private firms were found operating where they should not. The discussion touched laws in Jamestown Commons and Massachusetts dating to 1635.
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Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
Jamestown
Massachusetts
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