Nine miners reach contact in Utah phosphate mine trap
Rescue teams report nine of twenty five miners trapped 2700 feet below in a Utah phosphate mine after an explosion. Gas detection at the shaft bottom raises risk of suffocation while rescuers work to locate those still entombed in two tunnels beyond the main shaft.
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Moab
Utah
R. Greg Nokes
Steve Hatsis
North America
Hatsis
Frank Tippie
Potash
Texas Gulf Sulphur
City building permits and bake sale to aid church fund
City clerk issued permits for a six room house at 171 Iris St SW to James C Pressnell for 16000 and a sign for Gateway Shopping Center by J & it oS Co at 400 Brookhaven St SW for 400. Morris Bros Constr Co at 504 12th Ave NW for 3000 with additional repairs. A bake sale at Jones Western Wear Saturday to raise funds for Basham Church worship center per Mrs Gene Jones. See Diary on Page 2.
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James C. Pressnell
Iris St
Terry and Terry Construction Co
Brookhaven St
Musr Cmacy J & It Os Co
Gateway Shopping Center
Morris Bros. Const, Co
12Th Ave. NW
Women’s Society of Christian Service of
Basham Methodist Church
Jones Western Wear and Equipment
W. Moulton
Gene Jones
Sinful pleasures challenge Christian devotion and obedience
Sinful pleasures are anything that stands between you and Christ. Seek God’s will by asking whether it traps His presence, invites His holy presence, accompanies you, or diminishes your Christian influence. If the answer is no, give up the habit. consider others’ consciences as Paul did with meat for a weaker brother.
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I. P
Christ
God
Paul
Athens Expands City Limits by 14 Square Miles
Gov George C Wallace signed a bill expanding Athens population to about 15000 and adding 14 new square miles. Sen Ed Horton sponsored the annexation, with Mayor Arthur Stewart hospitalized. City Councilman W T Osborne noted the move as necessary to gain space and long term benefits backed by the Athens Chamber of Commerce after petitions collected signatures in January.
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Athens
Ed Horton
George C. Wallace
Arthur Stewart
Birmingham
W. T. Osborne
the Daily
Stewart
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Magnavox Stereo and TV Deals At Robinson's on 2nd Ave
Magnavox stereo and television pieces offered at Robinson's on 2nd Avenue claim best prices in town with ad style emphasis on affordability and selection.
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Magnavox
Robinson’s
2Nd Ave
Ady
Civil rights march fills Washington in peaceful show of force
A crowd estimated at 110,000 to 250,000 demonstrated from the Lincoln Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial to press a new civil rights bill. Police kept order as marchers carried signs calling for abolition of racial discrimination and an end to segregation.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Howard Covell
City Firm Buys Plant In Athens
Athens Alabama Flour Mills confirms Nebraska Consolidated buys Sweet Sue Poultry Co. Inc. Beasley, president of the buyer, says the sale is true and that construction on a new processing plant will start immediately. He notes prior purchase of a Jefferson City plant and shipments arriving this weekend.
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Winford
Turner County
Athens
Sweet Sue Poultry Co., Inc
Nebraska Consolidated
C. I. Carter
Alabama Flour Mills
James E
Jim) Beasley
Beasley
Jefferson City
See City
Desegregation Plans Prompt Secrecy on Student Names
The Birmingham Board of Education will keep secret the names of Negro students to integrate city schools next Wednesday and the schools they will enroll in. In Macon County, 48 Negro students have applied to previously white schools under a court order to desegregate. A Texas march for jobs draws civil rights demonstrators. Dr W E B DuBois, founder of the NAACP, dies in Accra at age 95. A lawyers commission discusses impending Alabama desegregation in four cities.
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Birmingham
Board of Education
Tuskegee, Ala
Macon County
Austin
Tex
Texas
March For Jobs and Freedom
Montgomery
George Wallace
Alabama
Speaker Seeks Quick Passage On Rail Arbitration Bill
With the 12 hour strike deadline near the House moves to pass a Senate approved resolution forcing arbitration to avert a nationwide railroad walkout. Speaker John W. McCormack is confident the bill will pass rapidly and reach the President ahead of the deadline.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Montgomery
Senate
State Court of Appeals
Rescuers Probe Deep Shaft for Missing Miner Bova
Rescue teams bored a 12 inch shaft about 305 feet seeking Louis Bova missing since Aug 13 after a cave in that trapped Henry Throne and David Fellin. A six inch shaft reached 88 feet and a three inch probe 132 feet as officials consider next steps and possible camera use. Fellin had contact with Bova but no direct communication established.
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Stanford
H. Benjamin Hazleton
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Louis Bova
Bova
Fellin
Throne
H. B. Charmbury
Charmbury
Iae
Tons
Chers Gordon Smith
Quick Action Saves Small Boy at Midway
In Midway Athens 3 area a two year old boy Gary Don Crafts nearly drowned in a pond. Spencer Waters of Vaughan Gas Co in Moulton performed mouth to mouth resuscitation after finding the child turning blue. Gary was taken to Decatur General Hospital where his condition was listed as fair.
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Moulton
Athens
Lawrence County
Gary Don Crafts
Jimmy Crafts
Spencer Waters
Vaughan Gas Co
Wallace Little
Gary
Waters
Decatur General Hospital
Polio Case Reported in Morgan County
A two year old Neel girl in Morgan County is diagnosed with paralytic polio, the first case since 1959. She was admitted to Decatur General Hospital after illness began ten days ago with vaccines given to her siblings at the county health offices.
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Morgan
Neel
Morgan County
Tresea
Decatur General Hospital
Simmons
Comes
L. R. Murphree
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Tippie
Wallace
THE
Associated Press
Monument
Lincoln Memorial
United States
U.S
Jim
America
Nina Franklin
Barbara Erickson
Decatur High School
Carl Green
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co
Brenda Baker
Green
Red Cross
Decatur
Accra
Ghana
W. E. B. DuBois
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Small Boy
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Ken Reynolds
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