Decatur Co. hires Raby as sales engineer
William S. Raby joins The Decatur Co. as a sales engineer to manage plan and specification changes for homes and coordinate buyer contractor relations. He is a Nashville native and UT engineering alumnus, served in Europe with U S Army occupation forces, and lives in Decatur with his wife Joan and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Raby
Decatur Co
Clay Callaham
Callaham
Raby
Nashville
University of Tennessee
U. S. Army
Europe
Joan
Michael
Patricia
Decatur
Summerlane
Court freezes evictions of 300 sharecroppers over 1960 voting
The U S 6th Circuit granted a temporary injunction blocking evictions of about 300 Negro sharecroppers in Haywood County Tennessee who registered to vote in 1960. The court kept open whether private contracts under the 1957 Civil Rights Act can compel landowners to hire.
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Harold Harrison
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood County
Tennessee
Haywood
Fayette County
Fayette
Appeals Court
Cas
Marion S. Boyd
Memphis
Tenn
Boyd
Brownsville
S. T. Hunter
Kennedy eyes roving ambassador role for foreign talks
President elect John F Kennedy says he is considering a world roving ambassador to discuss with foreign officials including chiefs of state. Reports name W Averell Harriman as a potential appointee after Harriman met Kennedy in Palm Beach. Harriman declined comment and Kennedy aides did not confirm.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Palm ‘Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
New York
Harriman
Glennan to quit NASA leadership in January
President Eisenhower accepts T Keith Glennan's resignation as NASA head effective January 20 at the end of his term. Eisenhower praises Glennan's role in organizing the space agency and outlines NASA's early achievements including weather satellites Echo I and II and the Van Allen belts discovery. JFK previews regulatory overhaul and foreign aid shifts as new reforms unfold.
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T. Keith Glennan
Civilian Space Agency
Eisenhower
Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ats
Moon
Saturn
Mars
Venus
NASA
Agency
Tiros
Jesus Calms Storm Show Strength In Fearful Voyage
The passage recalls Jesus calming the Galilee storm. He did not minimize sorrow, yet He faced danger with the disciples and commanded the winds to be still. With Christ, believers may endure trials, as God knows and will guide them through hardship.
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Jesus
Galilee
God
Christ
Caroline Kennedy steals spotlight at JFK conference
Palm Beach AP report notes Caroline Kennedy aged three caused laughter by sneaking in wearing her mother’s high heel shoes during a joint news conference with S. William Fulbright. President-elect Kennedy remained unflustered as the scene shifted from political talk to a playful domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Palm Beach
Fla
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline
John F. Kennedy
S. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
Beses
White House
Miss Caroline
Burned Body Found In Tuscaloosa County Woods
The burned body of an unidentified white woman in her 20s was found by deer hunters in a remote area near the Ralph Comae close to the Greene County line. Coroner Rufus Strickland noted the victim had brown hair and perfect teeth, weighed 115 pounds, and was 5 feet 11 inches tall. clothing and personal items were found amid about a quarter acre of scorched ground as autopsy prepared to identify cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
Rufus Strickland
Strickland
Ralph Comae
Greene County
Night Sky Notes For Decatur As Year Ends
Sky guide details December 31 with sunset and moonrise times. Sirius appears in the south as 1960 ends and 1961 begins, Mars shines high above, and Orion swings into the southwest in a brief celestial tableau toward the new year.
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Sirius
Mars
Orion
Weather and River Readings for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge read 16.83 feet up .64 in 24 hours with sea level 551.13 feet. TVA lakes Pickwick 408.6 Guntersville 593.0 Whitesburg 553.4 Wilson 505.0. High Thursday 44 before 3 pm. low 32 at 5 am. today 34 at 10:30 am. Forecast cloudy to fry cloudy and colder tonight partly cloudy to clear. Saturday partly cloudy and rather cool with northerly winds 8 to 14 mph diminishing tonight. High today 45 low 26 high Saturday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
UF Must Slash Its Budget 8 Per Cent
The Morgan County United Fund drive failed to reach its goal, so agencies will have about an eight percent budget cut. UF President Paul Robinson announced at a membership meeting that the drive reached 92 percent of the $154 500 goal, and 102 percent of last year’s final total. An 8 percent automatic cut will not occur. revisions will be allocated by need. A board election kept Robinson as president with officers and directors named for three year terms. The drive, led by Henon Pearce, brought in about $142,000 in cash and pledges, roughly $12,500 short of target.
