Decatur educators join Alabama Bandmasters meeting events
Jerry Countryman and Carl Schwachow plan to attend the Alabama Bandmasters Association meeting at the University of Alabama Friday and Saturday with sessions on constitution writing and music selections for the State Band Contest and All State members. The Decatur Executives Club gathering is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Decatur Country Club with Carl Goerch as guest speaker. The Veterans Administration will mail November GI education checks early to about 7,000 veteran trainees and orphans to align with the Christmas school recess. City election eligibility requires poll tax payment by Feb 1, 1961 for non exempt voters.
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Jerry Countryman
Decatur
Carl Schwachow
Decatur High
Alabama Bandmasters Association
University of Alabama
Decatur Executives Club
Decatur Country Club
Walter H. Hammond
Carl Goerch
Raleigh
N. C
Alabama
Veterans Administration
Montgomery
City Commission
No Way Out if We Deliberately Reject Christ Says Bible Study
The troubling verse Hebrews 10 26 is explained in light of Hebrews overall message. Salvation comes only by faith in Jesus Christ and deliberate rejection after receiving the gospel means no further sacrifice is offered.
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M. W
Christ
God
Jesus Christ
New Orleans School Board Asked To Resign Amid Integration
Twenty three white children attended William Frantz School as police kept a one block buffer. Legislators prepared to urge the Orleans Parish School Board to resign while banks face payment freezes and a legal fight over funds continues. Violence flared as demonstrators hurled eggs at escorts and vandals painted a former preacher’s home.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
Orleans Parish
Risley C. Triche
Administration House
Lloyd Foreman
Joseph Giarrusso
Louisiana
McDonagh
William Frantz School
Pryor Field Receives State Airport Grants for Decatur
Alabama state officials confirm 12 airports, including Pryor Field in Decatur, receive a $15,000 grant for runway and related work and a $3,000 grant for an operations building. Funding awaits local matching revenue. officials warn federal support will be needed for further expansion as plans for a new runway and terminal continue.
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Montgomery — Pryor Field
Decatur
Alabama
Guy Roberts
Morgan Board of Revenue
Austin Street Section Gets Backing For Zone Change
City Planning Commission recommended rezoning sections of Austin Street from R-2 to R-3 and from Spring Street to septals preliminary approval for the 22 lot Hambrick subdivision. Two other requests were delayed for board review and public hearings set for Jan 9.
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Austin Street
Austin St
City Planning Commission
City Commission
Spring St
Hambrick
Moulton Rd
George Collier
Austinville Rd
Sandlin Rd
J. O. Woodall
Moulton Heights
Red Struggle For Power Is Held Still On
William L. Ryan analyzes Soviet and Red Chinese tensions after the summit. Pravda stresses unity under Moscow while criticizing ultrarevolutionary attitudes in China. The piece argues unresolved disputes keep the Red Chinese threat to peace alive.
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Kremlin
U.S.S.R
Red China
Liu Shao-chi
Khrushchev
Pravda
Marx
Engels
Moscow
United States
Night Sky Notes For Decatur On Wednesday
Decatur observes sunset at 4 37 p m with sunrise at 6 43 a m and moonrise at 8 45 p m. The Last Quarter arrives December 11. Orion rises at 6 39 p m with Aldebaran above it and the Hyades cluster nearby.
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Orion
Aldebaran
Weather and River Report Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.27 feet a fall of .28 feet in 24 hours. Reading from sea level was 550.57 feet. TVA lake levels Guntersville 593.3 Wilson 606.2. High 66. Low 48. 11:20 a.m. 62. Forecast cloudy and warm with occasional rain. High today 68 low tonight 51 high Wednesday 60.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Missionary Council Looks at Cuba and Congo Revolutions
The National Council of Churches reports Cuba and Congo unrest, saying Communists miscalculated in the Congo and have not won, Castro may use Russians and Chinese to survive, and the gospel remains a root cause of creative revolution.
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Harold V. Streeter
SAN Francisco
National Council of Churches Today
Cuba
Congo
Division of Foreign Missions
Council
General Assembly of the Council
United States
Howard W. Yoder
New York
America
Fidel
City Electric Planning Swap
City of Decatur to absorb 260 Joe Wheeler Electric members into its Electric Department this month. Deeds from Joe Wheeler to be approved by REA in Washington. Sale price set at 115 900 with 35 000 spent to tie in lines. TVA formula made the transfer a difficult task. Letters go out to 263 customers detailing the move.
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Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Co-op
Decatur Electric Department
Joe Wheeler
REA
Washington, D.C
Decatur
Electric
Quince Eddens
City Electric
TVA
City Electric Department
Kennedy Meats Eisenhower Meeting at White House
President-elect John F Kennedy meets President Eisenhower at the White House in Washington in a brief ceremony watched by hundreds. They discuss transition matters as aides and cabinet members observe and a joint statement is planned.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
White House
Elect
Executive Mansion
Kennedy
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Christian A. Herter
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Clark Clifford
Wilton B. Persons
J. B. West
James Rowley
Secret Service
James C. Hagerty
Florida
New York
United Nations
Stewart L. Udall
D-Ariz
Interior
Robert Anderson
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Decatur Ministerial Association
Holiday Inn
District One TB
C. L. Shelby
Center
Westside Presbyterian Church
R. L. Louk
First Baptist
Austinville
Speake
R. E. Shaw
First Christian Church
Missionary
Santa
Michael
Boy Fish
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