Local Chronology Notes Births and WWII Battle Mentioned
The item recalls Linus from Peanuts born 1770 and the 1944 Battle of the Bulge with the iconic Nuts reply. It lists safety award for Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School drivers, a fire at 415 Memorial Dr NW, traffic cautions in Decatur, a chamber banquet speaker, and drivers license statistics with 617 ballots mailed for five new directors and a by laws amendment See DIARY on Page 2.
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Linus
Ludwig von Beetpeet
The
Budge
Ardennes Forest
Carlton Kelley
Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School
H. M. Betterton
Fray Tice
Franklin County
J. B. Tice
Winston
James A. Phillips
Lauderdale
William H. Stephens
James C. Franklin
Madison
Clarence Wilkerson Jr
Jackson
Billy J. Roberts
Cullman
Troyce Hadley
Chamber of Commerce
Forgiveness after bereavement and anger at God
A teen asks if God can forgive anger at His plan after a mother’s death. The answer affirms God’s forgiveness, urging faith during hardship, noting God does not hold grudges and will abundantly pardon.
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M. J
Shakespeare
Courts Hear Banks Fight Over Orleans School Funds
A three judge federal court opens in New Orleans as the Orleans Parish School Board seeks to halt four banks from refusing to honor its checks. Banks froze about 128000 dollars of board funds, risking school closures after integration orders. The hearing also covers requests to block a new city school board created by the State Legislature amid multiple prior attempts. The U.S. government and the NAACP filed the suits. Attendance at integrated schools remained steady.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
U. S
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
Haile Selassie Returns to Loom Over Addis Ababa Crisis
Emperor Haile Selassie, returning from a Brazil visit, heads toward Ethiopia to rally loyal forces against the rebel regime in Addis Ababa. Gen Merid Mengesha said Selassie was back and surrounded by loyalists, while diplomats put his location variously at Asmara Khartoum or Nairobi. reports remained unconfirmed.
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Dennis Neeld
London
Haile Selassie
Selassie
Lion of Judah
Addis Ababa
Brazil
Khartoum
Sudan
Ethiopia
Liberia
Asmara
Eritrea
Italy
Merid Mengesha
Nairobi
Kenya
Sur
Aden
Mengesha
Lagos
Nigeria
Rome
Romney promoting bond rebates to boost AMC sales
The plan rewards buyers with government savings bonds as rebates for each 10 percent sales increase over last year. For 50 percent or more rise, customers receive up to 125 dollars in bonds. Deliveries must occur Dec 1 to March 31, and bonds apply only in the United States.
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Detroit
Mich
Ney
American Motors
Romney
New York
United States
Christmas Decorations Brighten Riverside Schools
School children across Riverside Gordon Bible Walter Jackson and others fill rooms with colors candles wreaths and murals celebrating Christmas. First graders display Santa Rudolph manger scenes and make pictures about Bethlehem while counting numbers and learning about Jesus birth and Santa.
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Fannie Richardson
Santa Claus
Riverside
Gordon Bible
Walter Jackson
Jesus
Bethlehem
Santa. Claus
Gordon Bible School
Susan Johnson
Rickey McCommon
Santa
73 Year Old Man Charged In JFK Human Bomb Plot
Richard Paul Pavlick a Belmont New Hampshire resident, 73, is held on 100000 bond in Palm Beach after police say he planned to become a human bomb to kill President elect John F Kennedy. Police found dynamite sticks and blasting caps in his car and motel room.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Richard Paul Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
U.S
George L. Pink
Pink
Pavlick
Palm Beach
Robert Rust
Miami
John Marshall
Secret Service
Lester Free
Rust
Marshall
Washington
Boston
Commissioner's Office
Freeman Named Secretary of Agriculture for Kennedy Cabinet
President elect John F. Kennedy appoints Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman as secretary of agriculture. AFL CIO attorney Arthur J. Goldberg is named secretary of labor. Reports say Kennedy may name his brother Robert as attorney general. Remaining cabinet posts include attorney general Treasury and postmaster general still to be filled. Kennedy plans Palm Beach stay and talks with Governor Foster Furcolo on Senate seat succession.
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Washington
Minnesota
Orville L. Freeman
John F. Kennedy
Agriculture
Afl-Cio
Arthur J. Goldberg
Labor
Robert
Secretary of the Treasury
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Foster Furculo
Massachu
Setts
United States Senate
Furculo
Freeman
Agriculture Department
George Meany
Goldberg
Georgetown
AFL- Clo
Two Jetliners Collide in Snowstorm Over New York
In a fatal midflight collision two airliners trap in a snowstorm plunged into Brooklyn and ignited a large block of apartments. One United Air Lines DC8 jet carried 83 aboard and the ground casualty toll remained unknown hours after the disaster, with fire spreading through a church and nearby shops.
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New York
United Air Lines
Brooklyn
America
E. F. Cavanagh, Jr
Fatal twin-air crash near New York delays landings
A Trans World Airline Constellation with 42 aboard and a United Air Lines plane carrying 125 passengers collided in fog over Staten Island and Brooklyn. Only one survivor, an 11 year old boy, was reported as fires ignited structures and wreckage spread near Idlewild and LaGuardia fields. The two planes, en route to LaGuardia from Dayton and Columbus and to Idlewild from Chicago, collided while approaching two airports about 10 am.
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Trans World
Constellation
Miller Field
Staten Island
Harbor
Brooklyn
TWA
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
la Guardia
United Air Lines
Chicago
Idlewild Field
Idlewild
Long Island
Queens
Decatur Skies Saturday December 17 A Planetary Note
The daily sky report notes sunset at 4 39 p m and sunrise at 6 49 a m with a new moon at 4 47 a m. Venus shines brightest among stars and planets at 93 million miles from Earth while Capricornus forms its distant background stars.
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Venus
Earth
Capricornus
Weather and river readings for Decatur area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 16.54 feet this morning, down 0.07 in 24 hours, with sea level at 550.84 feet. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 408.4 Guntersville 593.1 Whitesburg 551.6 Wilson 505.8. High today 38, low 28, current 32. Forecast: clearing windy cold today then colder tonight and Saturday. Northerly winds 10 to 25 mph. Highs around 35, lows near 20. Last day of grand opening sale at Robinsons.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
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Memorial Dr. NW
Hattie Curry
Memorial Dr
Jessie Robertson
Pack Self
Edmund H. Harding
Decatur Country Club
H. L. Hester
N. C
Haile
AP Automotive Writer
Dows
Rudolph
West Decatur
Somerville Road
Michael
Keith Maner
JFK
Brother
Dillon
Robinson's, Cor
2Nd Ave
Holly St
Fedy
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