Local notes reflect visits, awards, and incidents in Decatur
Dr and Mrs W S Wyatt of Lexington Kentucky visited Decatur relatives after attending the Alabama Auburn game in Birmingham. Jenkins and Yates returned from Dallas representing Decatur schools at the Southern Association meeting. Morgan County amateur radio invites join the emergency program call Civil Defense Elgin 3 1502. Eddens, city electric manager, dismissed from Newster's Clinic and resting at home. Burglaries and collisions reported including meat theft worth 75 dollars and two car wrecks. Four Birmingham Southern College ecology students toured Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge with field work and bird release. Priceville Home Demonstration Club to hold a covered dish workshop with Christmas decoration project.
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Morgan County
Civil Defense Office
Elgin-3
Birmingham Southern College Ecology
Dan C. Holliman
Thomas Z. Imhof
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Flint Creek Island
White Springs
Beaver Dam
Priceville
John Collier
Overcoming Fear of Public Prayer and Speaking
The Bible notes diverse gifts and suggests fear of public speaking need not hinder worship. Talk with your minister for understanding and possible alternatives. If fear is removed you may choose to express yourself publicly, or else let your life speak louder than words for Christ. I also get tense when asked to speak.
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God
Christ
Pep Pills Seized in Alabama Raids Arrest Seven
A Morgan County couple and two Cullman truck stop operators were among seven arrested in Alabama Friday in a multi state raid on pep pill traffic. Arlie and Ruby Turner faced federal Food and Drug Act charges while George Sizemore faced a state drug charge. Bond amounts ranged from 300 to 750 dollars. Over 100000 pep pills were seized statewide, with 86000 at the Turners home and in a 1963 Thunderbird. A high speed chase preceded Turner's arrest at his residence.
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Morgan County
Cullman
Alabama
Arlie Turner
Ryan Crossroads
Luke Taylor
George Kellie
Sizemore
Turner
Birthday of Nuclear Age
Twenty years after Enrico Fermi announced the birth of the nuclear age a Chicago reunion honored the scientists, with President Kennedy praising the event at the White House. Dr Edward Teller will receive the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award in Washington, a gold medal plus $50 000.
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Enrico Fermi
Chicago
Kennedy
White House
Edward Teller
University of California
Washington
Cuban Talks Shift Back to New York After Mikoyan Departure
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan left Washington to allow talks on Cuba to move to New York and the U.N. headquarters. A U.N. delegation spokesman said negotiations would resume Monday, with any formal agreement likely to be presented to the Security Council when it reconvenes after a recess since Oct. 25.
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United Nations, N.Y
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Washington
Cuba
New York
U.N
United States
U.S
Mikoyan
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
U Thant
John M. Hightower
Russia
Khrushchev
Anastasi
McNamara Sets Plan to Reshape Army Reserves and Guards
Defense Secretary McNamara moves to reorganize eight Reserve and Guard infantry divisions into mobile brigades and cut about 365 smaller units. He'll seek governors’ approval for Guard changes while reorganizing reserves under Pentagon authority, aiming to complete the full overhaul before next summer.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Congress
McNamara
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Florida
South Carolina
Pentagon
Plane Crash Is Probed At Idlewild Airport Tragedy
Authorities investigate a fatal Eastern Air Lines DC7 crash at Idlewild after a fog shrouded landing. 25 died, 26 survived as pilots faced limited instruments and a partially inoperative precision approach system. clear weather changes and repairs around the control tower compounded the issue.
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New York
Idlewild
Eastern Air Lines DC7
Charlotte
N.C
Hyman Modelevsky
Civil Aeronautics Board
Philadelphia
Oscar Bakee
Federal Aviation Agency
Nehru Rejects Chinese Borderline Demands in Himalayan Talks
Indian Prime Minister Nehru rejected China’s cease-fire terms and a 12½ mile withdrawal line aimed at creating a 25 mile de militarized strip. He urged acceptance of the Sept. 8 line as basis for talks while charging Beijing with territorial aims and control of areas never under Chinese administration.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Red China
China
Chou Enlai
Peking
Choy
Chou
Ladakh
Stewardess Heroism Along Idlewild Crash Scene
Helen Fournier 21 fled a fogbound Eastern Air Lines wreck at Idlewild and returned to aid passengers. She helped push others out and put a man’s flames out. Leonard Clementi helped with a crude arm tourniquet. Fellow stewardess Patricia Richards survived by staying near the rear lounge. Both crew members were reported in good condition at Peninsula General Hospital.
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Helen Fournier
Eastern Airlines
New York
Idlewild
Peninsula General Hospital
Judy Murray
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Miss Fournier
Eastern Air Lines
Queens
Leonard Clementi
Huntington
N.Y
Clementi
Patricia J. Richards
Rockaway Beach
Slick Salesman Sure Cure For Sick Land
London AP report quotes Minister of Works Geoffrey Rippon at a Conservative rally urging British industry to adopt slick American salesmanship. He cites a teller who sold two milking machines to a farmer with one cow and took the cow as down payment as an example of bold sales tactics.
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London
Geoffrey. Rippon
Pool Shark Puts Bite On Nose in Selma Fight
In Selma Alabama Claude Reeves 25 was bitten in a pool room fight with Henry Watts 25. Reeves called police from the hospital after the assault. Watts was arrested on a mayhem charge and the nose was retrieved. Surgeons reattached the nose and expect normal appearance and function.
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Selma
Ala
Claude Reeves
Henry Watts
Watts
Cold War Returns To Same Pattern
Washington dispatch notes that US Soviet relations drift back to bickering and cautious diplomacy as Mikoyan returns to Moscow. Kennedy and Rusk seek concrete steps despite Khrushchev era introspection, with Berlin arms talks stalled and Cuba safeguards incomplete. Cuban crisis lingers with overflights and pilot risks continuing.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Cuba
Berlin
Mikoyan
High Administration
Hve
Rusk
Khrusachev
U.S
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Birmingham
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Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Quince E. Eddens
City Electric Department
Newgester
Pickens Sims
Memorial Dr. SW
Frances P. Taylor
Eastmeade St
Elizabeth S. Martin
4Th Ave
Auto Magic
Lee St. NE
6Th Ave
7Th St
Chevrolet
Harold D. Hull
Bobby E. Wells
13Th Ave
Highway Patrol
Jones
Nashville
Stagg
University of Chicago
Decatur High School
Susan Fite
Fite
Gobble-Fite Lumber Go
Gloria Mock
Mock Distributing Co
Jan Fite
Tucker's Construction Co
Sharon Ratliff
Phi Kappa Sigma
Lyle McLaughlin
Lee's
Robinson's
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