Decatur Sees Industrial Boom with Blue Chip Growth
Decatur Alabama expects continued industrial expansion as 1961 open houses mark new plants and growing payroll. Steller Steel, Marks Oxygen, Smash Proof, Worthington, 3M and Willow Products expand with new sites and larger facilities along the Tennessee River corridor boosting Morgan County payroll toward 46.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County
Southern Railroad
Steller Steel Corp
Marks Oxygen Co
Steller
Ohio
Smash Proof Co
Highway 31
Market St
Tennessee River
Worthington Corp
Docks Gained, Future Bright at Decatur Inland Terminal
Inland Docks Terminal in Decatur with 18 barges and 19 112.9 tons in 1961 reports Docks Manager Jimmy Newman. Despite Wheeler Dam lock wall failure the dock system aided Florence and Texas shipments and promises expansion and new rail siding and tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Docks
Decatur
Wheeler Dam
Jimmy Newman
Newman
Wheeler
Bowaters Southern Taper Co
Florence
Texas Points
Low Pool
State Docks
Decatur Terminal
Wheeler Lock
Cotton Looks To End Of AB Plans
New Orleans AP report notes 1961 cotton futures were minimal as USDA program centralized trading. Prices ranged 33.57 to 35.57 cents per pound with a 9.70 per bale spread. USDA projects 1961 crop at 14.538 million bales. exports 5.2 million. domestic use 8.8 million. July carryover 7.6 million. Spot prices ~$17 above last year. actual sales down about 2.5 million bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Frendling
NEW Orleans
New Orleans Exchange
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Social Security Benefits Top Six Million in 1961 District
At year end 1961 the Decatur district of Morgan Limestone and Cullman counties shows 12 000 beneficiaries receiving about six and a half million dollars annually in old age survivors and disability insurance. Amendments cut processing time and lowered retirement age to 62 with new rules letting some beneficiaries earn more. In Morgan county 6 100 beneficiaries receive 260 000 monthly and 3 000 000 yearly. Limestone reports 2 350 beneficiaries on 105 000 monthly. The article also notes significant telephone line growth across the Decatur district and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Morgan, Limestone
Cullman
Social Security Office
Alabama
Hartselle
Huntsville
Tri-Cities
Athens
Lawrence County
Town Creek
Moulton
Courtland
Golden Sixties Are A Reality For Wall Street 1961
New York AP reports 1961 brought record stock market volume over a billion shares, the biggest since 1929, with the Dow rising from 615.89 to 731.14 and the Associated Press average peaking at 269.00. Notable gains included Studebaker Packard, American Telephone, General Motors, Ford, and Certain Teed, as markets surged despite periodic corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Studebaker-Packard
American Telephone
General Motors
Ford Motor
Local Selective Service Reports 1961 Enlistments and Drafts
In 1961, at least 253 men from the Decatur area entered military service. About 245,150 members belonged to Co B, 279th Signal BN Alabama National Guard, ordered to Fort Quintavalle. Morg an Cullman and Lawrence counties each sent enlistees, while 40 Morgan County men were drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Area
Co. B
Telephone growth doubles state rate in Decatur district
Preliminary year end figures from Southern Telephone Co. show Decatur district telephone growth at more than twice Alabama's rate. In service rose 9 percent for the year. Chief Officer Roy Newsome reports 14 from Morgan County enlisted in the Navy and about 3 men from the area joined the Air Force in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Telephone Co
Decatur
Alabama
Roy Newsome
Morgan County
Navy
Air Force
Fonda Promotes Broadway Drama A Gift of Time
Henry Fonda discusses the Broadway play A Gift of Time based on Lael Tucker Wertenbaker's memoir about an incurably ill husband. He describes the work as universal rather than morbid and notes its arrival on Broadway next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henry Fonda
Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
White Way
Decatur Celebrates Two Rhodes Scholars at Once
Decatur marks a historic moment as Dwight Eddins studies at Oxford University on a Rhodes grant and John R. Sobotka, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Sobotka, earns a Rhodes Scholarship. The city now has two Rhodes Scholars simultaneously, a feat few places achieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
John R. Sobotka
Max Sobotka
Gordon Dr. SE
Rhodes
United States
Dwight Eddins
England
Oxford University
Sobotka
Eddins
Army Engineers Biggest Construction Bosses In SE
The Mobile district oversaw $82,377,110 in 1961 military and civil projects across Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi with flood control navigation and water works funded for civil works and $46,716,546 for military and Air Force construction. Major projects included Walter F George Lock and Dam and Columbia Lock and Dam plus Jackson Lock and Dam with plans for Holt Lock and Dam and Millers Ferry Dam in 1962. The district employed 1412 people and saw leadership change from Col. Love to Col. Rayman.
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Southeast
Corps of Engineers
Alabama
West
Georgia
Florida Panhandle
Mississippi
Army and
Air Force
Tennessee
Florida
Mobile District
Walter F. George
Chattahoochee River
Abbeville
Ala
Fort Gaines
George Lock
Columbia Lock
Columbia
Columbus
Phenix City
Jim Woodruff
Chattahoochee
Fla
Jackson
Tombigbee River
Coffeeville
Holt
Millers Ferry
Millers
Alabama-Georgia State Line
D. A. Rayman
Robert W. Love
Hawaii
Army
Nashville
Holt Lock
Black Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Carters Dam
Coosawattee River
Congress
Alabama River
Camden
Mobile
Juveniles Topic of Moulton Meet
A panel discussion on juvenile delinquency will be led by four Decatur men at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The event is a joint Moulton Elementary and Junior High School PTA meeting in the Junior High School auditorium. Moderator is Jack Wood of Decatur Iron and Steel Co with LeRoy McEntire Jr R L Hundley and Pack Self as panelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Decatur
PTA
Jack Wood
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
LeRoy McEntire Jr
R. L. Hundley
Pack Self
Morgan County Christmas Seal drive falls short of goal
Contributions to Morgan County Christmas Seal sales total about $1,000 below the $7,290 goal. So far $6,200 has been donated, with funds remaining in Morgan County to fight tuberculosis. Donations may be mailed to the Morgan County TB Association in Decatur, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
John D. Sherrill
Sherrill
Morgan County TB Association
Decatur
Ala
Red Underground Leader Surrenders in Burma
Bo Aung Min, commander in chief of Burma's Communist underground force the People's Liberation Army, surrendered to army authorities citing fatigue with terror tactics. The group has been weak for a decade and informants expect a full pardon. field payroll reported at $4,966,152.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Bo Aung Min
People’s Liberation Army
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Blue Chip Industries
Ias
Willo Products
L&n Railroad
1St Ave. SW
Future Bright
Cotton
Ando
Sford Turner
Morgan
Animal
Malace
Violet Moore Higgins
Stars
Decatur Daily
Fonda
Grant City
Army Engineers
J. Walter Johnson
Marshall Space Flight Center
Aviation Center
Ft. Rucker
Ft. McLellan
NASA
Mashall Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Red Underground
Lyons Hotel
North Alabama College OF Commerce
Mary Smith
NACC
Miss National
Thiokol
Geneva Lentz Nacc
Chemstrand
Gradine Simpson
Arab
Ardmore
South
North Alabama College of Commerce Building
Madison Street
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