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United States
Kennedy
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James M. Landis
Landis
Harvard Law School
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Power Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
U. S. House
Roosevelt
Treasury
Fulbright
Congress
JFK
United Fund
Morgan County United Fund
Uf’s
J. R. Williams
Anna Blackwell
Paul Robinson
H. B. Norwood
Hugh Penn
Leo Fabisinski
Lester Smith
Robinson
Board of Electors
Decatur
Hartselle
Robert Street
Clifford Hagga
Union
Edwin Morris
Lacey
W. D. Shaddix
Gum Pond
Roland Ryan
Eva
A. J. Glaze
Austinville
Lewis Jones
Basham
Edward Thompson
Henon Pearce
Men Predicted Using Cosmetics for Skincare Future Evidence
Dr. Glen J. Sperandio of Purdue University told AAAS members that men may adopt creams lotions and conservative makeup in the near future as advertising campaigns try to persuade the public that cosmetics do not threaten masculine identity. Grand opening Frigidaire appliance sale advertised by Robinson's.
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New York
Glen J. Sperandio
Purdue University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Robinson's New A
Linda Lackey Crowned 1961 Maid of Cotton at Mississippi
Linda Joy Lackey of Forest Mississippi, a University of Mississippi sophomore, was named 1961 Maid of Cotton. She will tour internationally in a 43 piece cotton wardrobe and is to receive a new automobile later in 1961 after visiting 27 U S cities, three in Canada and several in Europe. Alternate finalists include Nancy Gray and Joan Wienke.
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Memphis
Tenn
University of Mississippi
Linda Joy Lackey
Forest
Miss
New York
Linda
Sandra Lee Jennings
Riverside
Calif
United States
Canada
Europe
Paris
London
Nancy Sue Gray
Deming
N.M
Joan Wienke
Lubbock, Tex
Laetitia Jane Robison
Ee Ann Williams
Raleigh, N. C
Permit Granted for New Quality Model Laundry Building
A building permit was issued Thursday to Ralph Agee owner of Quality Model Laundry and Dry Cleaners for a $40,000 laundry building at 1825 6th Ave SE. Homer B Hutchinson Jr. is listed as contractor. Agee said no definite start date was set. The prior laundry and dry cleaning establishment was gutted by fire earlier this month with equipment destroyed and total loss estimated around one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Agee
Quality Model Laundry and Dry Cleaners
6Th Ave
Homer B.hutchinson Jr
Agee
Man In Space Seen In Spring
AP reports the House Sci ence and Astronautics Committee predicts a first American manned space flight in early 1961 with a Mercury capsule launched by an Army Redstone missile from Cape Canaveral. A chimpanzee test is planned before the manned ride expected in March or April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mercury
Atlantic Ocean
Earth
First Death in Belgium Riots Shocks Brussels
In Brussels violent clashes between state troopers and strikers left one demonstrator dead, the first fatality in the 11 day nationwide walkout. Police reported multiple injuries as riots spread to Antwerp Mons Charleroi and Sabena Airlines headquarters. King Baudouin met with lawmakers amid the crisis.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ministry of Interior
Sabena Airlines
Antwerp
Gustav Eyskens
Mons
Charleroi
Baudouin
Senate
House of Representatives
Eyskens
Theo Lefevre
Roger Motz
Snow Piles Up In Houghton For 24 Straight Days
It snowed in Houghton for 24 consecutive days totaling 71 inches. The pattern continues with a forecast of more snow today. Residents endure persistent winter weather with ongoing accumulation and outlook.
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Houghton
Mich
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
Wiggins
Corbin
Aigniaeen Eet Vaneter
H. D. Stricklin
Ford
Oscar Watkins
Shreveport
John Brooks
Red Bay
W. E. Ford
Eulas Terry
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H. R. Leeman
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