Mobile District Engineers Set 1957 Contracts Valued At More Than $917 Million
Mobile District office of the Corps of Engineers under Col. Harold E. Bisbert reports contracts for 1957 exceeding 917 million dollars. Military construction for Army and Air Force installations across Alabama Mississippi and northwest Florida boosted the year's outlay, surpassing 1956.
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Mobile District
Stan Atkins
Mobile
Ala
Corps of Engineers
Fice
Harold E. Bisbert
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Corps Civil Works in Mobile District Expands Inland Waterways
The Mobile district oversees inland waterways from east of New Orleans to near Tallahassee and funds exceed 70 million dollars. Projects include Redstone Arsenal and Eglin Air Force Base facilities, plus the War-nor-Tombigbee waterway and Apalachicola Chatta hoochee Flint system. The effort boosts flood abatement, electric capacity, water resource conservation, and navigable channels for freight.
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Army
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Air Proving Ground Center
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Tallahassee
Corps
Warnor-Tombigbee Waterway
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Bisbert
Interstate Commerce Commission
Health for Today Keeps boredom from ruling minds
Dr. W W Bauer discusses the dangers of extreme idleness citing a Scientific American study of college students kept in a furnished cubicle with sensory deprivation. Results show rapid mental drift, dreams and visions, anger and loss of focus, proving variety is essential to brain function. Monday: Head Injury.
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Scientific American
Inland Waterway Freight Share Grows Through 1956
Figures show 8.1 percent of national freight moved on inland waterways in 1956, up from 2.8 percent in 1942. Expert Bisbert predicts further increases. Major projects on the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint system include the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam near Chatta hoochee Florida and the Buford Dam near Atlanta. Fort Gaines Lock and Dam construction advances, with a projected cost of about 52 million dollars upon completion. Engineering continues on the Columbia Lock and Dam in Alabama. The system aims to provide a nine foot channel from Apalachicola Florida to Columbus Georgia.
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Bisbert
Apalachicola - Chattahoochee
Flint
Jim Woodruff
Chattahoochee
Fla
Buford
Atlanta
Fort Gaines
Columbia
Ala
Apalachicola
Gulf
Columbus
Chattahoo
Bainbridge, Ga
Woodruff
Mobile Bay
Redstone Arsenal
Alabama Ordnance Works
Childersburg
Air Proving Ground Center
Eglin Afb
Eglin
Diamond Wedding Rings in 14K White or Natural Gold
Ad offers diamond wedding rings set with Scenario diamonds. Choice of 14 karat white gold or natural gold. Illustre Hen astaged for detail. Mail artera.
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Mail Artera
Accountants Weatherman to Futures of Small Business
Dr Henry J Engler Jr told North Alabama Chapter of the National Association of Accountants that a shortage of qualified economists is pushing the forecasting of small business futures onto the accounting profession. The talk covered technical service, with a navigable chain to Bainbridge Georgia.
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Henry J. Engler, Jr
North Alabama
National Assn. of Accountants
United States
Technical Ser
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