Thrasher Oil Co. Boss Plans New Radio Station in Hviille
Tom G. Thrasher of Thrasher Oil Co and Woody Anderson of Woody Anderson Ford Co announce construction of a 250 foot tower near the station’s studio at the Stringfield Ardmore route. The project awaits FCC permit approval and calls for three to six months to start after permit.
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Stringfield Rd
Ardmore Highway
Tom G. Thrasher
Thrasher Oil Co
Woody Anderson
Woody Anderson Ford Co
Thrasher
Holiday Delay Hits Local Garbage Collections
McWhirter Materials reports crews worked 7 a m to 7 p m to catch up after Christmas. Six trucks handle about 100 cubic yards daily, nearly double the normal 60. normal seven hours six days extended to 12 hours. Normal schedule resumes Saturday night. Monday holiday plans cancelled to prevent a repeat.
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Mack Dunn
McWhirter Materials
Dunn
Winter storm sweeps Atlantic coast with heavy snow
A winter storm belts Virginia highlands with up to 18 inches of snow and dumps wind blown snow from the mid Atlantic states to New England. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport reports seven inches in six hours. Albany and Portland each see five inches. Arctic air follows bringing bitter cold. In Alabama radio power details note Birmingham WVTM 50,000 watts and regional stations mostly 1,000 watts. Thrasher says resreac? power likely after full.
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Atlantic Coast
Mid Atlantic States
New England
Virginia Highlands
Pennsylvania
New York
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton
Albany
N. Y
Portland
Maine
Alabama
Birmingham
Rasher
WVOK
North
Thrasher
Two Widows Die in Suspected Gas Incident at Centra
Mrs. Falla Bailey was found in her room with a Bible and list of church friends. Miss Rod gers noted she had been calling friends to read parts for a Centra Methodist Church program. Mrs. Josephine Bailey was rushed to hospital after the gas issue with a coal furnace in the basement. Coroner McBride and the gas company were alerted. The two women, widows who lived alone, had morning cold across Gulf coast and upper midwest, with a southwest weather system bringing snow to the Rockies and a forecast of clear to partly cloudy skies today.
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Falla Bailey
Rodgers
Josephine Bailey Wa
McBride
Gulf Coast
Upper Midwest
Rockies
Decatur High Honor Roll Second Six Weeks List
The Decatur High School second honor roll features students from grades 9 through 12 with at least one B and no grades below. Names include Lane Agnew Lin dy Ashwander Bill Barron Rebecca Holmes Susan Lipscomb Roy Lawrance and others across all grades. Debi Barnette is noted for the second honor roll.
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Decatur High School
Lane Agnew
Lindy Ashwander
Bill Barron
Rebecca Holmes
Susan Lipscomb
Roy Lawrance
Bill Moody
Sharon Quinn
Susan Rodgers
Nancy Stacey
Elaine Taft
Mary Jean Washington
Marion Weber
Kathy Adams
Ellen Armistead
Jim Atkinson
John Baites
Betty Barron
Sam Bechtel
Julian Bibb
Debbie Burns
Marione Evans
Larry Charles Fite
Elizabeth Hinken
Becky Hunt
John Luckett
Arlene Pack
Jenifer Power
Dianne Rooks
Frankie Stephenson
Kathy Todd
Ken Adams
Rose ‘Bergman
Elizabeth Butler
Kan
Barbara Coleman
Melissa Denbo
Robert Dragoset
Ann Giblin
James ‘Gilenn
David Breland
Teresa Borer
Jane Chumley
Thomas Davidson
Joseph DeCastro
Gary Erwin
Chuck Gregory
Vickie Hammond
Lisa Harms
Jo Ann Hoy
Phyllis Hutson
Leigh Jacobs
Randy McGill
Thomas Mitchell
Mike Pisani
Tom Portner
Bobby Sandusky
Debbie Sellers
Carolyn Taylor
John Taylor Jr
Carol Thornhi
Allan Tiller
Amy Walls
Shelley Womble
Land fill system eyed to ease dump site woes
Health officials favor a land fill method seen as best for the dump site problem but acknowledge rocky hilly terrain and residents reluctant to host facilities. Options include incineration, which some cities adopt despite smoke and high costs. Six months will test landfill adequacy while operation is to begin in about two months with another worker and a doubled budget to about 30 000.
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State Health Department
Mrs Falla Bailey remembered for unselfish service in Decatur
Funeral services for Mrs. Falla Bailey are set for Sunday at 2 p m in Central Methodist Church with burial at City Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral Home directing Survivors include sister Mrs Katie Turner of Fremont California The body will lie in state at the church one hour before services
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W. J. Cunningham
Gene McDowell
City Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Katie Turner
Fremont
Calif
City to Build First Recreation Center in New Plan
Earth gymnasium project will help meet the city’s need for recreational facilities, stated by the mayor. The building is the first step in a series of plans to alleviate deficiencies, with more centers and new parks planned.
Humphrey to Lead Liberia Inauguration Delegation
Vice President Humphrey and his wife are due to return January 10. He will head the American delegation at Liberia's presidential inauguration on January 1 and 2, joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court and Edgar Bronfman, New York businessman.
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William Tubman
Liberia
Humphrey
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Edgar Bronfman
New York
Beetles Ants and Termites Grow Fungi in Nests
The passage notes that many beetles, ants, and termites are skilled gardeners, cultivating lush crops of fungi within their nests as a cooperative practice.
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Canopy & Window CO
Cedar
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Pearl New Orient
Kieffer—Bartlett
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Cullman Sam
Decatur High
Decatur
Rogers
Bailey
Jackson
Central Methodist
Budapest
MTI
Austria
Sweden
Italy
West Germany
Earth
MR. Farmer
Miss. Delta
Stoneville
Coker
Blackburn
Stokes
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Magnavox
Colby
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Second Avenue S.E
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