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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1964
Page
11
Science For You by Bob Brown explains a trick where split matches are arranged to touch at breaks, then water causes capillary action to swell the wood and move the pieces into a star shape. The note promotes Science Circus No 2 published by Fleet of New York, copyright 1964.
Marvin Dinsmore, supervisory general engineer at Redstone Arsenal and NIKE X project office, is named chairman of the Missile and Space Flight division for the Morgan County United Fund drive. He holds multiple civic roles and is active in local mental health and disability groups.
A Congolese driver recounts the massacre of two UN workers, Jean Plicque and Francois Preziosi, hacked by machetes and shot by rebels while attempting to free 120 refugees near Bukavu on Lake Kivu. He describes rebels and Watutsi attackers closing in as crowds booed. The report notes Watusi refugees in the Congo and ongoing tensions related to Rwanda.
Supreme Court decisions handed down Tuesday include rehearings in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama vs Ivey Colquitt, Crawford Green vs State, Argone alias vs State, Beck vs State, and Wallonson Jr et al. The rulings involve perruled curiam actions across several circuits including Tuscaloosa Jefferson and Dekalb counties.
Remanded and reversed or affirmed in multiple Alabama circuit and district courts. Cases include Price Melech v State Baldwin, Shelton v City of Birmingham Jefferson, Hampton D Lee v Belcher Perry, Sanders v State Montgomery, Martin alias v State Tuscaloosa, Beck v State Tuscaloosa, Godwin v State Jackson, Johnson v State Mobile, McCreary v State Conecuh, State v Willis Jr. Houston, Brannon v State Geneva.
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